“On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World” at Harlem Stage at The Gatehouse

“On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics:
A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World”

Monday, April 11, 7pm Harlem Stage
at Aaron Davis Hall, on the campus of the City College of New York
150 Convent Avenue @ 135th Street
#1 trains to 137th Street and Broadway; or by bus: #100 or #101 from 125th Street



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An evening of music, visual art, poetry and readings including musician Guillermo Brown; singer Maggie Brown; Richard Brown, former member Black Panther Party and co-founder of The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, founded by the SF8; Ruby Dee; poet and playwright reg e. gaines; Moist Paula Henderson, baritone sax player and composer; jazz musician David Murray; Outernational; Abiodun Oyewole from The Last Poets; Ted Rall, cartoonist and author; Rebel Diaz; excerpts from Tapsploitation; and jazz musicians Matthew Shipp and William Parker. Directed by Leah Bonvissuto....

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“On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics:
A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World”

Monday, April 11, 7pm Harlem Stage
at Aaron Davis Hall, on the campus of the City College of New York
150 Convent Avenue @ 135th Street
#1 trains to 137th Street and Broadway; or by bus: #100 or #101 from 125th Street



BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW



An evening of music, visual art, poetry and readings including musician Guillermo Brown; singer Maggie Brown; Richard Brown, former member Black Panther Party and co-founder of The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, founded by the SF8; Ruby Dee; poet and playwright reg e. gaines; Moist Paula Henderson, baritone sax player and composer; jazz musician David Murray; Outernational; Abiodun Oyewole from The Last Poets; Ted Rall, cartoonist and author; Rebel Diaz; excerpts from Tapsploitation; and jazz musicians Matthew Shipp and William Parker. Directed by Leah Bonvissuto.



A visual arts exhibition specially curated for the night will include the work of Derrick Adams, Wafaa Bilal, Richard Duardo, Emory Douglass, Skylar Fein, Kyle Goen, Steve Lambert, Wangechi Mutu, Dread Scott, SenOne and Hank Willis Thomas.



The April 11 Host Committee, in association with Revolution Books, includes Aladdin, actor and playwright; Paul Von Blum, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, African American Studies and Communication Studies, UCLA *, Herb Boyd, journalist and author; Elaine Brower, National Steering Committee of World Can't Wait* and anti-war military mom; Dr. Robert Keith Collins, anthropologist; The Committee For the Defense of Human Rights, founded by the SF8; Carl Dix, founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party; Jessica Green, media maker and co-director, Maysles Cinema*; Nicholas Heyward, Sr., father of Nicholas Heyward, Jr. (murdered by the NYPD in 1994); Russ Jennings, theatre producer and writer; Erin Aubry Kaplan, journalist and author; Rev. Earl Kooperkamp, St. Mary's Church*, Harlem; Mike Ladd, poet and music producer; Harry Lennix, actor and producer; Philip Maysles, visual artist, co-director, Maysles Cinema*; John Santos, musician; Matthew Shipp, musician; Dr. Tolbert Small, co-founder and physician at the Harriet Tubman Medical Office in East Oakland, CA and former physician to the founding chapter of the Black Panther Party; Clarence Taylor, professor of History, Baruch College*; Cornel West, Professor of Religion, Princeton University*; Robert M. Young, film maker and David Zeiger, film maker. (* for identification purposes only) [READ THEIR STATEMENTS HERE]



BAsics, from the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian, is a new book that speaks powerfully to questions of revolution and human emancipation. Bob Avakian is a serious revolutionary leader and wide-ranging thinker; he is the Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. [ORDER A COPY HERE]



Tickets:
$35 general admission, $15 students (with ID) and unemployed, $100 premium
Tickets can be purchased from Revolution Books or Harlem Stage.
212.691.3345
revolutionbooksnyc.org
[email protected]

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