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The Old Settler at The Billie Holiday Theatre 11 min read

• Theater Review

The Old Settler at The Billie Holiday Theatre

Sabura Rashid 8 years ago

  When Shauneille Perry’s screen adaptation of John Henry Redwood’s The Old Settler appeared on television in 2001, real life sisters Phylicia Rashad and Debbie... Read More

Soundview Summer 1 min read

• Archived Events
• Theatre

Soundview Summer

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

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

Up South The Great Migration

1 min read

• Documentary
• Media

Up South The Great Migration

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

Dred-Scott Keyes must be congratulated for his photo documentation of Slavery and post Slavery conditions of African-Americans and their mass migration out of the southern United States. Dred-Scott Keyes produces a radio program "The Cutting Edge" where Journalism, Politics, Culture and Activism Converge".... Read More

Sweat Is Kick Ass Theater

6 min read

• Theater Review

Sweat Is Kick Ass Theater

Sabura Rashid 8 years ago

Introduction I have had the pleasure of attending many performances either created by, including and/ or otherwise related to people of the African Diaspora. These creative cultural expressions all point to the diversity of the “Black Experience” in America and beyond. It is essential that this diversity be acknowledged.... Read More

Reel Sisters Diaspora Film Festival Lecture Series

1 min read

• Film
• Media

Reel Sisters Diaspora Film Festival Lecture Series

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

Reel Sisters is marking its 20th Anniversary milestone with screenings and events at venues in Brooklyn and Harlem. Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series — the first Brooklyn-based festival to showcase films produced, directed and written by women of color — turns 20 year this October. October 21-22, 2017 1:... Read More

Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi Exhibition

1 min read

• Archived Events
• Art

Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi Exhibition

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

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... Read More

The Sea is History Art and Black Atlantic Cultures

1 min read

• Archived Events
• Art

The Sea is History Art and Black Atlantic Cultures

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

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.... Read More

Panel Discussion of The Street

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• Media

Panel Discussion of The Street

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

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.... Read More