Sistas' Place https://sistasplace.org Music of the Spirit & Music As Our Weapon! Tue, 14 May 2024 06:17:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sistasplace.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon2-512px-32x32.png Sistas' Place https://sistasplace.org 32 32 Honoring Max Roach @ 100 with Film Showing of “The Drum Also Waltzes” https://sistasplace.org/honoring-max-roach-100-with-film-showing-of-the-drum-also-waltzes/ https://sistasplace.org/honoring-max-roach-100-with-film-showing-of-the-drum-also-waltzes/#respond Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:02:53 +0000 http://sistasplace.org/?p=3804 Max Roach @ 100Sat., May 18, 2024,
Doors Open: 7 pm,
Film Shows: 7:30 pm.

Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Avs.), Brooklyn, NY presents a Tribute to Max Roach on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

On Saturday, May 11, 2024, Sistas’ Place shows the award-winning film about Max Roach The Drum Also Waltzes. Max Roach’s far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him. His political consciousness, expressed in his groundbreaking Freedom Suite and other works, made him a fierce advocate for change at a time when the nation was viciously steeped in racism.

Tickets only $5.

Don’t miss this!

Get an 8.5″ by 11″ high-resolution flyer (PDF).

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