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Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series
Reel Sisters is marking its 20th Anniversary milestone with screenings and events at venues in Brooklyn and Harlem. Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series — the first Brooklyn-based festival to showcase films produced, directed and written …... Read More
Exhibition — Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi
Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi is a comprehensive overview of rare and never-before exhibited large-scale paintings along with other works by the Guyanese-born British painter. June 23, 2017-January 7, 2018 Haus der Kunst Prinzregentenstraße 1 Munich, Germany Read More
The Sea is History: Art and Black Atlantic Cultures — A Symposium around the work of Frank Bowling
Sonia Boyce, J. Michael Dash, Ellen Gallagher, Isaac Julien, Courtney J. Martin, Steve McQueen, Mark Nash, David Scott, Allison Thompson – nine extraordinary artists reflect on the distinguished Guyanese-born, British painter Frank Bowling’s work. On June 23, 2017, Haus der Kunst opened Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi, a comprehensive survey …... Read More
Free For All — Panel Discussion of “The Street” by Ann Petry
New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray, the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, NYPL President Dr. Anthony Marx, and other distinguished panelists for a discussion of Ann Petry’s masterful novel “The Street”, the newest Gracie Book Club selection. Moderated by Schomburg Director …... Read More
My Dreamed Visit to Kenya—Fulfilled
I have always been intrigued with Africa. But my interest really peaked when I casually asked a friend, who traveled internationally for work, “which place, of all the places you’ve visited was the most exciting?”. Her answer surprised me. “Nairobi”, …... Read More
Power in Print
Power in Print explores the art of the Black Power movement poster, showcasing a variety of aesthetics, styles, and messaging strategies. This collection-based exhibition pulls together dozens of posters from the Schomburg Center’s Art and Artifacts Division. The display also …... Read More
Black Power!
The concept of Black Power was introduced by Stokely Carmichael and fellow Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker Willie Ricks in June 1966. Like no other ideology before, the multiform and ideologically diverse movement shaped black consciousness and identity and …... Read More
Whistle In Mississippi
The lynching of Emett Till A dramatic play by Michael Green & Daniel Carlton October 21, 2017, 3 & 8pm The Black Lady Theatre 750 Nostrand Ave. Read More
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