8 pm
Kismat Indian Restaurant
603 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY
At 187th St. and Fort Washington Ave.
Take A train to 181st Street stop (get out in front, 184 St. & walk north 3 blocks)
Get directions
Great food. Full Bar. Friendly service.
Marching Into Spring ShowLafayette Presbyterian Church,
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY
1-7 pm entire show
Fabulous Black designers including Brenda Brunson-Bey’s Tribal Truths one-of-a-kind standout clothing designs and Melody’s Kiini Ibura spectacular jewelry among others. Healthy food, a fashion show, and Vienna Carroll singing!
I’ll be on at about 2 pm, singing roots and blues favorites with a special tribute to Black women.
Vienna Carroll & Keith Johnston at Roots & Ruckus
Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY
F or G trains to Carroll St. station. Get directions
8 pm
Kismat Indian Restaurant
603 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY
At 187th St. and Fort Washington Ave.
Take A train to 181st Street stop (get out in front, 184 St. & walk north 3 blocks)
Get directions
Great food. Full Bar. Friendly service.
The address is 2 Lincoln Square (66th and Broadway). 1 train to 66th St. stop. See map.
Support the proceedings with a donation-based cash wine bar. Admission is always free.
Jalopy Theatre Presents at the American Folk Art Museum: Vienna Carroll & Keith Johnston.
Vienna Carroll sings and tells the stories of Black Roots Music — the spirituals, work songs, prison blues, and sea shanties of her ancestors. This music was integral to their survival and well-being and carries their history in it. Vienna also highlights improvised elements of this music in today’s 21st-century soundscape. As is traditional, audiences are invited to join in singing. Read more.
Shallow Brown: Thessalonia and the Free Sailor will receive a reading at the 1st Langston Hughes Playwrights Showcase. This event will be held at the Langston Hughes House at 20 E. 127th St. (bet. 5th & Madison), Harlem, NY–the recently refurbished, actual home of Langston Hughes while he lived in Harlem! Get directions.
Quakers helped. Mostly, Black people Freed Ourselves through the "Slave Grapevine." Watch the story of African Queens kidnapped, enslaved and resisting. Plus, U.S. Colored Troops and the Slave Grapevine in the Black freedom struggle in the U.S.
Read a brief history of slavery and African rebellions in America freeing ourselves.