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Winard Harper Sextet in Tribute to Max Roach’s 100th Centennial

Sat., January 13, 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 […]

THE PASSING OF CDE. VIOLA PLUMMER

THE PASSING OF CDE. VIOLA PLUMMER, CHAIRPERSON OF THE DECEMBER 12TH MOVEMENT… This evening it is with a heavy heart that we announce the Black Liberation Movement’s loss of one of its most resolute and determined leaders, Cde. Viola Plummer, Chairperson of the December 12th Movement. Funeral arrangements are to be announced in the next […]

December 12th Movement Matriarch Viola Plummer Makes Her Transition

January 15, 2024, By Nayaba Arinde, Editor-at-Large, Gratefully reprinted from Our Time Press (original). A snowstorm swept through New York City on Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 15th, 2024, as news broke of the passing of the Movement Matriarch Viola Plummer, 86, co-founder of the Bed Stuy, Brooklyn-based civil rights organization The December […]

René McLean: Celebrating Hugh Masekela & Willie Kgositsile

Sat., January 27, 2018, Two sets 9 & 10:30 pm, $20 with advance reservation – call (718) 398-1766; $25 at door. 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 22nd season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, […]

Eddie Allen Group

Sat., January 20, 2018, Two sets 9 & 10:30 pm, $20 with advance reservation – call (718) 398-1766; $25 at door. 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 22nd season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, […]

George Gray/Robert Rutledge Ensemble

Sat., October 21, 2017, Two sets 9 & 10:30 pm, $20 with advance reservation – call (718) 398-1766; $25 at door. 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 22nd season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, […]

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 […]