APRIL EVENTS


Monday, April 6 6:30 pm


Melvin Van Peebles and Walter Mosley in Conversation
Institute of African American Affairs 
New York University
Global Center NYU Grand Hall, 5th Floor
238 Thompson Street btw 3rd and Washington Square

Sunday, April 12, 2-5 pm
Paula Madison
Finding Samuel Lowe
Arts Horizons 2-5 pm 
LeRoy Neiman Art Center 
2765 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Thursday, April 23 6-8 pm
Ngugi Wa Thong'o  
City College
Shepherd Hall 

Saturday April 25th 1-3pm

Life Writing: Learn how to write the story of your life.

The New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64 St
$125.00

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Exciting April Books

  


March 31, 7-9 pm
 
On the Stoop at  BRIC House
647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Bernice McFadden and Terry McMillan in Conversation 


New Play Brings it!


Playwright Tracey Scott Wilson (The Good Negro, The Story) returns to The Public with BUZZER, a darkly funny, intensely gripping new play The Chicago Tribune calls a sizzling drama about race, real estate and sexual betrayal.

New York Premiere
BUZZER
Performances March 24 - April 26
Use code BUZZER30 for $30* tickets (reg. $55-$65)   
Buy Ticketsand enter code BUZZER30.
 
By Phone: Call 212.967.7555 mention code BUZZER30.
In Person: At The Public Theater's Taub Box Office, 
425 Lafayette Street, NYC (Opens daily at 2pm).


COMING SOON
Benilde Little (May)
Janis Gaye (May)
April Ryan May (Boston)
Karen Steffens (June)
Charlie Wilson (July)


MARVAISMS
 
The Power Of Music
I've been swinging between moods lately. It's barely the end of the first quarter and I've had enough good news and bad news to send my pendulum wildly swinging. 

But, as my father always said about life,"who promised you a rose garden?" Well, actually no one so yes, thanks to him, I have come to appreciate that highs and lows are merely a part of our life experiences. Expect them.

I, however, have found a way to stay centered. Music. Music meets me where I am  no matter the state of my emotions. When I'm super joyous I clap my hands because I am HAPPY.  When it's annoyance, I blast RUDE from the Juke Box...and if my mood is one of reflection, I happily listen to Lang Lang playing Schubert's SERENADE.

Science has long given great weight to music and its health benefits. I know for sure that for me, it is one of the most powerful medicine. I actually feel myself coming back to center and I am happy to let the music take me fully into the emotion of the moment, be it sadness, joy or spiritual renewal. A little laughter, a little tears and wow...a brand new me.

I have my playlist and I am happy to share it with you if a little music therapy can offer you peace.