SUN KULCHA
COMMUNITY EVENTS
will be performed and celebrated on his
92nd birthday by the Belafonte Alumni
Group.
SAT, MARCH 2
KINGS THEATRE HISTORIC TOUR: 2
pm. Kings Theatre. See Saturday, Feb. 23.
BLACK HISTORY: 2 pm, 4 pm, 6:30 pm.
Teachers College, Columbia University. See
Thursday, Feb. 28.
SUN, MARCH 3
BLACK HISTORY: 2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm.
Teachers College, Columbia University. See
Caribbean L 50 ife, Feb. 22–28, 2019 BQ
Thursday, Feb. 28.
SAT, MARCH 9
KINGS THEATRE HISTORIC TOUR: 2
pm. Kings Theatre. See Saturday, Feb. 23.
TRANSPARENT WATER TRIO SHOW:
Kaufman Music Center Merkin Concert
Hall, 129 W. 67th St., Manhattan; (212)
501–3330; https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.
org; 7:30 pm; $30-40.
Grammy-nominated Cuban artist,
Omar Sosa and Senegalese singer and
kora player, Seckou Keita, are performing
a show featuring Venezuelan percussionist
Gustavo Ovalles, for an experimental
concert mashup of different musical
styles.
SUN, MARCH 10
BLUE AND BOUGIE: Wainwright House,
260 Stuyvesant Ave. at Van Wagenen
Avenue, Westchester; (914) 967–6080; www.
blueandbougie.com; www.wainwright.org;
4:30–10 pm; $60–$200.
An upscale party in Rye, New York with
a dress code of blue formal attire, being
catered by Jamaican-American chef, Wenford
Patrick Simpson.
Compiled by Alexandra Simon
with Haitian Studies Institute (HSI) in the
Woody Tanger Auditorium, about Haitian
protestantism in The Bahamas.
THURS, FEB. 28
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT QUEENS
LIBRARY: Queens Library Central, 89-11
Merrick Blvd., Queens; (718) 990–5133;
www.queenslibrary.org; Free.
The Queens library will be hosting a
series of Black History Month events at
several branches that include talks, performances,
film screenings, and readings
in over 100 programs. See branch events
for more information.
KANU DANCE THEATER: Queens Village
Public Library, 94-11 217 St. at 94th
Avenue, Queens; (718) 776–6800; www.
queenslibrary.org; 6:30 pm; Free.
The Haitian dance company will
present the history of Haiti, from the
slave trade to the Caribbean country’s
independence through dancing.
BLACK HISTORY: Teachers College,
Columbia University, 525 W 120th St.
between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway,
Manhattan; (212) 678–3000; www.
tc.columbia.edu; 7 pm; $11-$60.
The African Diaspora International
Film Festival closes out black history
month with several film screenings of
foreign and domestic movies, and discussions.
The event will show the premiere of
actor and director Danny Glover’s, “The
Robeson Effect.”
FRI, MARCH 1
BLACK HISTORY: 7 pm and 8 pm. Teachers
College, Columbia University. See
Thursday, Feb. 28.
HARRY BELAFONTE BIRTHDAY
TRIBUTE: Aaron Davis Hall, 115 Convent
Ave. at W. 133rd Street, Manhattan; (646)
838–3868; www.cthnyc.org; 7:30 pm; $40.
The legendary Calypso singer’s catalog
Chef Wenford Patrick Simpson will be catering an upscalde party in Rye, New York on March 10.
Winston Rodney
The Shangai Circus is playing at the
Schimmel Center on Feb. 24.
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