Jazz and Blues
Jazz vocalist Stacia Hobdy performs the music of such legendary artists as Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, BB King, and more.
Thursday, February 7 @ 6:30pm
Lefrak City
98-30 57 Avenue, Corona
Saturday, February 9 @ 3pm
Hollis
202-05 Hillside Avenue
Saturday, February 23 @ 3:30pm
Pomonok
158-21 Jewel Avenue, Flushing
How Can We Sing In A Strange Land
Saxophonist/composer Tyrone Birkett and wife Paula Ralph Birkett on vocals explore the Great Migration through the lens of the Negro spiritual and the freedom songs of the civil rights era.
Saturday, February 9 @ 2pm
Laurelton
134-26 225 Street
Saturday, February 16 @ 2:30pm
Rosedale
144-20 243 Street
Thursday, February 28 @ 6:30pm
Rochdale Village
169-09 137 Avenue, Jamaica
The Caravan's Journey
The KaNu Dance Theater presents the history of Haiti through dance, from the enslaved peoples forcibly brought to work on its plantations to their journey for freedom.
Saturday, February 9 @ 2pm
St. Albans
191-05 Linden Boulevard
Thursday, February 28@ 6:30pm
Queens Village
94-11 217 Street
The Evolution of Jazz
The Ken Simon Quartet tells the history of jazz, from its early beginnings in New Orleans to its arrival in Chicago, New York, and abroad.
Saturday, February 9 @ 2:30pm
Forest Hills
108-19 71 Avenue
Saturday, February 23 @ 2:30pm
Jackson Heights
35-51 81 Street
Movie Series
Please join us to watch free screenings of "Going to Chicago: Personal Stories of the Great African American Migration California Newsreel" on Saturday, Feb 9 and "Don't Shout Too Soon" on Saturday, Feb 16.
Saturday, February 9 @ 3:45 pm
Saturday, February 16 @ 2:30pm
Ridgewood
20-12 Madison Street
Tea and Roast Breadfruit: The Story of Freedom
"Saltfish and ackee, breadfruit and freedom?" Do you know the story behind breadfruit? Look out for the breadfruit cart and learn how the story of breadfruit shows how we are all connected. Get recipes for your favorite breadfruit dishes.
Monday, February 11 and Thursday, February 21 @ 1pm
St. Albans
191-05 Linden Boulevard