Ronald K. Brown in "GRACE" Photo: Basil Childers Thursday, April 4 @ 6:00pm ON FIRE WITH AFRICAN DANCE- Ronald K. Brown/Evidence: Cultural Exchange through Ancestors, Inspiration and Grace. With his dancers Arcell Cabuag, Otis Donovan Herring, Clarice Young, and Annique Roberts, Ronald K. Brown will talk about their trips to Africa and show video clips. Click here for more: http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/55/node/197277?lref=55%2Fcalendar | Painting of Robert Farris Thompson. Courtesy of the artist Simmie Knox Thursday, March 16 @ 6:00pm ON FIRE WITH AFRICAN DANCE- Staccato Incandescence: The Story of Mambo with Robert Farris Thompson. Farris Thompson is America's most prominent scholar of African Art, and has presided over exhibitions of African art at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. He lived in the Yoruba region of southwest Nigeria for many years while he conducted his research of Yoruba arts history. Click here for more: http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/55/node/197251?lref=55%2Fcalendar |