via hoolifan"This September 11, it's time once again for you to step up to the plate. A horrible hurricane has devastated New Orleans, and we're going to do something about it. This Sunday September 11th we are holding a fundraiser for the Red Cross hurricane relief fund at Low Bar in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The address is 81 Washington St. (Between Front and ( Read more... )

Sides: The Fear Is Real by Mr. Miyagi's Theater Company.

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In case #1: "I live in New York" and "I liked your post about Suphala" (the tabla/sitar/house music lady, click through if you're curious--there are sound clips on her site).

Well, apparently she's in town. Too crazy a day to tell you earlier (sorry) but she played at Makor tonight. Saturday she's playing Central Park Summerstage with (!) Sun Ra ( Read more... )

You know what, if you are a senior associate lawyer type and you want to be a stickler about holding up your secretary for a teeny drycleaning bill, you should expect to be embarrassed. Even if she did spill the ketchup on you ( Read more... )

I am real excited about the African Diaspora Film Festival!

Prison Ball (scroll down) looks really interesting if it lives up to its description, and hell, the whole festival looks pretty impressive.

And this weekend on the Sunday edition of Rhythm Revue with Felix Hernandez:
NEW YORK'S GREATEST SOUL RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME.
Noon - 4pm on 98.7

For my Chicago peeps: Go see my friend Prashant's movie ( Read more... )

( and you like heavily misanthropic beautifully surreally written short stories about race in America in the 21st century, Marc Nesbitt is really good: )

Some cultural events in NYC friends and mailing lists have recently alerted me to:

( Selections from the 2004 Reel Venus Film Festival @ the Tank )

Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis and its somewhat less-brilliantly-named sequel Persepolis 2 is reading on Friday at Lolita Cafe. There's an interview with her here.

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