Throughout Black History Month, One Book One Bronx, in collaboration with the Leonard Lief Library at Lehman College, will host a series of eclectic programs and reading groups as part of the yearlong initiative Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters. Sponsored by the Library of America and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Lift Every Voice seeks to engage participants in a multifaceted exploration of African American poetry. 

Join us on Tuesdays in February for a three-part discussion of Olio by Tyehimba Jess, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Part fact, part fiction, the book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African-American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I.

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Looking for Miss America is the first feminist history of the Miss America pageant. From its start in 1921 as an Atlantic City tourist draw to its current incarnation as a scholarship competition, the pageant has indexed women’s status during periods of social change–the post-suffrage 1920s, the Eisenhower 1950s, the #MeToo era. This ever-changing institution has been shaped by war, evangelism, the rise of television and reality TV, and, significantly, by contestants who confounded expectations.

Spotlighting individuals, from Yolande Betbeze, whose refusal to pose in swimsuits led an angry sponsor to launch the rival Miss USA contest, to the first black winner, Vanessa Williams, who received death threats and was protected by sharpshooters in her hometown parade, Mifflin shows how women made hard bargains even as they used the pageant for economic advancement. The pageant’s history includes, crucially, those it excluded; the notorious Rule Seven, which required contestants to be “of the white race,” was retired in the 1950s, but no women of color were crowned until the 1980s. Written in deeply researched, fast-paced chapters that unpack each decade of the competition,  Looking for Miss America examines the heady blend of capitalism, patriotism, class anxiety, and cultural mythology that has fueled this American ritual.

Guest Speaker:
Christian F. Nunes, President
National Organization for Women

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
2 PM - 4 PM
REGISTER HERE: ZOOM
 
For more information, please contact
Dr. Gary Ford at
gary.ford@lehman.cuny.edu
 
Link to the George Floyd Justice in Police Act of 2020

Join guest artists Toyin Spellman and Javier Díaz, and Lehman alumni Victoria Smith and Alejandro Castro, and faculty, for a conversation about the current state of affairs in music and the arts. How can the arts help us navigate a chaotic era? How are the arts changing “on the ground,” now and in the future? What cultural realities do we need to confront to survive and thrive as artists, students, educators, and institutions?

Topic: Real Dialogue: A Conversation on Music, Education, and Sustainable Careers in the Arts

Time: Oct 30, 2020 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

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A vibrant story about what makes a place home and the ties between culture and pride.

- Kirkus

Sanders’ first book in a children’s book series, I Can Write the World, features Ava Murray, a Black girl journalist from the Bronx.  After Ava and her mother watch the news together, her mother explains, Sometimes the way the world sees us / Is different from how we see ourselves.

The next book in the series, A Place of Our Own, is scheduled for publication in 2021.

 Joshunda Sanders is an author, journalist, and educator.  She is creator and host of a BookTube channel, Black Book Stacks.  Sanders is the Communications Specialist in the President’s Office at Lehman College.

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The Lehman College Department of Music, Multimedia, Theatre & Dance presents

Kenopsia: A fairy tale for the apocalypse

Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21

7 p.m.

Show will be followed by a conversation with the cast.

Description:

Kenopsia is a word, coined by John Koening, from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. It describes "the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet." This theme served as a starting point for a devised piece created collaboratively with the cast and designers. The story is told through a variety of mediums including movement, text, costumes, sound, and images. Through a process of improvisation and collaboration, performers have created characters and content drawn from archetypal imagery and their own imaginations.

Conceived and directed by Amy Larimer

Written by Natasha Collado, Carolyn Gutierrez, Amy Larimer, Bereket Mengistu, Ryan Mercedes, Frank Moncion, Zullyvette Muniz, Bethany Rondon, Leonardo Salome, Kassandra Sustache and Jaciaihus Watson

Video Design Monica Duncan

Lighting Design Miriam Crowe

Scenic Design and Visual Art Kyle Higgins

Costume Design and Makeup Anthony Paul-Cavaretta

Sound Design Luke Santy

Technical Direction Chris Higgins

Stage Management Alyssa VanGorder

The Lehman College Department of Music, Multimedia, Theatre & Dance presents

Kenopsia: A fairy tale for the apocalypse

Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21

7 p.m.

Show will be followed by a conversation with the cast.

Description:

Kenopsia is a word, coined by John Koening, from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. It describes "the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet." This theme served as a starting point for a devised piece created collaboratively with the cast and designers. The story is told through a variety of mediums including movement, text, costumes, sound, and images. Through a process of improvisation and collaboration, performers have created characters and content drawn from archetypal imagery and their own imaginations.

Conceived and directed by Amy Larimer

Written by Natasha Collado, Carolyn Gutierrez, Amy Larimer, Bereket Mengistu, Ryan Mercedes, Frank Moncion, Zullyvette Muniz, Bethany Rondon, Leonardo Salome, Kassandra Sustache and Jaciaihus Watson

Video Design Monica Duncan

Lighting Design Miriam Crowe

Scenic Design and Visual Art Kyle Higgins

Costume Design and Makeup Anthony Paul-Cavaretta

Sound Design Luke Santy

Technical Direction Chris Higgins

Stage Management Alyssa VanGorder

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Please see attached flyer and join us via Zoom on November 30^th at 5:30 PM to learn more about getting involved in research. Everyone is welcome!! You will hear students from different majors and disciplines talk about how they got involved and what they are doing. You will learn about strategies to approach Professors and how to find research opportunities. You will learn about what it is like to do research from students who are actively involved in research.

Please contact Chair of the Student Research Advisory Board, Dr. Amanda Sisselman-Borgia, at Amanda.sisselman@lehman.cuny.edu with any questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

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This Giving Tuesday hear from students, celebrities and more about why you should support The Campaign for Lehman College.  

Livestream at www.lehman.edu

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The 2020 JohnnyPacheco 

Latin Music and Jazz Festival 

at Lehman College

on BronxNet TV

The 2020 Pacheco Festival Highlights will be broadcast weekly every Friday on “Giant Steps from the Bronx", starting on Friday December 4, and continuing on Friday, December 11, 18, 25 and January 1 and 8, at 8:00 p.m., EST each evening.

The first episode on Friday, Dec. 4, at 8:00 p.m. features:

Virtual Student Ensembles from Lehman College and Okinawa, Japan

A Behind the Scenes Look at Online Music Education

A 2019 and Pacheco Festival Review and a 2020 Festival Update

A Preview of Musical Performances by New Friends from Afar

Watch on 

BronxNet channel 67 Optimum 

+ 2133 FiOS in the Bronx 

and https://www.bronxnet.tv worldwide.

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WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET will be aired on Bronxnet, Optimum and Fios and www.bronxnet.tv worldwide, beginning December 10. Please enjoy this production of the Collaborative Musical Theatre Troupe at Lehman composed by Professor Penny Prince. The work featured various members of the Lehman College community, including current students, alumni, and staff. You can see Lehman College alumni Colette Ambo pictured below.

Other information:

MUSHROOM PLANET plus the Interview feature Eduardo Resendiz directed will be aired on Bronxnet channel 68 Optimum and 2134 Fios, and www.bronxnet.tv worldwide. It will also be accessible via live stream around the world via http://bronxnet.tv

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WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET will be aired on Bronxnet, Optimum and Fios and www.bronxnet.tv worldwide, beginning December 10. Please enjoy this production of the Collaborative Musical Theatre Troupe at Lehman composed by Professor Penny Prince. The work featured various members of the Lehman College community, including current students, alumni, and staff. You can see Lehman College alumni Colette Ambo pictured below.

Other information:

MUSHROOM PLANET plus the Interview feature Eduardo Resendiz directed will be aired on Bronxnet channel 68 Optimum and 2134 Fios, and www.bronxnet.tv worldwide. It will also be accessible via live stream around the world via http://bronxnet.tv

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Admission Info/Additional Info:

The 2020 Pacheco Festival Highlights will be broadcast on “Giant Steps from the Bronx" BronxNet channel 67 Optimum + 2133 FiOS in the Bronx and http://bronxnet.tv worldwide.

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