Archive for June, 2010
TV: Presumed Guilty
In December 2005 Toño Zuniga was picked up off the street in Mexico City, Mexico, and sentenced to 20 years for a murder he knew nothing about. A friend of Toño’s contacted two young lawyers, Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete, who gained prominence in Mexico when they helped bring about the release of another innocent [...]
Community Access Speaker Series with Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza
Real life sisters Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza will read selections from published and unpublished short works related to family, personal recovery and community healing. Shange is author of the landmark theater work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, which is headed to Broadway again with a new contemporized [...]
Tools of War Comes to Harlem — Summer Music in the Parks
Spanish Harlem Hop Mission: Keep the B-Boys, B-Girls, Poppers, Lockers & Uprockers moving! Dates: June 17 & 24, 2010
Race: The Power of an Illusion — The Story We Tell
The Crucial Arts Monthly Documentary Film Series presents Race: The Power Of An Illusion — The Story We Tell, a film written, produced and directed by Christine Herbes-Sommerst. ***** The division of the world’s peoples into distinct groups — “red,” “black,” “white” or “yellow” peoples — has became so deeply embedded in our psyches, so [...]
New Urban Events Around Harlem and Around NYC — June 9, 2010
[Jun 12] Final Film — 8th Annual Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil [Jun 11] Theatre — THE ETYMOLOGY OF BIRD [Jun 10] HEZEKIAH WALKER [Jun 9] NICE AND SMOOTH and THE AWESOME 2 [Jun 6] VIDEO EXHIBITION: Damali Abrams — Autobiography of a Year
New Urban Events Around Harlem and Around NYC — June 5, 2010
[Jun 8] The HarlemLIVE Mingle @ Internet Week NY 2010
Take Action — Help Stop Child Sex Abuse in New York State
Harlem resident Andrew Willis has created StopAbuseCampaign.com to solicit help from the public in “ending the sickening law that protects child abusers” in New York State. Last week Willis and the Stop Abuse Campaign (a network of citizens concerned about the safety and well being of children) delivered a folder containing the names of over [...]
Sundae Sermon in Harlem — Party in Morningside Park
Sundae Sermon is an afternoon in the park of music, dancing, family and community commerce. The foundation of the sound of Sundae Sermon is positive house music and peaceful tribal vibes.
Alvin Ailey at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Alvin Ailey returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) to showcase the Company’s superb artistry and astounding technical prowess. Ailey will present two programs, “Ailey Spirit” and “By Popular Demand,” both culminating with the beloved masterpiece Revelations.
