February is Black History Month. Here are a few suggestions & a list of biographies of Black scientists who changed the World!
Great news ~ The Harlem African Burial Ground Task Force in East Harlem has a website! Check it out.
Only 3 days left to see Elizabeth Catlett: Wake Up in Glory at Burning in Water, on view to February 3.
Only 3 days left to see For the Love of Money: Blacks on U.S. Currency at The Museum of American Finance, curated by The Museum of UnCut Funk, on view through February 3
Kicking-off Black History Month, February 1st with Phil Young ~ Every Thursday Night at Lenox Saphire
Black Borders: Portraits by Anthony Barboza at Keith De Lellis Gallery on view to March 10, 2018.
Gordon Parks: Langston Hughes, Chicago. Image via Jack Shainman Gallery
Gordon Parks: I Am You Part 1 at Jack Shainman Gallery on view to February 10th
Arthur Mitchell: Harlem’s Ballet Trailblazer at Wallach Art Gallery
Harlem & the Bronx have something to say in the second edition of Selections at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, Harlem
Open House Weekend at The Apollo Theater, February 3-4, and check out this short video ‘In Praise of the Apollo.’
King in New York at The Museum of the City of New York
Also at the Museum of the City of New York, in celebration of Black History Month, the HABG Task Force will be joining the Black Gotham Experience, The Studio Museum in Harlem + others on Saturday, February 10th from 11am to 5pm. Renderings of Harlem’s African Burial Ground will be on display in the lobby.
Spirit of Community: Art of Harlem at Harlem Hospital Pavilion
Harlem School of the Arts February 2-3
Oprah in Conversation at The Apollo Theater February 7th
African Heritage SouSou! at CCCADI
2018 Harlem Fine Arts Show from February 15-19
Studio Museum in Harlem continues “inHarlem’ with Derrick Adams: Patrick Kelly, The Journey at Countee Cullen
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Take advantage of a plethora of talent at Harlem Stage during the 2018 Spring Performing Arts Season
The Harlem Chamber Players’ at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
National Black Theater celebrating Black History Month with Change: Conversations With the Creator
Identity ~ Works in Fiber Arts that explore imagery of people of the African Diaspora at Arsenal Gallery
Take a walk through The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and view Power in Print ~ exploring the art of the Black Power Movement poster,
and the exhibition Black Power! on view through March, 2018. Find more in LIVE from the NYPL.
Also at The Schomburg Center, 2018 Black Lives Matter Teen Conference on February 10
HISTORY “365” opens at Essie Green Galleries
Check out what New York City Parks has to offer during Black History Month
Uptown Restaurant Week in East Harlem through February 9th!
Celebrate Black History Month with one of the oldest musical institutions in Harlem, New Amsterdam Musical Association (NAMA)
February 22nd at The Alhambra Ballroom
Tuesday, February 27th ~ Black Panther in Conversation ~ A Pop-Up Event Live at the Apollo!
Take a Tour of Harlem ~ Gospel, Jazz, Tasting ~ with Welcome to Harlem
March 1st ~ The Art of MARCH: A Civil Rights Masterpiece
Walk across 125th Street and check out the Gates painted by Franco the Great!
and acknowledging another Harlem icon, Dapper Dan.
Looking for the mural, Spirit of Harlem? Not uncovered yet. Updates here.
Great photos of What Harlem looked like in the mid-20th century.
And check out Black Scientists who changed the World.
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