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Free Weekly Live En- tertainment ● Harlem Shake (100 W. 124th St): Fri, 7-10pmOpen Mic with Live Musi- cians ● Mist Harlem (46 W. 116th St): Th starting at 8pm- Live Music; Fri, 10pm-2am- Live Jazz ● Lenox Sapphire (314 Lenox Ave): Th starting at 7-11pm- Live Jazz ● Chez Lucienne (308 Lenox Ave): Fri & Sat, 7-10pm- Live Blues ● Savanna Raes Har- lem (2070 ACP Jr. Blvd): Fri, 9-11pm- : Live R&B and Soul ● Maison Harlem (341 Saint Nicholas Ave.): Sun 5-8pm, Live Jazz Vocalist Lady Leah ● Red Rooster (310 Malcolm X Blvd) Mon (Hip Hop); Tues (Live Blues); Thur-Sun (Live Jazz), start- ing at 7:30pm ● El San Juan Restau- rant (1429 5th Ave) Sun 11am-4pm (Sunday Brunch with DJ music) Now until February 2 EXHIBITION An Empha- sis on Resistance: 2019 CIFO Grants & Commis- sions Program Exhibition

El Museo del Barrio is delighted to host An Emphasis on Resistance, the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation’s 2019 Grants & Commissions Program exhibition high- lighting new works by nine award-winning artists from seven Latin American countries, di- vided into three catego- ries: Achievement Award - Cecilia Vicuña (Chile); Mid-Career Artists - Leyla Cárdenas (Colombia), Ana Linnemann (Brazil), Yucef Mehri (Venezuela) and Nicolás Paris (Co- lombia); and Emerging Artists - Susana Pilar Dela- hante (Cuba), María José Machado (Ecuador), Claudia Martínez Garay (Peru), and Oscar Abra- ham Pabón (Venezuela). 1230 Fifth Avenue. January 30 6:00pm The Color of Power Exhibition Program: Artist Talk with Edgardo Miran- da Rodriguez

Join CCCADI for their monthly exhibition pro- gram where we will be delving into the world of Black comics to explore the depths and nuances of this famed genre. On this occasion, exhibition curator and creator of La Borinqueña, Edgar- do Miranda-Rodriguez of Somos Arte, will be talking about the fasci- nating process of creat- ing this much needed Afro-Boricua SuperShero. Make sure to bring your La Borinqueña comics because the talk will be followed by a signing. 120 East 125th Street. Dona- tion based.

January 31 6:00-8:00pm Art Inspired by Camilla D’Errico

Come create your own masterpiece in- spired by work from fa- mous artists and various techniques. The series will include an overview of the artist or technique, followed by a hands-on workshop. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center. 18 Mount Morris Park West. FREE.

January 31 8:00pm George Dalaras, Songs of Our Life, feat. Mi- chalis Tzouganakis

A three hour show with legendary songs by the world renown art- ist George Dalaras, with the Cretan virtuoso and vocalist Michalis Tzouga- nakis, the beautiful voice of Aspasia Stratigou, and the participation of virtu- oso and vocalist Alexan- dros Tzouganakis, who follows the steps of his fa- ther Michalis. Apollo The- ater. 253 W 125th Street. $53 and up.

February 1 1:00-2:00pm Dozie Kanu: Function On a guided tour of the Color of Power Exhibition Program (Jan 30)

Dozie Kanu: Function at Studio Museum 127, ex- plore the relationship be- tween form and function. Engage in a dialogue across materials and ob- jects as you consider the boundaries between art and utilitarian design. Adults, families, and kids of all ages are welcome! Studio Museum. 429 W 127th Street. FREE with Museum admission.

February 1 2:00pm First Saturday Jam Ses- sion with David Durrah

Calling jazz musicians of all ages! Grab your in- strument, bring a chart, and build your chops with Harlem icon David Durrah. Saturday Sessions are a space for musicians and fans alike to soak up Harlem’s vibrant live mu- sic scene. National Jazz Museum in Harlem. 58 W 129th Street. FREE with suggested donation.

February 1 1:00-6:00pm Apollo Open House Celebration of Cool

In celebration of Black History Month, the world famous Apollo Theater opens its doors for a unique and FREE glimpse into the Apollo’s rich history and current pro- grams. This year’s Open House, Celebration of Cool, features multime- dia presentations look- ing back on the Apollo’s place within Black history and a live performance from Apollo Music Café alum Casey Benjamin. This event also includes an advance screening of the documentary Ameri- can Masters—Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool followed by a panel moderated by NJTV NewsCorrespon- dent/Anchor and WB- GO-FM host, Michael Hill. 253 W 125th Street. FREE. February 1 1:00pm Apollo Open House 2020: For the Cool Kids Hosted by the Apol- lo Music Café’s Jodine Dorce with Apollo Mu

sic Café DJ Hard Hittin’ Harry, this event offers activities for youth, such as performances from the National Jazz Mu- seum in Harlem’s Oom Bop Sh’Bam, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling’s “What is Cool about Harlem,” and ImageNation’s screening of award-winning mini- series, Little Apple. 253 W 125th Street. FREE. February 3 6:30-9:00pm Always in Season Join for a free, public screening of the Inde- pendent Lens documen- tary “Always in Season.” Directed by Jacqueline Olive, the documentary explores the lingering im- pact of more than a cen- tury of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial vio- lence today. Schomburg Center. 515 Malcolm X Blvd. FREE.

February 4 7:00-9:00pm The MOTH StorySLAM: Only in Harlem

ONLY IN HARLEM: Prepare a five-minute story about life in one of the world’s most iconic neighborhoods. Schom- burg Center. 515 Mal- colm X Blvd. $15. February 5 7:30-10:00pm The Futurism is Ours: The New Negress Film So- ciety

The Futurism Is Ours is a program of afro- and feminist-futurist films that explore present-day di- lemmas, envision the fu- ture, and re-imagine the past. By expanding no- tions of time, outer space, memory, and collective trauma, these artists treat cinema as a space for ex- ploring and representing the often tangled inter- sections between diaspo- ra and colonial legacies, utopia and dystopia, and for foregrounding a vision of black and queer liberation. Maysles Cinema. 343 Malcolm X Blvd. $12. February 6 6:30-8:30pm Housing Discrimination in the Jim Crow North and the Case for Reparations Join historians Beryl Sat- ter, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Nathan Con- nolly in this discussion of the ways in which housing policy, over the course of the 20th and into the 21st century, created and re-created inequality. Schomburg Center. 515 Malcolm X Blvd. FREE. February 6 10:00pm Apollo Comedy Club The Apollo Comedy Club celebrates the The- ater’s rich comedic roots. The Apollo Comedy Club features the best up and coming talent in come- dy today. Featuring Rob Love, Coby Jackk and Comedian Stiletto. 253 West 125th Street. Tickets starting at $22. February 8 11:00-12:00pm Power Portraits What does power mean to you? Explore this question as you make a mosaic using colorful materials. Inspired by the artist Mickalene Thomas consider composition, shapes, and colors! Par- ents, caregivers, and or- ganizations servicing little ones under 5 years old are invited to the NYPL Harlem Library to enjoy art-making and other activities that encourage creative time and bond- ing. 9 W 124th Street. FREE. February 8 9:00-3:30pm Love Your Body Fitness Marathon

Join Pelham Fritz for a day of fitness, fun, and cardio! Take your favorite class or try a new one - they have something for everyone with five hours of various fitness classes to choose from. Bring a friend and some water, and get ready to get fit! Pelham Fritz Recreation Center. 18 Mount Morris Park West. FREE.

February 8 9:00pm Apollo Music Cafe: Rue Brown

Mix a bit of sugar with cinnamon and spice and just the right amount of sass and you’ve conjured Rue Brown for an unforgettable night of music. Known for her engaging stage presence and soul-baring songs, Rue delivers a blend of jazz, hip hop and soul. 253 West 125th Street. Tickets starting at $22. February 8 12:00-4:00pm Power of SouSou: Journey into the Blackverse

Families, fans, and cosplay community members come celebrate the fantastic worlds of the Black comic universe with The Color of Power: Heroes, Sheroes, & Their Creators exhibition. Power up your inner and outer superhero, or supershero! CCCADI 120 E 125th Street. FREE.

February 21 6:00-8:00pm Oscar Sanders at the Sisters Uptown Bookstore Award-winning author/poet/filmmaker/spoken word performer Oscar Sanders launches his social justice spoken word book Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry at Sisters Uptown Bookstore and Cultural Center. Oscar Sanders will perform a set of portions of his book in ten (10) different characters “Oscar Sanders is the Dick Gregory and Paul Mooney of spoken word” Playwrights Horizon says, Exposing Politics is a poignant meditation of the troubling state of American Politics.” Refreshments will be served. 1942 Amsterdam Avenue at 156th St. FREE. Always in Season (Feb 3)For the Cool Kids (Feb 1)

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IN MEMORIAM: Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant Killed in Helicopter Crash

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

Harlem Community Newspapers | January 30. 2020 10 L os Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Maria Onore, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, January 26, 2020. Bryant was 41, and his daughter, affectionately known as GiGi, who was only 13.

“As the reports came in on the death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter and the other passen gers on board his helicopter we all were shocked and saddened by the news of a life gone far too soon,” stated Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., the chairman and executive publisher of NNPA member newspaper, the Los Angeles Sentinel. “Wheth er you were a Laker fan or not, the news seemed surreal.”

Bakewell continued: “This tragic death of a young man dying in the prime of his life is a reminder to us all of just how precious life really is and how we must all embrace life, love and family and never forget what is really important. Kobe was a warrior on the basketball court, and he seemed to ease his way into retirement life with the same passion and enthusi asm that we all admired when he was playing in the NBA. My thoughts and prayers go out to his parents, his wife, his chil dren and all those who admired Kobe Bryant not only as a bas ketball star but as a Man, a Son, a Husband and Father.”

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA, said the Black Press joins with the rest of America in mourning Bryant’s death. “The National Newspaper Pub lishers Association expresses our profound sympathy and sincerest condolences to the family of Kobe Bryant,” Cha vis stated.

Denise Rolark Barnes, the publisher of the Washington Informer also offered her con dolences to the Bryant family. “Our hearts cry out for Kobe Bryant and his family,” Rolark Barnes stated. “Our memories of his phenomenal life and ca reer will never die.”

TMZ reported that the 5-time NBA Champion was en route to his Mamba Academy for a basketball practice when the crash occurred. The acade my is north of Los Angeles in the city of Thousand Oaks.

In a statement, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Bry ant was a giant who inspired, amazed and thrilled people ev erywhere. “He will live forever in the heart of Los Angeles and will be remembered through the ages as one of our greatest heroes,” Garcetti stated.

“This is a moment that leaves us struggling to find words that express the magni tude of shock and sorrow we are all feeling right now, and I am keeping Kobe’s entire fam ily in my prayers at this time of unimaginable grief.”

The helicopter, an S-76 owned by Bryant, crashed and caught fire at about 10 a.m. Pa cific time, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s De partment. Rescue crews were on location within moments, but officials said it was too late to save anyone aboard.

“He’s way too young,” Laker legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson stated. “I was sup posed to pass away before him. He’s gone way too soon. It’s a devastating loss for all of us.” Another Lakers legend, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who played against Bryant’s father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, said he was stunned. “Most people will remember Kobe as the mag nificent athlete who inspired a whole generation of basketball players,” Jabbar tweeted. “But I will always remember him as a man who was much more than an athlete.”

Shaquille O’Neal, who won three NBA titles with Bryant and the Lakers from 2000 to 2002, tweeted that his late and former teammate was much more than an athlete. “He was a family man. That was what we had most in common,” O’Neal wrote. “I would hug his children like they were my own and he would embrace my kids like they were his. His baby girl Gigi was born on the same day as my youngest daughter, Me’Arah.”

Current Lakers star LeB ron James was seen leaving the team’s airplane in tears. He didn’t address reporters. A spokesperson for the Lak ers said the team plans to address the heartbreaking matter “soon.”

Ken Miller, the publish er of the Inglewood, California-based NNPA member newspaper, Inglewood Today, said he was also in shock and devastated by the news. Miller covered Bryant for years for the Los Angeles Sentinel and said the superstar had previous ly given him his personal cell phone number.

“When Jerry West drafted Kobe at the age of 17, no one knew exactly what the fran chise was getting,” Miller stated. “He evolved to [become], I

would say, the greatest Laker of them all, and I had the opportu nity to cover and meet him personally and at one time just out of the blue as a reporter. I was so starstruck by him by his air, by his intelligence, and he had a reclusiveness to him as well, that I just walked up to him and asked him for his personal cell phone. He gave it to me, and it was at a time when Shaquille O’Neill was gone, and the Lak ers had just won three championships. He ultimately wanted to connect with the African American community.”

Born in Philadelphia in 1978, Bryant was initially drafted by the Charlotte Hor nets with the 13th overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft, but forced a post-draft trade to the Lakers, stating it was the only team he’d join. Bryant spent his entire career with the Lak ers, winning five NBA championships and the 2008 MVP Award. He topped Michael Jor dan for third place on the NBA all-time scoring list in Decem ber 2014 and retired in 2016 after scoring 60 points in his final game. His uniform numbers 8 and 24 were both retired by the franchise, making him the only NBA star to have two numbers retired with the same team. In 2018, Bryant earned an Acad emy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Dear Basketball. The late superstar sup

ported at least seven charities and foundations, including After-School All-Stars, Aid Still Required, Cathy’s Kids Foundation, and the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foun dation, where he and his wife are dedicated to improving the lives of youth and families in need, both domestically and globally. The foundation pro vides financial resources and develops unique programs that serve to strengthen communi ties through educational and cultural enrichment opportuni ties.

Even as a lifelong New York Knicks fan, a team that saw Bryant crush their hopes on many a night, the death of the man known as “The Black Mamba” is as stunning as any this reporter has seen. In 1979, in a similarly shocking trag edy, during a season in which they were trying to defend their World Series title, the New York Yankees lost their beloved captain, Thurman Munson, in a plane crash. While Munson was only one of the cogs in a Yankee team that had captured back-to-back titles in 1977 and 1978, Bryant was the unques tioned leader of the Lakers, one of the most storied franchises in sports, who turned out such superstars as Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, James Worthy, and Shaquille O’Neal. “He was the greatest of all Lakers,” Magic Johnson stated Bryant is survived by his wife, Vanessa Laine Bryant, and children Natalia, Bianka, and Capri.