Through February 26
Tillies of Brooklyn, 248 DeKalb Avenue | Vanderbilt. A small works show of original art featuring the work of Pamella Allen, Kennis Baptiste, Trevor Brown, Ramona Candy, Sadikisha Collier, Carol Foy, Kathleen Hayek, Charlotta Janssen, Katrina D. Jeffries, Louis Mims and Sasha Shaw.
February 4 to 9, various times
BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue | St. Felix/Ashland
Multi-genre showcase promoting appreciation for Black independent film. Many of the screenings feature a Q&A with the filmmakers. For a detailed listing of dates and times visit the Brooklyn Academy of Music website.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH MOVIE & ART EXHIBIT
Tuesday, February 8 and Wednesday, February 9
Cumberland Diagnostic & Treatment Center, 100 North Portland Avenue | Park. The medical center present a screening of "Gifted Hands," a biographical drama about famed Neurosurgeon Ben Carson and his inspiring life story, and "Art Heals Mind, Body & Spirit", an exhibit presented by the Museum of African Art, the Greater New York Hospital Association & Empire BlueCross BlueShield. Free popcorn & beverages served. For more information call, (718) 260-7804.
RUBIN HURRICANE CARTER SPEAKS @ GREENLIGHT
Thursday, February 10, 7:30pmGreenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street | So. Portland
Dr. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, former boxing champion falsely convicted of a crime, and inspiration for the 1999 film The Hurricane and a song by Bob Dylan, will talk about his new book, Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom, which chronicles metaphoric and physical prisons he has survived. He will also answer questions from the audience.
Friday, February 11 & Saturday, February 12, 9-10:30pm, Free
BAMcafé, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avene | Hanson & Atlantic. Each show features a younger generation of cutting edge talent in jazz, dance, gospel, spoken word, contemporary soul and more. Performers are listed on the
Brooklyn Academy of Music website.
BLACK ACHIEVERS RECOGNITION
Saturday, February 12, 11:00am
Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church
88 Hanson Place | So. Portland
New York State Assembly Member Hakeem Jeffries and District Leader Olanike Alabi will be honored at this New York City and National Historic landmark built just before the Civil War.
MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place | So. Portland, Various dates and times
Exhibits Re-Imagining Haiti: Le Projet Nouveau and Re-Imagining Haiti: Standing With Papa Legba, are now on view through May 8. Mixer: I ♥ Haiti, co-presented with Story Corps, will feature Haitian music, food and poetry focused on a “re-imagined” vision of Haiti, Sunday, February 13th, 4:00-7:00pm. Story Corps will be on site to collect interviews from the audience based on the exhibitions themes. If you would like to commit to an interview session, contact John White at jwhite@storycorps.org to make a reservation.
On Wednesday, February 23, 6:30-8:30pm, MoCADA and the Haiti Cultural Exchange will host a Literary Salon featuring, Haiti Noir, the new anthology edited by award-winning Haitian-American author, Edwidge Danticat. Some of the contributing authors will read from the book and speak about their work in relation to the idea of “re-imagining” Haiti. A book signing will take place at the conclusion of the evening.
Long Island University
Chapel | Dekalb & Flatbush
Tuskegee Airmen, Majors Victor Terrelonge and Bill Wheller will tell the story of these American heroes. This is a great opportunity to hear from those who made history. Seating is limited, arrive early.
THE STRENGTH OF A WOMAN: YOU CONTINUE TO RISE!
Thursday, February 17, 3:00pm
South Oxford Space, 138, South Oxford Street | Hanson & Atlantic
Wright Strategy Group presents this awards event honoring Jazz vocalist Dianne Allen, Sharon Nickey, Denise Price, Mary Bishop, Pojanee Fleury, actor Ellie Foumbi, Elizabeth Sylvince and Kim Holland. The event includes dramatic and jazz performances. Tickets are $25 advance/$40 door and may be purchased by calling 646-377-3481 or sending an email to wsg_inc@yahoo.com
Friday, February 18, 7:30pm, Free
Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street | So. Portland
A special installment of NYWC’s “Writing Aloud” series which presents writers from the NYWC community reading alongside established and emerging writers. For this event Tiphanie Yanique, author and one of National Book Foundation's "5 under 35," reads alongside African American NYWC workshop participants from Prime Time Writers at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Clinton Hill, Women's Prison Association, Brooklyn Vet Center, and Brooklyn Public Library, Bayridge Branch.
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