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September 26 All Day

The Schomburg Center Literary Festival

The annual Schomburg Center Literary Festival is back and virtual! Attend these online events and hear from your favorite writers like Nicole Fleetwood, Audre Lorde, Sterling A. Brown, and more. Be sure to tune in! Register online at eventbrite.com FREE.

Now Until

September 30

My Name is Pedro

First time director, Lillian LaSalle’s award-winning, powerful documentary, MY NAME IS PEDRO, explores what public education meant to South Bronx Latino maverick educator, Pedro Santana, and what he, in turn, meant to public education. The film is also especially timely in this moment of national reckoning since the murder of George Floyd, subsequent protests and high attention being paid to public school parity. Maysles.org Donation based.

Now Until October 31

Saved From The Waters

Watch nine films from Safaa Fathy for FREE. Safaa Fathy is an Egyptian/ French poet, documentary filmmaker, playwright, and essayist. Born in Egypt, she moved to France in 1981 and obtained her PhD from the Sorbonne in Paris in 1993. She was Program Director at the International College of Philosophy from 2010-2016. Fathy is the author of the plays Aquarius, in Sillas en la frontera, and Ordalie/Terreur (with an introduction by Jacques

Sound of Surprise (Sept 28)

Derrida), and co-author 9:00pm with Jacques Derrida of Jueves Social with Tourner les mots: au bord Totín Agosto Arará y la d’un film. Maysles.org Liga Rumbera

September 24 with Totín Agosto Arará y 7:00-8:00pm la Liga Rumbera! Led by

José James Yesterday the Puerto Rican master I Had The Blues musician Beto Torrens,

Harlem Stage From the evening will include The Archives presents a live performance, folJosé James tribute conlowed by an intimate cert to the singer he calls conversation about the his musical mother, Billie rhythms and traditions of Holliday; presented in the Puerto Rico’s rich African Spring of 2015. You can musical legacy. Visit elwatch online at harlemmuseo.org to join. FREE. stage.org or on Harlem Stage’s Youtube channel September 28 12:00pm for FREE. The Sound of Surprise:

September 24 Introduce Someone to 10:30-12:30pm Jazz 2

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Join NYC Parks’ Arts, jazz listener. Many people Culture & Fun for How to still want to know which Draw Architecture workalbum is the best one to shop in partnership with turn someone into jazz. Seeds of the League. ArtThe Museum will continist Ian Gabriel will lead the ue this series with Duke workshop. The workshop Ellington’s Live at Newwill be held outdoors. port 1956 and see what For your comfort, bring a makes it tick. Watch on mat, blanket, or folding The National Jazz Musechair to sit on. Feel free um in Harlem’s Youtube to bring your own pens, page. FREE. pencils, and paper. Some Jueves Social is back

4 Great Jazz Albums to

supplies will be provided. September 29 2:00pm Email manhattan.acf@ Music on the Brain w/ parks.nyc.gov to register. Helen Sung Madison Ave Between E Music on the Brain 130 St and E 131 St. FREE. brings together jazz music and science as the Mu

September 24 8:00- seum celebrates the way

Helen Sung Pianist (Sept 29)

Regina Carter (Sept 29)

Dear Justyce (Sept 29)

that music affects our brains and bodies. Join to listen and move with the music, and maybe learn something new with Artist-in-Residence pianist Helen Sung. Watch on The National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Youtube page. FREE.

September 29 7:00pm

Regina Carter: Swing States, and Getting Out the Vote

For this virtual event, violinist and composer Regina Carter, and Grammy winning trumpeter, composer and arranger John Daversa will share music from the new release and talk about its creation. Following that, she’ll join series host Larry Blumenfeld, along with other guest panelists, for a discussion about what our votes mean to each of us, and for all of us. Watch on The National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Youtube page. FREE.

September 29 6:00pm Apollo Educa tion: Dear Justyce

In this highly anticipated sequel to her New York Times bestseller Dear Martin, author Nic Stone delivers an unflinching look into the flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile justice system, focusing on an incarcerated teen, Quan, who writes letters to Justyce about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system. Join the conversation on the Apollo Theater’s Facebook Live. FREE.

September 30 6:00-7:00pm

Who Designs

Your Race

Join La Trienal curators in discussion with artist Melinda Barnadas of Collective Magpie about their online survey, Who Designs Your Race?, which takes on the context of the census and other race-related survey practices. Available for the public to complete, the data collected will inform Collective Magpie of their infographics. Visit elmuseo.org to join. FREE.

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