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Tuesday February 9
GHCC 1st
Quarter
Midtown Membership Meeting & Dinner Reception
At the Marriott Marquis
Broadway at 45th Street
5:30 PM
For info call Mr. Causey
212-862-7200 Ext.
225
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www.harlemdiscover.com/bhm10
HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCE
MEETING
General Memberships
@ Riverside Church
91 Claremont
Avenue
Monday, February 1 OPERA MATTERS SPECIAL PRESENTATION & PERFORMANCE Opera at the Schomburg will delve into the substantial role of opera in African-American culture, as documented by the Schomburg’s prized collections of rare scores, librettos, images, recordings, films, and documents. City Opera will once again partner with artists from Opera Noire of New York in presenting live excerpts from operas by composers including John Adams, Edward Boatner, Mark Fax, Scott Joplin, Thea Musgrave, Virgil Thomson, and Clarence Cameron White, interspersed with rare visual images, audio, and video clips of such legendary singers as Jules Bledsoe, Ellabelle Davis, Gloria Davy, and Dorothy Maynor, and lively commentary by distinguished guests. This special program, presented in honor of the Schomburg Center’s 85th Anniversary and Howard Dodson’s 25th Anniversary as its Director, will underscore the intersecting histories, missions, and grassroots work of City Opera and the Schomburg Center.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th
Streets)
(212) 491-2200
Homegrown Hip Hop
From Jazz to Salsa to Hip Hop, Latinos have played a key role in
shaping and developing the musical sounds of New York City. Join
three pioneers of the Latino Hip Hop movement—Joe Conzo,
photographer and author of Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of
the Early Days of Hip Hop (Universe, 2007); Jorge "Popmaster
Fabel" Pabon; and DJ Disco Wiz, author of It's Just
Begun: The Epic Journey of DJ Disco Wiz, Hip Hop's First Latino DJ
(Miss Rosen Editions, 2009)—for a discussion about the roots and
challenges of urban Latino Hip Hop and a slide presentation of Joe
Conzo's work chronicling the early days of Hip Hop in New York City.
FREE, reservations
required.
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, NYC
Starting February 3
Natioanal Jazz Museum in Harlem
Various programs including:
Jazz for Curious Listeners, Jazz on Film, Harlem in the
Himalayas, Jazz and the
Players plus other
special events in celebration of Black history Month
Please visit website for full listing
Natioanal Jazz Museum in Harlem
Wednesday, February 3
Theater
Connections: Akeelah
and the Bee
This award-winning film tells the triumphant story of 11-year old
Akeelah from South Los Angeles as she participates in the Scripps
National Spelling Bee. An uplifting, must-see story that inspires
young people to do their best! With Keke Palmer, Angela Bassett and
Laurence Fishburne. Tickets are $7. Call to RSVP: 212-459-1854 or email performances@communityworksnyc.org
Dwyer Cultural
Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Wednesday, February 3
-
7:30 pm
Despite these undeniable
accomplishments, the 761st Tank Battalion would not receive their
due credit until April 20, 1978 when President Carter issued the
Presidential Unit Citation to them. It took 52 years before Staff
Sergeant Ruben Rivers would be awarded a posthumous Congressional
Medal of Honor (January 13, 1997) in a ceremony presided over by
President Clinton.
Free
Call 212.281.9240 or visit
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent
Avenue
New York, NY
Wednesday, February 3,
10 , 17, & 24
- 7:30PM
Tickets: $17, $22, $27
Thursday February 4
Theater Connections: The African Beat with Egbe Alaje
Journey with us to Africa, the Caribbean, and South America as we
celebrate Black History Month with this dynamic group. Experience
the beautiful harmonies and feel the invigorating rhythms in this
uplifting and highly interactive performance that will have you
moving to the beat of the African Diaspora.
Tickets are $7. Call to RSVP: 212-459-1854 or email
performances@communityworksnyc.org
Dwyer Cultural
Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Thursday, February 4
Friday February 5
Theater Connections
Directed by Oscar-nominated director & songwriter Jamal Joseph and
narrated by three generations of writers, slam poets and artists,
this documentary snapshot of a day in Harlem pays tribute to the
essence, spirit and works of Harlem Renaissance writer Langston
Hughes. Post-show discussion.
Tickets are $7. Call to RSVP: 212-459-1854 or email
performances@communityworksnyc.org
Dwyer Cultural
Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Monday, February
8, - Saturday, February 13
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th
Streets)
(212) 491-2200
For more infor visit
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, February 9
Theater Connections:
Tickets are $7. Call to RSVP:
Dwyer Cultural
Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10027
HOLDING IT DOWN
A work-in-progress
showing
It is important to convey in these WaterWorks events the
essence not only of the piece but of the WaterWorks program
and process. ENGAGIING AUDIENCES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS. From
inception to finished work one has an opportunity to participate in
a number of ways unique to each project, artist and their creative
process.
This project considers what it means for soldiers of color to move
from a complex American landscape into the international context of
war and imperialism – and then to return home, to widespread
indifference, numbing bureaucracy, and an economic crisis that hits
their communities especially hard. How is this new generation
of veterans suffering and surviving, and what are they able to dream
about? How do they go about their irreversibly transformed lives,
moving from the unspeakable back to the speakable? And a still
newer question: What is the relationship between soldiers of color
and our first African American president? How do they fit into
a newly transformed American race dynamic? Using the
condensed, universal logic of dreams to express and affirm their
essential humanity, Holding it Down pays tribute to young men
and women returning home.
Tickets On
Sale Now!
Call 212.281.9240 or visit
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Avenue
New York, NY
Thursday, February 11
Gospel Uptown
Thursday, February 12
Friday, February 12 -
Sunday, February 14 -
7:00 PM
The Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th
Streets)
(212) 491-2200
For more infor visit
Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th
Streets)
(212) 491-2200
For more info visit
 Community Works invites you to an Opening Reception Weusi Revisited: 2010 Dwyer Cultural Center 258 St. Nicholas Avenue New York City (entrance: 123rd Street bet St. Nicholas Ave. & Frederick Douglass Blvd.) This groundbreaking exhibition showcases the history and seminal work of the Weusi Collective, progenitors of the Harlem Black Arts Movement and some of the first African-American artists in America to make African imagery a central part of their work. RSVP REQUIRED 212-222-3060 or forward response to: info@dwyercc.org
For more information, visit
www.fdcac.org
or call 212.864.3375.
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th
Streets)
(212) 491-2200
For more infor visit
Wednesday, February 17
Wednesday, February 17
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
-
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
History Month at the Schomburg Center. This event
is free And open to the public.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th
Streets)
(212) 491-2200
Thursday, February 18
-
6:30 PM During the first half of the 20th century, millions of African Americans left the rural South for the urban North, seeking economic opportunity and equality. In New York, they helped to create a new culture that included language, art, music, and food—really good food. Today, the techniques, traditions, and ingredients that defined the foodways of the agrarian South continue to influence some of the city's finest and most famous restaurants. Food writer and historian John T. Edge will lead a discussion focusing on how the Great Migration transformed the culinary culture of the North with leading experts, including Jessica Harris, author of a forthcoming history of African-American foodways. Presented in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance and Division of Tourism, Mississippi Development Authority. A reception will follow.
Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, NYC For more information please call 212.534.1672, ext. 3395. www.mcny.org/public-programs/all/The-Great-Migration.html
Saturday - February 20 -
3:00 PM
Celebrating New York City's Mosaics The Journey of the Blues to New York City
The Blues evolved out of traditions
such as African-American work songs, spirituals, and country string
ballads more than a century ago, and its influence can be found in
popular culture from jazz to rock and roll. Join Harlem's legendary
blues artist Keith "The Captain" Gamble and his ensemble on a
journey through the rich history of the Blues as it made its way
from the rural South to the Big Apple, complete with spoken word,
horns, drums, and that sweet sound of the Blues, featuring songs
from New York City Blues legends. Presented in celebration of
Black History Month and in conjunction with Community Works.
Saturday, February 20
Jazzmobile hosts the National Black
Touring Circuit’s Black History Month Play Festival
National Black Theatre
125th Street & 5th
Avenue
Sunday, February 21st -
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th Streets)
(212) 491-2200
For more infor visit
Sunday, February 21 - 1–5 pm
“Wake Up
Everybody”
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
3:30 PM – 500 PM
All Events held at
This event is coproduced by Community
Works and the New Heritage Theatre Group under the artistic
direction of James Stovall.
Monday, February 22
Jazzmobile presents:
Wycliffe Gordon
Monday, February 22
FREE! Reservations required.
Saturday, February 20th & 27th
FILMS @ the SCHOMBURG
CARNIVAL
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th
Streets)
(212) 491-2200
For more infor visit
February 25th
THE FILM:
MUSIC: Josh David currently tours with Little Jackie and Q-Tip and has played with internationally renown artists Stevie Wonder, Common and others. With members stemming from Cameroon, Jamaica, France, Haiti and the USA, Judah Tribe is developing a truly international following.
PANEL:
Click Here to Buy Tickets Friday, February 26, 2010 - 7:30 PM
CONCERT
The Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Between 135th & 134th
Streets)
(212) 491-2200
For more infor visit
Tuesday February 23 and Wednesday
February 24 10:15am and 12:15pm
Theater Connections: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Back by popular demand, this powerful work explores the lost truth
of a 1955 hate crime that set the civil rights movement in motion.
Michael Greene’s play chronicles the murder, trial and unbelievable
confessions of the men accused of Till’s lynching. Fifty years
later, questions still remain and no one has been convicted—yet.
Tickets are $7. Call to RSVP: 212-459-1854 or email
performances@communityworksnyc.org
Dwyer Cultural
Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10027
4:00
PM – 5:00 PM
Saturday,
February 27th
Tickets On
Sale Now!
Call 212.281.9240 or visit
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Avenue
New York, NY
Sunday, February 28th
Joint Simulcasted on
WBLS-FM 107.5/
WLIB-AM 1190
7:00 PM
(repeated @ 11:00pm) |
Working with community partners, such as the Schomburg Center for
Research in Black Culture, and the Apollo Theater, Harlem Heritage
Tours have developed a series of multimedia bus / walking tours that
present archival video and sound at the very sight where history
happened – this method keeps the human touch while bringing the past
to life.
Theater Connections is a Community Works series featuring a
dazzling array of multicultural theater, dance, music and special
events for students and special groups.
The 761st was the first unit to enlist
African-American soldiers to operate armored vehicles. What the
Tuskegee Airmen were to the skies, the 761st was to land. They were
requested by General George S. Patton to assist with heavy fighting
during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. The soldiers of the 761st
Tank Battalion fought for 183 consecutive days, in six countries,
and with great success despite a fifty-percent casualty rate. They
were commonly referred to as "Eleanor Roosevelt's niggers," but
proved themselves to be America's men in what we now call the
"greatest generation."
Theater Connections is a Community Works series featuring a
dazzling array of multicultural theater, dance, music and special
events for students and special groups.
Critically acclaimed Broadway actor-singer-writer, James Stovall
takes the audience on a musical journey recalling the glorious and
tragic life this remarkable African American hero, from his years as
a world-class athlete and actor to his civil rights activism. Don’t
miss this great performance!
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This
Black History Month celebration of reggae music and culture will
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