Musicians Launch “Dear American Orchestras” Campaign 
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A Night of Jazz, Legacy, and the Unexpected at Unterfahrt 
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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 
Music: WRVR-FM JAZZ RADIO | 8/1978 
Part 3. – Miles Davis and the Evolution of Jazz Fusion from Classical Roots 
Part 2. — How the Modern Jazz Quartet Blended Jazz and Classical Music to Create Something Timeless 
Part I. Blending Jazz and Classical Music: Schuller, Davis, and MJQ 
Introducing the Series: Jazz at the Crossroads of Innovation 
🎉 Happy Birthday to the Legendary James Mtume! 🎶 
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 
✨ Sneak Peek Alert! ✨— Jacob Lawrence 
Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks
James Kalm, despite some stinging comments published in a critique of the exhibition "Crossing Brooklyn," and the initial disappearance of his name from the guest list, is inadvertently admitted to the Museum's Brooklyn Artists Ball. While celebrity artists schmoozed with deep-pocket donors in the main foyer, your correspondent slinked upstairs to an empty gallery, and records video of "Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks".... Read More
James Moody’s 90th Birthday Celebration
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March 24, 2015—March 29, 2015 Blue Note 131 West 3rd St. Manhattan Featuring: Dee Dee Bridgewater, James Carter, Jon Faddis, Russell Malone, Antonio Hart, Najee,... Read More
First Fridays: 80’s Edition
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A Friday, April 3, 2015, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Harlem Monthly social gathering, which features... Read More
Losing Ground
Friday, March 27, 2015, 7:00pm Saturday, March 28, 2015, 5:00pm Sunday, March 29, 2015, 2:30pm Raw Space Culture Gallery 2031 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (Bet. 121st & 122nd Sts) Harlem Admission: $10 Losing Ground (1982)... Read More
Space Is the Place: Afrofuturism on Film
April 3, 2015 to April 15, 2015 BAMcinématek Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn pop BAMcinématek presents Space Is the Place: Afrofuturism on Film, a kaleidoscopic,... Read More
Girlhood 
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies
“Race and the Criminal Justice System: Political Prisoners, Resistance, and Mass Incarceration Part II” Thursday, April 2, 2015, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black... Read More
Catherine Russell & Lakecia Benjamin
Monday, March 30, 2015, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Harlem Catherine Russell is a New Yorker, born into... Read More