“Because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while.”- Lucy Maud Montgomery In light of change – however uncomfortable, necessary, or unanticipated – people across the globe grapple with ever-important questions as they look toward the future. The questions we ask ourselves prompt us to search for, do, and be better [...]
For One. Night. Only. Multi-talented Comedian, Writer and Actor, Yvonne Orji (Creator of Sitcom "First Gen Show" and 'Molly' on Insecure HBO) headlines this hilarious night of stand–up comedy, featuring comedian Foxy P (Producer/Lead Performer of the African Princes Of Comedy Tour) and Hollywood-based Humor Prince, Chinedu Unaka (starring on Showtime's It's A Party, HBO's [...]
Seeing Rape: This is America is a performance written by John Jay College students. This group of men and women playwrights represents sexual violence in their own words, dialects, and languages in engaging and novel ways. In short plays, the way rape intersects with hyper-masculinity, the opioid epidemic, the workplace, immigration at the Southern border, and [...]
Seeing Rape: This is America is a performance written by John Jay College students. This group of men and women playwrights represents sexual violence in their own words, dialects, and languages in engaging and novel ways. In short plays, the way rape intersects with hyper-masculinity, the opioid epidemic, the workplace, immigration at the Southern border, and [...]
Seeing Rape: This is America is a performance written by John Jay College students. This group of men and women playwrights represents sexual violence in their own words, dialects, and languages in engaging and novel ways. In short plays, the way rape intersects with hyper-masculinity, the opioid epidemic, the workplace, immigration at the Southern border, and [...]
Doors Open at 6 pm Hosted by Stephanie’s Child Sounds by @DJEUGENE_EDO Performances by @CONNELLTHOMPSONSAX
Maimouna Keita School of African Dance Inc. presents THE 27TH ANNUAL DANCE CONCERT: SILA DJIGUIBA, PATH OF HOPE Tickets can be purchased through Saturday at 4 pm at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration 1368 Fulton ST. Brooklyn NY 11216
Considered by Weill himself to be an "American opera" - a synthesis of European opera and American musical theater - Street Scene combines a rigorous operatic style with a distinctively American story. As a meditation on how communities shift and tear as they accommodate new worldviews, it’s a remarkably modern and prescient piece - sometimes [...]
Considered by Weill himself to be an "American opera" - a synthesis of European opera and American musical theater - Street Scene combines a rigorous operatic style with a distinctively American story. As a meditation on how communities shift and tear as they accommodate new worldviews, it’s a remarkably modern and prescient piece - sometimes [...]
David Letterman, the longest-serving host in U.S. late-night television – the original host of Late Night (NBC) and The Late Show (CBS) – returns for the second season of his Emmy nominated series for Netflix. Letterman will host Superstar Shah Rukh Khan at Gerald W. Lynch Theater on May 16 at 4 pm. Shah Rukh [...]
Success Academy Harlem North West presents The 4 Elements of Nature - Air / Water / Earth/ Fire. This end of the year performance will showcase the following genres: Ballet (AIR), Jazz (WATER), Modern (EARTH) and Hip Hop (FIRE) performed by members of the dance electives powered by Art of Stepping via their customized dance [...]
If you believe the world’s leading physicists, the vast majority of matter in the universe is hiding in plain sight. For nearly a century, evidence has mounted that the gravitational pull necessary to keep clusters of galaxies intact, as well as stars within galaxies from flying apart, requires far more matter than we can see—matter, [...]
Nearly every culture throughout history has used chemicals that alter consciousness for spiritual exploration. In the 20th century, these drugs caught the attention of scientists. Psychedelics, as they were named, proved effective at treating intractable illnesses like depression and addiction. And they became a tool for studying the mind, opening “the doors of perception,” as [...]
Join this year’s Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun and other pioneers in artificial intelligence for a no-nonsense discussion of whether a truly intelligent machine can be created—and, if so, how and when. The "thinking machines" that Alan Turing postulated in 1950 have already vaulted beyond us in specific arenas like chess, Go, and Jeopardy. But [...]
On July 4, 2012, the champagne flowed. The elusive Higgs boson—the fundamental particle that gives mass to all other particles—had been found. After generations of work, the last puzzle piece was in place and the Standard Model of particle physics was complete. But then… the morning hangover. Particle physicists woke up to ask: What next? [...]
Your eyes and ears don’t tell you the truth. That’s not what they’re for. The senses evolved to enable us to survive and succeed in the world, not to represent it accurately. Now, for the first time, science is revealing exactly how the sense organs receive information, process it, and pass it to the brain, [...]
The National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC), an internationally recognized action research center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, provides proven, evidence-based, life-saving violence reduction strategies to dozens of communities across America and beyond. In June 2019, NNSC will simultaneously commemorate the 10th Anniversary of this impactful work and host our biennial National Conference - The Emerging [...]
The National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC), an internationally recognized action research center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, provides proven, evidence-based, life-saving violence reduction strategies to dozens of communities across America and beyond. In June 2019, NNSC will simultaneously commemorate the 10th Anniversary of this impactful work and host our biennial National Conference - The Emerging [...]
Come behind the scenes for an up close and personal look while Mario demonstrates a glamorous “red carpet” makeup application. Learn as he shares tons of his coveted tips and tricks that have helped him become one of the most well-known celebrity makeup artists today. Many of Mario’s past students that he has taught around [...]
It's our PRIDE show live in NYC! It's been 50 years since those Kweens rioted at Stonewall and high-kicked their way into the mainstream. Come celebrate with us as we tackle the documentary about the riot that started the gay civil rights movement: "Stonewall Uprising." You not gonna want to miss this, honey.