The Metropolitan Museum “The Artist Project”, II
I hope you find artists Jeffrey Gibson, Ethnographic’s Collections Researcher and Mickalene Thomas, Painter, Photographer, Filmmaker, perspectives enlightening. Over the next several weeks to come, I... Read More
Ronald Bunn
Publisher/Editor
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies
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This month’s program marks 50 years since Stokely Carmichael galvanized the Black Power generation in June 1966; and it suggests the long road to the... Read More
First Fridays: LGBTQ Black Pride Edition
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A celebration of inspiring LGBTQ pioneers and the rich history housed in The Life Archive collection at the second annual First Fridays: Black LGBTQ Pride Edition. Groove to... Read More
Films at the Schomburg Research Center: Sembene!
Sembene! tells the story of the self-taught novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, who fought–against enormous odds – a 50-year battle to give Africans the power to tell their... Read More
Between the Lines: Shaka Senghor and John Forte
In his memoir Writing My Wrongs, Shaka Senghor chronicles child abuse, violence, depression, and life in the streets as a drug dealer, which led him to... Read More
SummerStage – The Legends Honor McCoy Tyner
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June 4, 2016, 5-10pm SummerStage, Central Park Rumsey Playfield Manhattan... Read More
The Bronx Museum – Boogie on the Boulevard
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Get ready for Boogie on the Boulevard! On 16th, the center lanes of the Grand Concourse from 161st Street to 167th Street will be closed... Read More
BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert – Zapp
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The members of Zapp have been playing boisterous, bass-soaked funk together for over four decades, rising to prominence after they were discovered by the legendary... Read More