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the Color of Power Exhibition Program (Jan 30)
Harlem Community Newspapers | January 30. 2020
Free Weekly Live Entertainment ● Harlem Shake (100 W. 124th St): Fri, 7-10pmOpen Mic with Live Musicians ● Mist Harlem (46 W. 116th St): Th starting at 8pm- Live Music; Fri, 10pm-2am- Live Jazz ● Lenox Sapphire (314 Lenox Ave): Th starting at 7-11pm- Live Jazz ● Chez Lucienne (308 Lenox Ave): Fri & Sat, 7-10pm- Live Blues ● Savanna Raes Harlem (2070 ACP Jr. Blvd): Fri, 9-11pm- : Live R&B and Soul ● Maison Harlem (341 Saint Nicholas Ave.): Sun 5-8pm, Live Jazz Vocalist Lady Leah ● Red Rooster (310 Malcolm X Blvd) Mon (Hip Hop); Tues (Live Blues); Thur-Sun (Live Jazz), starting at 7:30pm ● El San Juan Restaurant (1429 5th Ave) Sun 11am-4pm (Sunday Brunch with DJ music)
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Now until February 2 EXHIBITION An Emphasis on Resistance: 2019 CIFO Grants & Commissions Program Exhibition El Museo del Barrio is delighted to host An Emphasis on Resistance, the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation’s 2019 Grants & Commissions Program exhibition highlighting new works by nine award-winning artists from seven Latin American countries, divided into three categories: Achievement Award - Cecilia Vicuña (Chile); Mid-Career Artists - Leyla Cárdenas (Colombia), Ana Linnemann (Brazil), Yucef Mehri (Venezuela) and Nicolás Paris (Colombia); and Emerging Artists - Susana Pilar Delahante (Cuba), María José Machado (Ecuador), Claudia Martínez Garay (Peru), and Oscar Abraham Pabón (Venezuela). 1230 Fifth Avenue.
January 30 6:00pm The Color of Power Exhibition Program: Artist Talk with Edgardo Miranda Rodriguez Join CCCADI for their monthly exhibition program where we will be delving into the world of Black comics to explore the depths and nuances of this famed genre. On this occasion, exhibition curator and creator of La Borinqueña, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez of Somos Arte, will be talking about the fascinating process of creating this much needed Afro-Boricua SuperShero. Make sure to bring your La Borinqueña comics because the talk will be followed by a signing. 120 East 125th Street. Donation based. January 31 6:00-8:00pm Art Inspired by Camilla D’Errico Come create your own masterpiece inspired by work from famous artists and various techniques. The series will include an overview of the artist or technique, followed by a hands-on workshop. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center. 18 Mount Morris Park West. FREE. January 31 8:00pm George Dalaras, Songs of Our Life, feat. Michalis Tzouganakis A three hour show with legendary songs by the world renown artist George Dalaras, with the Cretan virtuoso and vocalist Michalis Tzouganakis, the beautiful voice of Aspasia Stratigou, and the participation of virtuoso and vocalist Alexandros Tzouganakis, who follows the steps of his father Michalis. Apollo Theater. 253 W 125th Street. $53 and up. February 1 1:00-2:00pm Dozie Kanu: Function On a guided tour of
For the Cool Kids (Feb 1) Dozie Kanu: Function at Studio Museum 127, explore the relationship between form and function. Engage in a dialogue across materials and objects as you consider the boundaries between art and utilitarian design. Adults, families, and kids of all ages are welcome! Studio Museum. 429 W 127th Street. FREE with Museum admission.
sic Café DJ Hard Hittin’ Harry, this event offers activities for youth, such as performances from the National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Oom Bop Sh’Bam, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling’s “What is Cool about Harlem,” and ImageNation’s screening of award-winning miniseries, Little Apple. 253 W 125th Street. FREE.
February 1 2:00pm First Saturday Jam Session with David Durrah Calling jazz musicians of all ages! Grab your instrument, bring a chart, and build your chops with Harlem icon David Durrah. Saturday Sessions are a space for musicians and fans alike to soak up Harlem’s vibrant live music scene. National Jazz Museum in Harlem. 58 W 129th Street. FREE with suggested donation.
February 3 6:30-9:00pm Always in Season Join for a free, public screening of the Independent Lens documentary “Always in Season.” Directed by Jacqueline Olive, the documentary explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial violence today. Schomburg Center. 515 Malcolm X Blvd. FREE.
February 1 1:00-6:00pm Apollo Open House Celebration of Cool In celebration of Black History Month, the world famous Apollo Theater opens its doors for a unique and FREE glimpse into the Apollo’s rich history and current programs. This year’s Open House, Celebration of Cool, features multimedia presentations looking back on the Apollo’s place within Black history and a live performance from Apollo Music Café alum Casey Benjamin. This event also includes an advance screening of the documentary American Masters—Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool followed by a panel moderated by NJTV NewsCorrespondent/Anchor and WBGO-FM host, Michael Hill. 253 W 125th Street. FREE. February 1 1:00pm Apollo Open House 2020: For the Cool Kids Hosted by the Apollo Music Café’s Jodine Dorce with Apollo Mu-
February 4 7:00-9:00pm The MOTH StorySLAM: Only in Harlem ONLY IN HARLEM: Prepare a five-minute story about life in one of the world’s most iconic neighborhoods. Schomburg Center. 515 Malcolm X Blvd. $15. February 5 7:30-10:00pm The Futurism is Ours: The New Negress Film Society The Futurism Is Ours is a program of afro- and feminist-futurist films that explore present-day dilemmas, envision the future, and re-imagine the past. By expanding notions of time, outer space, memory, and collective trauma, these artists treat cinema as a space for exploring and representing the often tangled intersections between diaspora and colonial legacies, utopia and dystopia, and for foregrounding a vision of black and queer liber-
Always in Season (Feb 3) ation. Maysles Cinema. 343 Malcolm X Blvd. $12. February 6 6:30-8:30pm Housing Discrimination in the Jim Crow North and the Case for Reparations Join historians Beryl Satter, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Nathan Connolly in this discussion of the ways in which housing policy, over the course of the 20th and into the 21st century, created and re-created inequality. Schomburg Center. 515 Malcolm X Blvd. FREE. February 6 10:00pm Apollo Comedy Club The Apollo Comedy Club celebrates the Theater’s rich comedic roots. The Apollo Comedy Club features the best up and coming talent in comedy today. Featuring Rob Love, Coby Jackk and Comedian Stiletto. 253 West 125th Street. Tickets starting at $22. February 8 11:00-12:00pm Power Portraits What does power mean to you? Explore this question as you make a mosaic using colorful materials. Inspired by the artist Mickalene Thomas consider composition, shapes, and colors! Parents, caregivers, and organizations servicing little ones under 5 years old are invited to the NYPL Harlem Library to enjoy art-making and other activities that encourage creative time and bonding. 9 W 124th Street. FREE. February 8 9:00-3:30pm Love Your Body Fitness Marathon Join Pelham Fritz for a day of fitness, fun, and cardio! Take your favorite class or try a new one they have something for everyone with five hours of various fitness classes to choose from. Bring a friend and some water, and get ready to get fit!
Pelham Fritz Recreation Center. 18 Mount Morris Park West. FREE. February 8 9:00pm Apollo Music Cafe: Rue Brown Mix a bit of sugar with cinnamon and spice and just the right amount of sass and you’ve conjured Rue Brown for an unforgettable night of music. Known for her engaging stage presence and soul-baring songs, Rue delivers a blend of jazz, hip hop and soul. 253 West 125th Street. Tickets starting at $22. February 8 12:00-4:00pm Power of SouSou: Journey into the Blackverse Families, fans, and cosplay community members come celebrate the fantastic worlds of the Black comic universe with The Color of Power: Heroes, Sheroes, & Their Creators exhibition. Power up your inner and outer superhero, or supershero! CCCADI 120 E 125th Street. FREE. February 21 6:00-8:00pm Oscar Sanders at the Sisters Uptown Bookstore Award-winning author/poet/filmmaker/spoken word performer Oscar Sanders launches his social justice spoken word book Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry at Sisters Uptown Bookstore and Cultural Center. Oscar Sanders will perform a set of portions of his book in ten (10) different characters “Oscar Sanders is the Dick Gregory and Paul Mooney of spoken word” Playwrights Horizon says, Exposing Politics is a poignant meditation of the troubling state of American Politics.” Refreshments will be served. 1942 Amsterdam Avenue at 156th St. FREE.
