A Night of Jazz, Legacy, and the Unexpected at Unterfahrt 
Cultural Wrap-Up May 23, 2025 | Patti LaBelle … 
✨Cultural Wrap-Up: James Brown, Friday, May 2, 2025 
✨ Cultural Wrap-Up: Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters – April 29, 2025 
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! 🎶 
Grady Tate: The Rhythm Driving Jazz, Soul, and Beyond 
Al Jones Blues Band: A Munich Tradition and Blues Legacy 
February 26: Sidney Poitier 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 6: Lorraine Hansberry 
George C. Wolfe: Shaping American Theater with Unapologetic Truth 
February 4: Augusta Savage 
February 1: Jacob Lawrence 
✨ Sneak Peek Alert! ✨— Jacob Lawrence 
Pioneers of Style/ Influential African-American Icons in Art and Fashion 
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies
Tuesday, March 5, 2015, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Harlem “From Ferguson to Staten Island, the #blacklivesmatter campaign... Read More
Films at the Schomburg: Vow of Silence
Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 7:00pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Harlem Catch the New York premiere of B. Steady’s, Vow... Read More
Black Comic Book Art
Saturday, January 17, 2015 was the 2nd Annual Black Comic Book Festival at the Schomburg Library in NYC’s Harlem. In actuality, it was the 3rd... Read More
Stranger on Earth
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Harlem Stage: The Year of James Baldwin Tribute As part of a 14-month celebration of writing legend James Baldwin, Harlem Stage opened The Year... Read More
NEH Summer Institute for Schoolteachers
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 31, 2015 515 Malcolm X Blvd Immigration and migration movements represent universal... Read More
Josephine and I – Cush Jumbo
February 27 – April 5 The Public Theater Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette Street Manhattan (212) 539-8500 Following a critically acclaimed run at London’s Bush Theatre,... Read More
Trilogy of Truth: Women of Courage
Friday February 27, 2015, 7:30 PM Doors open, 6:00 PM MLK Labor Center 310 W. 43rd St (near 8th Ave) Manhattan “Freedom ain’t Free!” Harriet Tubman by... Read More
The Liquid Plain
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Signature Theatre The Pershing Square Signature Center 480 W. 42nd Street at 10th Avenue Manhattan On the docks of late 18th century Rhode Island, two... Read More