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Archive: Heart of Haiti: Music and Spoken Word

02.16.12

Photo Credit: Es Sully

 

“I have to admit – it was more curiosity than interest that led me to Central Park West on a freezing Friday evening, the night before our first snow storm…” (Excerpt from Es Sully Roundtable, Jan. 23, 2012)

Click here to check out more fantastic coverage of our January 20th Heart of Haiti collaboration at the New York Historical Society written by Es Sully!

Check out her blog at essullysroundtable.wordpress.com and read her post on Heart of Haiti here!

New-York Historical Society is grateful to Bank of America for underwriting the Friday Free Performance Series.

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Archive: AQ/Art Quake Exhibit Opening Reception

12.22.11

Thank you to all who attended the AQ/Art Quake Exhibit Opening Reception at Five Myles Gallery last Friday!  AQ/Art Quake is a group of 10 internationally known artists who have contributed to a portfolio of original contemporary prints available for collection.  All proceeds from the portfolio sales benefit artists of KOLAJ.

In attendance from KOLAJ that evening, was Co-Director Anderson Ambroise, who spoke to guests about this current project.  Other participating artists such as Vladimir Cybil Charlier and Rejin Leys were in attendance that evening.  Guests enjoyed delicious Haitian treats, an intimate ambiance, and a special performance by poet and performance artist Gabrielle Civil.  Gabrielle’s piece was absolutely captivating and opened up room for discussion.  You can watch her performance here on Youtube.

Even though the Opening Reception was Haiti Cultural Exchange’s last event of the year, it was just the beginning of a one-month art installation and event series.  The installation will be on display until January 15th at Five Myles!  Please visit the AQ/ Art Quake Program page to get more information about the AQ/ Art Quake events taking place in January 2012!

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November 9th: Grace & Mercy

10.20.11


Co-presented by Haiti Cultural Exchange.  Grace & Mercy is a feature documentary that interweaves the tireless work of Marie Jose Poux who runs an orphanage responsible for over 60 children and her brother, Ben Constant, who is the “Mayor” of one of the largest tent cities in Port-au-Prince. Combining unprecedented access with cinema-vérité footage, director Luis Peña paints a beautiful portrait of a brother and sister team who have dedicated their lives to rebuilding their home country of Haiti. Shot over the course of the year following the devastating January 12th earthquake, the film aims to shows how Haiti survives — no matter what — and will one day thrive again.

Director: Luis Peña; Producer: Trace Sheehan; Cinematographer:  Jim Frohna; Music: Peter Broderick; Editor: Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Kevin Jones.

Website: http://wehearyourvoice.com/home/.

Visit DOCNYC for more information and to view trailers.

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Check out- City SEEDS Lecture Series: Aesthetic and Cultural Expressions of African-Derived Religions

09.16.11

Date: Monday, October 31, 2011
Time: 7PM

“CANGA MUNDELE: TRACING THE SECRET OF BOMBA FROM SAINT-DOMINGUE TO NEW ORLEANS TO PUERTO RICO”

Ned Sublette and Alexander LaSalle will provide a little-known and recently excavated history of the transnational and transcolonial relationship between New Orleans, Saint-Domingue, Haiti, and Puerto Rico as it relates to the 19th century origins of the bamboula, or as it’s pronounced in Kikongo, bámbula. The talk will show how the Haitian Revolution figures as one of the prominent sources of the generative explosions of popular music in the hemisphere, transforming New Orleans into the musical capital for which it is still known. The lecture will be accompanied by a short musical performance.

RSVP:
Please RSVP at abenedicty@ccny.cuny.edu or (212) 925-6625, ext 207.
Please bring a valid picture i.d.

Location:
Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education
The City College of New York
25 Broadway, 7th floor (in front of the bull statue at Wall Street)
New York NY 10004
(212) 925-6625, ext 0
Subways: 4 or 5 to Bowling Green; R or 1 to Rector Street; J or Z to Broad Street

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