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21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage
Saturday, June 12, Noon-6pm Ancestors' Circle 16th St. & Coney Island BoardwalkThe 21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage is a traditional memorial and healing rite f... more
39th Annual International African Arts Festival (IAAF)
Friday, July 2 - Monday, July 5, 10am-9pm (Rain or shine) Commodore Barry Park Navy St. btwn. Park Ave. and Flushing Ave. (Downtown Brooklyn)This wide-ranging celebration of African Diaspori... more
Brooklyn Maqam Cultural Walking Tours are made possible by American Express®. Use the card to eat and shop along the way as you experience Brooklyn?s Arab neighborhoods and cultures.
A Moroccan Beber from the town of Khenifra in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Boutat began playing the loutar as young boy in middle school. The loutar, a four stringed skin-faced lute, is among the diver... more
About Black Brooklyn Renaissance
Are you planning a cultural event in Brooklyn that's open to the public and features Black artists? We would like to know about it. Please click here to fill out our calendar submission form.... more
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 2 - 5pm Walt Whitman Theater Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Brooklyn College (BCBC)2900 Campus Rd. & Hillel Pl. (Flatbush) BAC kicks off its year of p... more
African Dance/Brooklyn Style Symposium
Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 7 - 10pm A.R.T/ New York South Oxford Space 138 S. Oxford St. 2nd Floor (Fort Greene) This lively panel, moderated by Dr. Angela Fatou Gittens, Dance Historian... more
Ahlem was born in Tunis, Tunisia and began singing at age 13. She studied at the music conservatory of Tunis and then went on to perform at local parties and weddings, at national and international f... more
Singer, percussionist (dumbek and frame drum) and oud player, Alrodini was born in Bakat Al Hoddeidah on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Learning music informally from the time he was a small boy, Alrodin... more
Al Nujoom is a New Jersey-based Palestinian folkloric debkah troupe founded in 2005 and led by Ramzi Zdouq, who has called Paterson his home for nearly 3 years. Many of Nujoom?s members are originally... more
All Souls? Day ?Symbols, Stories and Trumpets? at Green-Wood Cemetery
Tour Historic Green-Wood Cemetery with Steve Estroff, who will point out some of the many folk symbols in evidence at this beautiful landmark, and experience the Haitian rara band ?Dja?rara,? led by L... more
Alsarah is a singer, songwriter, and ethnomusicologist. Born in Sudan, she called many places home around the world before settling in Brooklyn, NY. She began studying music at the age of 12, and jo... more
Amateur Night <br>at the Apollo:
Contestant Information Child Star of Tomorrow Contestants Ezell Frazier, Vocalist (Age 11) - Ezell, from Bedford Stuyvesant, has been singing since he was two years old and has performed in several mu... more
One of few in the world who is an expert in the Iraqi maqam, ElSaffar, trumpeter, composer, singer, and santoor player, is garnering an international reputation for his work, both in the traditional I... more
Arab-Influenced Song Traditions in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Brooklyn Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety ... more
Sunday, March 30 Brooklyn Public Library/Grand Army Plaza, Stevan A. Dweck Center 1:30-3:30pm
Arab-o-rama: New York Bellydance Music and Dance Review
Friday, March 14 Lafayette Grill and Bar (Manhattan) 7:30-10:30pm
Roots of the Community: Where It Began On Saturday, May 10th from noon to 3:00p.m., BAC Folk Arts will tour Atlantic Avenue, including stops at Rashid?s Music, the oldest Arab music store in New Yo... more
Since the start of her career, Azza has been a featured dancer in all of New York's top Arab nightclubs, including The Nile, Cedars of Lebanon, Mofeta's, and Ibis. Based in Brooklyn, she dances at man... more
BAM Dance Africa Pre-Opening Activities
Saturday, May 22, 10am - 4pm 10 - 11am: Community Opening of Dance Africa Weeksville Heritage Center, 1698 Bergen St. 12:30 - 4pm: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton St.T... more
Touma grew up singing traditional Lebanese songs at parties, festivals and with his school choir in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. As a teenager, Touma enrolled in Tripoli?s music conservator... more
Saturday, June 5, 2-5:30pm 2-3:30pm: Drum demonstrations/performances on the Plaza; drum-making demo in the 2nd floor meeting room 3:30pm: All-Brooklyn Drum Jam on the Plaza 4... more
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Click here for the Community Calendar. Click here for the Event Archive.... more
Black Brooklyn Renaissance Digital Archive
With such a large collection, we realize there may be omissions in the documentation. Visit the corrections page for more information.... more
Performance with Hassan Hakmoun and Mohammed Bechar ... more
Brighten Ballet and Folk Dance Company
Artistic Director and Founder Irina Roizin and Brighton Ballet's dancers are former soloists from the Kirov Ballet, the Bolshoi Theater, and the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. The company has appear... more
Check out the Maqam Events Archive Learn about Maqam Artists Learn about Brooklyn's Arab Music and Culture... more
Participating Artists Samer Tabari Jawad Bohsina Salaam Dabkah Simon Shaheen Al Nujoum TroupeMohamed Bechar Ahmed AlrodiniIsaac Gutwilik Mohamed Nabawy Gamal Shafik Said Fahmy Mohamed Yhya Nikola... more