Register today: https://tinyurl.com/ujima2021 ——————————————————————– Sunday Feb 14 | Meditations on Love: Live Music with Black Cotton Club Monday Feb 15 | Open House with Ujima Project Staff and Members Tuesday Feb 16 | Neighborhood Needs Workshop Wednesday Feb 17 | Black Brewing Culture Thursday Feb 18 | Citywide Assembly Friday Feb 19 | Other Worlds with […]
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Surface Atelier Studio {Black-owned Textile Design Studio}
I am reaching out to the community to vote for my daughter’s business plan to create a black-owned textile design studio. Your votes will increase her chances to win the $500 People’s Choice Award. She’s a senior at an art college and she’s a budding entrepreneur. She’s the only black student majoring in Fiber Arts. […]
The Coronavirus Exposes America’s Public Health Crisis: Racism
The Covid-19 pandemic is the most devastating health issue of this century. It has disproportionately impacted African Americans and other marginalized populations, heightening awareness of racism as the root of America’s public health crisis. Dr. Christina M. Greer, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, moderates a discussion in three parts to examine the […]
Stone Social Impact Forum featuring Catherine Coleman Flowers
Acclaimed environmental activist, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and author Catherine Coleman Flowers, founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, will headline the virtual Stone Social Impact Forum, a signature series highlighting civic change agents who advance social change and innovatively address areas of inequality in our society. Catherine Coleman Flowers will […]
Black Economic Justice Institute online community convening conversation
The Black Economic Justice Institute (BEJI) invites the Boston Community to participate in our online Convening Community Conversation, Redefining Community, Convening today to redefine tomorrow . The purpose of the conversation is to create a space to decompress and debrief on the impacts of 2020 and plan and set goals for 2021. BEJI will also […]
Human Rights and the Black Man in America
Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: Verónica Robles Cinco de Mayo Celebration: All-female mariachi band
Join Neighborhood Arts favorite, Verónica Robles, and her all-female mariachi band as they celebrate Mexico’s national holiday commemorating the nation’s victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. Veronica brings her all-female mariachi band for a lively evening of music and song from this rich Mexican tradition.
Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: Women of the World: Global Voices United
Women of the World — four vocalists from around the globe who come together in friendship and music-making — return to the Series for a performance that celebrates the beauty in the diverse ways that people from cultures all over the world express themselves through song. Vocalists: Annette Philip Débo Ray Giorgia Renosto Ayumi Ueda
Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: An Evening of Musical Tales with Guy Mendilow
Boston-based Guy Mendilow — whose musical explorations range around the world, from the Ladino music of the Sephardic Jewish Diaspora, to China, South Africa, and beyond — presents an evening of videos that will include a virtual adaptation of “The Forgotten Kingdom” with sand animation, along with new videos and live recordings from his Ensemble.
Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: Charles Overton and Julian Loida: Harp and Vibraphone duo
It’s an unlikely pairing of instruments — a harp and a vibraphone — but the extraordinary duo of Charles Overton and Julian Loida make it work so well. The two are frequent collaborators, and they weave their ethereal sounds together in music that crosses and combines styles: ambient, jazz, world, classical, and much more.
Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: Hub New Music: Listening Local
Hub New Music returns to Celebrity Series at Home with a program entitled “Listening Local,” featuring five world premieres by Shaw Pong Liu, Eric Nathan, Natalie Diettrich, Molly Herron, and Dai Wei. Artists: Michael Avitabile, flute David Dziardziel, clarinet Alyssa Wang, violin Jesse Christeson, cello
Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: Quartet Kalos: “The Songs We Make”
Quartet Kalos features a roster of artists whose lives have intertwined in unique ways – from tours abroad, to schooling, summer workshops, and Midwestern roots. The ensemble will present a program of self-composed works paired with folk music arrangements and commissioned works, offering joyful and reflective songs for their unique instrument combination: marimba, clarinet, cello, […]
