This beautiful sunny spring afternoon at St. Joseph’s University - Brooklyn Council for the Arts.
The Monica Pabelonio Quartet will be performing again on Tuesday, 4/14 at 12:40. Stop by if you can.
Today at St. Joseph’s University - Brooklyn Council for the Arts Chamber Music in the Parlors, MaKayla McDonald, soprano and Tyler Walker, piano, presented a beautiful program of art songs centering devotion. They will perform again on Tues, Mar. 24 at 12:40 pm.
Free and open to the public
For more information: sjny.edu/bkcfa
All About Love - installation day complete. It’s a lot of brain and brute work but we have a good time. Big thanks to Bill, Elizabeth and Aixa — and all the artists!
Opening reception - Thursday, March 5, 5:30 to 8pm
St. Joseph’s University - Brooklyn Council for the Arts
Alumni Room Gallery, Tuohy Hall
245 Clinton Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY
The gallery is free and open to the public
Directions:
Take the G train to Clinton/Washington Avenues
For more information, visit our website at sjny.edu/bkcfa or email [email protected]
#groupexhibition #allaboutlove #bellhooks
Exhausted by the many ways Black folk are expected to swallow their reactions to other folks’ shortcomings. Turn the other cheek. Go high. Be better. Pray on it. Whether the action has a legitimate explanation, or it’s a mental deficiency – the kind used to lessen the terror of mass shooters, or how the perpetrator was raised, or white women’s tears, or pure ignorance, or outright hatred, we are always the ones looked to for understanding and forgiveness. It doesn’t seem to matter how we feel. It doesn’t matter that our dignity is being trashed. It doesn’t matter that after years of hard work, we’ve just been acknowledged for a major accomplishment. It doesn’t matter that we’re on a world stage receiving accolades for a lifetime of excellent work. No, instead we must assuage the feelings of those who don’t or won’t or can’t understand that we are beautiful, talented human beings – with feelings. We know all too well, this feeling. Now it’s being exposed for “them” to see. I’m not sure how it will affect anyone, will not hold my breath … and it doesn’t erase that ruined moment. Perhaps a better timed apology expressly and immediately directed at these beautiful men instead of “sorry if anyone was offended” What? Perhaps more efficient and purposeful editing? I don’t know - and it seems they didn’t care enough. I stand by what I say ... And still, we rise. #BAFTA. #DelroyLindo #MichaelBJohnson #tourettesyndrome #Blackexcellence
Rest in peace, Rev. Jesse Jackson. We will never forget all that you did for us, the example you set — I Am Somebody — and yes, I still have my button!
May your heavenly flight guide you safely and may the ancestors embrace you as you enter the ancestral realm.
#Iamsomebody #revjessejackson
I’ve posted (a lot) about Bad Bunny’s fabulous halftime performance, but I wanted to emphasize how representation really, really matters. This post is called. “We Used to Say There’s Colored People on TV” and it’s new on my blog, Now All I Need is a Cape.
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“What many Latinos and people of color saw was themselves. And that, my friends, means everything! For many of us in the Black community, seeing a Black performer on television in the 50s and 60s meant that a commotion was about to take place. We yelled up and down the stairs of my grandparents, brownstone in Bed Stuy, “hey, there’s colored people on TV, there’s colored people on TV” and everyone came running and found a spot in front of a black-and-white television to which we were glued. Some of you may not understand how significant that was, but I will never forget. I couldn’t name it at the time but Representation Matters.”
To read more of this post, check out my Facebook page or you can find it on my website.
#BadBunny #badbunnysuperbowl #representationmatters #theonlythinggreaterthanhateislove #AllofAmerica
Detail of original collage done probably around 50 years ago. Quote (much more recently 😊) from @tiffanydcross . Always grateful for her voice. #blackhistoryisworldhistory #ourexistenceisourresistance #alutacontinua #ilovebeingblack❤️🖤💚 #ourhistoryourpride
It was a beautiful, energetic, well-attended opening reception for “Resilience: Then and Now” a group show, curated by Kennis Baptiste. The installation is stunning, the work is thoughtfully provocative and gave rise to many comments and side discussions last night. The artist talks should be very engaging. The exhibit runs until February 27. For more information on gallery hours and artist talks, please visit sjny.edu/bkcfa.
Thanks to all who came out last night.
Installation complete.
Opening Reception: Thurs, January 22
Resilience: Then and Now
Curated by Kennis Baptiste
Featuring the work of
Herold Alexis
Donovan Nelson
Francks Deceus
Misha Tyutyunik
Iram Yeates
Karl McIntosh
Otto Neals
Alumni Room Gallery, Tuohy Hall
St. Joseph’s University
245 Clinton Avenue
Directions:
Take the G train to Clinton/Washington Avenues
For more information, visit our website at sjny.edu/bkcfa or email [email protected]
As always, every year, BAM did an amazing job celebrating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The community comes out in force to watch and participate in the main stage event in the concert hall and the pre-show breakfast in BAMCafe featuring many NY City and State elected officials. This year’s keynote speaker, Rev Dr. William H. Barber was dynamic — had us singing and remembering and “call and respond-ing”, he encouraged us and he held church. Featured performers included a soloist from Ron Brown’s Evidence and The Fire Ensemble. Thank you Tamara and Coco for a wonderful program.
#DrMartinLutherKingJr #MLKDay
#BrooklynAcademyofMusic #riseup #weshallovercome
