in The Washington Post
By Jonathan Capehart
There is no question in my mind that there is a seamless arc connecting the civil rights fight waged by African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s and the one underway by gay men and lesbians. But not everyone agrees. Least of all other blacks and the black church in particular. [...]
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Greetings,
We are partnering with Chimpanzee Productions for the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion presentation that will culminate this Sunday, February 27th @ 3:00 pm. This week, Harlem residents have shared their family photos and stories with us and will be featured as part of this presentation which will reveal Harlem’s Hidden History.
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A note from filmmaker John Sims
On Feb. 16, 2011, in collaboration with the Black Documentary Collective, we screened John Sims‘ Recoloration Proclamation project, which among other topics, discusses the confederate flag, visual terrorism and southern heritage. Please read the message below to see what John had to say after his experience at Harlem Stage.
Dear All,
It is with great respect that [...]
And we’re off to another wonderful start…
In the spirit of St. Valentine, who was beheaded for daring to step outside the box, I salute us for pulling off a sexy, surprising, sweet and sold out launch to our spring season with an artist who exemplifies out of the box, Tamar-kali. Thanks to everyone for making Cabaret Chocolat such a great evening.
I [...]
visible/invisible: Day 5
By: Simone Sobers
Can you believe it’s Friday already? With the wealth of knowledge shared this week and the amount of information processed in moving bodies, you would think that it’s been much longer than a week actually. Looking at this draft of the work one would think that this group has been working together for [...]
(MORE)visible/invisible: Day 3
By: Simone Sobers
So we are about midway into the residency and working with a full team of artists committed to the work. After two days of both intellectual and physical investigation Jawole and Nora are beginning to look at a rough sketch, overall arch, and the concluding statement of the work. With that on the [...]
visible/invisible: Day 2
By: Simone Sobers
Today started off with four new additions to our team: Grisha Coleman who is dancer, visual artist, and composer flew in from Arizona, Val Jeanty our composer/DJ originally from Haiti, John Perpener a dance writer and historian flew in from D.C., and Carroll Smith Rosenberg who is also a historian.
Rosenberg is one of [...]
visible/invisible: Day 1 (Work-In-Progress)
By: Simone Sobers
What do you get when you put natives of Jamaica, Holland, Guadalupe, Japan, Burkina-Faso, Missouri, Romania, and Zimbabwe … In one room? No really, what do you get? It’s not a riddle. Or is it? This question is the purpose and interest of investigation that brought this group of people together. Did I [...]
CHRISTENED BY SNOW
Last night 153 intrepid arts lovers pulled on their boots and made their way to Harlem Stage to fill the house for the first showing of Holding it Down, by Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd and their ensemble. They were greeted with hot cocoa and settled in for 75 minutes to witness this infant work take [...]
(MORE)Snow Day Free Ticket Giveaway!
Snow Day Free Ticket Giveaway!
Win: Two tickets to tonight’s show “HOLDING IT DOWN”
Hey everyone in honor of this wonderful weather we having here in NYC, we are giving away two tickets to whoever can tell us in 140 characters or less the best way to spend a snow day! DM us on Twitter, or post [...]