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African
History Month Events in NYC
“I
REMEMBER HARLEM”
February
7, 2002. 6pm; Donnell Library Center; 20 West 53rd Street, 10019.
(212) 621-0618
Influential
documentary filmmaker Bill Miles and producer Juanita Howard will
present and discuss their films on African-American history, including
I Remember Harlem (1981), their in-depth social, political,
and religious history of Harlem, New York City. Titles to be screened
to be announced. Adults.
“CELEBRATING
LANGSTON
HUGHES’S 100 BIRTHDAY, 1902-1967”
February
12, 2002. Tuesday 4pm; New York Public Library, Harlem Branch;
9 W. 124th St. [between Fifth & Lenox Aves.]; New York, N.Y.
10027. (212) 348-5620
Thelma
Thomas will pay tribute to the literary work and career of Langston
Hughes, one of the foremost African American poet and writers.
In celebration of African American Heritage Month. All ages.
MUSICAL
TALES FROM AFRICA
February
13, 2002. Wednesday 4:30pm; Queens Borough Public Library, Kew
Gardens Hills; 72-33 Vleigh Place,Flushing NY, 11367. (718) 261-6654
Storyteller Tammy Hall and percussionist Hasan Bakr take the audience
on enchanting journey, displaying cultural link between music,
stories steeped in beauty and the wisdom of Africans. Mbira, djembe
drum, shekere are featured. For children, all ages/families.
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN FLUSHING
February
19, 2002. Tuesday 6:30pm.; Queens Borough Public Library, CEL.;
89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY, 11432. (718) 990-0700
Join James Driscoll of the Queens Historical Society for a lecture/slide
presentation on the Underground Railroad in Flushing.
A
TRIBUTE TO ZORA NEALE HURSTON
February
19, 2002. 6pm.; Donnell Library Center; 20 West 53rd Street, 10019.
(212) 621-0618
Every
Tongue Got to Confess is a recently discovered volume of folklore
that Zora Neale Hurston collected (and later transcribed) while
driving through the south in the late 1920s. These rescued folk
tales represent the first new manuscript by Hurston to be published
in over half a century. Speakers will include authors John Edgar
Wideman, actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, author A. J. Verdelle,
niece Lucy Hurston, and The Revelations, a story.
LANGSTON
HUGHES
“KEEP THE FAITH, BABY”:
The Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Story
February
19, 2002. Tuesday 6:30pm.; Queens Borough Public Library, CEL.;
89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY, 11432. (718) 990-0700
Exclusive film screening of this Showtime/Paramount film starring
Harry Lennix, Vanessa Williams, Lance Reddick, Russell Hornsby.
Guest speaker: producer/East Elmhurst native Geoffrey L. Garfield.
In 2nd floor Auditorium.
CELEBRATE
AFRICAN AMERICAN POETS
February
25, 2002. Monday 6pm. Free.
Brooklyn Heights Library, 280 Cadmon Plaza near Boro Hall, Brooklyn
Heights, NY. Info: (718) 623-7100, daniela@garden.net
Featuring T’ai Freedom Ford & Mae Jackson. Daniela Gioseffi
hosts a new series, “Celebrating Literary Brooklyn” and starts
off with a Langston Hughes Centenary Event starring two African
American women poets of Brooklyn for African American History
Month. Sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc.#
Education Update, Inc., P.O. Box 20005, New York, NY 10001. Tel:
(212) 481-5519. Fax: (212) 481-3919. Email: ednews1@aol.com.
All material is copyrighted and may not be printed without express consent of
the publisher. © 2001.
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