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 
Art-Making Series: “Activating Your Activism #1: Collage Critique”
January 16, 2016 at 2pm The Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway (718) 638-5000 Brooklyn Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor Collage... Read More
“Braving The Odds” & “Under The Elevated”
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Braving the Odds depicts and explores Street Style. Under The Elevated – A Poem. Just before New Year’s Eve, 2016, I took this photograph... Read More
These wonderful songstresses, Simone, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo, perform Nina Simone‘s What Do They Call Me? A memorable performance.... Read More
Spoken Word Open Mic
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January 9, 2016 · 9:30pm BRIC House Stoop 647 Fulton Street (718) 683-5600 Brooklyn A night of poetry and Hip Hop, featuring Steve Dalachinsky, Magdalena... Read More
Composer Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life” Artist’s Video Interpretations
Earlier today, I heard a version of Lush Life, written and composed by Billy Strayhorn, and it brought back many memories, so here’s, for the... Read More
The Cotton Club During The Harlem Renaissance
Cotton Club dancers Bessie Dudley and Florence Hill are dancing like crazy! Alice Barker (Sepia Stepper), 102 year old dancer, sees herself on film for... Read More
Clifton Anderson
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Saturday, January 9, 2016, 9pm BAMcafé Live Peter Jay Sharp building 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) Brooklyn (718) 636-4100 Trombone virtuoso... Read More
‘Nuf Said