Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Blue Tales, an exhibition of recent works by the Sudanese-born artist Khalid Kodi. This will be his second solo show at the gallery. The reception is Thursday, April 1, 6-8pm and the artist will be present. Khalid Kodi’s recent work continues his exploration of strategies that fuse personal history and experience with his desire to portray social, spiritual and utopian transformations. He creates works that are infused with strong references to magical realism and deep concern for the aesthetic struggle between form and concept.

Date: Mar 26 ’10
Time: 8pm

Venue:
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College presents The Tenth National Black Writers Conference. Presided by Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison and honoring Amiri Baraka; Author & Poet, Kamau Brathwaite; Educator & Historian; andformer President, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, Dr. Edison O. Jackson.

This week AfrobeatRadio will feature an interview with Benin international artist Angelique Kidjo. Mrs. Kidjo will be speaking with us about her new project Oyo. Mrs. Kidjo is known for her electric performances and drawing larger audiences the world over.

Concert featuring music and poetry. All proceeds from this Performance will be donated to Partners in Health and The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

African Symposium ‘Images of Africa in the Age of Obama” held at Adephi University, Garden City, NY.

The ongoing capitalist crisis generated high hopes that the parties and social movements of the Left, both in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world, would be re-energized. So far this has not happened. The Left remains fractured and confused, drifting away from its labor base, while the Right seems to have emerged as the stronger or at least the more strident force. The result is that unemployment remains high, wages low, and insecurity grows. In the U.S., the Obama administration negotiates from the center, and concedes more and more to business interests and political conservatives. Can this be turned around? Can the hardships and opportunities generated by the capitalist crisis yet become the trigger for the revival of a transformative Left?

a·r produces a radio program on WBAI 99.5 FM PACIFICA Radio. The program Features include an ensemble cast providing diverse perspectives and unique access points to reflect, present and celebrate the diversity of African life in communities throughout New York City and Tri-State area.

During the program you can use the live audio stream player visible on the bottom of this post.

Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Layers, an exhibition of recent paintings by the Ghanaian-born artist George Afedzi Hughes. This will be his first solo exhibition at the gallery. The reception is Thursday, February 25th, 6-8pm and the artist will be present.”
Art may not stop violence, but present philosophic examples of human activity as creative alternatives” is one important credo of George Afedzi Hughes. In his artistic visions Hughes is creating oppressive and disturbing worlds, exposing suppressed realities and the irrational and frightful side of daily routines and of the seemingly rational and normal.

This holiday season give your child the gift that will keep on giving for the rest of their lives — a visit to their school and an observation of your child in class. All Black parents should be at their children’s school on Thursday, February 25, 2010, National Black Parent’s Day.
Here are the steps to participate:
1) Please notify your child’s school before Monday, December 14th to let them know that you will be sitting in your child’s class on that day and making an appointment to conference with your children’s …