• [Jan 28] African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766 – 1916
  Babcock Galleries presents “African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766 – 1916,” an incisive exhibition of refined and controversial fine art and popular culture images of African Americans as artists and subjects. Alternating bitter brutality and cruel caricature with respectful revelations and positive portrayals, each work is not only a signpost of the complex nature of our cultural forbearers, but also a harbinger of the ongoing struggle for equal rights in the United States.

  “African American…

• [Jan 27] The Apollo Theater Amatuer Night – Opening Night
  AMATEUR NIGHT, the world’s most original and enduring amateur talent competition, returns to the Apollo Theater better than ever for 2010. As always, AMATEUR NIGHT spurs performers to please the audiences that can make them an Apollo legend. Now for 2010, audiences can also enjoy a pre-show jam fest by New York’s hottest DJ’s, hear a new AMATEUR NIGHT theme song and even join the competition! Hosted by Capone with special guest the legendary Human Beat Box Doug E. Fresh.

• [Jan 18] Love Is Love Showcase: A Fundraiser Event For Haiti
  Dance performances by Sybarite Choreographers: Arturo Mugler, Deshawn Hawthore, Maile, Tromaine Yancey, Samantha Harte, Maile, David Thomas feat. WRT (We Run This), Samantha Harte, Marguerite Hemmings, Marcos Aguirre, Svea,Eriko & Audrey, Melody Mills, Blackgold, Shernita Anderson, P.J. Lockers (Nobuya Nagahama & Noel Rodriguez), Justin Conte, My Moon My ManEraFusion (Brian Hennings & Antonio Boss), Clarke “Fantastic” Michael, KCDC
• [Jan 18] Love Is Love Showcase: A Fundraiser Event For Haiti
  Dance performances by Sybarite Choreographers: Arturo Mugler, Deshawn Hawthore, Maile, Tromaine Yancey, Samantha Harte, Maile, David Thomas feat. WRT (We Run This), Samantha Harte, Marguerite Hemmings, Marcos Aguirre, Svea,Eriko & Audrey, Melody Mills, Blackgold, Shernita Anderson, P.J. Lockers (Nobuya Nagahama & Noel Rodriguez), Justin Conte, My Moon My ManEraFusion (Brian Hennings & Antonio Boss), Clarke “Fantastic” Michael, KCDC

• [Jan 15] Fundraiser for Haiti
  Friday Join us & YELE at Katra 5-to 11PM Bring Clothes, Canned Foods Etc!All Collected items will B Picked up & Sent 2Haiti by YELE

Local Donations

Those interested in making donations for the Haitian relief effort may do so at the following drop-off sites.

• High Class Car Service at 604 West 158 Street between Broadway & Riverside Drive/Edward Morgan Place. Telephone 212-926-1111. High Class also will pick-up items at your home or place of business; please call to schedule an appointment.
• Mamajuana Cafe at 247 Dyckman Street between Seaman & Payson Avenue. Telephone 212-304-0140
• Tabaco y Ron Cafe at 501 West 214 Street & 10th Avenue. Telephone 212-567-7170
• House of Art — Anyone can drop off canned goods, clothing, water or monetary donations. All donations will be given to the Yele Haiti Organization. House of Art , 373 Lewis Avenue, (corner of Macon & Lewis Ave.), Brooklyn, NY 11233, 347 663-8195

Non-Profit Organizations

• Yele.org was founded by Wyclef Jean to assist his native Haiti. Besided donating online, you can text ‘Yele’ to 501501 to donate via your phone. It get charged to your bill and it’s only a $5 donation.
• Konbit Pou Ayiti means Working Together for Haiti. They are a Haitian based organization. They support women’s groups, promote art, direct assistance groups and of course, they have a relief campaign you can donate to.
• Save The Children has a fund set up especially for the earthquake in Haiti. The minimum donation is just $10.
• UNICEF is another reputable organization.

Events

• ‘Layered’ is an art exhibit with works by Marthalicia. Thurs, Jan 14. 7pm marks the opening. FRESTHETIC GALERIA. 560 Grand Street off Lorimer, Bklyn. There will be a Yele.org representative accepting contributions and Fresthetic will be an official drop-off location for donations, food and clothes. Marthalicia and Micheal Cordero (of Fresthetic) are both awesome people.
• ‘Words’ at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe will be collecting food and clothing. Sat, Jan 16. 10pm. 236 East 3rd Street between Ave B and C, NYC.
  The Bowery Poetry Club is holding a Haiti Earthquake Relief Fundraiser on Sat, Jan 16. 10pm. 308 Bowery between Bleeker and Houston. $10-$20 sliding scale charge, NYC.
• The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute is holding the I Am Hayiti (Haiti) Relief Fundraiser and Benefit. Fri, Jan 22. 6:30pm. 408 West 58th Street, NYC. Minimum donation $10. The CCCADI will be a drop-off location for NEW clothing (especially underclothes and socks), water and supplies. Contact Shantrelle Lewis @slewis.cccadi.org for info.

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Washington D.C. – Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, released the following statement today after learning of a major earthquake in Haiti:

“Members of the Congressional Black Caucus will continue to monitor the situation in Haiti and are committed to providing whatever humanitarian assistance is need.

“Over the last few years Haiti has experienced an extraordinary set of challenges from high food prices and food shortages to natural disasters. Haiti will need increased attention and resources from the international community to help it recover during this difficult period.

“My thoughts and prayers go out to the Haitian people and the Haitian American community.”

For information about the status of U.S. citizens in Haiti, please contact the American Citizens Services at: 888-407-4747.

Additionally, it has been recommended that cash donations to an established relief organization in Haiti is the best way to help at this time, since the destruction of ports, airports and roads will make the distribution of goods difficult.

• [Jan 15] Photos, Music, Film, History — Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King
  Picture the Dream
  Jan 15—18
  BAMcafé

  BRC 25th Anniversary Celebration: The Civil Rights Songbook of Curtis Mayfield
  Fri, Jan 15 & Sat, Jan 16 at 9pm
  BAMcafé

  Soundtrack for a Revolution
  Mon, Jan 18 at 1pm
  BAM Rose Cinemas

  24th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Mon, Jan 18 at 10:30am
  BAM Howard Gilman Opera House

• [Jan 13] Guerilla Web 2.0: Social Media for Activists
  Are you interested in promoting your political message to a broader audience? Are you wondering how to use facebook, twitter and podcasts? Guerilla Web 2.0 is an introduction to social media for political activists. Learn the ins and outs of of new media platforms.

  Andreas Jackson, social media director of the Hip Hop Association, is a certified social media practitioner from New York University.
  Sliding scale: $6/$10/$15
  Free for Brecht Subscribers

ON MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIRTHDAY
PROTEST ON WALL ST.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
WALL ST. & BROAD
3:30 TO 6 P.M.

BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE, NOT THE BANKS
MONEY FOR JOBS AND PEOPLE’S NEEDS –
NOT WAR AND GREED!

“SAVE STUDENT METROCARDS – NO CUTBACKS – NO LAYOFFS”

On Martin Luther King’s birthday, let’s open 2010 by going back to the scene of the crime — WALL ST. — and declaring that this year we will fight to put the needs of the people before bonuses and bailouts to Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, AIG, Wells Fargo and all of the other criminals.

A coalition led by New York City Councilmember Charles Barron and other activists and organizations urges you to join us on Wall St. on Friday, January 15 between 3:30 and 6 p.m. Coalition members include the Bail Out the People Movement; Rob Robinson of Picture The Homeless; Operation Power; Brenda Stokely of the Million Worker March Movement; Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter of the North Bronx Community Clergy Coalition; Benita Johnson, recording secretary of the Transit Workers Union Local 100; the Harlem Tenants Council; Peoples Organization for Progress; the May 1st Coalition for Immigrant and Worker Rights; labor activists from AFSMCE and the Teamsters; and youth groups like Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST) along with many others.

2010 has barely begun and already we are faced with a widening of the war, cutbacks including the termination of student MetroCards, as well as depression-level unemployment, evictions and foreclosures.

To be deprived of a job at a living wage, or a home, health care, food, education or the ability to use public transit constitutes economic terrorism. Let’s start the New Year by defining our own issues and needs, instead of letting the corporate media and political establishment direct us like cattle.

Let’s keep Martin Luther King’s legacy of fighting war and injustice alive. Come from work, school, or wherever you may be on Friday, Jan. 15 and join together on Wall St. to say in one loud voice that the people will not tolerate trillions of dollars being handed over to the super-rich, nor will we tolerate trillions more being wasted on expanding the war while more of us go jobless, homeless and hungry.

TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT JANUARY 15
CONTACT US AT 212-633-6646 or http://www.bailoutpeople.org/.

• [Jan 8] $20 for 20 at Lincoln Center Atrium (#20for20 @LCAtrium)
  Celebrate the opening of day-of discount tickets at the Zucker Box Office by taking advantage of $20 for 20 Days, during which $20 tickets to select Lincoln Center performances will be available for day-of purchase. The events listed above are available tomorrow, January 8, starting at noon on a first come first served basis, limit two tickets per person.* This special offer is available for a limited time and tickets are available only in-person at the box office for performances that day, so c…

• [Jan 13] 13th Annual Rainbow Push Wall Street Project

  

• [Jan 12] Film in Harlem — My Neighbor My Killer
  Could you ever forgive the people who slaughtered your family? In 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Hutus were incited to wipe out the country’s Tutsi minority. From the crowded capital to the smallest village, local ‘patrols’ massacred lifelong friends and family members, most often with machetes and improvised weapons. Announced in 2001, and ending this year, the government put in place the Gacaca Tribunals—open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the…
• [Jan 11] Doc Watchers Film Series in Harlem
  Battle for the Hearts and Minds
  Dir. Shani Peters, 2009, 10 mins.
  A video installation depicting a battle of words between historical black legends W.E.B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey. Relating elements of their documented 1920’s era conflict to later century hip-hop and hip-hop beef, the ongoing ‘fight” for social justice, and black disunity in general, the ‘event’ is present as a cross between a title fight and a rap battle.

  No Ward
  Dir. Terence Nance, 2009, 10 mins.
  No Ward is a short documentar…

• [Jan 16] Lets Make You A Better You!!!!
  “Lets Make You A Better You!!!!”

  January 16th 2010, Columbia Business School 1st floor Room will be assigned the day of. Columbia University is located at 118th and Broadway !! Let’s start the new year and new decade off right!

  This seminar’s focus is on GOALSETTING for the next year and DREAMSETTING for the next 5 years! Sponsored by Mass Mutual Financial Group! Hosted by me POW!

  What didn’t you do in 2009 that you just must do in 2010?? make the list and bring it to the seminar! We’ll ta…

MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER

By Award-Winner Director Anne Aghion

Opens at Maysles Cinema – January 12-18, 2010

Part of DOCUMENTARIES IN BLOOM:
NEW FILMS PRESENTED BY LIVIA BLOOM

Anne Aghion’s internationally acclaimed documentary MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER will open at Maysles Cinema in Harlem, January 12 through 18.

Focusing on Rwanda’s daring experiment in post- genocide justice, MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER is a powerful look at the emotional process of learning to speak with your enemies.  The director will be at select screenings for Q&A.  Maysles Cinema is located at 343 Malcolm X Boulevard, between 127th and 128th Streets, New York, NY – for directions and show times see www.mayslesinstitute.org/cinema/calendar.html.

The theatrical run at Maysles Cinema follows presentation of the film on January 6^th and 7^th at the Museum of Modern Art’s “Contenders” series, honoring the films of 2009 they believe will “stand the test of time.”   It also comes directly on the heels of the film’s first screenings in Rwanda last month, first at the office of the Prime Minister, then in the hillside hamlet where MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER was filmed, and at a special screening for 600 women participating in a national unity program.  This is part of an extraordinary worldwide journey for the film, which began in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival in May and is taking it to the world’s major capitals as well as to conflict zones across Asia, Europe and Africa.  In December, Kenya’s Human Rights Commission showed the film in three cities as part of that country’s own efforts at ethnic reconciliation.

To make MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER, multiple award-winning director Anne Aghion spent close to ten years returning to a tiny rural community in Rwanda, remote from the country’s capital. There, over time, she focused on the emotional impact of the Gacaca (pronounced ga-CHA-cha)—the system of local open-air courts that adjudicates genocide crimes and returns killers to their homes in exchange for confessions.

MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER is the feature companion to the “Gacaca Series” — a series of one-hour films that have garnered awards including an Emmy, a UNESCO Fellini prize, and more, and which have been recognized as seminal works not just on Rwanda but on the human, emotional aspect of the transition from conflict to peace.

MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER has earned Aghion the 2009 Nestor Almendros Award from the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and a nomination for the 2009 Gotham Award for Best Documentary.  Based in Paris and New York, Anne Aghion is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.  For more information, see www.myneighbormykiller.com

• [Jan 15] Bail Out the People Protest on Wall Street
  Open Up A New Year of Struggle – January 15

  PROTEST ON WALL ST. ON DR. KING’S BIRTHDAY
  NO MORE BAIL OUTS & BONUSES FOR BANKERS – BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE

  FRI., JAN. 15, 2010, 3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
  At Wall St. and Broad (across from the Stock Exchange)
  WE DEMAND JOBS FOR ALL
  SAVE FREE STUDENT MTA CARDS
  STOP FORECLOSURES AND EVICTIONS
  HOUSING, EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE – NOT WAR

  Bail Out the People Movement (January 15 coalition in formation)
  Bailoutpeople.org 212 633-6646

The NYC Citizen Corps Council is proud to announce a new community service Youth Program for NYC high school students currently enrolled in grades 9 to 11. Participants will gain valuable experience in emergency preparedness and disaster response, while developing relationships with important citywide organizations and other NYC youth.
Once selected, youth leaders will meet every other Tuesday evening from February to June 2010. These leaders will be trained in NYC emergency management and work on improving existing preparedness messaging for high school youth.

Youth leaders will attend hands-on training sessions with community leaders and emergency managers from organizations like the American Red Cross and NYC Office of Emergency Management, among others. They will also offer feedback about current preparedness outreach tactics and work to design a youth-oriented emergency preparedness event.

The application deadline is Friday, January 8. To download the Youth Program application or for additional information, visit www.NYC.gov/citizencorps or email citizencorps@oem.nyc.gov.

Best,
Herman

Herman Schaffer, MSW
Director, Community Outreach
New York City Office of Emergency Management
165 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, NY  11201
Tel: 718-422-4821
Fax: 718-422-8451
Email: hschaffer@oem.nyc.gov

Somos Arte presents the new exhibit, Marvelous Color, celebrating six of Marvel Comics’ popular and iconographic super hero characters: Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, The Falcon, Blade and James Rhodes (Iron Man/War Machine) at the gallery of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) located at 408 West 58th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues.

The show is presented and produced by Somos Arte. The show’s Associate Producers are Black Panther writer Reginald Hudlin (Modern Family, Everybody Hates Chris, Bernie Mac Show and the upcoming Black Panther) and Shady Records’ Riggs Morales. The presenting gallery, CCCADI, is a not for profit cultural organization based in New York City dedicated to promoting and promulgating the cultures of people of African Descent.

The exhibit will run through February 26, 2010.

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• [Jan 4] Marvelous Color — Celebrating Black Superheros in the Comics

  

  Somos Arte presents the new exhibit, Marvelous Color, celebrating six of Marvel Comics’ popular and iconographic super hero characters: Black Panther, Storm, Luke…

• [Jan 30] Women’s Breaking Of The Fast
  The purpose of this event is to bring awareness and need for women to become their true authentic self in God. Women in our society need to break free from their prison of stigmatic role dictated by society that have them bound with barrenness, victimization mentality and being unproductive. The true authentic woman knows that in her Mind holds creativity and productivity, in her Body holds health and wellness and in her Soul she has a personal relationship with her Creator, God. This event hold…
• [Jan 15] Inspired Words — An All-Star Extravaganza of Performance Poets & Spoken Word Artists

  

  Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word – Night of Stars
  Grand Reopening!
  An All-Star Extravaganza of Performance Poets & Spoken Word Artists
  Friday, January 15, 2010
  Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
  Location: (Le) Poisson Rouge
  http://lepoissonrouge.com/
  158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012
  Phone: (212) 505-FISH…

From the Hip Hop Republican:

The current Chairman of the Republican Party, Michael Steele has recently authored a book entitled Right Now! in which he presents a 12-step program for defeating the agenda of the left. “Step One,” says Steele, “is admitting where we’ve gone wrong in the past…we must return to the principles of the Founders, principles of small government, economic freedom, lower taxes and renewed commitment to personal responsibility for oneself and one’s family.”

To learn more about the book, click here.

• [Jan 16] INTRODUCTION TO TIKI-THE “ALL-IN-ONE CMS SOLUTION”
  INTRODUCTION TO TIKI-
  THE “ALL-IN-ONE CMS SOLUTION”

  A demonstration of TikiWiki CMS/Groupware
  Followed by drinks with the developers

  Saturday, January 16th

  Casa Frela Gallery is hosting a demonstration of Tiki, a free, open source integrated software package used to set up multi-featured websites “out of the box.” Anyone with an interest in web sites is welcome, from the most seasoned administrators to newbies interested in setting up their first site.

  The demonstration will take place on Sa…

• [Jan 2] FUN at SOB’s with Rich Medina and Herbert Holler

  

  Saturday January 2nd
  And Every 1st Saturday
  Herbert Holler, Rich Medina & S.O.B.’s Present:
  FUN
  A Night of Dance
  featuring
  Rich Medina x Herbert Holler

  Doors:11:55pm
  Admission: $5 w/ rsvp to djherbert@earthlink.net
  or
  rsvp@sobs.com

  The SoundClash is back. Its an EPIC BLASH!
  Herbert Holler & Rich…