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Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch

Sat., March 18, 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 Resurgence. […]

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)  

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 […]

Vanessa Rubin & Friends

Sat., January 07, 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 with […]

TC the III

Sat., December 3, 2016. Two sets 9 & 10:30pm. $20 with advance reservation–call 718-398-1766. $25 at door. Sistas’ Place 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 the […]

Jazz Tribute to Sista Viola Plummer–SOLD OUT!

SOLD OUT! For more info contact Sistas’ Place at (718) 398-1766 .  Sun., February 25, 2024, $35, 3 – 7 pm,  Bed-Stuy Restoration Corp.  1368 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY Map/directions. Take A,C to Nostrand Ave. & walk 1.5 blocks. LIRR to Nostrand Av. Sistas’ Place where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture […]