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feature: myrtle avenue brooklyn partnership’s black artstory month events

By The Establishment
February 12, 2015

Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership is running a series of free events this month in honor of Black History Month – focused on poetry, film, music and art. Check out all the “Black Artstory Month” events, below.

Friday, Feb 13, 7-9PM at LeisureLifeNYC (559 Myrtle Ave): BLACKBROOKLYN/HOME: A Reading
What does it mean to call a place “home”? How do we understand our physical, mental and emotional relationships to a place in flux? Jessica Lynne curates a reading of poetry, prose and essays by writers who offer intimate reflections on Black Brooklyn, the soul of a city that means so much to so many.
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.Sunday, Feb 15, 6-8PM at Splitty (415 Myrtle Ave): 245/Slide Hampton Jazz Jam
Enjoy an evening of live jazz by the Julia Chen Quartet in honor of legendary trombonist and Fort Greene resident Slide Hampton, whose home on 245 Carlton Avenue hosted world famous jazz musicians and groundbreaking jam sessions for over two decades. Curated by renowned jazz bassist and Fort Greene resident Bill Lee. 
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.Friday, Feb 20, 6-8PM at Pillow Cafe-Lounge (505 Myrtle Ave): Remembering Rodeo Caldonia: Lisa Jones + Alva Rogers in Conversation with Greg Tate
Take an insightful look at women artists of the black Brooklyn renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s, as profiled in Brooklyn Boheme, the recent HBO documentary by Nelson George. Writer Lisa Jones and writer/composer/performer Alva Rogers discuss the black women’s Fort Greene arts collective Rodeo Caldonia in a conversation facilitated by cultural critic Greg Tate.
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The New Negress Film Society presents an evening of digital media and live sound installation that re-imagines the concept of Afrofuturism in the wake of recent police violence in New York City and beyond. For our closing event, female-identified video and sound artists consider the realities of resistance and how revolutionary social movements can be built and sustained. Featuring the work of Dyani Douze, Ja’Tovia Gary, Tiona McClodden,Stasia Mehschel, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, and Yulan Grant.
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Words by The Establishment

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