EVENTS
NEW YORK
MARCH
13 and 14, 2010
THE PIER ANTIQUES SHOW
WHAT:The PIER ANTIQUES SHOW— The show has 500 vendors and numerous specialists in antique, estate and designer costume jewelry. If building a collection is your passion, you’ll find some of the hottest collectible categories represented at the show – aviation collectibles, advertising signs, polished aluminum, Bakelite radios and more.
 Fashion lovers will want to get a jump start on building their spring wardrobes at the Pier Antiques Show’s Fashion Alley. This special vintage clothing section was set up by popular demand. So many show goers sought out vintage fashion dealers at the Pier Antiques Show that it was decided to give these specialists their own section. Now, fashion-conscious shoppers --both men and women, can find some of the best vintage clothing New York has to offer all in one convenient spot.
ABOUT THE EVENT: The Pier Antiques Show is a veritable trove of unique items, from under $20 to $20,000 that are fresh to each show.
WHEN: March 13-14, 2010, 10-6 both days
WHERE: Pier 94, 12th Ave., at 55th St., NYC
TICKETS: $15.00
NOW UNTIL!
Black Angels Over Tuskegee
 WHAT: "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" has been an official selection of the 2007 and 2009 National Black Theater Festival and recently won the 2009 NAACP Award for Best Ensemble, as well as the 2009 Artistic Director Achievement Award for Best Play.
WHO: Screen Actor, Lamman Rucker is set to star in the historic drama. After nearly two years of repeated filming on television and in feature films, he returns to the stage in a stirring performance depicting the life of an ex-boxer turned Tuskegee Airman. Rucker is joined by a stellar company of performers, two of which (along with Rucker) co-founded The Black Gents of Hollywood, an all-male ensemble driven to resurrect, redefine, and restore positive images of African-American men.
ABOUT: The narrative depicts the lives of six men who struggle through the Jim Crow era and emerge with distinction as the first African-American pilots in the U.S. Army Air Forces. With courageous brotherhood, their intelligence, patriotism and strength propel a dream into flight while fighting both military and social wars.
WHEN: (Monday, Friday, & Saturday-8pm / Sunday-5pm)
WHERE: St. Luke’s Theater - 308 W. 46th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues), NYC.
TICKETS: On sale now, are $31.50 and $56.50 and available at www.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.
Now to March to 28, 2010
H.A.D.L.E.Y. PLAYERS Presents: THE RESURRECTION OF ALICE
 WHAT: Present a powerful stage play entitled THE RESURRECTION OF ALICE, written and performed by the very talented Perri Gaffney (photo left).
ABOUT: Once an African American tradition of arranged marriages; THE RESURRECTION OF ALICE, is about Alice, a young girl wed to a repulsive, financially comfortable, community pillar old enough to be her grandfather. This animated and striking story is told by one woman (Ms. Gaffney), portraying a multitude of characters: Rev. Prichard, Isaac, Miss Johnson, Mrs. Petty, Mr. Tucker, Alice, & 22 Others.
WHERE: Harlem School of The Arts (647 St. Nicholas Avenue (@ 142nd Street)
WHEN: March 5-7, March 12-14 and March 19-21. Performance Times are Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2:30 PM.
TICKETS: Tickets are $20.00 or 2/$30.00 General; $15.00 Seniors/Students & Groups of Five or more; $8.00/Children under 14. Purchase Tickets Online at www.ticketannex.com or call (866) 388-4-tix or (866) 388-4849. For more information call 212-368-9314 www.hadleyplayers.com.
MARCH 25 to 28, 2010
National Black Writers’ Conference
And Then We Heard the Thunder: Black Writers Reconstructing Memories and Lighting the Way
WHAT: The Tenth National Black Writers' Conference (NBWC), hosted by the Center for Black Literature. Celebrating over 25 years of history since its inception in 1986 under the visionary leadership of John Oliver Killens, the Conference assembles some of the brightest minds and finest pens in literature. John Oliver Killens was writer-in-residence at Medgar Evers College from 1981 until his death in 1987.
The theme of the National Black Writers' Conference is And Then We Heard the Thunder: Black Writers Reconstructing Memories and Lighting the Way. Through a series of panel discussions, roundtables, author readings and storytelling, the National Black Writers' Conference will use the metaphor of thunder, memory and light to examine the historical representation of the literature of Black writers and the representation of new and future directions for contemporary and emerging literary voices.
This year’s conference attendees can again look forward to panels, readings and workshops from highly regarded writers Sonia Sanchez, Kamau Brathwaite, James McBride, Edwidge Danticat, Kevin Powell, Bernice McFadden, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Colson Whitehead, Toure and Stacyann Chin among others. Celebrating Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, Kamau Brathwaite & Dr. Edison O. Jackson
WHERE: The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York,
1650 Bedford Avenue Ÿ Brooklyn, New York 11225
WHEN: March 25-28, 2010
VISIT: NBWC Hotline: 718-270-4811 Phone: 718-804-8884 and Fax: 718-804-8832 Email: nbwc@mec.cuny.edu For more information and the full schedule, please visit www.nationalblackwritersconference.org.
MARCH 27, 2010
DONNIE McCLURKIN and LIVRÉ
WHAT: A soul-stirring evening of classic and contemporary gospel and inspirational music -- GOLDEN GOSPEL! -- with three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning singer and minister DONNIE McCLURKIN.
 ABOUT: Donnie McClurkin can never stay away long from recording profoundly uplifting music for the soul. He has spent the past decade topping the Gospel charts and just this month won his third GRAMMY Award for Best Gospel Performance for Wait on the Lord from his latest release We All Are One. The concert will also feature LIVRÉ (“free” in Portuguese), a young Gospel group from the Bronx comprised of seven singers and three instrumentalists. They will perform such heartfelt, soul-searching songs as Survivor, a testimony of survival, and Believe, an emotional performance of faith and hope.
WHEN: Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8pm
WHERE: Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is on the campus of Lehman College/CUNY at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468.
TICKETS: Tickets for DONNIE McCLURKIN and LIVRÉ ~ GOLDEN GOSPEL! on March 27, 2010 at 8pm, are: $55, $50, $45 and $40 and can be purchased by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718.960.8833 (Mon. through Fri., 10am–5pm, Tues. 10am-7pm, and beginning at 12 noon on the day of the concert), or through 24-hour online access at www.LehmanCenter.org.
MORE INFO: www.LehmanCenter.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2010 FREE
Remembering Miriam Makeba - Tony Award nominee Tsidii from the hit Broadway musical The Lion King shares intimate moments of South African Singer Miriam Makeba's life in words and song.
Escape to Freedom: The Resurrection of Harriet Tubman - A riveting one-woman portrayal of Tubman's life on the Underground Railroad. Melissa Waddy-Thibodeaux brings Tubman to life with a performance infused with a love of reading, helping to re-direct young people to freedom through knowledge.
Dindga McCannon, Weusi Artist - A visual arts workshop with one of the members of the Weusi Artist Collective, who is featured in the pioneering exhibit Weusi Revisited: 2010, currently on display at the Dwyer.
WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 20 from 2 PM - 5 PM
WHERE:Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue, Entrance on 123rd Street bet. St. Nicholas Ave. and Frederick Douglass Blvd., Lower Level
TICKETS: FREE (RSVP Required) Call the number below
MORE INFORMATION: 212.222.3060
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