Schomburg Center Public Programs

IN-PERSON The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture presents The Harlem Chamber Players’ 17th Annual Black History Month Celebration. Terrance McKnight will open with Big Timer’s Blues, featuring poetry by Langston Hughes with a traditional spiritual, followed by one of the evening's featured artists Candice Hoyes, performing Zora’s Moon for soprano with members of The Harlem Chamber Players. Featured artist, cellist-composer Akua Dixon, will make her Harlem premiere of We The People f…

IN PERSON Join panelists Jamal Joseph, Akemi Kochiyama, Tamara Payne, and Jaimee Swift for a conversation about the revolutionary friendship of Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama. Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Malcolm X's death, the discussion will focus on archives, truth-telling, and understanding the histories and possibilities of radical solidarities. This event is co-created by The New York Public Library's Center for Educators and Schools, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black…