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WAYNA making big moves, FOX News, Are We African Yet? Music Fest
A HUGE thanks to everyone who joined us at the CITY WINERY, DC. It was truly one of the most magical nights of my life! Footage is coming soon!!
NEXT UP! Atlanta! Tune into FOX News Thursday 11/17 in the 9 o-clock hour
Thank you, Fafi Photography I'll be participating in a first-of-a-kind exhibit with artist, Tracy Murrell on 11/17. AND joining Afrobeats superstar, DAVIDO & Friends for a guest performance 11/18 for the
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City Parks Foundation SummerStage 2022 festival rundown by Erika Elliot, exeutive director is tonight's Afrobeatradio feature presentation and a whole lot more
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SOBs presents Afrobeat Festival
Mar 24, 2022 | Doors 7:00 pm
Tickets: $
Age 18+
SOB’s will host our first official Afrobeat mini festival! Since the late 1960’s, Afrobeat has been an influence to genres across the globe. It has since birthed Afrobeat, which has been prominent in West Africa and the diaspora since the early 2000’s.
Afrobeat fusion of Afrobeat, highlife, house, palm-wine, dancehall, soca and SO many other genres has pioneered a wave of sounds that will contribute to and continue the journey of West African music and beyond!
Join us in NYC as we celebrate its deep history with music from some amazing Afrobeat artists and a party spinning only but the best! Don’t miss out! Let’s bring in Spring with a bang…or should I say beat!
These tickets will allow access to ALL events happening from March 22nd – March 24th.
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The 17th ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY AWARDS RETURNS ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 2021, (VIRTUALLY) HONORING GARY CLEMONS – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN NEW YORK AND WILL INCLUDE A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE AUTHOR, ERIC JEROME DICKEY
September 24th, 2021 – New York, NY - Yvette Hayward, President and Producer of the African American Literary Awards announces that the 17 th Annual African American Literary Awards will be virtually celebrated for the 2 nd year in a row on Saturday, October 2 nd, 2021, at 7:00pm. Due to the pandemic, the awards show will be held via Zoom and streamed via Streamyard and Facebook Live ().
The hosts for the 17th Annual prestigious and one-of-a-kind award ceremony honoring our community will be hosted by Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay, (CEO of MediaCo Holding, Inc, - Parent company of Hot 97) and Nancey Harris (COO of Vontélle Luxury Eyewear). Nominees for this year award show include; Media Personality and Author – Bevy Smith, TV Anchor and Author – Don Lemon, Social Activist and Author – Tamika Mallory, Legendary and Iconic Actress and Author – Cicely Tyson, TV Personality and Author – Mike Hill, and Authors – Charles Blow, Sho Baraka, Wes Moore & Erica L. Green, Nicole Lynn Lewis, Danielle Henderson, Steven A. King, Tia Williams, Elayne Flucker, Bolu Babalola, Sandra Sutton, Stacey Abrams, Nekessa Afia,Tami Charles, Debbie Rigaud, Charles Blow, Frederick Joseph, Joya Goffney, Rebecca Roanhorse, Pepper Teigen, Brenda Jackson, Kianna Alexander, among others.
Past winners, presenters and attendees include Isaiah Washington, Hill Harper, Dr. Cornel West, Sonia Sanchez, Michael Eric Dyson, White House Correspondent April Ryan, Eric Jerome Dickey, Sherri Shepherd, Gizelle Bryant, Walter Mosely, NAS, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray, and many other talented authors and luminaries.
This year’s honoree will be Gary Clemons, Executive Director of Friends of The Children New York and there will be a special tribute to a long-time friend of the African American Literary Awards Show, the late, Author, Eric Jerome Dickey. Confirmed presenters and attendees includes, Social Activist and Author - Tamika Mallory, TV Personality and Best-selling Author - Ray "Misster Ray" Cunningham, Author – Walter Mosley, Author – Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Author – Steven Anthony King, Author – Steven Van Patten, Author – Marc Abbott, Actor – Khalil Kahn, Author/Comedian – Tyhem Commodore, Radio Personality – Lenny Green, Author – Victoria Christopher Murray, Author – ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamarr (Amber Ruffin Show), Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche, Lenny Burnett (Uptown Magazine) amongst many others. Additional presenters to be confirmed.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The African American Literary Awards Show (AALAS) is the first and only event to recognize, honor, celebrate and promote the achievements and contributions of African American authors, writers, publishers, artists and related entertainment industries. The celebrity-hosted ceremony is a semi-formal evening affair that includes dinner and award presentations. Pre-event activities include a nominations brunch and pre-show VIP Red-Carpet cocktail reception. This legendary Awards Ceremony brings authors and fans together.
The goal of AALAS is to connect with members of the literary world to ensure they have the opportunities that literacy provides. Our model for impact is grounded in creating a culture of literacy for the community we serve - providing choice, access, and engagement opportunities for reading. AALAS provides the best in entertainment, literary news, and educational services for our younger, yet eager minds.
For over 16 years, (AALAS) has been an important advocate for reading in the community and has benefited those in the community through supporting reading enrichment programs that encourage reading.
AALAS are intentional when it comes to building the community of readers in such a way that it does not feel contrived but will grow on its own. Since the inception of AALAS, the event has encouraged and promoted many communities of readers. The award ceremony is loved by many because of the various authors’ willingness to embrace the community and share personal stories that encourage others to read.
For additional information on the 17th Annual African American Literary Awards and Yvette Hayward, please contact Ra-Fael Blanco at [email protected]PR.com and/or Joy Doss at [email protected].
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Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) presents R&B Concerts with a pinch of Reggae
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Announces Lineup for BAM R&B Festival at Fort Greene Park
Fall in-person concerts feature a bold and eclectic lineup of artists— Matthew Whitaker, Mykal Rose, Stew & the Negro Problem, Valerie June, and more
Two weekends of free live music, Oct 2—Oct 3 & Oct 9—Oct 10
BAM R&B Festival at Fort Greene Park
Sat—Sun Oct 2 & 3 and Oct 9 & 10, 4—7pm
FREE
Produced by Danny Kapilian
Sat, Oct 2 Matthew Whitaker
Sun, Oct 3 Mykal Rose
Sat, Oct 9 Stew & the Negro Problem
Sun, Oct 10 Valerie June
September 20, 2021/Brooklyn, NY—BAM R&B Festival returns for two weekends of free performances at Fort Greene Park, set for Saturdays and Sundays, October 2—3 and October 9—10. The widely-known festival, which has grown to become one of Brooklyn's beloved outdoor traditions, brings together the community and groundbreaking artists—from music legends to bold new voices across the genre of R&B. BAM R&B Festival at Fort Greene Park mark BAM's first live, in-person music performances since the pandemic shuttered arts venues and live performances in March 2020. The concerts will take place outdoors with the most up-to-date safety protocols in place for artists, audiences, and staff.
BAM R&B Festival at Fort Greene Park will boast an impressive and versatile lineup, showcasing musical artists from Brooklyn and around the world, including Memphis singer-songwriter Valerie June, Tony Award-winning playwright Stew with his band The Negro Problem, jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker, and the Grammy Award-winning singer Mykal Rose, formerly of Black Uhuru. The fall concerts also feature dashing jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin and her band the Soul Squad, Queens-born soul surrealist duendita, and more. Hi-res images of the artists can be accessed here.
“After the past challenging year, we are thrilled to bring the energy and dynamism of our beloved R&B concerts to Fort Greene Park. The Festival celebrates the versatility and undeniable influence R&B has on other genres by bringing together an eclectic lineup of music legends and bold new voices, each with their own distinctive style and sound," said BAM Co-Interim President, Coco Killingsworth. “Our beloved concerts will continue to bring free music and incredible talent to Brooklyn. And we can't wait to welcome you back.”
“It is a tremendous personal and professional delight to continue the 26-year-legacy of the BAM R&B Festival, this year in Fort Greene Park. Our headliners [Matthew Whitaker, Mykal Rose, Stew & the Negro Problem, and Valerie June] are all uniquely creative artists, making deep and lasting impressions on the music scene,” said BAM R&B Festival Producer, Danny Kapilian. “Presenting these free fall concerts is our way of providing positive inspiration and generous spirit for all Brooklyn and NYC communities.”
The free outdoor concert series is not only a hub for artistic performances but a celebration of the impact of rhythm and blues on contemporary culture. Since its debut in 1995, the series has become a favorite destination for Brooklyn music lovers. Past performers include Andra Day, PJ Morton, Tank and the Bangas, Wilson Pickett, Nona Hendryx, Ashford and Simpson, Dr. John, Angelique Kidjo, Vernon Reid, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Van Hunt, Savion Glover, Marcus Miller, Richie Havens, and many more.
In its 26th season, BAM's longest-running music series comes to Fort Greene Park, a beacon in Brooklyn's Greene/Clinton Hill neighborhood. A multitude of musicians have called this area home, including Erykah Badu, Max Roach, Randy Weston, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Yasiin Bey, Bill Lee, Digable Planets, Lisa Fischer, Talib Kweli, Vernon Reid, Justine Skye, Rev. Hezekiah Walker, Toshi Reagon, and Carla Cook to name a few.
All concerts are FREE, require no tickets, and take place at Fort Greene Park. The concert stage is located on the lawn at Myrtle Avenue. Visit BAM.org for updates.
***BAM requires proof of Covid-19 vaccination and a valid ID for all attendees over the age 12. Cloth face masks or coverings are required at all times. All performances occur outdoors with health and safety protocols developed in accordance with New York State regulations and in consultation with medical professionals for the safety of our artists, audiences, and staff. Capacities for all events will comply with government-issued guidelines. Current protocols can be found here and will continue to be updated as they evolve.***
BRIC Announces JazzFest Artist Lineup
Are you joining us back at BRIC House for JazzFest this fall? Don't miss out!
We've curated an incredible lineup that brings together legendary figures, groundbreaking artists and newcomers stretching across all spectrums of jazz...
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President launches multi-million dollar cattle project today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today launch a US$15 million cattle ranching project in Mhondoro that is part of the country’s efforts to boost the national herd as part of the Livestock Growth Plan, which seeks to grow the sector to US1,9 billion by 2025.
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The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, Lantern Organization and Mega Development, In Partnership with The New York City Department of Housing Development and Preservation, announce A New Mixed-Use Development "Timbale Terrace" in East Harlem
on Park Avenue Between E. 118 ST & E. 119 ST.
"Timbale Terrace" Will Feature a 16,000 Sq. Feet Afro-Latin Music & Arts Performance Center,
a 330-Unit Affordable Housing complex, After-School Programs, Free Educational Classes, Community Event Spaces, and more.
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Harlem, NY -- Wednesday, August 18, 2021 -- The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA), in partnership with Lantern Organization and Mega Development, announce today, along with the New York City Department of Housing Development and Preservation, plans to bring a new 16,000 square feet Afro Latin Music & Arts Center along with 330 affordable housing units to East Harlem. The project, Timbale Terrace, will construct a new mixed-use development on the east side of Park Avenue between East 118th Street and East 119th Street (formerly a NYPD 25th Precinct Parking Site) with a performing arts center operated by the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. Timbale Terrace will offer housing to low-income families while the Afro Latin Music & Arts Center will provide community programs, music and technical production training, after-school programs, free arts education classes, community event spaces, world-class live performances, and more.
"East Harlem is the community that best represents the mission of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, to use music as an entry point for service to the community and to reflect back to that community the beauty and ingenuity of its citizens," comments Arturo O'Farrill, Founder, Artistic Director, Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. "Partnering with the City of New York, the Lantern Organization and Mega Development is an opportunity to put theory into daily practice. We are honored to lock arms with these partners and serve the people of East Harlem in a manner designed by their needs. Timbale Terrace will be a place that welcomes all!"
"We feel that this is a historic moment for New York: to witness the creative connection between affordable housing and the performing arts in a way that enhances the life of people in our communities and specifically in East Harlem," adds Marietta Ulacia, Executive Director, ALJA. "The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, in partnership with Lantern organization and Mega Development, is uniquely positioned to develop the first performing arts center dedicated to Afro Latin music and arts in East Harlem. ALJA's commitment to free educational programs, music performances, community engagement, and offering a recording studio, archival library, and café will be placed at the service of the community for the benefit of everyone."
"ALJA is very excited to be an integral part of the Timbale Terrace development to create a vibrant project that will be a resource for the entire East Harlem community," says James R. Wacht, President of Sierra Real Estate, ALJA board member and Head of the Education Committee. "This project will allow the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance to expand our performance and educational programming, which currently enriches over 1,000 elementary, middle and high school students in underserved NYC public schools. Our Fat Cat youth ensembles will now have a permanent home that will enable us to attract an even more diverse and talented group of middle and high schoolers. The theater will become the new home for our seven-time, GRAMMY Award-winning Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra that has been performing at Birdland for the past 25 years."
For nearly two decades, the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance has served as a leading New York City cultural institution preserving the music and heritage of Afro Latin jazz. The opening of their very own Afro Latin Music & Arts Center affords an opportunity to advance a wider range of innovative Latin jazz programs to diverse communities across the metro area. Timbale Terrace consolidates and expands ALJA's varied initiatives offering comprehensive support to their close network of standout musicians and educators in the form of live performances, educational teaching ventures, individual artist grants, and an ability to participate in a citywide lottery for apartments at Timbale Terrace. 50% of the affordable units will be given a community preference status for residents who live in East Harlem (or served by the Community Board district of the project, Manhattan CB #11). Many teaching artists and musicians (with or without families) will qualify as Timbale Terrace applicants based on their household income.
Along with Lantern Organization and Mega Development, ALJA is eager to work with essential local arts and cultural groups such as Art For Change, the Association of Hispanic Arts, El Museo del Barrio, La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, Speaking In Rhythms, Taller Boricua PR Workshop, and many others.
ALJA's outstanding contributions to the arts and cultural sectors of New York City ensures that Latin jazz will be kept alive and well for generations to come to enjoy.
For more information regarding ALJA, please visit: afrolatinjazz.org
About Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
GRAMMY Award winning pianist, composer and educator Arturo O'Farrill -- leader of the "first family of Afro-Cuban Jazz" (New York Times) -- was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Son of the late, great composer Chico O'Farrill, Arturo played piano in Carla Bley's Big Band from 1979 through 1983 and earned a reputation as a soloist in groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis and Harry Belafonte. In 2002, he established the GRAMMY® winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in order to bring the vital musical traditions of Afro Latin jazz to a wider general audience, and to greatly expand the contemporary Latin jazz big band repertoire through commissions to artists across a wide stylistic and geographic range.
Following his 2009 GRAMMY® Award for "Best Latin Jazz Album" for the Orchestra's debut recording, Song for Chico (ZOHO), O'Farrill has received numerous GRAMMY® wins for The Offense of the Drum ("Best Latin Jazz Album"), Cuba: The Conversation Continues ("The Afro Latin Jazz Suite," "Best Instrumental Composition"), his album with Chucho Valdés, Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico, won a GRAMMY® Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition" category for his composition, "Three Revolutions," and Cuba: The Conversation Continues won a 2016 Latin GRAMMY® for "Best Latin Jazz Album." This past March 2021, O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra won their 7th GRAMMY® for Four Questions, with Cornel West as guest orator. September 2018, O'Farrill released his album, Fandango at the Wall: A Soundtrack for the United States, Mexico, and Beyond, featuring the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Antonio Sanchez, Regina Carter, Akua Dixon, Mandy Gonzalez, Patricio Hidalgo, Rahim AlHaj, and Ramón Gutiérrez Hernández. This was also released as a documentary for HBO MAX called Fandango at the Wall.
In 2019, O'Farrill was appointed Professor at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in the Global Jazz Studies department and is currently the Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. O'Farrill is a Steinway Artist and records for Blue Note Records.
Afro Latin Jazz Alliance
The non-profit Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) was established by Arturo O'Farrill in 2007 to promote Afro Latin Jazz through a comprehensive array of performance and education programs. ALJA's mission is to perform, educate about, and preserve the music of all of the Americas, emanating from African and indigenous roots, through the entry point of jazz. ALJA embraces its mission with a commitment to social justice, equity, inclusion, and the equality of all cultures worldwide. ALJA produces the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra's annual performance season in New York, and maintains a weekly engagement for the Orchestra at the famed jazz club Birdland. The Alliance also maintains a world-class collection of Latin jazz musical scores and recordings. ALJA's education programs include the Afro Latin Jazz Academy of Music (ALJAM), an in-school residency program serving public schools citywide with instrumental and ensemble instruction, the pre-professional youth orchestra; the Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats, which prepares the next generation of musicians, and the Global Rhythms in Our Tribe (G.R.I.O.T.); a community music program that engages underserved youth in anti-violence activities. The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance maintains administrative offices in Harlem.
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