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“Last Day in Lagos” Book Signing with Marilyn Nance

FESTEC'77

Sunday, March 26, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., 456 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY (see map) A focused study on a singular African American photographer, through an archival encounter with her documentation of the landmark FESTAC’77 festival. From January 15 to February 12, 1977, more than 15,000 artists, intellectuals and performers from 55 nations worldwide gathered […]

Tagged With: Fela Kuti, FESTAC'77, Last Day in Lagos, Marilyn Nance, Miriam Makeba, Nigeria, Pan African, Photographer, Photos, Queen Mother Moore, Sun Ra

Ahmed Abdullah’s “Sun Ra Returns” – a unique Jazz Opera

Sun Ra Returns

Sat., April 29, 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 21st season with the music of Resistance, Resilience and […]

Tagged With: African, Ahmed Abdullah, Brooklyn, jazz, Jazz Puppet Opera, Music, Sistas' Place, Sun Ra, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Returns, Viola Plummer

Sun Ra Returns!

PS 3, The Bedford Village School, located at 50 Jefferson Avenue (between Bedford and Franklin avenues) in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and The Shadow Box Theatre (SBT), a fifty year old Musical Puppet Theatre announce a collaborative one-time only performance of a unique theatrical event on Friday, April 21st, 1 PM until 2:30pm at PS 3’s […]

Tagged With: Ahmed Abdullah, Carol Prud'homme Davis, Donald Smith, Monique Ngozi Nri, PS 3, Radu Ben Judah, Sun Ra, Sun Ra Returns, Tine Kindermann

Satellites of the Sun. April is Sun Ra Month at Sistas’ Place.

The Music of Sun Ra

Sistas’ Place in Association with Melchizedek Music Productions, presents Satellites of the Sun! The Entire Month of April is the Music of Sun Ra! $35 per set; Showtimes: Doors Open: 7:30 pm,  1st Show: 8 pm.  2nd Show: 9:30 pm.   Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Aves.), where Jazz: […]

Tagged With: Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora, Alex Harding, Anthony Nelson, Arkestre, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Dick Griffin Quartet, For A Great Night In Brooklyn, jazz, Melchizedek Music Productions, New York, NYC, Robert Rutledge/George Gray Quintet, Satellites of the Sun, Sistas' Place, Sisters Place, Sun Ra

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