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Press Freedom to Discuss Past, Current and Future Cultural Norms

Ronald Bunn — Sun, 01 May 2022 20:09:25 +0000

This month marks a very important day. An annual day of observation that as Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Routes, I hold as near and dear

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Two Can Play

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 16:55:43 +0000

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Rapping with the Artists

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 16:50:49 +0000

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Rapping with the Artists

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:45:53 +0000

June 23, 2020, 3pm
Register for this virtual event at nftvirtualprograms@gmail.com

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WPA Virtual Dance Commissions

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:04:07 +0000

Premiered Sunday, June 14, 2020 — Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim. …it’s okay too. Feel by Hope Boykin, Dancers: Savannah Green and

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Juneteenth March on NYC City Hall

Ronald Bunn — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 10:33:09 +0000

On June 19, 2020 at 12:00 PM, Rea-Fisher will be one of the hosts of the Juneteenth March, taking place at City Hall. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

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Looking for Leroy

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 16:34:23 +0000

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Rapping with the artists about Looking for Leroy

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 16:09:30 +0000

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African Americans in the Spanish Civil War

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:56:11 +0000

David Hanna discusses African Americans who in 1936 joined the International Brigades in support of the Spanish Republic.

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The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Ronald Bunn — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 04:36:02 +0000

Hopefully our children will watch this video--The Transatlantic Slave Trade : History Documentary on the Middle Passage

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Dance Theater of Harlem

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:52:26 +0000

Stay Fit is a fun, high energy fitness class that includes warm up, cool down, cardio, core strengthening, upper and lower body exercises. The intent is to get the entire body engaged, while using dynamic movement to increase the range of motion and prevent injuries.

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The New Black Fest

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:33:01 +0000

As a contribution to the current nation-wide conversation and activism to combat police and societal targeting of the black and brown male body, The New Black Fest commissioned six black male playwrights to write monologues and performance essays reflecting on these issues.

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Rapping with the artists about their artistic journeys

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 30 May 2020 15:48:21 +0000

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Tribeca Global Film Festival

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 29 May 2020 13:18:27 +0000

Co-curated by over 20 film festivals from across the world, May 29 – June 7

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National Black Theatre at Home Series

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 20 May 2020 21:12:49 +0000

This conversation focuses on the work of author Adrienne Maree Brown and the idea of pleasure activism: how embracing one’s own joy is a method of creating liberation in a system of oppression. Featuring artist-essayist-playwright Daniel Alexander Jones

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Live from the New York Public Library

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 20 May 2020 09:06:20 +0000

LIVE from NYPL: Terry McMillan with Tayari Jones — Tuesday, May 26 | 8 PM (EDT) The New York Times best-selling author Terry McMillan discusses her career and her newest book, "It’s Not All Downhill from Here", with Tayari Jones, author of "An American Marriage". The Schomburg Center partners with LIVE from NYPL's digital event.

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Lorraine Hansberry and Malcolm X Birthday Celebrations

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 20 May 2020 08:47:15 +0000

On May 19th, the Schomburg Center celebrated birthdays of Playwright Lorraine Hansberry (90th) and human rights activist Malcolm X (95th). Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930

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DanceAfrica Bazaar Digital Public Programming

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 16 May 2020 13:33:36 +0000

DanceAfrica digital public programming has been especially created in response to the current world environment, with audiences seeking compelling ways to connect with their community and explore the arts from home. BAM’s longest-running and most beloved program is a community celebration, welcoming all to observe. The celebratory events will continue the series of unique digital experiences offered by Love from BAM.

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Digital DanceAfrica 2020 – May 18-29, 2020

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 16 May 2020 13:26:24 +0000

The Brooklyn Academy of Music celebrates DanceAfrica—the United States’ largest African dance festival—through digital public programming, launching May 18. The series of digital offerings pays special tribute to the people who have shaped the popular festival over the past 42 years. Including conversations with Abdel R.

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Visions 1020 Photo Exhibition by Ed Sherman

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 11 May 2020 18:09:59 +0000

May 8-June 17, 2020

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National Black Theatre Novelist Pauline Hopkins

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 11 May 2020 17:02:32 +0000

Discussion about Pauline Hopkins, a 19th century novelist and editor and one of the early creators of Afrofuturistic ideas. Featuring author Kendriana Washington and playwright and screenwriter Keith Josef Adkins, moderated by NBT Co-Curator, ⁣⁣⁣⁣. Originally streamed May 6, 2020.

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National Black Theatre Afrofuturism Conversation

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 11 May 2020 16:43:38 +0000

A discussion about Afrofuturism and the music, fashion, and metaphysical philosophy of Sun Ra.
Featuring multi-hyphenate artists Carl Hancock Rux and Justin Hicks - Musician, and Chelsea Dee (Co-Curator). About the series:

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NBT Conversation Black arts creating the new normal

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 11 May 2020 16:32:18 +0000

Featuring the producing leadership team of #NBT: Sade Lythcott (CEO), Jonathan McCrory (Artistic Director), and [embedyt] NBT @ Home is a weekly series of artists in the NBT family engaging in one-on-one discussions with other creatives on topics including theater and the arts, community, health, and more. ⁣⁣

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A Taste of Holy Ground Live Performances

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 11 May 2020 09:42:03 +0000

Monday, May 11, 2020, 7PM EST Facebook Livestream @ NCBlackRep From Jelly’s Last Jam to Nativity According to the Gospels, hit after hit has been produced on the Holy Ground, and we want to share some of those spectacular performances with you! On Monday, May 11, 2020 North Carolina Black Repertory will be streaming live performances of excerpts from NBTF/NC Black Repertory classics as well as giving you a taste of upcoming productions. Featuring performances by:

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FREIGHT The Five Incarnations of Abel Green

Sabura Rashid — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:50:24 +0000

I have seen many wonderful plays in the past several weeks, but none have been staged as imaginatively as FREIGHT! Kudos to Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre in association with Castillo Theatre!

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Soundview Summer

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 19:51:04 +0000

Nice Salary, good hours, Billy and Jack thought they landed the ideal summer. . . at the Soundview Nuclear Power Plant. Now, years later, they’re

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Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi Exhibition

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 10:58:33 +0000

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

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The Sea is History Art and Black Atlantic Cultures

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 10:44:15 +0000

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.

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Panel Discussion of The Street

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:19:46 +0000

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 Kevin Young, the conversation will explore the 1945 book that traces the life of a young black woman and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s.

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Power in Print exhibition

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:37:17 +0000

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

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Black Power Exhibition

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:12:05 +0000

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 left an immense legacy that continues to inform the contemporary American landscape. Curated by Dr.

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Whistle In Mississippi

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:56:51 +0000

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. [embedyt]

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Trezania Beverlys One Woman Show Mabel Mercer

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:58:53 +0000

October 22, 2017, 8pm Urban Stages 259 W. 30th St (Between 7th & 8th Ave) Trezania Beverly’s One Woman Show is a dramatic story with

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The Negro Ensemble presents A Soldier’s Play

Sabura Rashid — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 06:17:45 +0000

The Negro Ensemble Company is BACK! — Like other American-African theater organizations, this iconic company has been struggling for well over a decade to provide and maintain a professional venue for Black playwrights to tell stories about people from the African diaspora in quality staged productions. Founded in 1967 by Robert Hooks, Douglass Turner Ward and Gerald S.

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6th Pan Africanism Congress in Munich Germany

Modupe Laja — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 06:56:26 +0000

On September 9 and 10 the Cultural Center Gasteig in the city of Munich will host the sixth Pan-Africanism Congress in Germany. The event will take place in the context of the International Decade for People of African descent. Topics of global interest will be discussed by the groups concerned and a resolution will be issued.

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Kerry James Marshall Mastry Exhibition at The Met

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 16:46:51 +0000

If you are unfamiliar with the works and thoughts of Kerry James Marshall, writer Randy Kennedy provides us with more than a brief read. Mr. Marshall speaks

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Here’s to Life Benefit

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:03:59 +0000

If you're free on Saturday, October 8th at 3pm and in the mood for some good old-fashioned live entertainment, check out the benefit concert celebrating the life and friends of James Hubschmitt. You’ll find our very own Sandhi Santini performing songs from her Eartha Kitt Tribute Show, along with a line up of very talented entertainers. Tickets are by donations, with proceeds to benefit The Actors Fund of America.

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Theater for the New City

Sabura Rashid — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:31:11 +0000

Crystal Field has been bringing Street Theater to New York City neighborhoods for decades. Each summer the TNC Street Theater Players perform a new, original

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BAM’s Portrait of Myself as my Father

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:49:51 +0000

In this visceral exploration of African masculinity, Zimbabwe-born, Brooklyn-based choreographer Nora Chipaumire (Miriam, 2012 Next Wave) is joined by the specters of her estranged father

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Hudson River Park’s sunset entertainment

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 12:02:37 +0000

August 12, 2016, 7pm Pier 45 Greenwich Village Christopher Street and the Hudson River Manhattan

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BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:31:05 +0000

Legendary entertainer Dee Dee Bridgewater has won a great many things, among them: three Grammy Awards for her work as a jazz vocalist, a Tony

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BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert “Ladies Sing the Blues”

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:54:55 +0000

Jazz diva Catherine Russell, a staple at Jazz at Lincoln Center, is joined by vocalists Brianna Thomas and Charenee Wade to pay impassioned tribute to the great female blues singers of the 1920s: Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Ethel Waters. Backed by a seven-piece band, led by pianist Mark Shane, the trio delves into the catalog of 1920s and 30s legends.

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BAM Festival Summer Concert “The Hallelujah Train”

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:57:47 +0000

Called “the most imaginatively supple drummer in jazz” (The New York Times), drummer Brian Blade (Wayne Shorter, Joni Mitchell), began playing at Shreveport’s Zion Baptist

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BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert – King Sunny Ade

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:49:38 +0000

King Sunny Ade is the undisputed king of juju, the high-energy, highly danceable hybrid of Western pop and traditional African music with roots in the

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Hudson River Park’s Riverflick – “Minions”

Ronald Bunn — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 13:41:57 +0000

July 8, 2016, 8:30pm Pier 46 Greenwich Village Christopher Street and the Hudson River Manhattan FAMILY FRIDAYS There’s something for everyone in the family on

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Hudson River Park’s Riverflick – Mad Max: Fury Road

Ronald Bunn — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 13:40:07 +0000

July 6, 2016, 8:30pm Pier 63 (Cross at W22nd St & W24th St, Chelsea) Manhattan BIG HIT WEDNESDAYS Dinosaurs, Martians and Mad Max meet on the waterfront

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BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert – The Fatback Band

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 08:27:15 +0000

This seminal New York City funk and disco band, now in its fourth decade of performing, is responsible for driving hits like “Backstrokin’,” “Gotta Get

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BAM – Shining Star: A Tribute to Maurice White

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:22:15 +0000

Seven-time Grammy Award winner Maurice White was the mastermind behind multi-platinum funk band Earth, Wind & Fire. BAMcinématek pays tribute to the late bandleader with two phenomenal vintage shows from the height of their powers: a live-in-the-studio performance on January 1973 on Channel 13's black variety show Soul!

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BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert – Arturo O’Farrill

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:35:01 +0000

Thursday, June 23, 2016, noon—2pm MetroTech Commons The Corner of Flatbush and Myrtle Avenues Brooklyn This all-star youth orchestra comprises gifted young musicians from across

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Riverbank Park presents Cynthia Scott in Concert

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 07:44:40 +0000

June 19, 2016 (Father’s Day) Riverbank Park 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers) Featuring Jeb Patton, piano Ed Cherry, guitar Paul Beaudry, bass Dwayne Cook

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Summerstage – Dance on the Lawn Co-Presentation

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 06:49:02 +0000

“Dance on the Lawn” celebrates dance in New Jersey and aims to increase exposure to dance by bringing professional and emerging companies, plus students of

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Summerstage presents Poet Liza Jessie Peterson

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 06:36:26 +0000

Liza Jessie Peterson is a renowned actress, poet, playwright, educator and activist who has been steadfast in her commitment to incarcerated populations both professionally and

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SummerStage presents – Kamasi Washington

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:57:44 +0000

At the age of 13, Kamasi Washington started a lifelong quest discovering the many wonders of music. One night, his father left his soprano saxophone

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