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SUMMARY:Nov 6 | Mizik Ayiti! Residency | Bobby Raymond & Markus Schwartz featuring Monvelyno
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursdays this fall for the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. The first residency will be held by bassist Bobby Raymond and percussionist Markus Schwartz and marks HCX’s inaugural public event in our new home at 35 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY. \nSPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! Thursday\, November 6’s Gede themed performance will feature guest guitarist & vocalist Monvelyno Alexis. Monvelyno is a contemporary anchor of Haitian jazz and experimental sound. His skill as a vocalist\, songwriter\, and guitarist has earned him the respect of the New York and global Haitian community. His music is led by his Haitian culture\, particularly the spiritual and musical traditions of Vodou. \n  \nThe 2025 performance season launches at HCX with the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. On Thursday evenings\, artist-composers host unique sets joined by a rotation of guest artists and ensembles. Performances offer the opportunity to showcase new work and workshop arrangements across the musical landscape\, from traditional genres reverberating the strength of the tanbou to the contemporary sound like fusion jazz and electronic music carrying Haitian vibration into the future. \n  \nWear your black\, white\, and purple! Best dressed wins a season pass to the Early Winter Mizik Ayiti! series. \nThursday\, November 6\n6-9pm (45 min sets at 6:30 & 7:45)\n35 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY \n  \n—\nAbout the Musicians \nBorn in Haiti\, bassist Bobby Raymond established his musical career in the 1980s alongside progressive Haitian jazz musicians including Ernst Crepsac Marcelin\, Buyu Ambroise\, Eddy Bourjolly\, Joe Charles\, Phillipe Charles\, Bobby Sanabria\, Mino Cinelu\, and Eddy Rodriguez. He joined several influential bands including Freefall\, Mozayik\, Mystik and the Blues In Red Band\, collaborating with artists like Emeline Michel\, Beethova Obas\, and Alan Cave. During the 1990s\, Bobby was part of the Blue Bomba Quartet with Robert Aaron\, Willie Martinez\, and Ismael Bongo Bruno\, occasionally joined by legendary Cuban percussionist Carlos “Patato” Valdez. Bobby remains one of the most sought-after bass players in the New York City Haitian music scene. \nNative to Denmark\, Markus Schwartz is a Grammy-nominated percussionist\, recording artist and educator with over twenty-five years of experience studying traditional Haitian religious music. Since the early 1990s\, he has traveled frequently to Haiti\, following Haitian percussionists on pilgrimages to learn the intricate drumming styles of various lakou. He became a respected drummer at Haitian religious ceremonies and was a member of the groundbreaking Haitian Jazz quintet Mozayik alongside Bobby Raymond. As a first-call percussionist on the NYC Haitian music scene\, Markus has released four recordings as a leader and currently performs with Lakou Brooklyn Quartet\, Grammy-winner David Sanchez’ Carib project\, and Ches Smith’s We All Break. \n  \n—\nHCX | Mizik Ayiti! Residency \nHCX positions this invitational residency as an opportunity to innovate and workshop concepts and works-in-progress\, showcase new work\, and build networks for artists’ future presentation (e.g. booking\, touring) at other cultural institutions and stages. \nRarely do artists receive a consistent opportunity to create and share in “real time”–to develop their ideas in a beta form\, experiment\, and refine amidst presenting publicly. Over the course of 6 weeks\, resident artists receive a platform to fine-tune approaches\, activate jam sessions\, and explore sonic possibilities while developing relationships with their audiences. \nJoin us for all of Bobby Raymond & Markus Schwartz Mizik Ayiti! Residency performances Thursdays this fall:\nOctober 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and November 6 and 13.\n6-9pm (45 min sets at 6:30 & 7:45)
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/nov-6-mizik-ayiti-residency-bobby-raymond-markus-schwartz/
LOCATION:Haiti Cultural Exchange\, 35 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T140000
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SUMMARY:Ti Atis Second Saturdays: Mapping with Collage and Crayon Rubbings by Ani Brutus
DESCRIPTION:Ti Atis returns to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum for a new season of interactive youth and family programming! Join us for the kick-off event in November featuring mapping with collage and crayon rubbings with artist Ani Brutus!\nSaturday\, November 8\, 2025\n2-4pm\nBrooklyn Children’s Museum\n145 Brooklyn Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY 11213 \nWhat is the shape and texture of our neighborhood? Learn how to document features within our natural world and our neighborhood. Families will map their Lakou (community) through collage\, paint\, and mixed media\, including how to capture the textures of our environments using rubbing techniques.  \n— \nAbout the Artist \nAni Brutus (b. 2004) is a Haitian-Filipino interdisciplinary artist based in Jamaica\, New York. Born in the United States\, first-generation\, Brutus aims to highlight the forces uniting ancestry and the diaspora\, by uncovering the crossroads in everyday life. Between the layering and distortion of found objects\, Brutus utilizes material culture to document social history within Afro-Caribbean and Luzon diasporic communities. Ani Brutus is an undergraduate student at CUNY Hunter College\, where they advance their practice in Studio Arts. \n— \nAttendance free with museum admission. Limited number of free community tickets provide to the HCX community. RSVP below while availability lasts.\nSpaces are limited. Purchase a ticket to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum here ». \n— \nAbout Ti Atis \nTi Atis returns to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum for a new season of interactive youth and family programming! Ti Atis (Little Artists) engages youth of Haitian descent and their peers with Haitian history and heritage via the arts\, giving young people the tools to build an inclusive and culturally informed future as they learn about diverse art forms from professional Haitian artists.  \nMark your calendars! Happening the second Saturday of every month from November 2024 to May 2025.
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/ti-atis-second-saturdays-mapping-with-collage-and-crayon-rubbings-by-ani-brutus/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Children’s Museum\, 145 Brooklyn Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11213
CATEGORIES:Ti Atis
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SUMMARY:Nov 13 | Mizik Ayiti! Residency | Bobby Raymond & Markus Schwartz: Twoubadou Lakay Honoring the musical legacy of Robert Molin
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursdays this fall for the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. The first residency will be held by bassist Bobby Raymond and percussionist Markus Schwartz and marks HCX’s inaugural public event in our new home at 35 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY. \nFINALE PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCEMENT!\nTwoubadou Lakay\nHonoring the musical legacy of Robert Molin \nGuitarist & composer Robert Molin is an often overlooked but important contributor to the Twoubadou traditions of Aux Cayes in southern Haiti. Bobby & Markus have invited a handful of special musical guests for this final residency performance: Guitarists Gary Josama & Roland Cameau\, Singer Joe Montour and Percussionist Camille Hostin. \nHaitian Twoubadou emerged as an original national genre when Haitian seasonal workers connected rhythms of Cuban guarijo to Haitian merengue. With lyrics mixing satire\, romance\, and everyday life\, twoubadou’s delicate and joyful sound highlights the history of Haitians movement around the Caribbean and some of the instruments that we brought from across the ocean: the guitar and drum. \nThe 2025 performance season launches at HCX with the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. On Thursday evenings\, artist-composers host unique sets joined by a rotation of guest artists and ensembles. Performances offer the opportunity to showcase new work and workshop arrangements across the musical landscape\, from traditional genres reverberating the strength of the tanbou to the contemporary sound like fusion jazz and electronic music carrying Haitian vibration into the future. \n  \nThursday\, November 13\n6-9pm (45 min sets at 6:30 & 7:45)\n35 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY \n  \n—\nAbout the Musicians \nBorn in Haiti\, bassist Bobby Raymond established his musical career in the 1980s alongside progressive Haitian jazz musicians including Ernst Crepsac Marcelin\, Buyu Ambroise\, Eddy Bourjolly\, Joe Charles\, Phillipe Charles\, Bobby Sanabria\, Mino Cinelu\, and Eddy Rodriguez. He joined several influential bands including Freefall\, Mozayik\, Mystik and the Blues In Red Band\, collaborating with artists like Emeline Michel\, Beethova Obas\, and Alan Cave. During the 1990s\, Bobby was part of the Blue Bomba Quartet with Robert Aaron\, Willie Martinez\, and Ismael Bongo Bruno\, occasionally joined by legendary Cuban percussionist Carlos “Patato” Valdez. Bobby remains one of the most sought-after bass players in the New York City Haitian music scene. \nNative to Denmark\, Markus Schwartz is a Grammy-nominated percussionist\, recording artist and educator with over twenty-five years of experience studying traditional Haitian religious music. Since the early 1990s\, he has traveled frequently to Haiti\, following Haitian percussionists on pilgrimages to learn the intricate drumming styles of various lakou. He became a respected drummer at Haitian religious ceremonies and was a member of the groundbreaking Haitian Jazz quintet Mozayik alongside Bobby Raymond. As a first-call percussionist on the NYC Haitian music scene\, Markus has released four recordings as a leader and currently performs with Lakou Brooklyn Quartet\, Grammy-winner David Sanchez’ Carib project\, and Ches Smith’s We All Break. \n  \n—\nHCX | Mizik Ayiti! Residency \nHCX positions this invitational residency as an opportunity to innovate and workshop concepts and works-in-progress\, showcase new work\, and build networks for artists’ future presentation (e.g. booking\, touring) at other cultural institutions and stages. \nRarely do artists receive a consistent opportunity to create and share in “real time”–to develop their ideas in a beta form\, experiment\, and refine amidst presenting publicly. Over the course of 6 weeks\, resident artists receive a platform to fine-tune approaches\, activate jam sessions\, and explore sonic possibilities while developing relationships with their audiences. \nJoin us for all of Bobby Raymond & Markus Schwartz Mizik Ayiti! Residency performances Thursdays this fall:\nOctober 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and November 6 and 13.\n6-9pm (45 min sets at 6:30 & 7:45)
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/nov-13-mizik-ayiti-residency-bobby-raymond-markus-schwartz/
LOCATION:Haiti Cultural Exchange\, 35 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series
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SUMMARY:True North | Community Screening & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Fall of Freedom nationwide activation of creative resistance\, Haiti Cultural Exchange and Rada Collaborative present a special screening of True North at The Center For Fiction. Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.\nThrough never before seen compelling historical footage and the voices of those who lived through the tumultuous period of 1960s Montréal\, True North uses a bold cinematic aesthetic that centers the power of memory and archive to expose the pivotal events of a moment that impacted the global movement for Black liberation. \n \nCenter for Fiction\n15 Lafayette Avenue\nBrooklyn\, NY 11217 \nFriday\, Nov 21\n6-9pm  \nRSVP for free here » \n  \n\n6:00 // Mix & mingle – food and drinks available for purchase (from The Center For Fiction)\n6:30 // Introduction of True North by director Michèle Stephenson\n6:40 // Screening of True North\n8:00 – 8:30 // Community conversation\n8:30 – 9 // Closing mix & mingle\n\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/true-north-community-screening-conversation/
LOCATION:The Center For Fiction\, 15 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11217
CATEGORIES:Community Collaborations
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