Manhattan Happenings
BY RICO BURNEY AND ROSE ADAMS
ART
Kerri Scharlin, “In Her Studio”: Bold
lines and blocks of color shape Kerri
Scharlin’s abstract paintings. Scharlin’s
work depicts women in their art studios,
celebrating women artist’s growing visibility.
The show runs from Sat., Feb.
23, to March 24 at New Release Gallery
in Chinatown, 60 Mulberry St. Gallery
hours run from Fri. to Sun., noon to 6
p.m. For more information, visit http://
www.newreleasegallery.com
Artist Talk: Wendy Red Star:Wendy
Red Star discusses her work in the
Brooklyn Museum exhibition, “Half the
Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection.”
Red Star’s art explores the relationship
between her Native American
heritage and colonialism through photography,
sculpture, video, fi bers art,
and performance. Sun., Feb. 24, from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m, at the Brooklyn Museum,
4th fl oor, 200 Eastern Parkway. Tickets
are $16 and include Museum general
admission; $14 for members.
MUSIC
The Ace of Cupsnever achieved
the fame of the groups the performed
alongside, such as The Band, Grateful
Dead and Jimi Hendrix, The Band and
The Grateful Dead, due to not recording
an an album in their fi rst incarnation.
However, the all-female San Francisco
based rock band from the Sixties
have recently reformed and fi nally have
an album to their name featuring collaborators
like Bob Weir and Taj Mahal.
The band will be playing The Mercury
Lounge at 217 E. Houston St. on Tues.,
Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20.
More information and advanced tickets
are available at https://www.ticketfl y.
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Ecstatic Music Festival: Irreversible
Entanglements, Amina Claudine Myers
& Nicole Mitchell:The Ecstatic Music
Festival, which showcases the work
of trailblazing artists, has been hailed
as “a who’s who of the music scene.”
(WQXR) Its third installation features
Amina Claudine Myers (pianist/vocalist/
improviser), Nicole Mitchell (jazz
fl utist and composer) and Irreversible
Entanglements poet, Camae Ayewa
who will premier a collaborative piece.
Thurs., Feb 28, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25;
students $15. For more information,
visit https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.
org/mch/event/ecstatic-music-festival
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The closing procession of last year’s Earth Celebrations’ Procession for Climate Solutions.
FILM
Athena Film Festival: The Barnard
College Film Festival, now in its fi fth
year, honors documentaries, feature
fi lms, and shorts about resilient women.
This year’s selection includes “Rafi ki,”
a fi lm about two Kenyan women who
fall in love, and “On Her Shoulders,”
a documentary about ISIS survivor
and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nadia
Murad. Thurs, Feb 28, to March 3 at
Barnard College. Screening locations
and individual ticket prices vary. For
more information and the festival’s full
schedule, check out https://athenafi lmfestival.
com/
“I Am Not Your Negro,” the 2017
documentary based on an unfi nished
manuscript by James Baldwin and narrated
by Samuel L. Jackson, will be
screening at 2 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 23,
at the St. Agnes Library at 444 Amsterdam
Ave., between W. 82nd and
83rdSts. Free.
The New York International Children’s
Film Festival returns Fri., Feb.
22, for four weekends of thoughtful and
off-beat movies for kids between the
ages of 3-and-18. Screenings take place
at the S.V.A. Theater and select movie
theaters across the city. Tickets start at
$14. The lineup, tickets and more information
can be found at https://nyicff.
org.
TALKS
Kristen Roupenian, writer of “Cat
Person,” the short story that went viral
near the start of the #MeToo Movement
in 2017, will be in conversation with
New Yorker magazine fi ction editor
Deborah Treisman to discuss her new
short story collection “You Know You
Want This” and viral success on Mon.,
Feb. 25, at the Mid-Manhattan Library
at 42nd St. The program beings at 6:30
p.m. Preregistration can be found here
https://www.showclix.com/event/youknowyouwantthis.
Free.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, “I tried to make
the letter ‘M’”: Ta-Nehisi Coates, a
recipient of the MacArthur fellowship
and the author of three bestselling
books, including “Between the World
and Me,” will speak about identity politics.
Wed., Feb 27, at 5 p.m. at the NYU
Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place.
The event is free, but RSVP necessary.
For more information or to RSVP,
visit https://nyuskirball.org/events/
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ENVIRONMENTAL
Ecological Art Workshops: Earth
Celebrations, an organization that
works with New York City communities
to enact ecological and social change,
will be hosting puppet workshops every
Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
and costume workshops every Saturday
from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. beginning
March 2. Help design costumes, construct
large-scale puppets, and plan
performances about local sustainability
for the Procession for Climate Solutions
on Sat., May 11. Hosted by Two Bridges
Neighborhood Council, 275 Cherry St.
To participate, e-mail mail@earthcelebrations.
com
COMMUNITY BOARD
Community Board 1 meets at 6 p.m.
on Tues., Feb. 26, at the Manhattan
Municipal Building, 1 Centre St., mezzanine
north entrance.
Community Board 3 meets at 6:30
p.m. on Tues., Feb. 26, at P.S. 20, 166
Essex St.
COMMUNITY
COUNCIL
First Precinct Community Council
meets at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs., Feb. 28,
at 16 Ericsson Place.
Fifth Precinct Community Council
meets at 7 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 27, at 19
Elizabeth St.
Sixth Precinct Community Council
meets at 7:30 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 27, at
Our Lady of Pompeii, 25 Carmine St.
10th Precinct Community Council
meets at 7 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 27, at 230
W. 20th St.
17th Precinct Community Council
meets at 6 p.m. on Tues., Feb. 26, at Sutton
Place Synagogue, 224 E. 51st St.
20th Precinct Community Council
meets at 7 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 25, at 120
W. 82nd St.
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