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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
February 2010 Events
Harlem (NYC), USA!



Welcome Hue-Man Family

Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
New York, NY 10027
Tel: 212-665-7400
Fax: 212-665-1071
Email Us: info[at]hueman-bookstore.com

STORE HOURS:
Monday - Saturday: 10:00AM to 8:00PM.
Sunday: 11:00AM to 7:00PM





This Month's Events & Book Signings

February 2010


Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Racing While Black
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
Description: Starting a NASCAR team is hard work. Starting a NASCAR team as an African American is even harder. H...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Michelle Callahan
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: .....
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Friday, February 12, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Monda Webb
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: 7:33am is a funny, honest, unflinchingly real, and will be sure to make you run the gamut of emotion...
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 4:00 p.m.

First Voices
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: Hue-Man introduce four new voices. Come out an support them....
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Monday, February 15, 2010 1:00 p.m.

NY1 NEWS TAPING AT HUE-MAN
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: CIRCLE CARD MEMBERS ONLY Greetings. We would like to invite you to attend a special NY1 News rap s...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Road to Someplace Better
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: ......
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Omar. Ali
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: African Americans and the Presidency explores the long history of African American candidates for Pr...
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Friday, February 19, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Myra Brown Green/Pieced Symbol
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: ......
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:00 p.m.

I Gotta Make it to Heaven
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: ......
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Sunday, February 21, 2010 3:00 p.m.

Sunshine Actor's Workshop with Mel Jackson & Q
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: Acting for Change......
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Sunday, February 21, 2010 3:00 p.m.

Sunshine Actor's Workshop with Mel Jackson & Q
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: Acting for Change......
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Monday, February 22, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Marcus Sammelsson
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: .......
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Gordon Brown/ Gordon's Way
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: Financial Literacy has proven to be an advantage...Are you fluent. COme Join New York Stock Exchang...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Small Business Seminar
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: In these difficult times continuous education for small businesses is a must. Four business experts...
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Friday, February 26, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Enice Toussaint/Enice: Tales of a Multifaceted Life
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: ......
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Saturday, February 27, 2010 11:00 a.m.

Tales from Aunt Tookie
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: Tales from Aunt Tookie was created by Allyshia Hamilton in efforts to bring a fun story time experie...
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Saturday, February 27, 2010 4:00 p.m.

R.A. Ptahsen-Shabazz/Black to the Roots
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: Since the 1970s, the reggae lyricist/poet has been arguably the most significant collective voice of...
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Sunday, February 28, 2010 7:00 p.m.

Sunshine Acting Workshop with Mel Jackson
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Café
Description: Acting for Change...
More info on this event


Wednesday, December 2, 2009

“Unfinished Business”
A Grand Street Settlement
4th Annual World AIDS Day Awareness & Celebration (Ball Scene)
Friday, December 4th, 2009

Click The Pic To Enlarge View (Front of Flyer)



Click The Pic To Enlarge View (Back of Flyer)



The Legendary Empire House of McQueen Presents:
“Unfinished Business”
A Grand Street Settlement
4th Annual World AIDS Day Awareness & Celebration

AND

A Partnership with Grand Street Settlement’s Project SOL,
Project KISS, the HEAT Program, Rehoboth Temple, GayByGod.net,
Audre Lorde Project and the McQueen Empowerment Project

The epidemic ends with “YOU”

For all those who don't know what the
House Ball Scene is
please check out this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_culture
or
Check out the documentary DVD video
Paris is Burning (1991) (Rated R)
or just come witness one of the years most
Biggest & Fabulous Ball ever!


Friday, December 4th, 2009
5pm-11pm LSS Starts at 6pm
with or without you!
Grand Street Settlement
80 Pitt Street
(@ Rivington Street)
New York City, NY


$3 entry fee.
This event is open to all.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

"Passing Ceremonies" at Nuyorican Poets Cafe
A Play About Black SGL Love
November 5th - 21st, 2009 ONLY! (NYC)



Juneteenth Legacy Theater
Lorna Littleway Co-Founder
and
Sugar Valley Theatricals
present

Passing Ceremonies

by Steve Willis
Directed by Sue Lawless**

Starring

Bryan Webster*
& James Edward Becton, III*
With Armand Valdes & Tom Martin

A story about same gender loving Black love, set in the hereafter, where poets Bruce Nugent and Essex Hemphill meet. Backstage.com calls it a "promising new play" with "sharp characterization." "Bryan Webster's glistening performance... mixes humor, intelligence, perception, and grace."



In a cafe somewhere between "earth life and paradise" poet, essayist and activist Essex Hemphill (1957-1995) meets Harlem Renaissance writer and visual artist Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) and together they try to figure out if they really belong "on the other side". Essex is anxious to finish a project he was working on shortly before his death: a book on the lives of older black gay men. He wants to interview Bruce, but Bruce insists that it is now impossible for Essex to complete the book. Throughout the play, the two spar, lament, Hemphill share stories about their passions, and challenge those left behind to "pick up [their] weapons." Juneteenth Legacy Theater & Sugar Valley Theatricals present Steve Willis' Passing Ceremonies, a poetic, fantastical tribute to these two icons of African American, Same Gender Loving literature.




9 Performances Only
November 5th-21st, 2009
Thursdays-Saturdays
7:00PM


TICKETS ON SALE NOW
for

Passing Ceremonies
At the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
(between Avenues B & C)


Reservations
: 212-780-9386 or nuyorican.org

These performances of
Passing Ceremonies
are generously funded by
The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
and

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

*members AEA **member SDC

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Coney Island Generation Gap
Stop Da Violence Go-Cart Race
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Coney Island (South Brooklyn), NYC

One Of The Finest Moments I Captured!
YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS!


This has to be one of the greatest moments in my life as a photographer.
I mean, just look at the photo above with these two adorable looking boyz with theri go-cart medals!! This picture truly conveys beyond a thousand words the excitement of this event photographed.
Coney Island which is at the edge of south Brooklyn (by the water) where I live had our 1st Annual Coney Island Generation Gap - Stop Da Violence Go-Cart Race. Man on Saturday, September 5th, 2009 at Kaiser Park. I tell you, it was so great to see all these young Black children and parents out there and doing something positive, affirming and FUN!


FLASHBACK: This event totally took me back and reminded me of the late 1970s/early 1980s (yeah, I know... I'm "dating" myself) when I remember me and my friend Charles (I think it was him) found this long slender and very thick wood board. while we were playing after school or on the weekend. We came up with the idea to use the wood to build a make-shift go-cart out of it.


Because Coney Island back then had a lot of empty, abandoned and desolate lots with weeds in them (ah, the old freaky deaky days in the make-shift clubs houses... ummm, that's another coming of age story which is rated "R" or "NC-17", LOL! ), it was easy to find some old broken down folding shopping carts. that were all medal including the spoke in the wheels. We needed two shopping carts so we could strip the metal axles with wheels from them. Man, just thinking about it, I remember that it was a FUCKING BITCH to pry the metals rods holding the shopping cart together from the axles with our hands hurting and all. We prevailed though and got two sets of axles/wheels for the front and for the back of the cart.


Next we either found some old nails laying around, or we may have gotten a hammer and nails from my Mom's toolbox or from Charles' house and nailed the axles to one side of the wood slab. I can't quite remember if we used one method where we may have used long nails to hammer them in halfway into the wood and then we'd bang and curve the other half of the nails to secure the axles in place; or if we used "U" nails as a second method to hold the axles in place. I think it was the first method which is not as robust as the "U" nails (pictured). Or maybe the "U" nails didn't work out because they weren't wide enough to fit around the circumference of the axle rod. The front axle needed special attention and we did something special where we had less nails because we needed to be able to steer the go-cart. We found some twine and attached each end to the left and right ends of the front axle. GOSH! This is FUN remembering and blogging about this!! LOL!


Anyway, the next and last step was to paint this go-cart so that it looked really qool. It was my idea to paint the go-cart orange and blue. Why orange and blue? Well, because I was a huge, huge FAN of the Dukes of Hazard tv series back then (again "dating" myself, LOL!) and Charles and I agreed that would be some dope colors for our own General Lee! (Of course, with what I know now, I'd never sanction that choice because of the General Lee's confederate flag on the top of the car and it's abrasive history as it relates to African-Americans in the Unites States).


But now this is where my memory is a little sketchy. I wanna say it was just dumb luck or whatever because I believe we found an old can of orange spray paint in the bushes which was still good and had a little paint left in it. Doesn't get any better than that. I felt someone was watching over us so that we did complete our task at building this General Lee go-cart. But I think the dilemma was coming up with a couple of bucks to buy some blue spray paint. Back then my allowance was something like 50-cents or a ducket (buck) per week, so we had to dig deep in our already empty pockets and forgo any candy or comic books (Marvel Comics were 35 and 40-cents back then) for a week or two! LOL! And then the other challenge was if the store was going to sell us the spray paint. Charles and I were rather young (somewhere between 12 and 14 years old, I guess) and back then the law was stringent about selling minors spray paint because of the graffiti craze all over the place especially with New York City Transit trains being tagged like crazy and nothing like today. So, ultimately I think I may have (honestly I forgot) gotten questioned by the store, but we got the spray paint and we went to work and had our own General Lee. This whole process took place over some days I think so we had to hide our go-cart so that none of ht other kids in the neighborhood would find it and steal or just plain trash it to pieces. I would go out after school every day to check on it to see if it was safe.


In closing, I'll say that I did most of pushing while Charles did most of the riding. Though I was always tall for my age and skinny (see me pictured on the right here with my Mom in 1984), I weighed more than Charles, and so it made more sense to push him. (The go-cart didn't hold my weight too well if I remember correctly). And hey, I'm a nice person even to this day, so in retrospect I guess it's my natively nice and sunny disposition for the most part! LOL!

Also, the axles weren't particularly strong because they were meant to hold food or laundry in those folding shopping carts and NOT the weight of two heavier 12 to 14 year old skinny kids! And YES, the axles did cave in and bend and completely take out our go-carts. We'd either have to bend and straighten the axles back (which wasn't too so good because the integrity of the metal was compromised from the first bend) or we would find more shopping carts and strip the axel and wheel assemblies. Though I will say I did get to ride our General Lee Go-Cart with Charles pushing me a couple of times. Man, those were the FUN ol' days!!




As a side bar, we the kids in the neighborhood used to also open those johnny pumps (that's fire hydrants for you folks not in the know, LOL!) and use aluminum soda cans in which we scrapped the tops and bottom plates off against the concrete floor, and use the cans to propel the water like 25 feet in the air. But yo, YOU had to be real, real careful and hold the cans steady and securely because the pressure from the water would send the can flying and the jagged edges from scrapping off the plates could slice your hand or fingers. Not cute, but FUN nonetheless.

FLASH FORWARD TO THE PRESENT: I took a bunch of pics of this 1st Annual Coney Island Generation Gap Stop Da Violence Go-Cart Race. I selected a few pics to show here for this blog entry below. The go-carts I'm told are pre-fabricated (and not crude like ME/Charles' was, but we get a DAYUM "A" for effort all around, LOL!) and cost like $275 each and comes with the wheels, too. The money was raised through sponsorships such as NYPD, politicians and such. Check out the pics...



















































This Is One Of My Top Favorite Pics!
Kids Are Priceless, Man!


See much more of the Coney Island Go-Cart event with music by going here ---> Coney Island Generation Gap - Stop Da Violence Go-Cart Race Photo Album

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

African Cultural Event
Singing, Drumming and Dancing (Bembe)
In Honor Of Elegba, Ogun & Ochossi
Sunday, Septemebr 27th, 2009

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

from 2 PM until 6 PM


Egbe JagunJagun

will sponsor an

African Cultural Event

Singing, Drumming and Dancing

(Bembe)

in honor of

Elegba, Ogun & Ochossi


at the

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building
163 West 125th Street
(Between Lenox Av/Malcolm X Blvd
and
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd
Art Gallery – 2nd Floor
Harlem, New York

(Photo I.D. Required To Enter The Building!)

For more information please call 212-283-4035
or send an e-mail to
egbejagunjagun@yahoo.com

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

PRESS RELEASE:
The Future, The Nation’s Latest Media Outlet
And Network For The Black SGL Community



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACTS:
Nathan Seven Scott, President
nathansevenscott[at]gmail.com

Cornelius Jones Jr., Vice-President
iamlifejones[at]gmail.com
The Future

The Future Announces The Official Launch of the New Website – www.TheFutureForward.net

New York, NY — August 31, 2009 — The Future, the nation’s latest media outlet and network for the black LGBT community, today announced plans to officially launch their new website on Tuesday, September 1st .

The decision to make TheFutureForward.net available on the world wide web was made by The Future’s President, Nathan Seven Scott and Vice-President, Cornelius Jones Jr., after receiving numerous requests during the past few years of the lack of media communication and connection in the black LGBT community. “We wanted to create a space were people could express themselves while voicing their opinions. The Future’s team have done a lot of soul-searching to make sure this was the right decision,” says Nathan Seven Scott, President of The Future. “We recognize the risk we are taking with this leap but have faith that it is the best decision for us, as well as adding another voice for the community as a whole. Currently, there are not many network titles available on a national or international level and we believe strongly that The Future will be filling a much-needed niche.”

Originally established as an events company for nightlife party goers in New York City in March 2009, The Future expanded its position and created a network which included the social media networks they were already apart of to include all major global cities. “Word spread quickly about our network” says Cornelius Jones Jr., Vice President of The Future, “and we found ourselves growing at a very rapid pace to accommodate special events like; Why Am I Single to Greet the Press and filming The Future TV, We Are The Media. We started promoting our original context weekly like ; Dishin’ with Dwight, The MEGA World of Lil Mogul, Arts, Advocacy + Wellness with Cornelius Jones Jr. and Notes from Nathan with a successful following.”

In preparation for its national network launch, The Future have formed alliances with media partners from all around the global to give us a clear view of the world with a COLORFUL eye. Contributors by: Giovanni Centurione, Nathan James, Tweet This with Drama Dupree, Hayward Aaron, BoysandClothes.com, BlackGayGossip.com, International News from Karanja Gacuca & Antoine B. Craigwell of GBMNews.com, Made in Brazil and JC Report, Special Features by Lonnell Williams; In Our Ear with Doo Dirty Show, Better Days Radio and The Pride Cast ; destination finders VIPListers.com and ZenBiz Travel and special editorial photo journalist Dexstar G | The Peoples Photographer. “As individuals, we both have a lot of personal integrity and wanted to make our network’s national debut with real credibility,” says Jones. “Whatever our circulation and viewership are, we want our advertisers to know that we have been honest from the start.”

The Future will debut online, as well as begins the season of original programming scene on The Future TV. The Future will market itself and make several appearances at select PRIDE festivals and special events in 2010 to promote the network and build its viewership base throughout the world.

About The Future
Based in New York City, The Future is a new multi-media company targeting the Black LGBT consumer. The Future’s mission is to be leaders in the community by informing people around the world about whom we are and then empowering, entertaining, and engaging these people so that they may face the challenges of today’s society. We do this by reflecting a spotlight on stories about us that will encourage others to seek respect from a diverse and complex world. We are targeting the diverse interests within Black LGBT culture spanning entertainment, news, social networking, business, travel, fashion and sports.


Richard E. Pelzer II
President and Founder
MEGA Management Inc


Website: www.MEGAManagementInc.com
Blog: http://thefutureforward.blogspot.com/2009/08/every-tuesday-with-lil-mogul.html
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lilmogul

Social Site: www.myspace.com/Think_MEGA_Now | Face Book - Rick Pelzer
In partnership with MEGA Dream and Catch A Dream Entertainment Inc
MEGA Management Inc is proud to celebrate 15 Years in business in 2009

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Circle of Voices Inc.
Seeks Performing Artists, Vendors,
Organization Exhibits
For SGL Event In Nov 2009 (NYC)



Circle of Voices Inc.

Presents

"Issues Through Art"

An Evening of Social Expressionism

While

Building a New Community Resource




Performance Art Series

Market Place

Gallery


We are looking for:

Spoken Word Artist

Dancers

Rappers

Poets

Fine Artist

Vocalist

Drummers

Storytellers

Narratives/Dialogues

Artistic Contributors

Vendors

Exhibitors

(Not selling items-Orgs)

For

LGBTQ Events

For

NOV 2009



If you have a message to share about LGBTQ Concerns/Issues

We would be delighted to hear from you!

We host community events and we address "Issues Through Art"


Please send your Bio/E-clips, Download your Headshot & Contact info to:

entertainment[at]circleofvoicesinc.org

Please include a phone number, and any on line images of pass shows

Youtube, etc.

Vendors

vendors[at]circlevoicesinc.org


Please describe the product you sell

(No hot foods)

We will then provide the details and requirements


Exhibitors

(not selling items-Orgs)

Please let us know the name of your org

Brochure, flyers, cards, promotion items, Safe sex materials only

We will then provide the details and requirements

info[at]covinc.org

Sponsors Needed!!

Inquire now

for

Early Bird rates!

info[at]covinc.org



http://www.circleofvoicesinc.org/


We are a non-profit Womyn of African Descent
and Womyn of Color organization
that produces multi-cultural events
of an artistic nature as nourishment for the human spirit.
We provide a creative arts environment where Womyn
of all orientations can exchange
information, herstories, knowledge and skills amongst each other
and the community at large through
performances, workshops, music festivals and seminars
that express issues that affect our environment.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Harlem Week Events, This Weekend
August 15th and 16th, 2009
Harlem, New York City


SATURDAY AUGUST 15th 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Uptown Saturday Night

W. 135th St. from Malcolm X Blvd to St. Nicholas Avenue An Outdoor Cultural Arts & Entertainment and Dance Festival that will also include

The National Historic Black College Fair & Expo
12 Noon to 6:00 PM W. 135th St. Btwn. Malcolm X & A.C. Powell Jr. Blvds.

N.Y. City Health Fair & Expo (Part I)

11:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. W. 135th St.
(Btwn. Malcolm X & A.C. Powell, Jr. Blvds.)


The N.Y. City Children’s Festival
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
W. 135th Street (Bet. Malcolm X and A.C.P. Jr. Blvds.)


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


HARLEM DAY!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16th 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
W. 135th St. (Between Fifth and St. Nicholas Aves.)
3 Main Stages: 12 Noon – 7:00 PM

1. St. Nicholas Stage – R & B / Hip Hop/Reggae

2. YMCA Stage –performances of dance/fashion/poetry/music

3. 5th Ave. Stage – Gospel & Jazz/Soul



N.Y. City Health Fair & Expo (Part II)
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM W.
135th St. (Btwn. Malcolm X & A.C. Powell, Jr. Blvds.)



The Upper Manhattan Auto Show
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Howard Bennett Playground
W. 135th St. (Btwn. 5th Ave. & Malcolm X Blvd.)



The N.Y. City Children’s Festival (Part II)
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
W. 135th St. (Btwn. Malcolm X & A. C. Powell Jr. Blvds.)
A Free event (Tickets required)


The Harlem Honeys & Bears Swimmers
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

For more info, call 646-302-3487
www.harlemhoneysandbears.org



International Vendors, Exhibits, Foods, Art, Fun & Games
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
W. 135th St. (Between. Fifth and St. Nicholas Aves.)


Health Walk in Harlem (2008)



The Harlem Family HEALTH WALK-A-THON
& 1st Annual International 5K Run
Saturday, August 22nd 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Walk Starts at: Morning Side Park 110th and Morningside Avenue


The Joints Are Jumpin’
Wednesday, August 26th 5:30 PM & 7:30 PM
At various Uptown Locations

Thursday, July 30, 2009

HOT SUMMER NIGHTS
Coney Island Boardwalk Summer Music Series
South Brookyn, New York City


Hey Black Family,

I typically DON'T promote PARTIES and club & bar scene stuff as I feel there are soooooooo many folks out there promoting and cross-promoting these things. And quite frankly, a lot of these party events are economically incentive driven and... I'm NOT getting PAID to promote da shit!!

I do what I do out of passion and LOVE, and seeing my MOM lead the civil rights crusade by example; it's quite humbling when your Mom asks you (a 14 year old kid) to assist her at the Mandala Center (in Harlem back in the day, 1980s) to help feed the homeless; and because there's not enough socio-political news and pro-action happening in regard to the African Diaspora; and certainly not enough critical analysis/thinking out there of our circumstances. Plus the little guy is constantly getting his neck and head stepped on on a daily basis and doesn't get SELECTED to make the major news... because Black lives don't matter in some people's minds!!

Anyway, I will say that I went out to the Coney Island Boardwalk Summer Music Series last year for the first time and had a great time. There was truly great house music, it didn't cost anything, and it was especially warming to me because it is in my 'hood of Coney Island, south Brooklyn where I have grown up all my life. If you check out my Nubian Knights Network YahooGroup with all the stuff I have published over the years since 2002, you'll see that I'm making a truly rare exception here. LOL!

Anyway, come down to my neighborhood and have some FUN!

Coney Island Boardwalk
10th Street Gazebo Behind The Cyclone
3PM to 11PM
FREE PARTY
themeltingpotnyc.com

DIRECTION: D, F, N, or Q trains to Coeny Ilsand/Stillwell Avenue

(last stop on any of those trains)

Friday, July 24, 2009

Jubilation
A Cultural Festival For Black SGL Folks
New York City
Friday, July 31st - Sunday, August 2nd, 2009


Jubilation! A cultural festival that commemorates the achievements of the gay and lesbian community of color in New York and surrounding areas. It is a 3-day event that brings together thousands of gay and lesbian New Yorkers of color with folks from across the country to celebrate our unique contributions to this great city. From the young to the old, male and female, black and brown. Jubilation! is an affirmation of who we are as proud New Yorkers and in addition to showcasing incredible talent, is an invitation to supporters and friends to join in our celebration.



Jubilation! was created by a community of like-minded New York based event and nightclub promoters in association with notable New York health advocacy organizations and represent the large diversity of ideas, needs and desires of this melting pot city. We have planned a series of activities to cater to every interest and group with the ultimate goal of community) empowerment through cultural events, educational seminars and health forums. A series of events over the weekend of Friday. July 31st through Sunday, August 2nd include:





Friday, July 31st, 2009:
The Jubilation Meet and Greet
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
53 Propsect Park West
Brooklyn, NY
Open to all 21 and over

7PM to 12 Midnight



Saturday, August 1st, 2009:
The Jubilation Block Party Picnic
Block to Be Announced
(See Official Website Link Below For Updates)


Sunday, August 2nd, 2009:
The Jubilation Black Gay Expo
@ The Helen Mills Theater
137-139 West 26th Street
(between 6th and 7th Avenues, NYC)
12 Noon - 8PM, Donations: $5 before 2PM; $10 after
-
AFTER PARTY
Escuelitas
301 West 39th Street
(near corner of 8th Avenue)
9PM - 4AM



For More Detailed Day By Day Information:
Julibation Official Website