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Cabrini Shrine: Flute & Guitar Recital “A  DAY  IN  NOVEMBER”

“A  DAY  IN  NOVEMBER”
 
A flute and guitar recital of classical music of the Americas
with
YAEL ACHER ‘KAT’ MODIANO, flute
BARAN GUZELSOY, guitar
 
Sunday November 23 at 6 PM
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine
701 Fort Washington Avenue, NY
(Washington Heights)

Admission: $20; $10 for students & seniors
Tickets at the door

On its 20th anniversary year, Latin American Cultural Week is proud to present flutist/composer Yael “Kat” Acher and guitarist Baran Guzelsoy.
The duo takes the audience on a colorful journey through classical and contemporary South American masterpieces by Astor Piazzolla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Leo Brouwer, Jose White, Dilermando Reis, Barrios Mangore, and Jorge Morel, along with a premiere of a work by Yael.   The concert is dedicated to Peace, Human
Rights and Animal Rights.

For a complete list of all Latin American Cultural  Week events, November 15-23

Concert is presented in collaboration with the Cuban Cultural Center of New York,
supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the 
New York State Council on the Arts.
 
Latin American Cultural Week is a presentation of Pan American Musical
Art Research (PAMAR), whose mission is to promote, preserve, create
awareness and appreciation of Latin American culture, arts and artists.

Word Up Recirculation: Resonance — A Community Sound Healing Experience

This free community experience, led by Sound Facilitator Kaitlyn Power, offers an afternoon of deep listening, stillness, and frequency-based.
Hosted by Culture Lime in collaboration with Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, this experience is a reminder that healing doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens when we come together and when our frequencies meet and rise.
Sometimes, the world gets loud and in all that noise, we forget how to listen. Resonance: A Community Sound Healing Experience is your invitation to pause. To breathe. To reconnect with yourself and the collective rhythm that holds us all together.

healing designed to help you reconnect, rebalance, and recharge.

We’re building community now. Click here to listen to our official Spotify playlist

Please RSVP; when you do, you can add a song to the playlist. Bring your energy. Your vibe. Your sound.

About Culture Lime

Culture Lime is reimagining how people connect through culture. Through live experiences that blend music, art, and wellness, we aim to inspire people and co-create community with purpose and heart.

Word Up Recirculation: Bethune Big Band

Charles Lonny West was the director of the Bethune Senior Center located on 157th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem from 1973 until 2003.  He became aware that there were some men who frequentled the center — having lunch, shooting pool and just hanging out–who were retired jazz musicians, who played with jazz and swing bands in the 20’s through the 50’s — The Big Band Era.  Lonny West got these men together and organized and developed the Bethune Big Band. Over time, the band performed at many senior centers across the New York City area.

Lonny appointed his brother, Paul, a jazz bassist well known for his work with Dizzy Gillespie and Lee Morgan, to conduct the Bethune Big Band from 2003 to the present.  Lonny passed away on June 3, 2018. Paul West continues to keep the band playing as a tribute to its founder, Charles Lonny West.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 50 max attendees. Please register in advance.

Word Up Recirculation: SEVERED Film Screening, Discussion, & Solidarity Building

Join the SURJ Immigration Justice Working Group for a screening and discussion of the documentary Severed which follows the journey of Mohamad Saleh, an 18-year-old from Gaza who has lived through five major assaults by the Israeli military. In a moment in which the imperial boomerang of militarized repression in Gaza loops sharply back towards our immediate neighbors in US cities, and the violent machinery of deportation is continually wielded to silence expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people, Mohamad’s story helps us understand the fight for racial justice, for immigration justice, for disability justice, and for Palestinian liberation as a multivalent but unified struggle.

We will gather via Zoom and at Recirculation (876 Riverside Drive, New York, NY) on November 7th at 7pm to bear witness, build solidarity, and move resources.   Masks are required for in-person attendees.