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Highlights from our exhibition opening on Tuesday!
 
Tuesday night’s exhibition opening was a great success and we thank everyone who was able to join us! Here are few photos from the evening starting from the top left going clockwise: Michael Mwenso swung by to sing us a tune; the exhibition team (left to right) Ryan Maloney, Tad Hershorn, Paul Devlin, and Loren Schoenberg; Greg Thomas describing the session he will lead at NJMH on March 18; beloved members of the NJMH family Regina Tate, Pamela Horitani, Judy Dills and Sylvester Reese.
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Tuesday, March 11 
Jazz For Curious Listeners
7:00-8:30 PM
Location: Maysles Cinema
(343 Lenox Avenue)
Phone: 212-348-8300
Donation Suggested
Paul Devlin, film critic, will host an evening focused on the role that film has played in Ellison’s life and work. We will view films featuring Ellison, films of others talking about Ellison, and film interpretations of his work. Rare recordings of Ellison reading his own work will be heard, and Paul will discuss the important role of movie-making in Ellison’s unpublished novel Three Days Before the Shooting….This evening will be a rare opportunity to see the outstanding and seldom-viewed 1999 film adaption of Ellison’s story « King of the Bingo Game. » Paul will also discuss the important role of movie-making in Ellison’s fiction.
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Wednesday, March 12
Listening Party Wednesdays
7:00-8:30 PM
Location: The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Phone: 212-348-8300
$20 ($10 Students)In this interactive performance series, Michael Mwenso demonstrates how jazz can improve the quality of our lives. Listening to your favorite recordings with others is one of the best ways to share your enthusiasm and passion for jazz. At these sessions, curated by NJMH Artistic Director At Large Jonathan Batiste (who will appear via Skype as often as he can from his national tour), vocalist and elegant man about town, Michael Mwenso, will moderate a joyous listening party that you do not want to miss as the NJMH becomes THE happening spot in Harlem.
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On The Horizon
Tuesday, March 18: Jazz For Curious Listeners
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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s upcoming exhibit in partnership with the Children’s Museum of Manhattan is the subject of the recent NYTimes ArtsBeat piece « Children’s Museum to Showcase Harlem’s Role in Jazz. » The exhibit, entitled « Jazzed! The Changing Beat of 125th Street », will focus on the key figures of the Harlem Renaissance and feature a jazz club, ballroom and theatre, as well as hands-on art and music making activities. Most of all, the exhibit will be pulsing continuously with live jazz music!
Read the full article here >
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We are happy to share the stage with our neighbors at the Dance Theatre of Harlem this Sunday for a matinee performance featuring our Artistic Director Loren Schoenberg.  |
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All programs are free unless noted otherwise.
These programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State.
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| The National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Visitors Center is open to the public and features our extensive library of all sorts of media, plus brand new collections of photographs, and exhibits. Please come by and see us from Monday to Friday from 10AM to 4PM. We look forward to seeing you! |
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The Jazz Museum in Harlem is a 501(c)3 charitable organization.  All donations are fully tax deductible.
Copyright © 2014 The National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
All Rights Reserved.
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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
104 East 126th Street
New York, NY 10035
212 348-8300
www.jmih.org |
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