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SUMMARY:Portals: Traversing Black Continuums (work-in-progress)
DESCRIPTION:Join us on this multi-sensory journey through time\, space\, generations\, and dimensions! This multi-disciplinary dance work-in-progress examines everyday items in our lives that serve as portals to oscillating between black past\, present and the Afro-future. \nUsing her Sankofic praxis – process inspired by the Ghaian Akan term of looking back in order to understand how to intentionally move forward – Kendra J. Ross delves into individual and communal experiences of items that transport us across generations. \nInspired by a range of portals like candy\, water\, and bags audiences will take a site-informed journey as we collectively uncover our traditions as fuel to navigate our current societal conditions and plan for what’s next. \nCome experience and share this collectively created Black Time Capsule we will form with movement\, text\, and dialogue. \nAbout the Artists\nKendra J. Ross\nKendra J. Ross is a proud Detroit native working as a dancer\, choreographer\, teaching artist\, facilitator and community organizer in Bed-Stuy\, Brooklyn. As a dancer in New York City\, Kendra has worked with Urban Bush Women\, Andrea E. Woods/Souloworks\, Ase Dance Theater Collective\, Monstah Black/ Motion Sickness\, MBDance\, Moving Spirits Dance Company\, RAKIA!\, Melanie Green\, Movement of the People Dance Company and as a guest artist with Oyu Oro. Kendra completed a European tour dancing with Adira Amram and DJ Kid Koala in Vinyl Vaudeville 2.0 and performed with Gyptian at the MTV Iggy awards. Kendra’s choreographic work has been presented at Florida A&M University\, the off-Broadway show 7 Sins\, Museu de Arte in Salvador\, Brazil\, Dixon Place\, Ailey Citigroup Theater\, and Actors Fund Theater. She has been an Artist in Residence at Brooklyn Studios for Dance\, Bates College\, and The Neighborhood Project through 651 ARTS\, a BAX Space Grantee\, and a Visiting Artist at Atlantic Center for the Arts. She was recently the 2022 BedStuy Artist in Residence at The Laundromat Project. She is currently a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. Kendra is a teaching artist at Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance and a certified Pilates instructor. Along with sharing her art world-wide\, Kendra serves as the Founder/Director of STooPS\, an outdoors-based community building event that uses art as a catalyst to strengthen ties between different entities in Bed-Stuy and as a Facilitator with UBW’s BOLD (Builders\, Organizers\, and Leaders Through Dance) network. www.thekendrajross.com \nDani Criss\nAffectionately known as Dani Criss\, The Artist; a multidisciplinary artist\, artistic educator\, and community organizer hailing from Durham\, North Carolina\, now based in Brooklyn\, NY. Leading with a passionate perspective driven by her roots and studies of the African Diaspora\, as well as the advancement of her people everywhere. Educating through the principles of the Diaspora\, inspiring an appreciation\, acceptance\, and historical experience in each interaction; Using movement and knowledge as the source to obtain liberation while discovering ancestral connections within the liberative practices. An artistic educator in primary and higher education in New York\, NY and surrounding areas including NYC Public Schools\, Nassau Community College\, Mark Morris Dance Center\, and several arts organizations around the city. Check out www.danicriss.com for more information. \nCandace Thompson-Zachery\nCandace Thompson-Zachery\, based in Brooklyn and originally from Trinidad and Tobago\, is a dancer\, choreographer and cultural producer\, with a vested interest in Caribbean dance and culture. She is the founder of Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE\, an initiative that supports and presents Caribbean dance performance in NYC and produces her own choreographic work through the project ContempoCaribe. She is a graduate of the Performance Curation program at ICPP at Wesleyan University and currently works in arts leadership and administration. \nAsma Feyijinmi\nAsma Feyijinmi is a Brooklyn born and raised artist who particularly savors facilitating community building. Movement and percussion are her vehicles to explore social justice\, history and language. She has worked as a teaching artist with many arts and education programs thoughout the five boroughs including: UBW’s BOLD\, Lincoln Center\, The Morris Jumel Mansion and DreamYard Project. In November of 2018\, she joined The Park Avenue Armory Teaching Artist Corps. \nHer career as a performer has included working with: Urban Bush Women\, Edwina Lee Tyler and A Piece of The World\, Forces of Nature\, LadyGourd Sangoma and Obba Babatunde. She also performed in The Love Project with dancers from 2 to 80 years of age\, directed and choreographed by Penelope McCourty. She can be found as the lead actress in: A Powerful Thang by filmmaker Zeinabu Davis and contributed to the soundtrack of Ms. Davis’s film Compensation. Asma has also been a muse for artists: Harvey Dinnerstein\, Quimetta Perle and George Staempfli.
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LOCATION:Mark Morris Dance Center\, 3 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
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SUMMARY:Song Salon
DESCRIPTION:651 ARTS in partnership with The Billie Holiday Theatre present Song Salon. \nAn intimate night of music and conversation. \nEvery Thursday in May\, 651 ARTS and The Billie Holiday Theatre bring you the Song Salon\, a series of intimate performances and conversations\, inviting audiences into the room – into the artistic process\, a live Behind-the-Scenes with the folks standing at the front of it! \n\nMay 4 — Jordyn Davis\nMay 11 — Terron Austin\nMay 18 — Candice Hoyes\nMay 25 — Nicholas Ryan Gant\n\nWhat is it?\nEach Thursday in May\, we’re inviting an artist to share their performance and process (or plight) in front of an audience. Each one of them brings a different experience\, and unique offering. \nWill there be live music? Yes \nWill you be able to talk about it and ask questions? Also\, yes. \nYour interaction is not only welcomed but encouraged. It’s a conversation and we want to hear your voice/thoughts/feelings! \nWhy a Salon?\nSalons have long served as safe spaces where Black artists\, thinkers and creators gather to discuss and express themselves. \nThe Song Salon draws inspiration from the historical importance of the “Salon” to Black creativity and expression. It was designed to be a supportive space and community for creatives to try new things\, revisit old things\, or simply to talk through things. \n  \nThe Artists\nWe invited two artists and each of them nominated an artist of their choice – someone they’re excited about\, someone they want to share with you! \nThis inaugural season of the Song Salon will feature a collective of dynamic\, emerging artists on-the-rise including: \nJordyn Davis\nDate: May 4th \nAward winning bassist\, composer\, songwriter\, vocalist\, and multi-instrumentalist Jordyn Davis became the first African-American woman to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition from Michigan State University in 2019 as well as the first Michigan State student to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition and Jazz Studies concurrently. She has also performed and worked with artists such Micheal Dease\, Brian Stokes Mitchell\, Wycliffe Gordon & The Black Excellence Dee Dee Bridgewater\, Craig Harris & William Delisfort. Additionally\, she is the proud leader of her own band “Composetheway.” The Brooklyn-based artist was recently featured on the PBS Limited Series “Music for Social Justice” and is an alumnae of The Woodshed Network – a mentorship and career accelerator program for emerging self-identifying women artists in Jazz presented by 651 ARTS in collaboration with  music legend Dee Dee Bridgewater. Davis is also one of two inaugural Jazz Leader Fellowship recipients from the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music as well as a teaching artist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.  \nTerron Austin\nDate: May 11th \nBrooklyn-based singer/songwriter Terron Austin has spent the past eight years writing\, recording & lending supporting vocals in studios & on stages across the globe serving a plethora of world-renowned artists such as TLC\, Teedra Moses\, B. Slade\, Shanice and Durand Bernarr. Austin can also currently be seen touring internationally with the illustrious “Queen of Neo-Soul\,” four-time Grammy Award-winner Erykah Badu. With his eyes set on making his own impact on the world of music & the entertainment industry at large\, he most recently made his solo debut with a prominent feature on summer 2022’s “B-Boy Blues” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack now streaming on BET+. In 2022\, TERRON also garnered the lead single & title cut from the global artists compilation project “Lovers Lane\,” which landed in the Top 10 Best R&B Albums lineup in Croatia\, with additional major support in London\, Amsterdam & Brazil.  \nCandice Hoyes\nDate: May 18th \nRecently featured in Carnegie Hall’s 2022 Timeline of African American Music\, Candice Hoyes is an artist of “chill-inducing range” (Vogue) across genre\, medium and style. The prolific singer\, producer\, songwriter\, filmmaker and archivist has been dubbed “an artist with the most eclectic and delicious voice ever” by JazzFM(UK) using her music to bring “Black history into the present” (NPR). Hoyes’ recent works include Carnegie Hall\, Detroit Symphony\, Jazz at Lincoln Center\, Caramoor\, NYC JazzFest\, Blue Note\, and collaborations with Chaka Khan\, Lalah Hathaway and Lin-Manuel Miranda. As an activist\, she was commissioned by Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote and National Black Theater to create performance art to mobilize Black voters. A Harvard\, Columbia Law and TED alum\, Hoyes is also an alumnae of The Woodshed Network. She is set to releases her experimental jazz album\, Nite Bjuti (pronounced night beauty) in Summer 2023\, and the first single is out now. \nNicholas Ryan Gant\nDate: May 25th \nNicholas Ryan Gant (NRG) is a New York based artist and educator from Phoenix\, Arizona. NRG studied classical vocal performance at Howard University in Washington\, D.C. and holds a master’s of art in Music Education from Hunter College\, as a participant in The Lincoln Center Scholars program and is a recipient of the 2020 Paul Simon Music Fellowship. In addition to the classroom\, NRG is also an accomplished vocal coach for several artists and record labels as well as a sought -after workshop and masterclass facilitator. NRG is the vice-president of the board of directors for Decolonizing the Music Room. As a vocal composer NRG has collaborated with choreographers Malik Washington\, Francine E. Ott and Kyle Abraham. He’s been a featured vocalist on several projects internationally and has recorded 7 independent projects of his own. NRG has also had the opportunity to sing support vocals for artists such as Michael McDonald\, Mariah Carey\, Jon Batiste\, Miri Ben-Ari\, Zo!\, Carmen Rodgers\, Sy Smith\, Run the Jewels\, and Childish Gambino. \nStay tuned for announcements of weekly special guests!
URL:https://651arts.org/event/23song/
LOCATION:The Billie Holiday Theatre\, 1368 Fulton St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11216\, United States
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SUMMARY:3 RITES: Roots Party Zine Release
DESCRIPTION:651 ARTS and DELIRIOUS Dances/Edisa Weeks present Roots Party Zine Release! \nJoin multi-disciplinary artist Edisa Weeks in the journey of making 1\,865 roots out of paper and twine\, for the installation and performance of 3 RITES: Liberty. 1865 represents the last year of legalized chattel slavery in America. \n651 ARTS in collaboration with Edisa Weeks/DELIRIOUS Dances will also be releasing the Roots Party Zine\, which is the first of four zines about the 3 RITES project. \nCome and go as you please and engage in whatever capacity you feel comfortable – make a root\, enjoy a meal\, participate in and/or listen to the conversation\, purchase a zine! \nSCHEDULE \n\n12pm-2pm — Root Making\n2pm — Food & Drinks\n3pm-4pm — Roots Party Zine release + conversation with Edisa Weeks\n\nAttending the event is free and children are welcome! \nFood by: Royal Rib House\nRoots Party Zine = $25 \nAbout the 3 RITES Project\n3 RITES features three interactive performance rituals that interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence; who has access to these rights; and how the rights manifest in the body. Since 2017 Edisa Weeks has been hosting Roots Parties which are a making a conversation space. People are invited to join Edisa in the journey of making 1\,865 roots for the installation and performance of 3 RITES: Liberty. 1865 represents the last year of legalized chattel slavery in America. \nThe 3 RITES zines are a limited-edition art project. Each zine is assembled into an accordion fold that includes photos\, drawings\, and writing contributions by Thomas DeFrantz (Happiness)\, Jerome Dent (Liberty)\, Jasmine Johnson (Roots Party)\, and James Scruggs (Life). The Roots Party Zine includes images from various Roots Parties\, and the essay “leaving don’t mean gone” by Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson. The essay reflects on the release from prison of the man who murdered her brother\, and her family’s involvement in advocating for his clemency. \nABOUT THE ARTIST – Edisa Weeks\nEdisa Weeks (she\, her) with her company DELIRIOUS Dances\, creates multimedia interactive work that explores our deepest desires\, darkest fears and sweetest dreams. She seeks to erase the barriers between art and life\, between performance space and audience space\, and between mediums. Edisa is a 2022 Harlem Stage Emerging Artist and a 2022 Creative Capital awardee. Her work has been performed in a variety of venues including the Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum\, and The Kennedy Center; as well as in swimming pools\, storefront windows\, senior centers\, sidewalks and living rooms\, including living rooms in Berlin\, Germany\, as part of Haus der Kulturen der Welt’s 50th anniversary celebration. Weeks grew up in Uganda\, Papua New Guinea and Brooklyn\, NY\, and has a BA from Brown University\, and received a full fellowship to attend New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where she obtained an MFA in choreography. She has had the joy of performing with Annie–B Parson’s Big Dance Theater\, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co.\, Dance Brazil\, Homer Avila\, Jane Comfort\, Jon Kinzel\, Muna Tseng\, Reggie Wilson Fist & Heel Performance Group\, Sally Silvers\, Spencer/Colton Dance\, among others. In addition\, she danced in the 2016 Bessie award-winning performance by The Skeleton Architecture. She is on the Board of Directors for Movement Research\, and is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Drama\, Theatre and Dance at Queens College CUNY\, where she teaches modern technique\, improvisation\, choreography\, the collaborative process and mentors emerging artists. Learn more at deliriousdances.com. \nJasmine Elizabeth Johnson\nJasmine Elizabeth Johnson is a scholar-practitioner and an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work explores the politics of Black movement including dance\, performance and diasporic travel. Johnson’s interdisciplinary research and teaching are situated at the intersection of diaspora theory\, dance and performance studies\, ethnography\, and Black feminisms. Johnson has received a number of fellowships and grants including those from the Ford Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Her first book project\, Rhythm Nation: West African Dance and the Politics of Diaspora\, is a transnational ethnography on the industry of West African dance. Her work has been published by The Black Scholar\, The Drama Review\, ASAP Journal\, Dance Research Journal\, Africa and Black Diaspora: An International Journal\, Theatre Survey\, Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism\, Aster(ix) and elsewhere. She serves as a Board Director for the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance. \nAbout the 3 RITES Zines\nConcept: Edisa Weeks\nCreative Producer: Marýa Wethers\nCommunity Engagement Coordinator: Rebecca Fitton (2017-2021)\, Maya Simone Z (2021 – current)\nGraphic Design: Natalia Viteri\nWriting Editor: Nina Angela Mercer\nPrinting: Smartpress\nFonts: Velvetyne Type Foundry \nThe writing and publication of the 3 RITES Zines are made possible by the National Performance Network (NPN) Documentation & Storytelling Initiative; the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University through a Spring 2020 MANCC residency and Embedded Writer and Commissioning Programs\, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and\, additional support from the Harkness Foundation for Dance\, the Durst Organization\, and the generosity of individuals.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/23trrp/
LOCATION:Bed-Stuy Art House\, 198a Lewis Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11221\, United States
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SUMMARY:Towards a Generative Theater: Works-in-Progress
DESCRIPTION:WHAT DOES IT REALLY TAKE TO BUILD A DYNAMIC HOME FOR CONTEMPORARY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY BLACK GENERATIVE THEATER ARTISTS\, CRITICS\, SCHOLARS\, AND AUDIENCES?\n651 ARTS\, in partnership with Weeksville Heritage Center\, invite you to explore this in collaboration with our Black Seed Grant recipients April Matthis\, Eric Lockley and Goldie Patrick (The Black Seed cohort)\, as they present excerpts of works currently in development and discuss their unique careers and art-making practices\, while defining generative theater and presentation within Black spaces.  \nThe presentation of these works will be followed by a panel conversation featuring The Black Seed cohort\, Vinson Cunningham (staff writer and theatre critic at The New Yorker)\, Lindsay A. Jenkins (culture consultant\, dramaturg\, producer and educator) and Robyne Walker Murphy as moderator. \nTowards a Generative Theater\, an initiative made possible through the generous support of The Black Seed Fund\, sees 651 ARTS partnering with resident artists and critical thought partners\, to consider the unique development\, producing\, and presenting needs for experimental Black theater. We consider: \n\nInstitutional archival\nThe creation of new experimental Black theater work through developmental artist residencies\nBlack theater criticism\, in tandem with the artistic residencies\n\nTowards a Generative Theater will help to solidify and define the way that we present theater and create guideposts for curation as we seek to build a holistic model for nurturing Black theater. \n  \nAbout the Cohort – April Matthis\nApril Matthis recently made her Broadway debut as “Grace” in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson alongside Samuel L. Jackson\, directed by LaTanya Richardson-Jackson. Other notable theater credits include Most Happy in Concert at the Williamstown Theater Festival\, Claudia Rankine’s Help at The Shed\, and Toni Stone at The Roundabout Theater\, for which Matthis received her second Obie Award for Outstanding Performance. April Matthis also co-wrote and starred in Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin & Buckley at Cambridge\, which premiered at The Public Theater\, following an international debut at de Singel in Antwerp.   \nMatthis’ recent television appearances include guests starring roles on “Evil”\, “The Good Fight” (Paramount Plus)\, “The Blacklist” and “New Amsterdam” (NBC). She also co-wrote and starred in a short about transracial adoption\, “Amadi Comes Home”\, which has been screening festivals across the country. She can next be seen in the upcoming feature\, “Ramona at Midlife”\, written and directed by Brooke Berman\, premiering this fall.    \n  \nEric Lockley\nEric Lockley is an OBIE and AUDELCO award-winning writer\, actor\, producer and community builder dedicated to inspiring communities to possibility\, healing and joy. Eric’s plays Blacken the Bubble and Without Trace were showcased in DC\, NY\, TX and Chicago. Lockley’s Afro-futuristic solo show\, We The People (Not the Bots) received acclaim and a feature in The New York Times. As an actor\, on-screen and stage credits include: The Inheritance\, Luke Cage\, Choir Boy\, Black Odyssey\, and a number of commercials. Lockley is a founder of and produces with\, The Movement Theatre Company and Harlem9\, creating opportunities for artists of color to be expansive in their play. Eric’s mythical Afrofuturistic triptych\, Sweet Chariot\, has had developmental presentations at The Public Theater and New York Stage & Film\, and he’s excited to continue to share it with audiences. Stay connected: @iamericlockley \, www.iamericlockley.com  \n  \nAbout the Panelists – Lindsay A. Jenkins\nLindsay A. Jenkins is a cultural consultant\, dramaturg and producer based in Los Angeles by way of Dallas\, TX. She is the Founder of Maroon Arts and Culture\, an organization committed to the empowerment of the global majority through the curation of safe spaces where artists and audiences celebrate\, collaborate and create. She is a passionate artistic researcher\, supporting projects across mediums. Her specific area of research is Black Performance Heritage\, connecting past performances to contemporary experiences. She has been teaching yoga for 10 years and employs embodied practices in her Afrocentric approaches to research and development. In addition to working one-on-one with clients\, she has had the pleasure of working with organizations of various sizes including Center Theatre Group\, the Geffen Playhouse\, Critical Mass Performance Group and August Wilson House. L.J. is currently serving as Guest Lecturer at Pomona College.  www.LindsayAJenkins.com \n  \nAbout the Moderator – Robyne Walker Murphy\nRobyne is a nationally recognized art and social justice educator and administrator. Most recently\, Robyne served as the Executive Director at Groundswell from 2016 to July of this year. Groundswell is a social justice youth development program that uses the transformative power of public art-making to ignite personal and societal change. In her five years at Groundswell\, Robyne has centered young people\, teaching artists\, arts administrators\, and staff through the creation of 126 murals\, serving approximately 2\,000 young people and collaborating with 150 community organizations. Over the last five years\, Groundswell has received national recognition for its excellence in youth development\, public art\, and social justice pedagogy. Previous to her position at Groundswell\, Robyne held positions at the National Guild for Community Arts Education\, Coole Culture\, and Dreamyard where she served as the director of the DreamYard Art Center in the Bronx. Under her leadership\, DreamYard Art Center was recognized by the Obama White House as one of the top programs in the nation. Robyne accepted the award from First Lady Michelle Obama. Robyne has conducted workshops and delivered keynotes at conferences and institutions across the country on the topic of art and social activism. She is a member of New York City’s Cultural Advisory Committee and a 2022 Metropolitan Museum of Art Women’s History Month Honoree. Robyne graduated from Clark Atlanta University (B.A. English) and the University of Washington\, Seattle (MFA\, Acting). She resides in Brooklyn with her husband\, Tarik Murphy\, and her son\, Ras. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://651arts.org/event/23gtwp/
LOCATION:Weeksville Heritage Center\, 158 Buffalo Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11213\, United States
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SUMMARY:Verses at Work
DESCRIPTION:Verses At Work is hip hop theater at it’s finest. New York City-based hip hop artist\, actor\, and writer Malik Work bares his soul and shares a piece of his story\, as well as NYC history. Work tells a true story that documents and testifies to the birth of a music scene in the East Village. Hip hoppers and conventional jazz musicians begin to join forces on stage to create an unprecedented sound and scene around the turn of the millennium. Behind that scene\, love\, race\, money\, class and struggle all intertwine for an experience that is true to the name of the band they formed: The Real Live Show. \nThrough laughter and tears\, Verses At Work inspires and educates. Malik masterfully weaves verse\, spoken word\, monologue\, hip hop\, and documentary\, in this exciting\, provocative\, and refreshingly new piece of theater. \n  \nAbout the Artist\nMalik Work\, the NYC based actor-teacher-writer-emcee is a founding member of the groundbreaking jazz/hip hop conglomerate: The Real Live Show. He has written and starred in a one man show entitled Verses At Work\, for which he was nominated for Best Solo Performance at the AUDELCO Awards. The remix version of the show was recently featured on tour with the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit. He also wrote\, starred in\, and executive produced a film version of Verses @ Work that was notably selected by the Hip Hop Film Festival\, and won the International Spotlight Award at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival. His recent television credits include Broad City on Comedy Central and Blacklist: Redemption on NBC. He has provided award-winning voice-overs for national network commercials\, scripted television\, radio\, and internet. Malik is also the voice of Planet Word\, an immersive museum of the English language in Washington\, D.C.\, billed as the world’s first voice-activated museum. He’s composed and performed poetry for Webby Award-winning project People Not Property\, an historic preservation and educational website for Historic Hudson Valley. Malik recently created a film interpretation of the first published African-American writer Jupiter Hammon’s poem An Essay on Slavery\, on exhibit at Preservation Long Island’s Joseph Lloyd Manor\, which is recognized as a National Literary Landmark. He teaches acting\, Shakespeare\, theater arts\, creative writing\, hip hop and hip hop theater\, locally and internationally. He is a faculty member and alumnus of the National Theater Institute\, and a teaching artist for the Public Theater. His show Verses @ Work has taken many forms: an experimental Odyssey version debuted at Park Avenue Armory in NYC\, an immersive Black History version debuted at Nublu 151 in NYC\, and a “post”-pandemic version debuted at Joe’s Pub\, while the international version has thrived in South Africa – where the South African press called him “the griot from New York\, Shakespeare of the streets” – most recently at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda\, formerly known as Grahamstown. Follow him: @malikwork on IG\, @malikworks on Twitter\, www.malikwork.com\, www.versesatwork.net  \n  \n 
URL:https://651arts.org/event/23vatw/
LOCATION:Mark O’Donnell Theater\, 160 Schermerhorn Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Performing an Afro Future
DESCRIPTION:We open our fall season with Performing an Afro Future–an in-depth conversation featuring a panel of renowned artists and theater-makers examining the creative cartography involved in imagining Afro futures. We invite the audience to consider and imagine the future of Black arts with us. \nJoin multi-award-winning musician Martha Redbone\, singer-songwriter and educator Nicholas Ryan Gant (Ghetto Falsetto)\, multimedia performance artist MX OOPs\, and interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer Alisha B. Wormsley as together we conceive\, refine\, and define how Black art can chart a path toward liberation. \n  \nDid you miss the panel? Watch it here!\n\n  \nAbout the Panelists – Nicholas Ryan Gant\nNicholas Ryan Gant is a New York-based artist and educator\, from Phoenix\, AZ. NRG studied classical vocal performance at Howard University in Washington\, D.C.\, and holds a Master of Art in Music Education from Hunter College\, as a participant in The Lincoln Center Scholars program. NRG has been a worship leader at his local church in Brooklyn for more that 12 years. There\, at his church\, NRG discovered a gift for connecting with youth. This passion for youth development has led him to build a career as a music educator with the New York City public school system for the past 6 years. NRG is a recipient of the 2020 Paul Simon Music Fellowship. In addition to the classroom\, NRG is also an accomplished vocal coach for several artists and record labels as well as a sought-after workshop and masterclass facilitator. NRG is the vice-president of the board of directors for Decolonizing the Music Room. As a vocal composer NRG has collaborated with choreographers Malik Washington\, Francine E. Ott and Kyle Abraham. He’s been a featured vocalist on several projects internationally and has recorded 7 independent projects of his own. NRG has also had the opportunity to sing support vocals for artists such as Michael McDonald\, Mariah Carey\, Jon Batiste\, Miri Ben-Ari\, Zo!\, Carmen Rodgers\, Sy Smith\, Run the Jewels\, and Childish Gambino.  \nMX OOPs\nMX Oops is a multimedia performance artist and educator whose work centers hybridity\, encouraging ecstatic disobedience as a path toward embodied wellness. Their vision is of a world where we can each be held in the fullness of our complexity. The party is the point of departure\, a queer site of transnational Afro-diasporic imagining. Their creative practice links urban arts [breaking\, house\, vogue femme\, rap\, dj\, vj\, fashion]\, somatic studies [yoga\, thai yoga massage\, energy healing\, sound baths]\, media studies\, and gender studies. Through this transdisciplinary approach\, their work questions whether consciousness itself is the primary medium. These mediums come together to welcome party people into a lush world of queer becoming.  \nA certified yoga instructor (500hr RYT) and practitioner of Thai Yoga Massage\, trained in various forms of energy healing\, they completed a BA in dance and religion at the George Washington University and completed an Integrated Media Arts MFA at Hunter College. They are currently an Assistant Professor of Dance\, Multimedia Performance\, and Somatic Studies in the Department of Music\, Multimedia\, Theatre\, and Dance at Lehman College\, City University of New York\, USA. [www.mxoops.com]  \nMartha Redbone\nMartha Redbone is a vocalist/songwriter/composer/educator. She is known for her music gumbo of folk\, blues and gospel from her childhood in coal country Harlan County\, Kentucky infused with the eclectic grit of pre-gentrified New York City. Inheriting the powerful vocal range of her gospel-singing African American father and the resilient spirit of her mother’s southeastern Cherokee/Choctaw culture and heritage\, Redbone broadens the boundaries of American Roots music. With songs and storytelling that share her life experience as an Afro/Native American woman and mother navigating in the new millennium\, Redbone gives voice to issues of social justice\, connecting cultures\, and celebrating the human spirit. Her latest album “The Garden of Love-Songs of William Blake” is “a brilliant collision of cultures” (New Yorker). Redbone’s works are under her own indie label\, a partnership she shares with longtime collaborator/husband Aaron Whitby. Recent composer commissions include “Belonging”–commissioned by the 2022 Moab Music festival\, “A Mother’s Love”–2021 Freshgrass Music Festival Bluegrass Concerto\, “Black Mountain Calling”–a chamber music piece for cello and bass clarinet with Dave Eggars and Tasha Warren for University of Michigan “Jazz meets Classical” 2022 concert series\, and composers\, arrangers and orchestrators for the Broadway revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuff by the late Ntozake Shange. The Redbone/Whitby team won the 2020 Drama Desk Award and 2020 Audelco Award recipients for Outstanding Composers in a Play for the Off-Broadway revival at the Public Theater. Martha is also a 2022 United States Artist Fellow and a resident of Brooklyn\, NY. Visit martharedbone.com for more info. \nAlisha B. Wormsley\nAlisha B. Wormsley (Pittsburgh\, PA\, USA) is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer. Her work contributes to the imagining of the future of arts\, science\, and technology through the black womxn lens\, challenging contemporary views of modern American life through whichever medium she feels is the best form of expression\, creating an object\, a sculpture\, a billboard\, performance\, or film and thrives in collaboration. Her work has been exhibited widely. Most recently\, the Oakland Museum\, VCUArts Qatar\, Speed Museum\, Artpace\, Times Square Arts and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Over the last few years\, Wormsley has designed several public art initiatives including Streaming Space\, a 24-foot pyramid with video and sound installed in Pittsburgh’s downtown and several park designs. Wormsley created a public program out of her work\, There Are Black People In the Future\, which gives mini-grants to open up discourse around displacement and gentrification and was also awarded a fellowship with Monument Lab and the Goethe Institute. In 2020\, Wormsley launched an art residency for Black creative mothers called Sibyls Shrine\, which has received two years of support from the Heinz Endowments. Wormsley’s newest project with longtime collaborator Li Harris\, was awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship.  Awardee of the Sundance Interdisciplinary grant\, Carol Brown Achievement award among others.  Wormsley has an MFA in Film and Video from Bard College and currently is a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. 
URL:https://651arts.org/event/23paft/
LOCATION:The Center for Fiction\, 15 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T203000
DTSTAMP:20220522T134144Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation - Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:651 ARTS’ Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration will culminate with the Sonic Liberation Dance Party that will draw from the African Diasporic genres within music and culture ranging from jazz\, gospel\, future soul\, hip hop\, dance\, afrobeat\, and more. Opening with the Brooklyn Technical High School Lady Dragons\, the dance party will be helmed by multidisciplinary artists and renowned DJs Quinnette\, Lynnée Denise and Reborn. \nCo-presented with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and The Center for Fiction. \n\nAll local COVID-19 protocols will be followed in order to ensure the safety of attendees.\n\nRain Date: June 19\, 2022.\n\n  \nAbout Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation\n651 ARTS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION is an annual commemoration of African-American liberation\, resilience and self-determination featuring performances\, panels and community engagement activities that honors the brilliance and vitality of Black culture. \n651 ARTS Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation is an extension of 651 ARTS’ vision to be a leading institution in the performing arts ecology that illuminates the evolving stories and varied cultural experiences of the African Diaspora\, and an institution whose impact and influence transforms individual lives\, neighborhoods\, and global communities.  We create our own executive decree\, a sound of freedom\, from the center of our future home to yours.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-sonic-liberation-dance-party/
LOCATION:The Plaza at 300 Ashland\, 300 Ashland Place\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11221\, United States
CATEGORIES:Juneteenth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T170000
DTSTAMP:20220522T134230Z
CREATED:20220516T115639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220522T134230Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation - Community DJ Lessons
DESCRIPTION:Those with dreams of getting on the ones and twos and moving a crowd will have the opportunity to get tips from some of New York’s hottest DJs as DJ Reborn and other Brooklyn-based black women mixmasters will be on hand to provide one-on-one lessons! Open to all ages. Registration is required and will open on May 20. \nCo-presented with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and The Center for Fiction. \n\nAll local COVID-19 protocols will be followed in order to ensure the safety of attendees.\n\nRain Date: June 19\, 2022.\n\n  \nAbout Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation\n651 ARTS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION is an annual commemoration of African-American liberation\, resilience and self-determination featuring performances\, panels and community engagement activities that honors the brilliance and vitality of Black culture. \n651 ARTS Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation is an extension of 651 ARTS’ vision to be a leading institution in the performing arts ecology that illuminates the evolving stories and varied cultural experiences of the African Diaspora\, and an institution whose impact and influence transforms individual lives\, neighborhoods\, and global communities.  We create our own executive decree\, a sound of freedom\, from the center of our future home to yours.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-sonic-liberation-community-dj-lessons/
LOCATION:The Plaza at 300 Ashland\, 300 Ashland Place\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11221\, United States
CATEGORIES:Juneteenth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T150000
DTSTAMP:20220522T134316Z
CREATED:20220516T002748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220522T134316Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation - Opening Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Monica L. Williams\, 651 ARTS’ Chief Curator and Director of Programs\, will moderate this conversation with DJ Reborn and other Brooklyn-based collaborators from varied artistic disciplines about the role of sonic liberation in art and Black womanhood. Panelists include: global sonic scholar Lynnée Denise\, singer/musician Madison McFerrin and American contemporary painter Kara Walker. \nCo-presented with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and The Center for Fiction. \n\nProof of full vaccination is required at check-in. Mask wearing is also required throughout the building. For full COVID-19 protocols at The Center for Fiction go here.\n\nRain or Shine.\n\n  \nAbout Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation\n651 ARTS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION is an annual commemoration of African-American liberation\, resilience and self-determination featuring performances\, panels and community engagement activities that honors the brilliance and vitality of Black culture. \n651 ARTS Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation is an extension of 651 ARTS’ vision to be a leading institution in the performing arts ecology that illuminates the evolving stories and varied cultural experiences of the African Diaspora\, and an institution whose impact and influence transforms individual lives\, neighborhoods\, and global communities.  We create our own executive decree\, a sound of freedom\, from the center of our future home to yours.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-sonic-liberation-opening-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:The Center for Fiction\, 15 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Juneteenth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220402T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220402T213000
DTSTAMP:20220322T185902Z
CREATED:20220303T235903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T185902Z
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SUMMARY:Black Dance Stories LIVE
DESCRIPTION:LIVE @651ARTS Presents Black Dance Stories\nCurated by Charmaine Warren\nFeaturing Rena Butler and Reggie Wilson.\n  \nConceived and co-created by Charmaine Warren\, the Black Dance Stories series launched in June 2020 in response to Black dance artists’ need to talk about life during COVID-19 and support the Black Lives Matter movement. The series is consistent with Black artists’ tradition of finding a way to amplify their voices during turbulent times. When civil\, moral\, and social freedoms are challenged and stifled\, Black artists find ways to use their talents as activism. \nBlack Dance Stories showcases and initiates discussions with Black creatives. Alive and ever-vibrant from the everyday and iconic\, the conversations explore social\, historical\, and personal issues and highlight the African Diaspora’s humanity in the mysterious and celebrated dance world. \nSince its launch\, Black Dance Stories has produced more than 45 episodes featuring over 80 of the most decorated Black dancers\, choreographers\, movement artists\, and others who use their work to raise societal issues and strengthen their community. Founder and co-creator Charmaine Warren reminds weekly viewers: Black dance artists have not been quiet since. Black dance artists have been doing the work. Black dance artists continue to make work. To stay involved\, we will hold weekly impromptu discussions and tell stories—Black Dance Stories. This is one action—we will stay involved. \n651 ARTS will present the first in-person gathering for Black Dance Stories as part of its new LIVE @651ARTS series. LIVE @651ARTS is a performance series premiering virtual\, digital or print presentations LIVE for the first time. Inspired from 651 ARTS legacy programming like\, Salon 651 and Live & Outspoken\, LIVE @651ARTS invites audiences to join us as we cross-over from virtual to live gathering\, from process to presentation\, from idea to reality. \nBlack Dance Stories will feature Rena Butler\, Reggie Wilson\, Tiffany Rea-Fisher\, and Jamar Roberts. The artists will present solo work\, engage in movement together\, and take part in a lively discussion. The combination of discussion and dance will speak to these movement-based artists’ experimental and investigatory practices.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/black-dance-stories-live-2/
LOCATION:James and Martha Duffy Performance Space at Mark Morris Dance Center\, 3 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIVE @651ARTS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220401T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220401T213000
DTSTAMP:20220322T185849Z
CREATED:20220303T171938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T185849Z
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SUMMARY:Black Dance Stories LIVE
DESCRIPTION:LIVE @651ARTS Presents Black Dance Stories\nCurated by Charmaine Warren\nFeaturing Tiffany Rea-Fisher and Jamar Roberts.\n  \nConceived and co-created by Charmaine Warren\, the Black Dance Stories series launched in June 2020 in response to Black dance artists’ need to talk about life during COVID-19 and support the Black Lives Matter movement. The series is consistent with Black artists’ tradition of finding a way to amplify their voices during turbulent times. When civil\, moral\, and social freedoms are challenged and stifled\, Black artists find ways to use their talents as activism. \nBlack Dance Stories showcases and initiates discussions with Black creatives. Alive and ever-vibrant from the everyday and iconic\, the conversations explore social\, historical\, and personal issues and highlight the African Diaspora’s humanity in the mysterious and celebrated dance world. \nSince its launch\, Black Dance Stories has produced more than 45 episodes featuring over 80 of the most decorated Black dancers\, choreographers\, movement artists\, and others who use their work to raise societal issues and strengthen their community. Founder and co-creator Charmaine Warren reminds weekly viewers: Black dance artists have not been quiet since. Black dance artists have been doing the work. Black dance artists continue to make work. To stay involved\, we will hold weekly impromptu discussions and tell stories—Black Dance Stories. This is one action—we will stay involved. \n651 ARTS will present the first in-person gathering for Black Dance Stories as part of its new LIVE @651ARTS series. LIVE @651ARTS is a performance series premiering virtual\, digital or print presentations LIVE for the first time. Inspired from 651 ARTS legacy programming like\, Salon 651 and Live & Outspoken\, LIVE @651ARTS invites audiences to join us as we cross-over from virtual to live gathering\, from process to presentation\, from idea to reality. \nBlack Dance Stories will feature Rena Butler\, Reggie Wilson\, Tiffany Rea-Fisher\, and Jamar Roberts. The artists will present solo work\, engage in movement together\, and take part in a lively discussion. The combination of discussion and dance will speak to these movement-based artists’ experimental and investigatory practices.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/black-dance-stories-live/
LOCATION:James and Martha Duffy Performance Space at Mark Morris Dance Center\, 3 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIVE @651ARTS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220317T210000
DTSTAMP:20220304T004304Z
CREATED:20220303T044956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220304T004304Z
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SUMMARY:WILD
DESCRIPTION:A new ballet from Jeremy McQueen’s Black Iris Project\, presented by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and 651 ARTS.\n  \nThe Black Iris Project\, in collaboration with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and 651 ARTS\, proudly presents the world premiere of “WILD”\, the stage adaptation of the New York Emmy®-nominated dance film series by choreographer Jeremy McQueen. \nLoosely inspired by Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book\, Where the Wild Things Are\, “WILD” follows a young boy’s journey celebrating his 14th birthday while detained at a juvenile detention facility and explores the effects of isolation and imprisonment on childhood development. Frequently harnessing the power of his imagination\, Stefon transports himself to an alternate universe where he is not treated like a wild animal. This cutting-edge ballet utilizes physical movement to illustrate and honor the history of Black bodies moving through space while encountering oppression and transforms countless men’s stories into an artistic dance work\, intended to be a reclaiming of time\, unity\, space\, and Black culture. \nThe ballet will be performed live and in person\, while also live-streamed on the Schomburg Center’s livestream page. This program is part of Carnegie Hall’s Afrofuturism festival. \n“WILD” is not suitable for young audiences.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/wild/
LOCATION:Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\, 515 Malcolm X Blvd\, New York\, NY\, 10030\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIVE @651ARTS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220425T200000
DTSTAMP:20220308T001956Z
CREATED:20220203T160013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220308T001956Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Griot: I WISH MF WOOD
DESCRIPTION:Watch I WISH MF WOOD!\n  \n651 ARTS premieres I WISH MF WOOD\, part of our VIRTUAL GRIOT\, an original digital series featuring performing artists in the role of Griots as they deliver powerful messages from their neighbors to the people in their neighborhoods. Produced by 651 ARTS\, the series includes eight episodes and embodying African Diasporic storytelling tradition\, old and new. The pilot is based in Brooklyn and follows Maurice Francis Wood aka MF Wood who\, upon seeing his neighborhood go through gentrification\, decides to take action with rather unusual and sometimes extreme methods to save his beloved community in the hopes to inspire others to take bigger steps in making their lives and homes better. Featuring playwright and actor NSangou Njikam as MF Wood. \n 
URL:https://651arts.org/event/i-wish-mf-wood/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Digital Suite,Virtual Griot
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220630T233000
DTSTAMP:20220220T000654Z
CREATED:20220203T140016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220220T000654Z
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SUMMARY:The BOLD\, The BRAVE\, The RISK-TAKER: The THEATER-MAKER
DESCRIPTION:As part of its evolving residency program\, 651 ARTS gathers its resident artist cohort Eric Lockley\, April Matthis\, and Goldie Patrick – and their collaborators to discuss their unique careers and art-making practices while defining generative theater and presentation within Black spaces in conversation with 651 ARTS staff for a three-day convening. The artist cohort are provided resources towards the creation of a new work-in-progress to be presented in Fall 2022 and a ‘white paper’ defining ‘generative theater’ will be developed and shared with the field. \nIntergenerational conversation with theater-makers who chart their path towards success leaving legacy\, inspiring the field & impacting the world.  Join us as we talk about risk\, self-determination\, and progress featuring multi-award-winning legendary theater artist\, Rhodessa Jones in conversation with 651’s Chief Curator and Director of Programs Monica L. Williams  and playwright/performer\, NSangou Njikam.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/the-bold-the-brave-the-risk-taker-the-theater-maker/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Digital Suite
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T190000
DTSTAMP:20210720T165230Z
CREATED:20210718T193614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210720T165230Z
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SUMMARY:We Are Here (Brooklyn) Live Performance and Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:We Are Here (Brooklyn) is a celebration of Bedford-Stuyvesant’s rich cultural legacy—a testament to its past and present. The project\, originally curated as part of Bailey’s Cafe’s As Quiet As It’s Kept\, centers images and stories of long-time Bed-Stuy residents\, cementing their place as neighborhood icons in the name of resilience and permanence. The multi-media project features photographs by Robyn Twomey with interviews by Monica L. Williams\, and culturally produced by Pia Monique Murray. \nWe Are Here (Brooklyn) opens on AUGUST 1st with live performances and a walking tour. This kicks off an 11-week installation. More information on the Bailey’s Café’s full project and its related components is available at www.baileyscafe.org. \nTO RESERVE YOUR AUGUST 1st spot to We Are Here (Brooklyn)\, and for event details\, visit the Eventbrite link via the button below. \n  \nReserve Now\n  \nWe Are Here (Brooklyn) is co-presented by Bailey’s Cafe with 651 ARTS. This project is also supported in part by Photoville and its initiative Community Heroes\, which is produced and organized with Trellis in partnership with Partnerships for Parks and PhotoWings with additional support provided by Councilman Robert E. Cornegy\, Jr\, NYC Council Member for the 36th District\, Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights. We Are Here (Brooklyn) is culturally produced by Pia Monique Murray and supported by The Laundromat Project through the Bed-Stuy Create & Connect Fund\, New York Restoration Project\, and our neighborhood partners BedStuy Community Garden\, BedStuy Farm\, Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden\, St. Philip’s Episcopal/Anglican Church\, and the Stuyvesant Mansion.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/we-are-here-brooklyn-walking-tour-and-live-performance/
LOCATION:Stuyvesant Mansion\, 375 Stuyvesant Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11233\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210620T000100
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210620T235900
DTSTAMP:20220203T154557Z
CREATED:20210519T155839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220203T154557Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION
DESCRIPTION:For its first year\, 651 ARTS’ Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION will highlight films that look through the lens of futurism and movement to illuminate stories about the Black perspective and the Black experience in America told through a hybrid presentation that explores what it means to be Black and how to imagine a way forward together. \nHeadlining the film screening will be the short film WATA\, along with the New York City premiere of Charles O. Anderson’s (RE)current Unrest\, an encore presentation of 651’s world premiere of Marjani Forté-Saunders’ Memoirs of a…Unicorn: BLUEPRINT\, and the world premiere of the provocative Cyborg Heaven\, an exploration of the Black urban movement through House Ballroom culture and hip hop.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-revision-3/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210619T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210619T230000
DTSTAMP:20210617T231917Z
CREATED:20210519T155558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T231917Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION
DESCRIPTION:For its first year\, 651 ARTS’ Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION will highlight films that look through the lens of futurism and movement to illuminate stories about the Black perspective and the Black experience in America told through a hybrid presentation that explores what it means to be Black and how to imagine a way forward together. \nHeadlining the film screening will be the short film WATA\, along with the New York City premiere of Charles O. Anderson’s (RE)current Unrest\, an encore presentation of 651’s world premiere of Marjani Forté-Saunders’ Memoirs of a…Unicorn: BLUEPRINT\, and the world premiere of the provocative Cyborg Heaven\, an exploration of the Black urban movement through House Ballroom culture and hip hop.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-revision-2/
LOCATION:The Plaza at 300 Ashland\, 300 Ashland Place\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11221\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210618T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210618T230000
DTSTAMP:20210617T231842Z
CREATED:20210519T155351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T231842Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION
DESCRIPTION:For its first year\, 651 ARTS’ Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION will highlight films that look through the lens of futurism and movement to illuminate stories about the Black perspective and the Black experience in America told through a hybrid presentation that explores what it means to be Black and how to imagine a way forward together. \nHeadlining the film screening will be the short film WATA\, along with the New York City premiere of Charles O. Anderson’s (RE)current Unrest\, an encore presentation of 651’s world premiere of Marjani Forté-Saunders’ Memoirs of a…Unicorn: BLUEPRINT\, and the world premiere of the provocative Cyborg Heaven\, an exploration of the Black urban movement through House Ballroom culture and hip hop.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-revision/
LOCATION:The Plaza at 300 Ashland\, 300 Ashland Place\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11221\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210402T235900
DTSTAMP:20210322T160939Z
CREATED:20210322T160939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210322T160939Z
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SUMMARY:The Neighborhood Project
DESCRIPTION:Works In Progress Final Presentation \nFeaturing 651 ARTS 2020/21 Resident Artists\n\nCOURTNIE\n“The Kaleidoscope Kickback”\nRecorded at Grandchamps Restaurant in Bed-Stuy \nKENDRA J. ROSS\n“Return and Go Seek”\nRecorded at Life Wellness Center in Bed-Stuy \nKEARAH-ARMONIE\n“Home where is”\nRecorded at FiveMyles in Crown Heights \nCurated by NAJEE OMAR 
URL:https://651arts.org/event/tnpwip21/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210123T190000
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SUMMARY:MBDance’s Desire: A Sankofa Dream
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URL:https://651arts.org/event/mbdance2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T203000
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SUMMARY:MBDance’s Desire: A Sankofa Dream
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URL:https://651arts.org/event/mbdances-desire1/
LOCATION:ZOOM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201205T200000
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SUMMARY:Memoirs of a…Unicorn: A BLUEPRINT
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URL:https://651arts.org/event/unicorn/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T190000
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CREATED:20201022T210458Z
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SUMMARY:Martha Redbone Roots Project
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://651arts.org/event/martha-redbone-roots-project/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200111T203000
DTSTAMP:20200104T233849Z
CREATED:20191214T004009Z
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SUMMARY:3 R I T E S : L i b e r t y
DESCRIPTION:“A practically perfect work of political theater! Funny\, exciting and inventive\, [3 RITES: Liberty] is the most far out thing I’ve ever seen in my life!”  – Abigail Weil\, The Theater Times\nAs our nation continues to grapple with economic stratification\, fake news\, confederate monuments\, and Black Lives Matters\, 3 RITES: Liberty humorously and poignantly insists on a reckoning. Connected like a puppet to objects that have informed the Black experience in America\, multi-media artist Edisa Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and dance to dig into the pathologization of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n    var exampleCallback = function() {\n        console.log('Order complete!');\n    };\n\n    window.EBWidgets.createWidget({\n        // Required\n        widgetType: 'checkout'\,\n        eventId: '86504249539'\,\n        iframeContainerId: 'eventbrite-widget-container-86504249539'\,\n\n        // Optional\n        iframeContainerHeight: 425\,  // Widget height in pixels. Defaults to a minimum of 425px if not provided\n        onOrderComplete: exampleCallback  // Method called when an order has successfully completed\n    });\n\n \n  \nEDISA WEEKS\nEdisa Weeks is a Brooklyn\, NY based choreographer\, educator and director of DELIRIOUS Dances. Weeks creates intimate environments that merge theater with dance. Described by the New York Times as having “a gift for simple but striking visual effects\,” her work has been performed in a variety of venues including Aaron Davis Hall\, Alfred University\, chashama theater\, Dixon Place\, Emory University\, Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum\, Harlem Stage\, Jacob’s Pillow\, The Kennedy Center\, The Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts\, The Mermaid Parade\, The National Black Arts Festival\, Summerstages Dance Festival\, and The Yard. She has also performed in swimming pools\, senior centers\, sidewalks\, storefront windows and various living rooms\, including living rooms in Berlin\, Germany\, as part of Haus der Kulturen der Welts 50th anniversary celebration.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/liberty/
LOCATION:Kumble Theater\, 1 University Plaza\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200108T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200110T190000
DTSTAMP:20200104T171920Z
CREATED:20191218T135956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200104T171920Z
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SUMMARY:(Re)current Unrest
DESCRIPTION:A work in progress \nBy Charles O. Anderson / dance theatre X \n(re) current unrest is a dance investigation of legacy\, authorship\, and the history of black art and protest. its choreography explores the state of unrest caused by black america’s social condition AMIDST their pursuit of the american dream. our resulting condition of unease and discontent produces an inescapable level of social awareness. \nand we stay woke. \n\n\n\n\n\n    var exampleCallback = function() {\n        console.log('Order complete!');\n    };\n\n    window.EBWidgets.createWidget({\n        // Required\n        widgetType: 'checkout'\,\n        eventId: '86681224877'\,\n        iframeContainerId: 'eventbrite-widget-container-86681224877'\,\n\n        // Optional\n        iframeContainerHeight: 425\,  // Widget height in pixels. Defaults to a minimum of 425px if not provided\n        onOrderComplete: exampleCallback  // Method called when an order has successfully completed\n    });
URL:https://651arts.org/event/recurrent-unrest/
LOCATION:Kumble Theater\, 1 University Plaza\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191108
DTSTAMP:20191025T152501Z
CREATED:20191025T142542Z
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SUMMARY:The Woodshed Network
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with The Woodshed Network\, 651 ARTS  recently launched a new pilot program led by iconic Jazz musician and three-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter\, Dee Dee Bridgewater. The Woodshed Network aims to address the underrepresentation of women musicians in the field of Jazz through a comprehensive program of mentorship\, professional development\, and community building. \nIn its inaugural year\, The Woodshed Network features clinics\, roundtables\, panel discussions\, workshops\, and presentations covering the full spectrum of professional concerns both onstage and behind-the-scenes\, touching on topics ranging from media training to management for a hand-selected group of early\, mid-career\, and established artists. \nWatch this space\, or sign up for our newsletter for future news and updates on The Woodshed Network.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/woodshed/
LOCATION:Brooklyn\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190923T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190923T235900
DTSTAMP:20190910T145349Z
CREATED:20190904T233708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T145349Z
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SUMMARY:May I Borrow A Cup of Sugar?
DESCRIPTION:The Illustrious Blacks + Latashá\nWith DJ Hard Hittin Harry\nHosted by Andre J\nGet Tickets\nBuy Tickets on Eventbrite\nA performance party celebrating love\, evolution and the communal culture of the 90s-era dance club. \nIn the not so distant past\, “May I Borrow A Cup of Sugar?” was a common request amongst neighbors. For one night only\, 651 ARTS celebrates the future of black art by fusing inspiration from Brooklyn’s neighborly past with the communal dance culture of 90s era nightclubs. \nKey figures within the sonic movement of Afrofuturism\, The Illustrious Blacks unite futuristic funk\, hypnotic house and cosmic pop into pulsating positivity for the planet. They’ll premiere excerpts from their brand-new electro-punk-funk opera and forthcoming album A Union of Kings\, a tale of the meeting of two cosmic beings and their journey to love. \nBrooklyn Magazine once stated\, “If you really want to know what Brooklyn sounds like\, listen to Latashá.” She’s a prolific hip-hop\, performance\, and visual artist whose rhymes are a distinct reflection of her experience growing up in Flatbush in the 1990s\, and of living in a very different Brooklyn now. Latashá will preview her upcoming EP\, Chrysalis\, a dancehall\, hip hop and electronic meditation of her present ethereal cocoon state. \nThe art of clubmaking. \nCommune. Connect. Dance.\n#BLACKARTNOW
URL:https://651arts.org/event/sugar/
LOCATION:House of Yes\, 2 Wyckoff Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11237\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190629T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190629T210000
DTSTAMP:20190708T034458Z
CREATED:20190708T013501Z
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SUMMARY:Andre J's Excuse Me\, Hello as part of EveryBooty Festival
DESCRIPTION:Everybooty descends on BAM this WorldPride weekend for a four-floor\, more-is-more art party with the glitteriest critters of the queer art and nightlife worlds. This radical evening of revelry fills the BAM Fisher from basement to rooftop with performances\, DJs\, installations\, and general ruckus\, serving up too much as just enough. \nNew for 2019: a piano lounge for group singalongs\, hosted by Lyra Vega and featuring special guests Salty Brine\, Jo Lampert\, Erin Markey\, Tasha Michelle\, and more! Andre J.\, Switch n’ Play\, Flower Tortilla\, Lady Quesa’Dilla\, Viva Vidalia\, Theydy Bedbug\, and the House of LaBeija bring life to the Fishman Space\, plus DJ sets by Papi Juice and J Clef and decor by Melo Davis. Photographs by internationally acclaimed artist project\, Kings & Queens\, will be featured in the lower lobby.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/andre-js-excuse-me/
LOCATION:BAM Fisher\, 321 Ashland Place\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11221\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T200000
DTSTAMP:20190708T034123Z
CREATED:20190707T215614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190708T034123Z
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SUMMARY:Andre J's Excuse Me\, Hello: Stay Fly\, Butterfly
DESCRIPTION:As part of this year’s NYC Pride\, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership collaborates with 651 ARTS to present dynamic entertainer and performance artist Andre J. with their first major presentation\, Excuse Me\, Hello\, a site-specific theatrical installation that celebrates the reinvention of the human spirit through fashion\, fun and music. \nThe family-friendly portion of the piece has its debut at The Plaza at 300 Ashland as part of a free\, outdoor celebration before being presented during BAM’s Everybooty\, one of Brooklyn’s most iconic Pride Week parties. Highlighting themes of acceptance\, transformation\, and curated specifically with POC/Queer families in mind\, the Plaza presentation will include interactive art projects led by featured visual artist Leo Jiminez and his son\, yoga classes given by Alicia M. Morris\, a curated conversation with the creators and presenters of Excuse Me\, Hello and music by Antonio Brown aka DJ TonyMonkey.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/andre-js-excuse-me-hello-stay-fly-butterfly/
LOCATION:The Plaza at 300 Ashland\, 300 Ashland Place\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11221\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190604T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190604T193000
DTSTAMP:20190708T034654Z
CREATED:20190707T222425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190708T034654Z
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SUMMARY:Finding Foundations: A Journey Through Legacy & Self Told Through Song
DESCRIPTION:Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Madison McFerrin will present a one-time-only intimate audio/visual performance titled\, Finding Foundations: A Journey Through Legacy & Self Told Through Song. Held at the Shapeshifter Lab\, this will be a live recording of music compositions created during the session. Come witness and participate as Madison builds these musical masterpieces. Using push pedals\, Madison will share her process and product in collaboration with a dancer. As audience-witnesses you will experience her experimentation with new compositions and celebration of earlier works. \nThere is limited seating so get your ticket soon! \nAbout the Artist: Madison McFerrin\nMadison McFerrin is a singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn\, NY. In December 2016\, her solo debut EP\, Finding Foundations: Vol. I\, introduced her soulful take on a cappella to the world. Critics and crowds quickly took note. Leading up to her sold out show at Joe’s Pub\, the New York Times remarked how her sound “shows wonderful vocal dexterity\, deftly swerving from sharp\, clearly enunciated staccato bursts to fluttery\, free-form melismata.” After one listen\, tastemaking DJ\, Gilles Peterson\, snatched up her standout track\, “No Time to Lose\,” for his Brownswood Bubblers compilation. She followed that up with last February’s release of Finding Foundations: Vol. II\, which gave her listeners more of what they love and earned her more critical praise. Most noteworthy is a Pitchfork Rising Artist profile that highlighted how her style offers an “understated\, compelling testament to the power and dexterity of the human voice.” On the heels of her debut European tour that featured sold out shows in London and Barcelona\, Madison eagerly anticipates sharing new music in 2019. \nMadison bears the torch of three generations of vocal pioneers. As the LA Weekly noted\, she employs her jazz virtuoso father\, Bobby McFerrin’s vocal techniques “to more soulful ends.” Her use of electronic music stylings reflects the influence of her brother\, Brainfeeder producer\, Taylor McFerrin. However\, her collage of artistic inspiration that includes the Beatles\, Radiohead\, Hiatus Kaiyote\, Stevie Wonder and Jill Scott emerge in her multilayered lyrics that rest in a bed of harmonies uniquely her own. She honed her performance chops on world tours with her father’s band\, SpiritYouAll\, that includes dynamic\, multi-instrumentalist Louis Cato. Prior to launching her solo career\, Madison co-founded the funk band\, Cosmodrome\, while completing her studies at Berklee College of Music. \nMadison delves into the core of these influences on Finding Foundations Vol. II (FF: Vol. II). The EP features a live recording of “Can You See\,” a track that was 1 of 4 selected finalists among thousands of entries in the NPR Tiny Desk Contest in spring of 2017. Drawing inspiration from Erykah Badu to Nina Simone\, Madison offers a soulful meditation on the painful legacy of police brutality in the United States. She balances out the mood of FF: Vol. II with reminders to tap into your inner light and make time for romance. \nWith her latest release\, Madison intends to explore more ways to create experiences that engage and empower her community. As a female\, independent artist of color\, she sees this as vitally important to her practice.
URL:https://651arts.org/event/finding-foundations/
LOCATION:ShapeShifter Lab\, 18 Whitwell Place\, Brooklyn\, NY\, United States
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