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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS EVENTS HARLEM CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

December 3-10

All Day

Mother

Mother is an intimate and moving observation, that allows us to explore the struggles and expectations of motherhood and the frustrations of being unable to care for our loved ones. As two narratives collide in this extraordinary coincidence, the powerful connection between patients and caregivers challenge our preconceptions. Watch online at maysles.org $5

December 3 6:30-8:00pm

Resisting Carceral Cities: Prisons, Police & Punishment in Perspective registration

Join a conversation about historical perspectives on the rise of prisons and police and resistance to them. The discussion features authors Garrett Felber (Those Who Know Don’t Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement and the Carceral State), Kelly Lytle Hernandez (City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965 ), and Carl Suddler (Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York ). FREE with RSVP to eventbrite.com

December 5 8:30-9:30am

Shape Up NYC: Walking Group at Marcus Garvey Park

This FREE Shape Up NYC walking program will help you move your body and connect with others in your community! The program will start with a group warm-up led by a Shape Up NYC instructor, followed by a walking workout appropriate for all levels and paces, and ending with a cool down and stretch. 18 Mount Morris Park West.

December 5 9:00pm

Apollo Music Cafe: Madison Mcferrin

A chameleon of song and voice, Madison McFerrin has found her place as a storyteller and musician. With

Between the World and Me(Dec 8)

handclaps, loops and of This Longing Vessel: finger-snaps, she weaves Studio Museum Artists in a warm, rich, colorful Residence 2019–20, hear fabric of sound that of- the artists speak about ten culminates into an their work created over orchestra of one. Quest- the course of the resilove dubbed Madison’s dency program. Register style as “soul-apella”. for FREE online at studioWatch online for FREE at museum.org the apollotheater.org, or

2019-20 Roundtable

on their Facebook and December 7 Youtube page. 7:00-8:00pm

Mothers of Invention:

December 6 7:00pm Afrofuturism and Specu-

Mutual Mentorship lative Fiction (Part 1)

for Musicians (M³) World Nona Hendryx curates Premieres: Duo Concerts a two-part program in a & Conversations Pt. 1 culmination of her lead-

Join the National Jazz ership as Artistic Director Museum in Harlem in ex- of our yearlong celebraperiencing six world pre- tion of Afrofuturism. A mieres born from the new doorway to vibrant repinitiative Mutual Mentor- resentations of Blackness ship for Musicians (M³), for writers and filmmakers a revolutionary model of looking to throw off the mentorship created in shackles of stereotypes, March and launched in projected racialism and June 2020 at the height obsolete limitations, of the pandemic. Reg- Afrofuturist literature and ister online at jazzmuse- films are conduits to reuminharlem.org for FREE. imagining Black identi-

December 7 7:00pm harlemstage.org or their

Artist in Residence Youtube page.

ty. Watch online at the

Join the Studio Mu- December 8 3:00pm seum in Harlem for an The Year in Jazz: A online discussion with Critics Roundtable 2019–20 Studio Muse- Three leading music um artists in residence critics representing a E. Jane, Naudline Pierre, range of perspectives and Elliot Reed moder- and publications will ated by Legacy Russell, converge in this annual Associate Curator, Exhi- critics’ roundtable, hostbitions, with opening re- ed and moderated by marks from Thelma Gold- Nate Chinen, author, en, Director and Chief former music critic at The Curator, The Studio Mu- New York Times and curseum in Harlem. In cel- rent Director of Editorial ebration of the opening Content at WBGO. The

Mutual Mentorship (Dec 6)

panel will discuss the music, the artists, and the moments that shaped jazz in 2020. Register online at jazzmuseuminharlem.org for FREE.

December 8 4:00-5:15pm

Between the World and Me

The Apollo’s Between the World and Me Teacher’s Guide provides information on discussing race in the classroom, lesson plans that address primary themes in the book, staged reading and the HBO special, and resources that connect the work to the arts, ELA, and social studies. The Guide also includes resources that highlight historical and contemporary voices on Black life. Watch online at the apollotheater.org for FREE.

December 9 7:00pm

Our Fair City Virtual Conversation: Work

Shipping, manufacturing, finance, tourism— each has buoyed the city, then left a wake of wreckage. New York will have to continue to find new ways to spread the risk, helping industries to expand beyond their niches. Even after the pandemic has passed, workspace and commuting patterns may shift, and a lot of the city will adapt. How can a new generation of offices, factories, and hybrid work/retail/community spaces transform the concept of a business district? Curbed’s Jus-

MOTHER (Dec 3-10)

Madison McFerrin (Dec 5)

Mothers of invention (Dec 7)

tin Davidson invites Da- America), and Claire vid Ehrenberg (Brooklyn Weisz (WXY) to discuss. Navy Yard), Esmeralda Herrera(Communitas Register online at mcny. org donation based.