August 9, 2015, 7pm – 9pm East River Park Manhattan In 1983, Felix Hernandez began a two-year project traveling the U.S. collecting hundreds of hours of interviews... Read More
30th Anniversary DJ Celebration
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August 8, 2015 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Ramsey Field, Central Park Manhattan Afrika Bambaataa Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three main originators of break-beat deejaying,... Read More
August 7, 2015, 7pm – 9pm East River Park/East Houston Street Manhattan Sarah Jones is a former Nuyorican Poets Cafe grand slam champion whom the New York Times has... Read More
Ratking / Bishop Nehru
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August 5, 2015, 7pm – 9pm East River Park/East Houston Street Manhattan In 2014, Harlem underground Hip Hop crew RATKING dropped So It Goes, their acclaimed debut release... Read More
Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival
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Tune-Yards Headline Concert — Opening Set By Shabazz Palaces Friday, August 8, 2015, 7:30 Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West & 9th St.) Brooklyn Admission:... Read More
Harlem Blues & Jazz Band (Jump Blues/Jazz)
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August 9, 2015, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Harlem BluesJazz Band Charles A. Dana Discovery Center inside the Park at 110th Street between and Fifth Avenues Manhattan... Read More
Third World & Awa Sangho
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Friday, August 7, 2015, 7:30 Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West & 9th St.) Brooklyn Admission: Free ($3 suggested donation) The Jamaican titans Third World... Read More
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen Thursday, August 6, 2015, 12noon—2pm Free admission, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center (Flatbush and Myrtle Avenues, rain or shine)... Read More

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February 28: Sarah Vaughan
February 25: Paul Robeson
February 23: Marian Anderson
February 22: Berry Gordy
February 20: Duke Ellington
February 19: Nina Simone: The Power of Protest Through Music
February 18: Bessie Smith: Jazz’s First Superstar
February 17: Thomas A. Dorsey
February 16: Ma Rainey
February 15: John Coltrane
February 14: Scott Joplin
February 12: Art Tatum
Fatoumata Diawara: A Fusion of Tradition and Modernity
February 11. Ella Fitzgerald
February 8: Louis Armstrong
February 2: Mahalia Jackson
Sylvester: Beyond the Gimmick | 1980-1-1
The Ntu Sound Chamber: A Spiritual Jazz Journey with WDR Big Band and Nduduzo Makhathini
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February 26: Sidney Poitier
February 25: Paul Robeson
February 6: Lorraine Hansberry
George C. Wolfe: Shaping American Theater with Unapologetic Truth
James Augustus Van Der Zee — Harlem Renaissance Historian
February 4: Augusta Savage
February 1: Jacob Lawrence
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Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue
Sarah Jones — “Bridge & Tunnel,”
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen