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Viola Plummer, Last of Original December 12th Movement Co-Founders, Rests; Struggle Continues

Article last updated January 17, 2024. By Nayaba Arinde, Editor-at-Large. Gratefully reprinted from Our Time Press (original article).   On the day after the January 15th death of Viola Plummer, friends and family gathered at her Sista’s Place jazz and community venue in Bed-Stuy, to commune, reminisce, and share food prepared by Attorney Esmeralda Simmons […]

The Magnificent Homegoing of Viola Plummer, ‘Matriarch of the Movement’

January 30, 2024, Reprinted from The Final Call – January 30, 2024. https://new.finalcall.com/2024/01/30/the-magnificent-homegoing-of-viola-plummer-matriarch-of-the-movement/ By Nayaba Arinde, @NayabaArinde1. NEW YORK—The “People’s Republic of Brooklyn,” sent New York-based international activist Viola Plummer home as if she were a head of state, with a grand four-hour funeral with hundreds of family members, friends, and colleagues celebrating her life’s […]

Homecoming Service Videos: Honoring The LIFE and Legacy of Viola Plummer

The service begins with extended music and at 55:15 minutes the introduction starts: https://www.facebook.com/December12thMovement/videos/399602845890257 (60 minutes) The service continues with drumming by Winard Harper and Baba Neil Clarke: https://www.facebook.com/December12thMovement/videos/670461805268413 (59 minutes) The service continues with remarks by a Cuban representative: https://www.facebook.com/December12thMovement/videos/1383900659180496 (59 minutes) The service continues with Charles and Inez Barron: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=708385201399427 (96 minutes)  

Black “Ourstory” Sale with Diaspora Arts Collective

Sat., February 3, 2024, Noon – 6 pm, Edutainment: ~3 pm.   Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, presents a Black “Ourstory” Sale. Market runs from Noon – 6 pm. Around 3 pm is Edutainment by Ruth Hunt, Historian, Genealogist & Master Storyteller. Artists attending include Art From The Planet, Ashanti Fields, Celestine Collection, Hats […]

Patsy Grant Quartet

Sat., February 10, 2024, $30 per set; Showtimes: Doors Open: 7:30 pm,  Show: 8 pm.  Doors Open: 9 pm,  Show: 9:30 pm.   Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Aves.), where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 29th year with the […]

Eric Frazier Quintet

Sat., February 17, 2024, $30 per set; Showtimes: Doors Open: 7:30 pm,  Show: 8 pm.  Doors Open: 9 pm,  Show: 9:30 pm.   Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Aves.), where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 29th year with the […]

Reggie Nicholson and the Brass Concept Ensemble

Sat., February 4, 2017 Two sets 9 & 10:30 PM $20 with advance reservation – call 718-398-1766, $25 at door. 456 Nostrand Avenue @Jefferson, Brooklyn, NY Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, continues its 21st season with […]

Alan Palmer Group- Tribute to Dr. King

Sat., January 14 2017 Two sets 9 & 10:30 PM $20 with advance reservation – call 718-398-1766, $25 at door. 456 Nostrand Avenue @Jefferson, Brooklyn, NY Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY–where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon–continues its 21 st season […]