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New Harlem Musical – We Are! & Alive!

Posted on September 26, 2013 | Leave a comment

Mama Foundation for the Arts to Present WE ARE! & ALIVE!

The Mama Foundation for the Arts proudly announces that two new musicals will open Off-Broadway this fall in Harlem: WE ARE!, an original musical about and starring the acclaimed Gospel for Teens Choir (first seen in an Emmy Award-Winning “60 Minutes” story), and ALIVE!, an original musical featuring a full company of performers who are age 55 and over.

Both WE ARE! and ALIVE!, conceived, written and directed by Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro, will join MAMA, I WANT TO SING: THE NEXT GENERATION and SING HARLEM SING in Repertory at The Dempsey Theater in Harlem (127 W. 127 St.). Performances for ALIVE! begin on Saturday, October 5^th.

THE MAMA FOUNDATION – IN REPERTORY AT THE DEMPSEY – FALL 2013 SCHEDULE

Saturday Oct. 5th ALIVE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Oct. 12th WE ARE! @ 2:00pm; ALIVE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Oct. 19th MAMA @ 2:00pm; WE ARE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Oct. 26th ALIVE! @ 2:00pm; WE ARE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 2nd MAMA @ 2:00pm; WE ARE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 9th MAMA @ 2:00pm; ALIVE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 16th SING, HARLEM, SING @ 2:00pm; ALIVE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 23rd MAMA! @ 2:00pm WE ARE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 30th Gospel for Teens End of Semester Holiday Concerts (times TBD)

www.mamafoundation.org

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Tagged Alive!, Harlem Musical, Mama I Want To Sing, We Are!

50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington

Posted on August 28, 2013 | Leave a comment

Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963

50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington

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March on Washington

On August 28, 2013 citizens from across this country will converge upon our nation’s capital to commemorate and celebrate the historic March on Washington which occurred 50 years ago on August 28, 1963. The March is about 1.6 miles long.

President Obama 2013

Mr. Obama, speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial where 50 years ago Dr. King gave his famous “I Have a Dream Speech,” said that advances in securing voting rights, civil rights and the eradication of legalized discrimination of African-Americans show that part of Dr. King’s goals were achieved.

March on Washington 1963

But he cited income inequality and disparities in the unemployment rate between blacks and whites as among examples of how Dr. King’s goals remained unfulfilled. Tying the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to concerns about economic inequality today, he reminded people that jobs were a central goal of those marching years ago.

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Tagged 50th Anniversary, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harry Belafonte, James Baldwin, malcolm x, March on Washington, NAACP, President Obama, Roy Wilkins

キング牧師の夢から５０年！

Posted on August 28, 2013 | Leave a comment

Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963

50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington

キング牧師50周年記念マーチ

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March on Washington

月28日は、あのマーティン・ルーサー・キング Jr.牧師の有名な「アイ・ハヴ・ア・ドリーム」スピーチの50周年記念日、ワシントンDCで大々的なマーチが行われ、オバマ大統領がスピーチしました。

President Obama 2013

「50前、キング牧師がこの場所で演説した’夢‘の一部は叶ったと思う。が、しかし、まだまだ黒人と白人との収入や失業率は著しく差があり、キング牧師の理想にはほど遠い……。課題はたくさんあるが、あの当時から比べるて大きく進歩したことには間違いはない。」とプレジデント・オバマが熱弁しました。

オバマ・スピーチを聞く

March on Washington 1963

今では1963年のワシントン・マーチはキング牧師が率先して企画した運動のように報道されていますが、これは黒人公民権運動の一環、「平等の権利、生活向上」を掲げた集会で、けっしてキング牧師がスピーチするためだけのイベントではありませんでした。キング牧師のほか、スピーカーはロイ・ウィルキンス（NAACP会長）、フィリップ・ランドルフ（ニグロ労働組合団長）などが黒人社会の不平等をなくすために闘おうと訴えました。

Charlton Heston, James Baldwin & Marlon Brando in 1963

有名人のハリー・ベラフォンテ、ジェームズ・ボールドウィン、白人俳優のマーロン・ブランド、チャールトン・ヘストンなどもサポートに駆けつけています。面白いことに、この集会には、キング牧師と犬猿の仲とされていたマルコムXも参加していました。その事情など興味ある方は自伝「マルコムx」を読んでみてください。

Martin & Malcolm

伊藤弥住子

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Tagged 1963年, オバマ大統領, キング牧師, ジェームス・ボールドウィン, マルコムX, ５０周年記念マーチ, James Baldwin, march on washington 1963, Martin Luther King Jr

Harlem Summer Stage

Posted on August 21, 2013 | Leave a comment

Denroy Morgan

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

5:00pm – 8:00pm

Harlem Summer Stage

163 West 125^th Street (Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.)

(212) 961-4390

Denroy Morgan

Celebrate with Harlem World Magazine at the kick-off for its 10-year anniversary celebration at the Summer Stage in Harlem 2013 on August 22 ( 5pm – 8 pm) at the Harlem State Office building (corner of 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd ). This event is one of the first events celebrating Harlem World Magazine’s10th anniversary this year. Attend and see the great performances, including Denroy Morgan.

Denroy Morgan is a famous Jamaican reggae artist born in Jamaica and traveled to the United States to become a musician in 1965. He was part of the formation of the Black Eagles, a New York reggae band, before launching a prosperous solo career in the 1980s onwards. His children encouraged by his success have also took on musical careers themselves including Laza Morgan, Gramps Morgan, and in family band LMS and Morgan Heritage.