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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS EVENTS 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 Represen tative from Georgia. Using interviews and rare archival footage, JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE chronicles John Robert Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and leg islative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care re form and immigration. Rent the film for $12 at the maysles.org

Now Until August 5

Under the Influence o f Khalik Allah:

Arakimentari

Director Travis Klose spends a month docu menting Araki’s every frenetic move in his stu dio. 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 mays les.org for FREE.

Now Until August 15

After Civilization

Streaming free for the next month are twelve films that together in terrogate the concept of western “civilization” for its deep roots in set tler-colonialism and continued imperial project. While some filmmakers in the series recast ob servational footage to imagine the future, oth ers 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 vio lences of dispossession, while gesturing toward a

River City Drumbeat (Aug 7-20)

_The Bass (Aug 10)

Chef Gabriela Ramos (Aug 10)

future of collective liber ation. Visit maysles.org to stream.

Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

Until July 31 10:00am

P Credit Course: Peo ple of New York

Educators will exam ine 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 writ ing exercises, educators will gain a deeper un derstanding of the city’s history and find connec tions between their students’ experiences and those of New Yorkers past and present. Regis ter at mcny.org $250 per person.

Fellows Symposium

Kimberly Earlywine, Salve Regina University, will present the program she developed on his toric preservation for use with the Museum’s summer High School In ternship. Maya Colman, Oberlin College, will dis cuss her research on the African-American expe rience in NYC after the abolition of slavery and her accompanying Mu seum 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 Schoen berg 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

Fredara Hadley (August 12)

Apollo Teen Takeover 2020 (Aug 11)

commentator and inde pendent journalist Rosa Clemente and Monxo López, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post doctoral Fellow at the Museum of the City of New York for a virtual conversation about the making of the film and the connections be tween basketball and Nuyorican identity. This event will be in both En glish 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 ba sics for creating this 3-D model Ferris wheel. This children’s session will be streamed live on MCNY’s Youtube and Facebook. FREE.