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Black Smithies Meet-up in NYC
Black Alumnae of Smith College (BASC) held a successful meet-up recently at Marcus Samuelsson’s American Table Café and Bar in Lincoln Center. They discussed a wide range of topics: Black women’s...
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2013
How will you celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2013? Jarana music, museum exhibits and film screenings are only a brief sampling of the many ways to celebrate this national holiday that begins on...
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Celebrate Feast of San Gennaro 2013
Today marked the opening day of the 87th Annual Feast of San Gennaro in NYC’s Little Italy. Events run through September 22, 2013. A combination religious and cultural festival, this celebration dates...
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"The Circle Unbroken is a Hard Bop," Revival
Get ready for Kamilah Forbes’ brand on the revival of Sekou Sundiata’s seminal play “The Circle Unbroken is a Hard Bop,” Friday, September 27, at 7:30pm, at LIU Brooklyn, Kumble Theater. The Hip Hop...
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TWIN Brother Artists at Harlem's Schomburg
TWIN African American brother artists Jerry and Terry Lynn are featured in their first solo New York show in Harlem at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Family stories, blues, jazz...
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Celebrate Columbus Day in NYC
Everyone is Italian for a day in New York on Columbus Day! Come out for the parade, a family-friendly celebration filled with colorful floats, rousing marching bands and musical performances. Joseph...
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Sunday Jazz Dance Event
Sue Samuels is on a mission to save that quintessential American dance form we call jazz dance. Since founding the Jazz Roots Dance Company in 2009, the premiere jazz dancer, choreographer and teacher...
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Looking for Avonte Oquendo
New Yorkers are still very hopeful that Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old autistic boy missing since October 4, 2013, will be found. Vigils are being held here everyday. In the world’s most...
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Dia de los Muertos 2013 NYC
As we recover from the big night, let’s expand our Halloween experience a few more days with a multicultural vibration. Learn about Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, as observed by Mexicans and...
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Soul & Vibe Art Show
Soul vibrations were the obvious themes shared by the artists featured at the “Soul & Vibe” exhibit presented Wednesday, November 6 by Art in Flux Harlem at NYC’s Scratch DJ Academy Gallery.But...
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DOC NYC hits all the right notes
Recently, I had the privilege of meeting the great Grace Lee Boggs, 98, the Chinese American woman Black power activist from Detroit at DOC NYC, New York’s Documentary Festival. The festival is set...
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Twelve Years a Slave: Read the book first
I usually don’t read the book first. But for this searing and provocative film, I did. I read and talk about slavery and race everyday. As a family historian and genealogist, these are my primary...
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Filmmaker's series set for Harlem
Get ready for a historic gathering of urban slam poetry artists, filmmakers and performance and media artists at the 15th Anniversary of the film SLAM. A four-day master class series with...
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Mandela Memorials in NYC
New Yorkers have been holding spontaneous prayer services all over the region for Nelson Mandela, former president of South African, since he passed away last week on December 5, 2013. A recent...
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Alexander Smalls, Hail to NYC's Top Chef
Have you ever eaten a meal so delicious that you didn’t want to go home? That ‘s what happened when I went to Alexander Smalls’ house. Back in the day when he hosted his own lavish...
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MLK Weekend in NYC
Here are my top eight suggestions for celebrating MLK weekend in New York. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said that life’s urgent question is: ”What are you doing for others?” Every year...
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MLK Program at Riverside Church
Michael A. Walrond, Jr., (left photo) will be the keynote speaker and host of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Tribute program at Riverside Church, Sunday, January 19, 2pm in the Nave (490 Riverside...
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"Hate Crimes in the Heartland" NYC premiere
“Hate Crimes in the Heartland” looks at American hate crimes in a small window of time. The NYC premiere is set for Tuesday, February 4, 6-8:30pm, City College Center for the Arts aka Aaron Davis Hall...
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Diaspora Redefined in Art
Bridging Communities,” a two-part art exhibit hopes to break down self-imposed borders. The Diaspora artists featured in Harlem’s latest pop-up art show – “Redefining Diaspora, (Part 1)” now–March 7,...
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Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the 60s
“New Jemima” toting a machine by Joe Overstreet emerged among some radical art pairings at Brooklyn Museum’s “Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties.” Opened on Thursday, March 6 prior to...
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