Events
Sweat Fest NYC 2017
We are excited to announce that #SWEATFESTNYC is coming back by popular demand for the summer event you won’t want to miss! For those who are new to SWEAT FEST NYC, it is a Fitness + Health Music Festival in…
Ta-Nehisi Coates Returns to Brooklyn
Ta-Nehisi Coates – award-winning correspondent for The Atlantic, MacArthur Fellow and winner of the National Book Award for Between the World and Me – returns to Brooklyn to present his newest book, a vital account of modern America from one of the definitive…
Labor Day Carnival Edition
Back by popular demand, the Schomburg Center is proud to present our fourth annual First Fridays: Labor Day “Carnival” Edition, Celebrating 70+ years of Caribbean Culture and History with the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA). A crowd favorite and…
Celebrating the life of James Baldwin
Come out and help The Schomburg Center celebrate the life of James Baldwin. The Schomburg Center will present a range of artists, cultural producers, and scholars to deliver a daylong read of James Baldwin. The Schomburg’s recent acquisition of Baldwin’s personal papers includes biographical…
NYFW StylePointe 2017 Fashion Show
This fashion show is one of the best during NYFW. Producer Sangeeta Yesley creates a fashion show like no other with fashion designers of diverse backgrounds. Dixon Place is proud to present StylePointe, a unique project exploring the relationship between Fashion…
Taste Talks Brooklyn
If you haven’t heard about Taste Talks yo have been truly ,missing out! Taste Talks holds four national conferences annually in Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, and—this year for the first time ever in Miami. This three day festival is a one of a kind…
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month With Gaby Espino
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 with Telenovela Star, Fashion/Beauty inspiration and Entrepreneur Gaby Espino. Gaby will host a cross generational conversation about Hispanic Heritage, celebrating the future while paying tribute to the past, and highlighting the continued accomplishments of Latinas in…
BK Block Party
Join Downtown Brooklyn for a carnival-themed block party on August 19th for carnival games, music, jugglers, stilt-walkers, hula hoopers, plus cotton candy, popcorn and carnival eats. BK Block Party Albee Square (corner of Fulton and Bond) Saturday Sept 23rd, 2017 2pm – 4pm FREE…
Live at 837: Noah Cyrus
Samsung 837 has an awesome summer music series for everyone of all ages. You’re invited to the 837 Main Stage for a live concert by Noah Cyrus, as she performs songs from her upcoming album, NC-17, which drops later this…
Brianna Thomas Hot Jazz & Cool Summer Garden 2017
Enjoy the sweet soulful sounds of Brianna Thomas at Louis Armstrong House Museum on August 12th, 2017. Brianna Thomas has been compared to the likes of Sarah Vaughn, Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson and Diane Reeves. Thomas has performed…