‘Culture, Travel & Heritage’ Archives
See The Haiti Softhouse at the International African Arts Festival
The Haiti SoftHouse will be at the International African Arts Festival from July 2 – 5 at Commodore Barry Park. This will give Brooklynites an opportunity to see the Haiti SoftHouse designed by local architects as a transitional housing solution to the challenge [Read More]
The 39th Annual International African Arts Festival
by Atim Annette Oton The 39th Annual International African Arts Festival starts Friday, July 2nd through Monday, July 5th, from 10 :00 am until 9:00 pm, at the spacious Commodore Barry Park, at Park Avenue and Navy Street, Brooklyn, NY 11205. Festival goers will gather [Read More]
Testing the boundaries of Black Art, ArtCurian begins a movement
by Atim Annette Oton, February 15, 2009 Every so often the work of contemporary black artists is selected and curated in a series of exhibitions that gives one just a slice or taste of the range of the work that is being created; but their work as a collective is rarely [Read More]
Haitian Flavor: MADAFI and BUYU AMBROISE
by Peter Kondrat, May 2006 After Port-au-Prince, Brooklyn has more Haitians than any city in the world. Language, poverty and cultural misconceptions often conspire to keep this creative, vibrant and fascinating community on the outskirts of our awareness. Wyclef and [Read More]
How I Supported the Obama Phenomenon
by Janice D. Williams-Myers What strikes me about the “Obama Phenomenon – this Movement,” is what I remarked to a young skinny white kid back in Iowa during the Kerry presidential campaign in 2004 when we both worked to get him elected. Back then as now with the [Read More]
From the future to the Future
by Crystal Dundas I have once heard someone say “ovaries over gender”, at first I didn’t know what to make of it, but now that the primaries and the dirty political tricks is half done I could say that not everyone felt the same way. Not everyone fell for [Read More]
Kindred Cool at MoCADA
This exhibition was in 2008 In Summer 2008, the Museum of Contemporary African Disaporan Arts (MoCADA) welcomes Kindred Cool: Portraits inspired by the jazz friendship of Romare Bearden, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. The exhibition is produced byBrooklyn-based [Read More]
Sabar Dance in Fort Greene
by Imani Kaba, June/July 2008: Vol. 2, No. 6 Dance is the physical manifestation of music” says Imani Kaba who teaches West African dance at Charles Moore Dance Theatre in downtown Brooklyn. As we know from our African ancestors music and dance has always been extremely [Read More]
African Shamanism and Healing in Brooklyn
by Julie R. Spooner, Ph.D. Two years ago, I set out to establish an African-centered healing center in Brooklyn. As a holistically-oriented psychologist, I longed to set up a group practice with other holistic healers along with a yoga center. As I began my outreach efforts [Read More]
Stage 4 cancer survivor living her life’s purpose
by Allison Marie Palmer Editor’s Note: This article was published in 2007. Allison Marie Palmer passed away in 2008. We posted this article as a tribute to her, her family and spirit, but most importantly, to inspire others to continue to fight on. On July 22, [Read More]
