EVENTS
HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
HARLEM CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS Now Until July 30 John Lewis: ood Trouble JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dawn Porter (TRAPPED, GIDEON’S ARMY), chronicles the life and career of the legendary civil rights activist and Democratic Representative from Georgia. Using interviews and rare archival footage, JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE chronicles John Robert Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Rent the film for $12 at the maysles.org
Harlem Community Newspapers | August 6. 2020
Now Until August 5 Under the Influence o f Khalik Allah: Arakimentari Director Travis Klose spends a month documenting Araki’s every frenetic move in his studio. Combining extraordinary interviews with the likes of Richard Kern and Bjork with stunning images of Araki’s vast portfolio, Klose makes a film that allows us a rare look into Araki’s unique artistic process and at the culture that fosters his controversial work. Watch the film at maysles.org for FREE.
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Now Until August 15 After Civilization Streaming free for the next month are twelve films that together interrogate the concept of western “civilization” for its deep roots in settler-colonialism and continued imperial project. While some filmmakers in the series recast observational footage to imagine the future, others invoke surreal imagery to visualize the fragility of their distinct settings. Part ethnographic, part science fiction, After Civilization reckons with ecological crisis and the ongoing material violences of dispossession, while gesturing toward a
River City Drumbeat (Aug 7-20)
_The Bass (Aug 10)
Chef Gabriela Ramos (Aug 10)
future of collective liberation. Visit maysles.org to stream. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Until July 31 10:00am P Credit Course: People of New York Educators will examine how the individual choices of New Yorkers have molded the city we live in, unpack how the urban environment has impacted people both past and present, and discover hidden voices that shine a light on New York’s array of diverse communities and neighborhoods. Through online lesson plans and oral history workshops, discussions, guest lectures, and writing exercises, educators will gain a deeper understanding of the city’s history and find connections between their students’ experiences and those of New Yorkers past and present. Register at mcny.org $250 per person. July 31 2:00pm Virtual Hearst
Fredara Hadley (August 12)
Fellows Symposium Kimberly Earlywine, Salve Regina University, will present the program she developed on historic preservation for use with the Museum’s summer High School Internship. Maya Colman, Oberlin College, will discuss her research on the African-American experience in NYC after the abolition of slavery and her accompanying Museum tour. Visit mvhm. org to join. August 3 12:00pm The Year in Jazz: 1928 Join the National Jazz Museum in Harlem as Jimmy Noone, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith and others in peak form. Join the Senior Scholar Loren Schoenberg for this presentation and listening session on Facebook Live. August 3 7:00-8:00pm Moonlight & Movies: Nuyorican Básquet Directors Julio César Torres González and Ricardo Olivero Lora join organizer, political
Apollo Teen Takeover 2020 (Aug 11)
commentator and independent journalist Rosa Clemente and Monxo López, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Museum of the City of New York for a virtual conversation about the making of the film and the connections between basketball and Nuyorican identity. This
event will be in both English and Spanish. Watch the film at mcny.org for FREE with registration. August 5 10:00am10:30am A Wonder-ful Time Celebrate the 100th birthday of this iconic amusement park ride with historic facts about Coney Island and vin-
tage images from the Museum’s photography collection. In this virtual video, Amanda Kingloff, founder of PROJECT KID, will teach you the basics for creating this 3-D model Ferris wheel. This children’s session will be streamed live on MCNY’s Youtube and Facebook. FREE.
