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March 1st, 8th 15th, and 22nd
Tuesday March 2nd - 10:15 am
Theater Connections:
Harlemwood Film Festival: Kayla’s
Story
Theater Connections is a Community Works series featuring a
dazzling array of multicultural theater, dance, music and
special events for students and special groups.
A powerful, engaging contemporary drama that creates a forum
for young people to examine the realities of teenage
pregnancy. CityKids’ original music underscores the story
with hard-hitting lyrics and dynamic performances. Followed
by an interactive discussion. Grades 5-9.
Tickets are $7. Call to RSVP: 212-459-1854 or email
performances@communityworksnyc.org
Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue & 123rd Street
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http://www.dwyercc.org/?page_id=5>
Wednesday, March 3 - 7:30 pm
FINDING THE 51st (DREAM) STATE
Finding the 51st (dream) state: Sekou Sundiata’s America
Project
recounts Sundiata’s national and communal search to
confront, imagine and invent what it means to be American in
the 21st century. The 30-minute documentary reveals how this
visionary poet, performer, educator and activist found “a
clearing” and “a way to see” through conversations in small
scale public gatherings, in classrooms and in art centers –
and in the process created groundbreaking theater about
democracy and citizenship.
The screening will be followed by a conversation between
Michaela Angela Davis, expert critic and
writer on urban style, race, gender, and hip-hop culture and
Carl Hancock Rux, an award winning poet,
playwright, novelist, essayist, and recording artist. A wine
and cheese reception will follow.
Executive Producer: dance and be still arts • Producer and
Publisher: MAPP International Productions
Support for the production of
finding the 51st (dream) state:
Sekou Sundiata’s America Project
was provided by The Ford Foundation and the Nathan Cummings
Foundation. • Special thanks to the Lambent Foundation for
their support of this event.
Harlem Stage: The Gatehouse
150 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
(212) 281-9240
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, March 11th at 6pm
0pening reception takes place
The Harlem School of the Arts
The Elaine Defibaugh
Women's History Month Exhibition
The Harlem School of the Arts
(HSA) and its Visual
Arts Department present a Women's History Month
exhibition, a solo exhibition of large-scale paintings by
Elaine Defibaugh,
Thursday, March 4,
2010 through
Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
in the HSA Gathering Space (G-Space), 645 Saint Nicholas
Avenue, New York, NY 10030. As with all HSA's art
exhibitions, Women's History Month exhibition is
FREE!
Ms. Defibaugh's vibrant, abstract paintings are crafted
using mediums such as paint, threads and patterned textiles.
Her works, some of which are 10 feet wide, exude vivacious
colors and whimsical shapes, playful and deliberate.
Utilizing the great heights and walls in the G-Space, Ms.
Defibaugh's paints will engage the viewer with their hidden
tales (Breakfast at Tiffany's) and subtle references (In
Jazz).
On Display: Thursday, March 4, 2010 through Tuesday, March
30, 2010
Opening Reception :
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6pm
645 Saint Nicholas Avenue near West 141st Street
New York, NY 10030
For more information visit
www.harlemschoolofthearts.org
Saturday March 6th 12:00pm – 5:00pm
The Art of Money:
Personal Finance Resources for Artists
Have you used credit
cards to fund a project and can’t seem to pay them down? Are
you looking for free, objective, one-on-one financial
advice? Join us for a day of FREE one-on-one financial
counseling and workshops designed to help working artists
and arts administrators in all disciplines, as well as
independent workers reduce debt and manage credit.
Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue & 123rd Street
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Saturday March 6th
Wednesday March 10
Thursday, March 11th
Thursday, March 11th
Sunday, March 14th
Thursday March 18th
Friday March 19th - 7:00pm – 10pm
Crucial Arts Film Screening:
Standing On My Sisters’ Shoulders!
The award-winning documentary,
Standing On My Sisters’ Shoulders, by Joan Sadoff and Dr.
Robert Sadoff, takes on the Civil Rights movement in
Mississippi in the 1950’s and 60’s from the point of view of
the courageous women who lived it – and emerged as its
grassroots leaders. These women stood up and fought for the
right to vote and the right to an equal education. They not
only brought about change in Mississippi, but they altered
the course of American history.
$10 admission
For more information contact Crucial Arts at (917)
991 – 4760 or at email
email@crucialarts.org
Friday March 19th
Saturday March 20, 2010
2:00pm
– 5:00pm
Saturdays @ The Dwyer:
Women Making a Difference:
in Honor of Women’s History Month
Saturdays @ The Dwyer is a daytime series designed as an
open house for families and youth to experience a full day
of simultaneous arts events and programs.
Escape to Freedom:
The Resurrection of Harriet Tubman – A riveting one-woman
portrayal of Tubman’s life on the Underground Railroad.
Melissa Waddy-Thibodeaux brings Tubman to life with a
performance infused with a love of reading, helping to
re-direct young people to freedom through knowledge.
Visual Arts Workshop with Dindga McCannon,
member of the Weusi Artist Collective featured in the
pioneering exhibit Weusi Revisited: 2010, currently on
display at DCC.
Artspeak: Remembering Miriam Makeba—Tony
Award nominee Tsidii from the hit Broadway musical The Lion
King shares intimate moments of South African Singer Miriam
Makeba’s life in words and song.
And enjoy a visit to 2 exciting new exhibits: Weusi
Revisited: 2010 and harlem is…THEATER.
Call to RSVP: 212-222-3060 or Email:
info@dwyercc.org
Admission is FREE. Receive a complimentary poster with a
suggested donation of $5!
Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue & 123rd Street
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Sunday March 21 - 2:00pm – 6pm
Medicine Women Productions
Come celebrate Women’s
Herstory Month with Medicine Women Productions. Women
nation-wide will come together as one to share our medicine
and wisdom through our creative talents. ENTERTAINMENT:
African Drumming, East Indian Classical Dance, Spoken Word,
Avante Garde Performance, Thought Provoking Monologues.
VENDORS: Sculptures, Herbal Teas, Herbal Mermaid Body Care
Products, Amounah Artworks, Wooden Hand Crafts, Ardyss
Products, Butterfly Products, Paintings, Tarot Readings,
Crochet Hats, Hand Made Clothing, Refreshments, Raffles &
much, much more..This event is FREE for all to come and
experience the POWER of WOMEN.
For more information contact Kim LaRue at
email@crucialarts.org
Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas
Avenue & 123rd Street
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Tuesday March 22nd -
6:00pm – 9:00pm
The 5th Annual Redefining African American Conference:
Film Screening and Panel Discussion
6 pm – 6:30 pm Film screening of Memoirs of a Black Latina
6:30 – 7:30 Talk Back
7:30 – 9:00 Reception
A program of Caribbean Cultural Center and Harlem Arts
Alliance
Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue & 123rd Street
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Thursday March 25th - 10:15am and 12:15pm
Theater Connections:
The Black Star to Africa
Theater Connections is a
Community Works series featuring a dazzling array of
multicultural theater, dance, music and special events for
students and special groups.
A one-man play exploring the
amazing life of Marcus Garvey, Jr. – the father of the “Back
to Africa” movement. Performed by Broadway veteran James
Stovall, learn about Garvey – a publisher, journalist,
entrepreneur, Black nationalist and founder of the Universal
Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Grades 5-12
Tickets are $7. Call to RSVP: 212-459-1854 or email
performances@communityworksnyc.org
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258 St. Nicholas
Avenue & 123rd Street
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Thursday March 25th - 8:00pm
Friday March 26th - 8:00pm
A musical performance by
Oscar-and-Grammy-nominated IMPACT Reparatory Theatre
$15.00 general admission
$12 group sales
Call to RSVP: (212) 926 – 2550
Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas
Avenue & 123rd Street
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Friday, March 26 -
6:00 pm
NINA SIMONE TRIBUTE/ BLACK ROCK COALITION ORCHESTRA
The
Black Rock Coalition Orchestra
presents one of its most captivating incarnations- the
all-female tribute to the inimitable Nina Simone.
Under the musical direction of composer
Tamar-kali,
this show was first performed in June 2003, mere weeks after
the legendary singer's death. Seven years after her
passing, and fresh off of a string of standing-room only
shows in France, the
Black Rock Coalition
continues to celebrate Nina's legacy with performances that
highlight Simone's unwavering influence on some of today's
most dynamic musicians.
 Aaron
Davis Hall
West 135th St. & Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
(212) 281-9240
Theater Connections: Harlemwood Film Festival: Kayla’s
Story
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