Friday, December 28th Wild Appetites Presents Akara and Anansi, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave., 3-3:30 & 4-4:30PM, $11, children under 12 FREE. Meet Chef Key of Wild Appetites for a delicious storytelling of Anansi and the Pot of Beans. Also enjoy a tasting of Akara, fried Nigerian black-eyed pea fritters. All ages. Saturday, December […]readmore
Friday, December 21st Holiday Artists Showcase Saint Luke’s Church, 520 Clinton Ave. (bet. Fulton & Atlantic), 7PM, FREE. The Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Cultural Arts Program gifts the community with a pair of free performances featuring the talented young people in its dance program. Winter Wonderland Family Holiday Celebration Ingersoll Community Center, 177 Myrtle […]readmore
Friday, December 7th Irreversible Quartet/Patricia Spears Jones, Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Ave., 7:30-10PM, $15. Irreversible Quartet is a free jazz quintet featuring Keir Neuringer on sax, Aquiles Navarro on trumpet, Luke Stewart on bass and Tcheser Holmes on drums. It taps into key legacies in creative Black music in the US with an intensity […]readmore
Saturday, December 1st Flashing Brilliance at the 34th Annual Holiday Benefit Auction & Exhibit for the Children of NYC, Dorsey’s Art Gallery,553 Rogers Ave., 7PM, FREE. Art That Makes You Go Wow! – In a 5″ x 7″ greeting-card format. Karen Butler-Brock, Charlene Cambridge, Alimoe, Linda Hiwot,Deborah Singletary, Inez Singletary, Madilyn Wade, Ken Wright are the […]readmore
Saturday, November 24th Expressions of Larry Brown Exhibition Closing, The Bishop Gallery, 916 Bedford Ave., 12-7PM, Reception 5-7PM, FREE. Join beloved veteran artist Larry Brown for the closing celebration of his unique exhibition of African-inspired beadwork on canvas and leather (many of them wearable art pieces) as well as abstract “Streams of Consciousness” in pen […]readmore
Saturday, November 17th What Is Joy? Group Exhibition Artist Talk & Dessert, St. Joseph’s College, 245 Clinton Ave., Alumni Room Gallery, 1-3PM, FREE. Featuring works by TAFA, Ava Tomlinson, Jimmy James Greene, Jorge Valdes, Willie Mae Brown, C. Bangs, Mark Blackshear, Brittan Blasdel, Sarah J. Hall and Ellen Coleman Izzo. 8th Annual Turkey Meal […]readmore
Saturday, November 10th Embracing Black Joy / Roots Party Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Ave., 11AM-6PM (Part of weekend storytelling month events), FREE. Witness a work-in-progress screening of Marta Effinger-Crichlow’s doc., “LITTLE SALLIEWALKER,” aboutfour Black women who find pleasure, refuge and power in childhood play, yet also highlights how their play reignites memories of racial […]readmore
Saturday, November 3rd Reaching for Wholeness in Harmony with God’s People @ Brown Memorial Baptist Church, 484 Washington Ave., 4PM, $35. Enjoy Church Women United, Inc. Brooklyn in concert at an afternoon of fellowship and music to fill the spirit and feed the soul. Featured will be the New York Fellowship Mass Choir and the […]readmore
