Segregated Sound at the Museum of the City of New York

By Gigi LaBelle Last Friday the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) held a public forum on the topic of race relations and music titled, “Segregated Sound? African American Music and American Popular Song.” MCNY has been a premier destination of all things art, culture, and history, regarding both past and present NYC. … [Read more…]

Re-Read: Baldwin’s Creative Process

Black and Latino Literary Salon: Re-read: James Baldwin’s “The Creative Process” The Studio Museum in Harlem Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:00 PM Re-Read is a new program series at the Studio Museum designed to re-engage classic and/or previously published texts. In tandem with WNYC‘s signature Literary Salon and New York University’s multi-site conference event James… [Read more…]

Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing at MCNY

Tuesday, February 15 at 6:30 pm Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment Since its founding in 1934, the Apollo has been the marquee venue for African American musicians, comedians, dancers, and entertainers whose cultural influence reverberated across the nation, transcending spatial boundaries and racial borders. A panel moderated… [Read more…]

Harlem is Nowhere at the Studio Museum

As part of the Up/Down, North/South three-part series at the Studio Museum in Harlem, author Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and designer V. Mitch McEwen (former college roommates) discussed  Rhodes-Pitts’ first book Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America. The free program was standing room only  and opened up a conversation about retaining Harlem’s… [Read more…]

Uptown Fridays are back at The Studio Museum

Friday, August 20, 2010 6–9pm Dance to the sounds of Manchildblack and Afro Mosaic Soul featuring The GiKu Experience in the Studio Museum’s courtyard and enjoy delicious specialty cocktails and great food at the Atrium Café. The galleries will be open for you to browse the exhibitions currently on view. Admission is Free!

What’s happening at The Studio Museum

FREE WiFi at the Atrium Cafe The Studio Museum now offers all visitors complimentary WiFi internet access! Grab your laptop and head over to the Atrium Café to surf the web while eating fresh salads, sandwiches and sweet treats. Have a study date or stop in to finish up a last minute project. Check out… [Read more…]

What’s happening uptown this weekend?

Morris-Jumel Mansion Saturday at 11 a.m., a family picnic concert with the singer-songwriter Emily Hope Price; spectators are encouraged to take along a picnic lunch; $15, free for children under 12. The house, the headquarters for George Washington during the fall of 1776, is open Wednesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 65 Jumel… [Read more…]

Atrium Cafe has new hours and a new online menu

The Atrium Cafe, located inside The Studio Museum in Harlem has added new menu items and extended its hours. Visitors can see available dining options by clicking on the menu before heading out to the museum. In addition to tasty soups and sandwiches provided by Great Performances, The Atrium Cafe is also offering delicious treats… [Read more…]

Get a free poster at the MCNY’s Summer Speakeasy

r This coming Wednesday, July 14, the Museum of the City of New York Summer Speakeasy will be giving guests a FREE poster from its current exhibit Cars, Culture and the City. The Speakeasy at 1220 Fifth Avenue WEDNESDAYS NIGHTS JUNE 30 – AUGUST 18, 2010 6:00 – 9:00 PM

New Summer Exhibits and new hours at The Studio Museum

The summer exhibitions and projects will be on view at the Studio Museum in Harlem from July 15 through October 24, 2010. The first New York museum exhibition of South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa (b. 1960, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) brings together three compelling series: “Interiors” and “Empty Beds” document the domestic lives of migrant… [Read more…]

Summer Speakeasy is back

THE SPEAKEASY AT 1220 FIFTH WEDNESDAYS | JUNE 30 -AUGUST 18, 2010 | 6:00 – 9:00 PM

New: Atrium Cafe at The Studio Museum in Harlem

The Studio Museum in Harlem added a new addition last weekend. The Atrium Café will be open for business on Saturdays (11am-5pm) and Sundays (12-5pm). Located in the museum’s atrium, alongside Glenn Ligon’s iconic neon sculpture Give Us A Poem (2007), the café is a partnership with Great Performances, a catering company known for creating… [Read more…]

Tonight: Care Fusion Jazz Festival: Sun Ra Arkestra

Join us for a special performance by the SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by Marshall Allen brought to you by the Care Fusion Jazz Festival New York produced by George Wein. Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm Admission is $15 for the general public and $10 for members, seniors and students. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!… [Read more…]

Black Fashion Museum finds home at Smithsonian

Via: Washington Post Lois Alexander Lane, founded, curated and kept on life support for almost 30 years the Black Fashion Museum. The modest monument to African American creativity first opened its doors in 1979 in an unremarkable Harlem brownstone. In 1994, it relocated to Washington. And among its most resonant artifacts are garments created by… [Read more…]

First of spring: Weekend events

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Saturday, 1 to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., New York’s Latino communities are explored with “From the Motherlands to El Barrio: New York’s Latino Immigrant Experience.” Highlights include “Holding Up the Sky,” a Mayan creation story by the Coatlicue Theater Company; Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena music… [Read more…]

What’s on exhibit in Harlem?

EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO: ‘NEXUS NEW YORK: LATIN/AMERICAN ARTISTS IN THE MODERN METROPOLIS,’ through Feb. 28. A bright light at the top of Museum Mile, the city’s premier Latino art center has reopened after a makeover with a dense, episodic and absorbing visual history of the Latino art presence in New York in the first… [Read more…]

End of Summer Events at El Museo

This Summer at El Museo… Afternoons at ‘El Rufo’: Para Gente Con Clase: Nacotheque and Guests Saturday, August 15 4pm–7pm Beyond salsa and rancheras, Nacoteque is underground indie rock, nostalgia pop, ska, cumbias, and electro, all in one, plus much more. Jumping in will be DJs Marcelo Cunning and Amylu Meneses that will have you… [Read more…]

Museum and Gallery Listings

NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: ‘HARLEM, 1970-2009: PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAMILO JOSÉ VERGARA,’ through July 12. From the time he arrived in the United States from Chile as a college student in 1965, the photographer Camilo José Vergara has been haunting, and haunted by, American cities. Some — Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York — he has revisited… [Read more…]

The Speakeasy on Fifth

THE SPEAKEASY AT 1220 FIFTH WEDNESDAYS | JULY 15 – AUGUST 26 | 6:00 – 9:00 PM Enjoy the music and spirits of the era on our Fifth Avenue Terrace Museum Members: $10 | Non-Members: $12 Admission includes one FREE drink No reservations, tickets sold at the door Museum of the City of New York… [Read more…]

Museum Mile Festival

Photo by D. Bell/Uptownflavor   Tuesday • June 9 • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Museum Mile Festival Start your visit to the 31st annual Museum Mile Festival at the Museum of the City of New York with free admission and special performances by the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. There will also be… [Read more…]

Kalup Linzy: If it don’t fit on exhibit @ SMH

KALUP LINZY: IF IT DON’T FIT,’ through June 28. Kalup Linzy’s video work, in which the artist appears in drag and lends his overdubbed voice to almost all the characters, has a complex ancestry. A family tree would have to include the Wayans brothers, RuPaul, John Waters and Eddie Murphy on one branch, and the… [Read more…]

Art Speak with Tsidii

First Fridays at the Bronx Museum

The Breeze Team Street Dance: The Hitters! FRIDAY, JANUARY 9th 6:00 – 10:00 pm South Building – Lower Gallery FREE ADMISSION Join the Bronx Museum’s First Fridays! Hosted by Rokafella and Kwikstep, husband and wife, co founders of Full circle Prod Inc- NYC’s premiere Hip-hop dance theater company- as they have an open conversation with… [Read more…]

The Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-in-Residence Program 2009-2010

The Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-in-Residence Program 2009-2010 Deadline: APRIL 1, 2009 (POSTMARK) Artist-in-Residence Program 2009-2010 The Studio Museum in Harlem New York, New York The Studio Museum in Harlem is dedicated to advancing the work of visual artists of African and Latino descent through its Artist in Residence program, exhibitions, education and public programming,… [Read more…]

Back Talk: Thelma Golden

Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem was interview by The Nation recently.  Here is a short except of the Q&A.  To read the full article click here to subscribe. Thelma Golden has been the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem since 2005 and a curator there since 2000. This year, the museum–founded as… [Read more…]

One Day Holiday Gift Sale at BXMA

Having difficulty finding the perfect gift for the holiday season? Visit the Bronx Museum of the Arts Gift Shop and ARTBOOK @ Bronx Museum and receive 10% off publications, crafts, and one-of-a-kind items made by noted female graffiti artists and Bronx Council on the Arts artisans. *Bronx Museum members receive a 20% discount. To become… [Read more…]

Books and Authors: Sound Unbound

BOOKS & AUTHORS: SOUND UNBOUND, WITH PAUL D. MILLER AKA DJ SPOOKY THAT SUBLIMINAL KID December 9th, 2008. 7pm The Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th Street, New York, New York Books & Authors is FREE. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information please call 212.864.4500 x264 www.studiomuseum.org… [Read more…]

A Sunday at the Studio Museum

A couple of Sundays ago, I spent the afternoon being surrounded by  engaging art at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The admission was complimentary courtesy of Target®. The current exhibit is a retrospective of the art of Barkley Hendricks called The Birth of the Cool.  The collection is a series of life size portraits of… [Read more…]

African American Catholics in New York City

Museum of the City of New York THURSDAY • NOVEMBER 13 • 6:30 PM African-American Catholics have deep roots in New York City, but they have often struggled to be recognized as an important part of the Catholic community. Claude Mangum, Professor of African Studies at Fordham University, will discuss New York’s black priests, the… [Read more…]

The Birth of Cool

November 12, 2008–March 15, 2009 This fall, The Studio Museum in Harlem will be the second stop for the first career retrospective of renowned African-American painter Barkley L. Hendricks (b. 1945). Hendricks was born in Philadelphia, trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Yale University and now lives and works in New… [Read more…]

Celebrate Election Night @ the Schomburg

Wicked: From Page to Stage

TUESDAY • OCTOBER 28 • 6:30 PM Wicked: From Page to Stage Wicked, the Broadway smash musical and winner of 20 major awards, including a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, is based on the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire about two witches in the Land of Oz. Bookwriter Winnie Holzman, composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and… [Read more…]

Uptown Treasures Tour

Sunday, October 19, 2008 Uptown Treasures Celebration 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Uptown Treasures Celebration is a day of art, music, history and family fun at the cultural and historic institutions of northern Manhattan. Click here to get a complete listing of events and activities for Uptown Treasures Celebration including links to directions, schedules, and… [Read more…]

Uptown Treasures Celebration

Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Outlook Yahoo! Calendar Google Calendar iCal Uptown Treasures Celebration is a day of art, music, history and family fun at the cultural and historic institutions of northern Manhattan. Free shuttle buses are available between locations throughout the day. www.uptowntreasures.org

Studio Museum in Harlem’s Schedule of Exhibits

Studio Museum in Harlem 144 W 125th St between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd (Seventh Ave () and Malcolm X Blvd (Lenox Ave)) Harlem 212-864-4500 Subway: A, C, B, D, 2, 3 to 125th St http://www.studiomuseum.org Description: When Studio Museum opened in 1968, it was the first black fine-arts museum in the country, and it… [Read more…]

Tonight @ the Schomburg: Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka & others

To commemorate the 200 anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade by the United States of America, the Schomburg Center will host a film screening at 5:30 pm of The Slave Route: A Global Vision with producers Sheila Walker and Georges Collinet in attendance.   Following the film, at 7 pm, is a  discussion featuring Maya Angelou,… [Read more…]

Hip-Hop and the 2008 Presidential Election

Friday • October 3 • 6:30 PM The 2008 presidential election promises to be an electrifying race for young people, whose vote is expected to have a major impact. Join leading hip-hop activists, scholars, and artists, including Chuck D, co-founder of Public Enemy, and Bakari Kitwana, executive director of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop,… [Read more…]

Tale of Three Cities

Street Art Street Life

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 12noon —6pm For the opening day of Street Art Street Life, the Bronx Museum will sponsor a grand street fair on the sidewalk immediately in front of the Museum. Highlights include performances, arts activities for families, street food and local artisans. FREE ADMISSION! Rain location: Bronx Museum South Wing lobby. A… [Read more…]

Uptown Friday Nights are Back

Dance to the sounds of some of the hottest audio masters in New York, connect with others during guided tours or shop ‘til you drop in the Museum’s newly restocked store. Bring a friend and have a cocktail and conversation. But—whatever you do—don’t miss these fun and festive evenings of culture in Harlem! Uptown Fridays!… [Read more…]