November 16 4 pm: Hip-Hop History Workshop for Teens: B-Boy & B-Girl Dancing with Kwikstep and Rokafella. The Schomburg Center celebrates Hip-Hop History Month in November with four interactive workshops for teens that will explore the four elements of hip-hop: MCing, DJing, B-boy/girl Dancing, and Graffiti/Aerosol Art. Knowledge, the fifth element of hip-hop, is at […]readmore
TONIGHT! November 7 2013 Stars of New York Dance. Kumble Theatre. DeKalb Ave. and Flatbush Six 2013 Brooklyn leaders (the “Dancing Stars”) and their professional dance artists, compete to win a $5,000 dance scholarship award for the dance partners’ dance organization to pay for the children’s dance tuition fees, class uniforms, shoes and dance costumes: […]readmore
November 1 7:00p: Community Education Forum & Booksigning: Teaching Who We Are, For Our Children’s Future. Dr. Molefi Kete Asante is keynote speaker. Location: Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. @ Jefferson Ave. Dr. Asante will sign his African American History: A Journey of Liberation, a high school text used in more than 400 schools throughout […]readmore
October 24 5:30p-7:30p: Opening Reception for Koho Yamamoto: Works of the Master, an exhibition of the works of the famous artist-educator, who at 91, is still teaching and painting. Dr. Myrah Brown Green is curator. Aaron Davis Hall, Convent Avenue & 135th St. www.adhatccny.org (Ongoing thru November 22) RSVP required. E-mail: cccarts@ccny.cuny.edu or call: 212/650-5361. […]readmore
October 17 BED-STUY ALIVE! – A TASTE OF SOUL Support Participating Restaurants online. www.bed-stuyalive.org. 6:00p: Schomburg Center’s Ed Talks: The Misinformation of the Negro by Dr. Ivory A. Toldson. Ed Talks is a new forum for educational scholars and thought leaders whose work illuminates, challenges and transforms the pedagogy and practice of teaching historical and […]readmore
October 11 6:00p: Reparations Forum at SISTAS’ PLACE, with a keynote address from David Comissiong, member of the Reparations Committee in Barbados. Mr. Comissiong has been in the forefront of the Reparations Movement for decades and he has recently published a book relating the impact of Slavery and the Slave Trade to the history and […]readmore
October 5 11a-4p: Crown Heights North House Tour: chnhousetour@gmail.com (Self-guided, rain or shine). 12noon-5p: EscapeMakers Local Food & Travel Expo at Brooklyn Borough Hall. YOU MUST PREREGISTER to ATTEND THIS FREE EVENT! REGISTER AT escapemaker.com/travelexpo 12noon-5p: Prospect Heights House Tour: Prospect Heights Association/ info@brooklynhousetours.org (Self-guided, rain or shine). October 8 6:30p: Medgar Evers College […]readmore
TODAY September 26 5:30p: Brooklyn Music School performs at Albee Square Mall, Downtown BK. September 27 The DUMBO Arts Festival (through September 29) THIS WEEKEND September 28 10am ~ 12n: Next Generation: Youth Leadership Breakfast. Meet children from The Sankofa Academy; Premier Screening of Chris Curry’s new Stop The Violence video. Led […]readmore