Arts & Entertainment

WHAT: Marcus Vineyard's One-Year Anniversary Celebration -- Marcus Vineyard cordially invites you, your friends, your family and everyone else in between to The Marcus Vineyard One Year Anniversary Weekend from April 11-13, 2014.

April is Jazz Appreciation Month! On Tuesday, April 8, at 6:00pm, you can catch a special performance of jazz singers Donald Smith and Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch at the Macon Branch Public Library, located at 361 Lewis Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Having collaborated with artists CeeLo Green and Talib Kweli, rock and soul chanteuse Res is a commanding solo performer in her own right. Perhaps best known for her hit single "They Say Vision," Res continues to collapse genre boundaries.

On Saturday, April 5, an army of young Noel Pointer Foundation string musicians from across 26 different New York City public schools (24 from Brooklyn) came together to play with each other in Fiddlefest! Since 1995, the Noel Pointer Foundation has

Children's theatre is very much alive at Restoration! This year, it brings back by historic demand The Liberation of Mother Goose, written by Brooklyn native, Aduke Aremu.

WHAT: New York Bike Style Book Release Party with special guest DJ James Mulry WHEN: Friday, April 4, 7:00pm — 10:00pm WHERE: Redbeard Bikes, 69 Jay Street, Bklyn HOW MUCH : Free WHAT: Sip and Shop Come celebrate with Nippy Lavern Fashions for

On Sunday, March 30, Restoration's Skylight Gallery debuted " You May Sit Beside Me: Visual Narratives of Black Women and Queer Identities ," curated by photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn.

WHAT: New Voices in Black Cinema Film Festival-- New Voices in Black Cinema returns for its fourth year with narrative features, documentaries, and shorts that redefine the black experience in America and around the world.

(l to r) Rosie Perez, Nelson George and Tyrone Proctor at Restoration Plaza for George's book signing of "The Hippest Trip in America" They were two dancing stars from two different eras, but they had one very big thing in common: Soul Train.

Nelson George Over the past twenty years, Fort Greene resident Nelson George , has established himself as a respected filmmaker and music & culture critic in New York City.