Tag Archives: Jamal Joseph

Valerie Simpson Becomes Bolder and Harlem School of the Arts Gets Major Funding

Harlem Arts Alliance Presents: On the “A” w/Souleo
One of the major themes of this year’s Harlem Arts Advocacy Week was the need for major funding in order to sustain the arts and culture scene in Harlem. Continue reading
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Faith Evans, Chris Tucker and Sinbad Lead the Harlem Fall Event Calendar

Harlem Arts Alliance Presents: On the “A” w/Souleo
While the weather gets cooler, the fall Harlem arts and culture scene is heating up with several exciting events featuring international and local talent. Continue reading

Celebrating the film MIDDLE OF NOWHERE And Harlem Arts Advocacy Week In Harlem

Join ImageNation and the Harlem Arts Alliance at RAW SPACE as we celebrate Harlem Arts Advocacy Week with “Art & Activism: Using Art for Social Change“, Continue reading

Jamal Joseph Panther Baby Book signing party at Columbia (video)

Join Jamal Joseph, Afeni Shakur and Dorian Warren for an evening in celebration of the release of the autobiography, Panther Baby, (Algonquin) by Jamal Joseph.

A conversation follows with Jamal Joseph, Afeni Shakur, author, political activist, member of the Black Panther Party and mother of noted Hip Hop artist Tupac Shakur, and Columbia University political science/public affairs professor Dorian Warren.

Harlem’s Award winning, Oscar and Grammy nominated IMPACT Repertory Theatre will conclude the evening with a special performance.  Continue reading

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Tearing Down The Walls by Daniel Beaty  at The Riverside Theatre

Direction, book, and lyrics by Obie Award-winner Daniel Beaty Continue reading

Daniel Beaty Nominated For Award

Yesterday nominations for the 2011 Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievement off-Broadway were announced. Daniel Beaty was nominated for an outstanding solo performance in Through The Night, produced by Daryl Roth in association with Jana Robbins, a solo performance where Beaty created six men and women of different ages.  Continue reading

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‘GOSPEL’ Premieres At Dwyer Cultural Center

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Voices were raised high in song and praise on the evening of Tuesday, March 22nd.

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Roger Furman Reading “Map Boule” In Harlem By Dr. John Mitchell

Voza Rivers, Executive Producer of New Heritage Theatre Group announced today the next reading in the Roger Furman Reading Series Map Boule will be held on November 14, 2010 at 3PM  at the Dwyer Cultural Center. Continue reading

Mount Morris Talk: With Jamal Joseph

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On Thursday, February 4, from 6:30-8:00 PM, MMPCIA welcomes filmmaker and educator Jamal Joseph as its speaker for Mount Morris Talks! — a series of conversations between the community and leaders, news makers, artists, authors and thinkers who live in the Harlem area.

Jamal JosephJamal Joseph is chair of Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program, co-founder and executive artistic director of the IMPACT Repertory Theatre of Harlem, executive artistic director of the New Heritage Theatre Group and an Oscar nominee.

It all started back in the ’80s — when he was an inmate at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, KS. There, imprisoned for harboring a fugitive in a fatal armored car robbery, he earned two college degrees, wrote five plays and two volumes of poetry, and founded a theater company that brought together prisoners who’d previously been divided by race, culture and beliefs. Continue reading

Impact Group Wows at Oscars

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Former Black Panther Creates Group Aimed at ‘Raising Up’ Inner-City Teens

Earlier this year, at the Academy Awards, a group of singers took the stage at the Hollywood Kodak Theater and gave a performance that blew the audience away. Continue reading