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Art Crawl Harlem — Harlem’s Bus-Guided Art Tour
Harlem, home of Romare Bearden (master collagist), Norman Lewis (abstract expressionist) and Jacob Lawrence (expressive figurative), is also the place to find different, distinct and cutting edge art by serious artists breaking new ground – experimental, mainstream, masters, emerging – it’s all here.
Be Kind Rewind with Mos Def & Danny Glover @ St. Nicholas Park in Harlem
Synopsis: When Jerry becomes magnetized due to an accident at the local power plant, he accidentally erases all of the video tapes at the store where his friend works. The pair re-enact and re-film every film in the store from The Lion King to Ghostbusters to Back to the Future in this raucous comedy.
Del Harrison Presents First Sundays at Caroline’s Comedy Club
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Africanismo! — Short Films and Live Performances at the Bronx Museum
On Friday, August 1, 2008 from 6:00 to 10:00pm, the Andrew Freedman Home in the South Bronx will serve as the backdrop for the Bronx Museum of the Arts’ FREE First Fridays! event “AfricanÃsmio!†Organized in collaboration the African Film Festival and Afrokinetic, the program will offer an exciting afternoon of outdoor film screenings by [...]
Giant Step Presents — Janelle Monáe * Little Jackie * Jose James * Gilles Peterson and Jamie Lidell at Summer Stage
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Kindred Cool — Portraits Inspired by Ralph Ellison, Albert Murray and Romare Bearden
The Kindred Cool exhibition seeks to pays homage to the jazz friendship of Romare Bearden, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. Each photograph is composed of three individuals, trios, who are bonded by jazz.
Black in America — CNN on Black Men, Black Women, The King Assassination and Reclaiming the Dream
CNN’s groundbreaking Black in America initiative expands this month with two in-depth documentaries and a special forum with Essence magazine. Black in America launched in April with the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The series encompasses a variety of approaches to examining how blacks have fared since King‘s death. [...]
Sundae Sermon in Harlem’s Morningside Park with NYC’s Best DJs
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