The Nova Frontier Film Festival, showcasing films, panels and virtual reality experiences about and from the African Diaspora, Middle East and Latin America, will be coming to the Billie Holiday Theatre from Friday, September 7 through Sunday, September 9. 2018 ...
This year’s festival will feature a conversation with renowned guest choreographers, a master class and a post-performance reception with the artists. Photo courtesy of RestorationART RestorationART’s Afro Pas De Deux, the two-day festival featuring award-winning 2018 ChoreoQuest ...
The politics of color within the African-American community are center stage at the Billie Holiday Theatre (l to r): Mitchell Henderson plays "Eugene" and Jessica Frances Dukes plays "Alma" in Yellowman, at the Billie Holiday Theatre ...
The film series kicks off on April 8, featuring School Daze, Imitation of Life and Yellowman As the Marvel Comics movie Black Panther sweeps the nation, black pride and intra-cultural examination are at an all-time high for many Americans of ...
New, gripping play at Billie Holiday Theatre commemorates the lynchings of eleven African Americans-- including Mary Turner and her unborn baby-- in 1918 Brooks County, Georgia. The Billie Holiday Theatre and RestorationART present the New York premiere of "A Small ...
If you didn’t happened to catch some of these amazing stories when they were first published, here is a quick look back! Wow! What a year it has been for news in America! Nationally, thanks to the election of our ...
ChoreoQuest is an artist-in-residence program that provides choreographers of African descent a platform to create thought-provoking, innovative art reflecting the community Photo credit: RestorationArt RestorationArt announced yesterday the opening of the application process for the 2018 ...
This year, Restoration is celebrating its 50th anniversary-- five decades of providing the community arts and culture programming, business development, housing assistance, financial empowerment and so much more! Photo: BSRC Nestled between New York and Brooklyn ...
It was a big night for 'Autumn,' winning AUDELCO awards in major categories including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director and Best Dramatic Production of the Year Best Actor, Jerome Preston Bates; Best ...
Tensions fly when a young man finds himself caught in a romantic triangle with his childhood sweetheart and a much older woman in “The Old Settler,” currently running at the Billie Holiday Theatre. Pauletta Pearson Washington ...
Reel Sisters Kicks off 20th Anniversary with an Awards Ceremony honoring trailblazing actresses at Legendary Billie Holiday Theatre On Saturday, Oct. 7, from 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series will kick off its 20-year anniversary ...
The Billie Holiday Theatre's inaugural season reflects on the past into the future, exploring notions of sisterhood, family ties, love and loneliness, domestic terrorism against Blacks in the US, and colorism. The Billie Holiday Theatre announced the inaugural season ...
The conversation will provide a unique opportunity to connect with cast members from "Pipeline" discussing issues reflected in Dominique Morisseau's new play RestorationArt and Walk Tall Girl Productions present an evening of community conversation with the cast of "Pipeline", the ...
Former City Councilmember Al Vann leads the ribbon-cutting of the re-opening of the Billie Holiday Theatre Can we all say: The Billie is Back! Bed-Stuy's legendary Billie Holiday Theatre officially reopened Tuesday morning in Restoration Plaza to the ...
photo credit: NY Times Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) announces the launch of its 21st century creative complex: RestorationArt, as Broadway World reports. Founded during the civil rights movement, Restoration is a ...
“bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma/ i havent conquered yet." --Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls…, Acclaimed playwright Dominique Morriseau has teamed up with RestorationART, Billie Holiday Theatre and Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop to put out ...
Beginning Friday, February 19, the Billie Holiday Theatre at The Center for Arts & Culture presents 12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today at the Kumble Theatre. Back by popular demand "12 Angry Men" is directed by ...
As stories of racial profiling resonate with Brooklyn audiences and across the country, The Center for Arts & Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and The Billie Holiday Theatre have announced they will extend the already sold-out run of “12 Angry Men: True Stories ...
Misty Copeland poses with a young fanPhoto: The Brooklyn Reader "You're my idol; you're the reason why I run every day," gushed a fan, after arriving at the front of the line to get her booked signed by superstar ...
Wendell Pierce and Soledad O'Brien Acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme), is rehearsing now in Brooklyn for his debut appearance in the Billie Holiday Theatre's production of Brothers from the Bottom. On Thursday, February 19, he will ...
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