Reel Sisters at Imagenation Film Festival

Marcus Garvey Park
DATE: August 10, 2009 · 7 pm

African Voices and Imagenation Film Festival present
an evening of music, poetry and film

Harlem jazz sensation Bill Saxton and poet Autumn Ashante will perform before the screenings!

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Now through Monday, August 31, 2009

New York International Latino Film Festival 'I am Happy' ('Eu Sou Feliz') Premier

This week the City is hosting the New York International Latino Film Festival. Soraya Umewaka is a documentary filmmaker from Tokyo. Upon winning Princeton's Labouisse Fellowship in 2006 she went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to make a documentary entitled 'I am Happy' on the creative culture that resides in the slums of Rio. Her prior documentary 'Street Witness' debuted at the Miami Film Festival with critical acclaim.

Clearview Cinemas (260 West 23rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues)

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RUINED
EIGHTH AND FINAL EXTENSION!
Must Close September 6, 2009
From Lynn Nottage, the Obie Award-winning author of such plays as Fabulation and Intimate Apparel comes this extremely topical and highly acclaimed new work. A co-production with the Goodman Theatre, where it debuted to a shower of rave reviews, RUINED is a haunting, probing play about the resilience of the human spirit during times of war.

See RUINED now through September 6 for just
$49.50 (Reg. $75)

Tickets:
ONLINE: CLICK HERE or visit www.nycitycenter.org/ and enter code 4519.
PHONE: Call CityTix® at 212-581-1212 and mention code BTO.
IN PERSON: Bring a printout of this offer to the NY City Center box office at 131 West 55th ST., (between 6th and 7th Aves.) up to two hours before curtain.

BOX OFFICE HOURS: Mon-Sat 12-8pm; Sun 12-7pm
Performance Schedule:
Tues 7, Wed-Sat 8; Wed, Sat, Sun 2

GROUP SALES (15+): Marcia Pendelton/WTG Group Sales
646.467.7393 | wtggroupsales@aol.com

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Harlem Stage The Bachata Roja Legends

Featuring singers Ramon Cordero, Augusto Santos and "El Chivo Sin Ley" (The Lawless Goat), guitar giant Edilio Paredes; and young bachatero star, singer-guitarist Joan Soriano a.k.a. "El Duque" (The Duke); with Frank Mendez - guitar, Samuel Paredes - bass, Roberto Santos - guira and Randy Alejo - percussion.

Saturday, August 15, 2009
2:00 - 7:00 pm - Rain or Shine in the PS 161 Field - entrance at Amsterdam and West 134th Street
2:00 pm: Gates open

FREE!

For more information visit HarlemStage.org or call 212-281-9240, ext. 19 or 20
No chairs allowed. Bring a blanket to sit on.

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The Riverside Theater
Thursday, August 6 - Monday, August 17
The Riverside Theatre and BeBop Theatre Collective present two one-act plays celebrating the bold spirit of poet and Black Arts Movement playwright Sonia Sanchez.

8:00 P.M.-August 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17
3:00 P.M.-August 9, 16
$20 General Admission
$30 OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE & RECEPTION CELEBRATION

The Riverside Theatre
91 Claremont Ave @120th St.
For tickets, call
212 870-6784
www.theriversidetheatre.org

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Cote Di'voire CIDW Festival
Saturday, August 8, 2009

Festivities at: MORNINGSIDE PARK, HARLEM USA
Including Musical performances, Food, Face Painting
Danse workshop, Fashion Show, Art Exhibit, Health Screening

For More Information Contact:
George Konan, CIDW Executive producer
email: cotedivoire7@gmail.com
Join FACEBOOK: COTEDIVOIRE7