April 2024
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 6pm- 8pm @ Aaron Davis Hall. Litany for Survival: Audre Lorde Celebration. By Ada Gay Griffin & Michelle Parkerson. City College Center for the Arts, The Doc Forum and Third World Newsreel invites you to celebrate the 90th birthday of legendary poet, feminist, socialist, activist and mother, Audre Lorde with a screening of Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (1995). The film will be followed by a Q&A with poet, filmmaker, and director of CCNY’s MFA in Creative Writing, Michelle Valladares. Get tickets at ticketleap.events. Location: 129 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street, New York City.
Wednesday April 17 at 6.10pm @ CCNY Shepard Hall 291. On-Site Launch for Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas (no. 107). Join us for the on-site launch of the latest issue (No. 107) of Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas Contemporary Latin American Nonfiction. The event will be led by Daniel Shapiro, Editor; with remarks by Dr. Ángel Estévez, Chair, Classical and Modern Languages & Literatures; followed by a conversation, in English, with Prof. Will H. Corral, Guest Editor; author Eduardo Lalo; and translator Andrea Rosenberg. Location: 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031.
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 7pm @ Aaron Davis Hall. Sambhuya: Understanding the Brain through Dance: A Bharatanatyam Recital. Sloka Iyengar PhD is a neuroscientist and practitioner of Bharatanatyam, passionate about relieving suffering through the sciences and the arts. Her dance practice manifests in three main ways: 1. Continuing to learn Bharatanatyam, music, and Sanskrit from her gurus; 2. Creating works that articulate the convergence between the sciences and the arts; and 3. Creating the foundation to use Bharatanatyam for creative aging. For more information and tickets, visit ticketleap.events. Location: 129 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street, New York City.
Saturday, April 20th 10am to 12noon @ The Church of Saint Catherine Genoa Assemblyman Al Taylor will be joined by several State and City organizations for a listening party. They look forward to holding an open dialogue about the issues that matter most to you. They look forward to seeing you there! Location: The Church of Saint Catherine Genoa (504 W 153rd Street).
Sunday, April 21st 1pm-6pm Mackey Twins Art Gallery presents, Visual Rhythms. Introducing Ernani Silva, Artist & Activist and featuring new & exclusive work from: Elizabeth Catlett, Alvin Clayton, James Denmark, April Harrison, John Holyfield, Marian Howard, Mango Laracuente, Koby Martin, Charly Palmer, TWIN, Jerry Lynn & Terry Lynn. Location: 457 Sidney Ave, Mt. Vernon NY. Call 917-796-5895 for more information.
Monday, April 22nd @ 5pm- 8pm The Third Annual Earth Day Program: “Planet vs. Plastics” The Social Justice Ministry of the Parish of St. Charles Borromeo, Resurrection, All Saints, which are members of Social Justice Ministries of the Central Harlem Cluster of Catholic Churches; in partnership with the Social Action Committee of Xi Phi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated,; the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Community Center; Catholic Charities; the Bishop Emerson J. Moore Council #404 of the Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary; the New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women; WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Metro New York Catholic Climate Movement and the CLIMATE Crisis Policy Organization will present the Earth Day 2024 program.
The following is a quote from Kathleen Rogers President of EARTHDAY.ORG. “Planet vs. Plastics unites students, parents, businesses, governments, churches, unions, individuals, and NGOs in an unwavering commitment to call for the end of plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the product goal by 2040 and an ultimate goal of building a plastic-free future for generations to come.” Location: Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Community Center @ 34 W. 134th St. in Harlem.
Friday, April 26, 2024 at 7pm- 9pm @ Aaron Davis Hall. Crossroads from Cuba to New York
Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators featuring Brianna Thomas. Steinway Artist and Grammy-nominated Cuban jazz pianist and composer Elio Villafranca returns to the Aaron Davis Hall, City College, with his group The Jass Syncopators, featuring singer Brianna Thomas to explore the connection between spiritual and musical crossroads in Cuba and New York. This concert, Crossroads from Cuba to New York, explores the rich diaspora of several Afro-Cuban musical forms and their intersection with jazz. Get tickets at ticketleap.events. Location: 129 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street, New York City.
Friday April 26 2024 at 11am. Indigenous Central Park Tour. Before the arrival of Europeans, the land that became Central Park was part of a rich indigenous ecosystem that the Lenape people still call home today. Join us as we uncover the vestiges of their presence in the Park’s wooded north end. Through the exploration of native flora and fauna, we’ll reference contemporary indigenous research and discuss how these native communities (including descendants of the Lenape) sustain and nourish their connections to their ancestral homeland today. Get tickets at centralparknyc.org. Location: 830 Fifth Avenue
The Arsenal, New York, NY 10021.