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SUMMARY:ARABIC LANGUAGE CLASSES | FALL 2026
DESCRIPTION:Arabic for Social Justice\nAPPLY HERE: Registration Form \nAlgarabía Language Co-op is offering new Arabic courses at The People’s Forum to those who are interested in learning Arabic with a focus on topics of social justice\, cinema\, media\, and culture. Through weekly social justice themes\, and using a communicative and popular education approach\, participants will improve their Arabic skills and critically engage with various cultural productions in Arabic\, including films\, TV series\, newsreels\, short stories\, and songs. \nThese courses are designed for folks at different levels of fluency in their productive (speaking\, writing) and receptive (listening and reading) skills. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in the U.S. and the Arab world. \nCourse Offerings\nAll courses run for 10 weeks. Total tuition for each complete 10-week course is $300–$400 on a sliding scale\, or $500 when paid through a work or professional-development stipend. \nBeginner I (in-person and virtual options)\nThis course introduces students with no prior experience to the Arabic alphabet and the basics of reading\, writing\, pronunciation\, and sentence structure. Participants learn foundational vocabulary and simple grammatical forms while being introduced to spoken Arabic alongside Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Oct 4 | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT/EST\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Oct 4 | 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT/EST\nIn-Person: Saturdays\, starting Oct 10 | 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT/EST\n\n\nBeginner II (in-person and virtual options)\nDesigned for students with one semester of Arabic\, this course reviews core structures and expands vocabulary\, verb conjugation\, and sentence formation. Participants continue developing reading\, listening\, and speaking skills while gaining more exposure to spoken Arabic and its relationship to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Oct 4 | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT/EST\n\nIn case of high enrollment\, we might open another virtual session at 12:30 PM EDT/EST. You can specify your preference in the application form\, and we will do our best to accommodate. \n\nIn-Person: Thursdays\, starting Oct 15 | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT/EST\n\n\nBeginner III (in-person and virtual options)\nThis course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of Arabic and are ready to work more consistently with cultural materials. Participants strengthen conversational skills\, expand vocabulary\, and develop greater comfort moving between spoken Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) through short texts\, songs\, film clips\, and guided viewing activities. Watch a short course preview here. \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Oct 4 | 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT/EST\n\n  \nIntermediate I (virtual only)\nThis Intermediate course builds on foundational Arabic skills to develop participants’ ability to communicate across everyday\, cultural\, and social topics using both colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Students work with short video clips\, songs\, dialogues\, and written texts to expand vocabulary\, practice key grammatical structures\, and build confidence in comprehension\, conversation\, and short writing. Watch a short course preview here. \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Oct 4 | 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT/EST\n\n\nIntermediate Music Club (virtual only)\nThis discussion- and music-based Arabic course uses songs from across the Arab world to develop listening comprehension\, vocabulary\, pronunciation\, and conversational skills in both colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Participants work with song lyrics\, audio and video recordings\, short contextual readings\, translation activities\, and guided discussions to explore the relationships between music\, culture\, history\, politics\, and everyday life. Watch a short course preview here. \n\nVirtual: Mondays\, starting Oct 19 | 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT/EST\n\n\nAdvanced and Heritage Speakers Film Club (virtual only)\nThis discussion- and media-based Arabic course uses a film club format to develop advanced comprehension\, vocabulary\, and expressive skills across colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Designed for high-intermediate learners\, advanced students\, and heritage speakers\, participants work with subtitled and unsubtitled films/clips\, dialogue transcripts\, and short texts through translation\, brief writing\, and guided discussion. Watch a selection of trailers from this semester’s films here. \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Oct 4 | 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT/EST\n\nAPPLY HERE: Registration Form \nContact & Follow Us: \n\nEmail: algarabia.arabic@gmail.com\nWebsite: www.algarabialanguage.com\nInstagram: @algarabia.language
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/arabic-fall-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:Arabic,Language courses
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SUMMARY:SPANISH FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE | Fall 2026
DESCRIPTION:¡Bienvenides! Welcome to Spanish for Social Justice! \n  \nAlgarabía Language Co-op is excited to announce that we are offering virtual Spanish classes this fall! \n  \nAlgarabía Language Co-op offers Spanish for Social Justice courses in partnership with The People’s Forum. We offer classes at the beginner\, intermediate\, and advanced levels of fluency for those interested in topics related to social justice\, politics\, and culture. Through weekly social justice themes and using a communicative and popular education approach\, participants will improve their Spanish skills and critically engage with various cultural productions centered around the lived experiences of working-class people of Indigenous and African descent on the continent. These courses are designed for folks at different levels of fluency in their productive (speaking\, writing) and receptive (listening and reading) skills. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in New York City (Lenapehoking)\, one of the largest and most diverse Spanish-speaking cities in the world\, as well as the rest of Turtle Island and Abya Yala.  \n  \nTo apply\, click HERE \n  \nFALL 2026 COURSE SCHEDULE: \n  \nClick HERE to view the full list of classes\, schedules and descriptions. \n*Times are in Eastern Time (ET) / New York\, New York \nVirtual Courses (10 Weeks)  \nStart: Week of October 5–11\, 2026  \nEnd: Week of December 7–13\, 2026 \nClasses meet Monday–Thursday and Saturday–Sunday \n  \nIMPORTANT: \n▪ This virtual program is Open-to-All. However\, we prioritize access to folks identified as BIPOC. \n▪ Please only apply if you can attend most of the classes.  \n▪ Each session can hold up to 15 participants. \n▪ Cost of class is $200–$400 on a sliding scale\, or $500 if your tuition is paid by an employer or institutional funding source. This includes 25 hours of instruction over 10 weeks and all course materials. \n  \nCOURSE DESCRIPTION \nAll courses focus on the use of inclusive\, gender-neutral\, and anti-racist language. There is an emphasis on validating U.S. Spanish and other varieties of Spanish that are often considered “non-standard.” We actively include the use of “vos” as used in Central America.  \n  \nAs part of Algarabía’s mission to make our courses accessible\, we offer sliding-scale rates and flexible payment plans. You’ll be able to select your payment tier and plan directly within the application form\, based on your financial circumstances. \nABOUT OUR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION: At Algarabía Language Co-op\, we see language learning as a meaningful\, collaborative\, and transformative process reflected in our training in hands-on communicative and task-based language teaching approaches and our use of popular education in the language classroom. We seek to support the holistic development of all language learners as they become competent multilingual speakers. We design classroom activities and utilize textbooks and other original didactic materials that cater to our participants’ needs and reflect the linguistic and racial/ethnic diversity of the Spanish-speaking worlds. \nAlgarabía will contact selected participants on a rolling basis and provide them with a link to complete their payment and secure their spot in the class. \n  \nTake a look at our FAQ!  \n  \nFor more information about our language services\, go to www.algarabialanguage.com or email us at algarabialanguage@gmail.com
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/spanish-for-social-justice-fall-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:Education,Language courses,Spanish
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SUMMARY:PRINT-MAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + PETER + HAMZAH
DESCRIPTION:PRINT-MAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + PETER + HAMZAH \nOne-day   |   11AM – 2PM   |   Saturday\, October 31 \nOpen studio is a space to develop a print-making project in community with other organizers\, artists\, and cultural workers. \nThese sessions are designed for those who have taken Screenprint 101 or Revolutionary Printmaking at The People’s Forum\, or who have experience with relief or screenprinting. \nEach session is drop-in and goals are defined by the participant. Basic tools and materials are available—including paper\, transparencies\, ink\, linoleum\, screens\, and emulsion. \nIf you would like the studio to print a transparency for your screenprint project\, please email the file to francesca.b@peoplesforum.org by noon on Thursday before the session with subject line ‘OPEN STUDIO PRINT’ and write the dimensions (inch by inch) in the body of the email. \nRegistration is required. Come to experiment\, come to get your hands dirty! \n__ \nDaniel Drennan ElAwar is an illustrator\, printmaker\, fiber artist\, and educator. His work\, based in a documentary genre\, focuses primarily on issues of displacement\, dispossession\, and disinheritance. His research and practice concerning decolonization and resistance led to the founding in 2009 of a Beirut-based artists’ collective\, ‎جمع اليد (Jamaa Al-Yad). He currently manages the studio and workshops for Frontline Arts in Branchburg\, NJ. \nOne of Many artists\, Peter and Hamzah\, create fashion\, art\, and music as a way to drive positive change in the world. They love screenprinting for its versatility and reusability. They actively use it to produce upcycled sustainable fashion pieces and prints. Learn more about their practice at oneofmany.shop.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/print-studio-oct-31/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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SUMMARY:BASIC PORTUGUESE 1 | FALL 2026
DESCRIPTION:Basic Portuguese 1 / Português Básico 1 \nFor true beginners\, students who know very basic Portuguese\, or speak Spanish.  \nIf you studied an introduction via apps before\, but did not have formal training\, this course is also highly recommended for you. \nFill out an application form\, and the instructor will send you a link to register: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96  \nAn assessment is not needed for this class \n  \nDETAILS \n\nCourse runs on Zoom for 8 weeks \nNovember 2 – December 21 \nMondays\, 6-8pm (U.S. Eastern Time)\n$180 – $360 sliding scale cost for students*\nPlan for a weekly hour of required individual practice exercises\n\nFill out an application** form at: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96     \nAfter you complete the application\, you will be invited via email to register for Basic 1. Check your email often. This class fills up quickly! \n  \nPortuguês Básico 1 is a beginner’s class\, designed by Natalia de Campos for The People’s Forum\, with a focus on listening\, speaking and developing communication skills in Portuguese from the first day\, without resorting to translating into one’s native language.  \nThis course will give you a solid base and allow you to start communicating with Portuguese native speakers.  \nThe instructor will use visual materials\, music\, and conversation between participants during the learning process\, focusing on her native Brazilian Portuguese. It is the first part of a program of Basic and Intermediate modules that also examine some differences between Brazilian\, African\, South Asian and Continental (European) Portuguese in future modules.  \nThe program will introduce grammar structures in practical ways\, and some writing exercises. The course runs weekly on Zoom\, and an extra hour of required individual practice exercises. \nAs you develop your language skills\, we will also engage with the history of Brazilian people\, its revolutionary struggles\, and other means of resistance in modules 2 and beyond.  \nJoin us for an introductory course on the basics of Portuguese with a glimpse on historical and contemporary contexts of the working classes and social movements in Brazil\, and other Portuguese-speaking countries. \n  Returning students\, contact your instructor: portugueseny@gmail.com  to get the registration link to skip the application form. \n*Please pay what you are comfortable with\, allowing for students who need the first tiers to register\, if possible. \n  \n**For Basic 2\, 3 or Intermediate and Advanced levels\, also fill out an assessment form. \n\nAs part of Portuguese for Social Transformation\nLearn Portuguese from people’s movements\nvirtual\nClasses designed and taught by Natalia de Campos / Syncretic Pleasures\n\nMore information:  \nPortuguese is a language with roots in Portugal and also the official language spoken today in 10 countries: Brazil\, Mozambique\, Angola\, Portugal\, Guinea-Bissau\, East Timor\, Equatorial Guinea\, Macau\, Cape Verde\, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Portuguese is arguably among the 9 or 10 most spoken languages in the world\, but only 5 percent of its speakers live in its original home Portugal. It is estimated that 270 million people speak Portuguese today\, amongst which nearly 254 million are native speakers. It is the second most spoken Romance language\, after Spanish. Brazil’s 211 million people is the largest Portuguese-speaking population in the world. \nAs a colonial language\, it suffered many transformations\, particular to each locale. It is nowadays also a result of cultural resistance of the indigenous and enslaved people during colonialism. It is spoken in the U.S particularly in the Northeast\, in California and in Florida\, where native Portuguese speakers\, who are immigrants from Africa\, South Asia\, Europe and Brazil have concentrated historically. In nearby regions\, it is more widely spoken in areas of Newark\, New Jersey; Astoria\, Queens; in the coastal regions of Connecticut\, and Massachusetts.  \nIf you have any questions\, you can contact the instructor at: portugueseny@gmail.com
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/basic-portuguese-1-fall-2026/2026-11-02/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:Classes,Education,Language courses,Portuguese
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL COURSE: The Story of Capital w/ David Harvey
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a public virtual livestream of Prof. David Harvey’s course The Story of Capital. The course entails a close reading of the recent book The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know about How Capital Works by David Harvey. \nFor decades\, David Harvey has been teaching Marx’s work\, particularly Capital\, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter – sometimes line-by-line – Marx’s three volumes and the Grundrisse. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader. \nIn The Story of Capital\, Harvey takes a synoptic approach to the conceptual architecture as a whole and guides us through the key moments\, from labour and technology to the state and geopolitics\, via the profit rate\, social reproduction\, the relationship to nature\, fictitious capital and the return of the rentiers. In doing so\, Harvey has produced a work which will become a key reference for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism. \nThe course will run on Tuesdays from 4:15-6:15pm from September 8-December 1\, 2026. Register for the virtual course at the form below. \nFull Course Schedule Here
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/virtual-course-the-story-of-capital-w-david-harvey/2026-11-03/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE 2 | FALL 2026
DESCRIPTION:Intermediate Portuguese 2 / Português Intermediário 2 \nFor continuing students who completed Intermediate Portuguese 1 \nFor NEW students who know the basic structure of Portuguese including all present/past tenses\, Presente e Futuro do Subjuntivo (upon filling out an application and taking an assessment): https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96 \nDETAILS \n\nCourse runs on Zoom for 8 weeks\nNovember 3 – December 22\nTuesdays\, 6pm – 8pm (U.S. Eastern Time)\n$180 – $360 sliding scale cost for students*\n\nClick here to apply** and fill out an assessment form: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96 \n\nAs part of Portuguese for Social Transformation\nLearn Portuguese from people’s movements\nClasses designed and taught by Natalia de Campos / Syncretic Pleasures\n\nContinuing students: contact your instructor to get the registration link and skip\nthe application form \nNew Students: New students are welcome to apply. The link to the Assessment is at the end of the application form. It should take about 15-20 minutes to be completed. \nBe sure to submit both the application and the assessment to get feedback and a\nregistration link via email \n*Please pay what you are comfortable with\, allowing for students who need the first tiers to\nregister\, if possible. \n**For Basic 2\, 3 or Intermediate and Advanced levels also fill out an assessment form. \nPortuguês Intermediário 2 is an upper intermediate class\, designed by Natalia de Campos for The People’s Forum\, with a focus on deepening listening\, speaking and developing communication skills in Portuguese in a conversational style\, without translating into one’s native language\, to allow you to have more vocabulary\, composed verbal structures\, and more elaborate conversations with Portuguese native speakers.\nWe read texts from Brazilian and other Portuguese-speaking revolutionary thinkers and writers\, such as Paulo Freire\, Carolina Maria de Jesus\, Conceição Evaristo\, and others. We look at both historic and contemporary political practices to deepen your understanding of Portuguese while learning about Portuguese-speaking people’s movements\, the history of Brazilian people\, its revolutionary struggles\, and other means of resistance. This course has an advanced approach for people who already speak basic Portuguese\nWe will use visual materials\, music\, literature\, and conversation\, focusing on Brazilian Portuguese\, and also examine a few differences between Brazilian\, African\, South Asian and European Portuguese. The program will deepen grammar structures in practical ways\, and include writing and speaking exercises about historical and contemporary contexts of the working classes and social movements in Brazil\, and other Portuguese-speaking countries. \nMore information:\nPortuguese is a language with roots in Portugal and also the official language spoken today in 10 countries or regions: Brazil\, Mozambique\, Angola\, Portugal\, Guine-Bissau\, East Timor\, Equatorial Guinea\, Macau\, Cape Verde\, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Portuguese is arguably among the 9 or 10 most spoken languages in the world\, but only 5 percent of its speakers live in its original home Portugal. It is estimated that 270 million people speak Portuguese today\, amongst which nearly 254 million are native speakers. It is the second most spoken Romance language\, after Spanish. Brazil’s 213 million people is the\nlargest Portuguese-speaking population in the world. As a colonial language\, it suffered many transformations\, particular to each locale. It is nowadays also a result of cultural resistance of the indigenous and enslaved people during colonialism. It is spoken in the U.S particularly in the Northeast\, in California and in Florida\, where native Portuguese speakers\, who are immigrants from Africa\, South Asia\, Europe and Brazil have concentrated historically. In nearby regions\, it is more widely spoken in areas of Newark\, New Jersey; Astoria\, Queens; in the coastal regions of Connecticut\, and Massachusetts. \nBackground:\nSince the 16th century Brazilians started to incorporate dialects\, words and sounds into Portuguese\, particularly from the Tupi and Guarani indigenous linguistic branches that make up the majority of the pre-Columbian indigenous languages of Brazil’s current territory. With enslaved workers brought from Africa\, more heavily during the 17th\, 18th and 19th centuries\, many different languages and backgrounds were also influential. Brazilian Portuguese continued to evolve as the common language amongst all living in Brazil\, and the one permitted to be spoken by the colonizers. However\, new words referring to foods\, materials and relationships with no correlations in Europe\, started to influence Continental Portuguese\, even though the grammar and syntax structures remained the same. Revolutionary literacy methods created for adults\, by the influential educator Paulo Freire in the 1960s\, author of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed\, finally started to prioritize local people’s needs and generate wider political consciousness about the role of language in political emancipation to the elite oppressors. It is still used to combat illiteracy and poverty\, and to help achieve freedom\, much beyond Brazil’s borders.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/intermediate-portuguese-2-fall-2026/2026-11-03/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Education,Portuguese
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SUMMARY:THE PEOPLE'S SOUNDSYSTEM w/ SHIRINE SAAD
DESCRIPTION:THE PEOPLE’S SOUNDSYSTEM w/ SHIRINE SAAD \nOne-day  |  Wednesday\, November 4\, 5:30-8:30PM  |  Sliding Scale\, $30-50 \nHow to reimagine a liberatory digging\, remixing\, gathering and dance culture for our times? The People’s Soundsystem will explore the archives of underground selecting\, mixing\, MCing and experimentations from early Jamaican dancehalls to the clubs\, streets and warehouses of Detroit\, Chicago\, Baltimore and New York. A deep listening practice reveals the revolutionary movements on and off the dancefloors and in the studios of Black\, Brown and Queer communities worldwide. The constant reinvention of the beat\, the rhythm\, the effect\, and the playlist animates community for radical transformation and joy. DJ\, Professor and Curator Shirine Saad aka DJ Lovelite* teaches us the 1s and 2s of DJ skills\, and we will collage a liberation mixtape together. \nThis workshop offers an introduction to: \n\nThe Soundsystem: history and theory\nHow to DJ: First steps\nGroup mixtape and hands-on mixing\n\n__ \nShirine Saad is a Beirut-born\, Brooklyn-based writer\, programmer and DJ focusing on culture and social change. They are launching an experimental production organization presenting new ideas\, publications and performances globally. Consider supporting us! \nShirine was recently Assistant Professor of the Practice in Arts Journalism and Criticism at Brown University\, where they were the Founding Editor of a multimedia arts journal\, MOVEMENTS. They hold a PhD in Philosophy\, Art and Social Thought at the European Graduate School (Committee: Denise Ferreira da Silva\, Fred Moten\, Jasbir Puar\, Stefano Harney.) \nTheir theoretical essay on Arab* feminist and queer art is forthcoming at Routledge; a volume dedicated to the same topic as well as a compilation record and zine are forthcoming. Eruptions: A Noise Zine was released fall 2025\, funded by the Brooklyn Arts Council. \nShirine has received a research and programming grant from Columbia University’s Incite Institute and a research fellowship from the Women Photographers International Archive. They have worked as Interim Programming Director and Ideas Editor at music organization National Sawdust and runs a DJ learning series for BIPOC women\, nonbinary and LGBTQ folks and Hiya Live Sessions\, a platform for radical feminist SWANA artists. They have programmed and DJd events for Creative Time\, BAM\, the Brooklyn Museum\, The Brooklyn Library\, National Sawdust\, Soho House\, The Rockaway Hotel\, Miss Lily’s; launched the Rockaway Beach Reggae Jam and Gyal Tings Soundsystem. \nwww.shirinesaad.com
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/peoples-soundsystem/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T180000
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SUMMARY:Community Dinner | Community Church of New York x The People's Forum
DESCRIPTION:The Community Church of New York invites you to join us for Community Dinner at the People’s Forum to break bread and build relationships grounded in revolutionary love. Whoever you are\, and whatever your relationship to our church\, we’d love to gather around the table with you. Never heard of us? Familiar but have never visited? Don’t consider yourself a religious person? No problem – there’s no pressure here\, just shared values and commitments.\n\nWe’ll be upstairs at the People’s Forum from 6 – 8 PM. Food will be provided by the Community Church. Space is limited and RSVP is required to ensure enough food to go around. To reserve your spot\, fill out the registration form using this link.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/community-dinner-community-church-of-new-york-x-the-peoples-forum/2026-11-05/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T213000
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SUMMARY:First Fridays ft. Mariachi Reyes &  Linda Paúla Marcos
DESCRIPTION:Join us Fri. Nov. 6th at 7pm for an evening with family mariachi band Mariachi Reyes and singer-songwriter Linda Paúla Marcos\, including a preview of her upcoming album Humané. \nFirst Fridays at The People’s Forum is a monthly concert series curated and co-presented by Artists Against Apartheid\, featuring artists on the cutting edge of culture whose work speaks to the political and social moment. Each show is a live\, intimate\, and immersive experience—a space where music & art are understood as tools in the struggle for collective liberation.\nThis month\, we’re bringing two acts to the TPF stage for a one-night-only celebration of Latin American music. \nMariachi Reyes is a family who have played mariachi together their whole lives. They carry the tradition forward as a family through performance and their presence on social media. \nLinda Paúla Marcos’ voice and words have a deep and viscerally tender resonance that arrests the listener into reflection\, while evolving the tapestry of contemporary Latin American music rooted right here in Lenapehoking (New York City). Marcos’ music seamlessly harkens to towering legacies of legendary nueva canción and folk icons like Mercedes Sosa\, Chabuca Granda\, Soledad Bravo\, and Atahualpa Yupanqui\, preserving a vital\, deeply emotional lineage of acoustic storytelling. Melding her Afro-Andean roots with a modern\, New York-born perspective gives her music a rare and timeless weight that speaks directly to the current human experience. Marcos will be sharing original work from her upcoming album Humané and traditional work alongside guitarist\, Alba Rios. \nAlba Rios is a multi-genre guitarist based in Brooklyn. Born in Lima and a proud immigrant\, she projects her obsession with Peruvian music and the lament it lavishes with her traditional criollo style. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/first-fridays-ft-mariachi-reyes-linda-paula-marcos/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Concert,Culture
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SUMMARY:HAND QUILTING w/ RALLI COLLECTIVE
DESCRIPTION:HAND QUILTING WITH APPLIQUE w/ RALLI COLLECTIVE \nOne-day  |  Wednesday\, November 11\, 5:30-8:30PM  |  Sliding Scale \n\n\nBuild your own 8×8 in mini quilt from start to finish in this beginner-friendly hands-on session. \n\n\n\n\nIn this session\, we’ll go through the basics of quilting step by step: \n\n1. Designing your front panel by cutting and piecing fabric together\n2. Measuring and cutting the backing and batting\n3. Sewing it all together with simple hand sewing techniques\n\nMaterials will include pre-cut squares sized for your mini quilt\, plus a pile of extra fabric to cut up and piece into your own design. Participants are encouraged to bring any fabric from home—sentimental or scrap—that they might want to incorporate into their quilt as well! \nInstruction comes in small steps\, with lots of time in between to work on your quilt\, ask questions\, and chat. No experience needed. \n__ \nRalli Collective is a Brooklyn-based group of multidisciplinary fiber and visual artists focused on quilting and reusing materials.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/hand-quilting/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T203000
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SUMMARY:THE ANATOMY OF A STITCH: INTRO TO CROCHET w/ CAMRYN EASLEY
DESCRIPTION:THE ANATOMY OF A STITCH: INTRO TO CROCHET w/ CAMRYN EASLEY \nOne-day  |  Thursday November 12\, 6:00-8:30PM  |  Sliding Scale \nReady to start your crochet journey? In this one-day workshop\, Camryn will teach you how to begin any crochet project and lead you through the steps to create your own handmade crochet coaster: a decorative kitchen essential and resting place for your glasses and mugs! Taught from the perspective that fiber arts has and can continue to serve as a center for community care\, this workshop will include an introduction to the history of crochet\, as well as the anatomy of basic stitches.  \nWhat to expect: \n\nAll materials provided (crochet hooks and yarn)\nHands-on instruction and support\nA take-home guide to continue your crochet practice at home\n\n__ \nCamryn Easley is the Founder of Knot Okay Club\, a 501(C)3 nonprofit promoting community care and mental health through fiber arts\, especially for Black women and nonbinary people. Her work is informed by her academic research on the contributing factors to Black women’s mental health\, combining her creative passions and sociological analysis to promote social welfare initiatives and address cultural inequities. In addition to monthly programming for KOC members\, she leads Intro to Fiber Arts workshops in partnership with local community hubs\, nonprofits\, youth groups and small businesses. Camryn hopes to inspire others to work with their hands\, learn more about the history of fiber arts in America and express themselves creatively.\nFor more information about Knot Okay Club’s free programming and fiber artist community\, connect with us on Instagram @knotokayclub or visit our website.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/intro-to-crochet/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T203000
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SUMMARY:CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER
DESCRIPTION:CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER \nOne-day  |  Friday\, November 13  |  5:30-8:30PM  |  Sliding scale\, $30-50 \nParticipants will spend this workshop exploring the cyanotype process from beginning to end. Praise will introduce the medium\, her practice\, and avenues for experimentation. After preparing the paper\, participants spend time building their designs before exposure/printing. Cyanotype 101 is beginner-friendly and perfect for those who want to problem-solve in community. \nAll materials will be provided\, including a variety of photo negatives. Participants are invited to bring in items of their own to experiment printing with. What to bring:\nNatural Items\n• Leaves\, ferns\, flowers (pressed or fresh)\n• Feathers\, shells\, twigs\, vines\n• Grasses\, herbs\, petals\, seed pods\nFabric and Textiles\n• Lace\, doilies\, mesh\, or netting\n• Thin open-weave fabrics (cheesecloth\, tulle)\n• Embroidery\, crochet pieces\, textured scraps\nHousehold Objects\n• Keys\n• Scissors\, combs\, jewelry\, glasses\n• Chains\, clips\, utensils\, small tools\nPaper and Transparencies\n• Printed images on acetate or transparency film\n• Cut-paper stencils or handwritten notes on clear plastic\n• Magazine cutouts\, layered drawings on tracing paper\nExperimental Materials\n• Preserved butterfly or insect wings\n• Fishnet stockings\n• Crumpled plastic wrap or bubble wrap for texture\n• Tape\, string\, or anything that can create interesting shadows \n__\nPraise Fuller (b. Houston\, Texas) is a New York-based\, self-taught artist\, poet\, and educator with a practice spanning printmaking\, installation\, and mixed media with a central focus on the cyanotype process. Fuller’s work emerges from historical analysis and introspection\, exploring what lies beyond the constraints of family\, the church\, trauma\, and the cultural realities of the South. These introspections are interwoven with the concept of “rememory\,” a term borrowed from Toni Morrison\, which reflects how memory exists beyond\, or even escapes\, the individual mind by inhabiting objects\, places\, and communities. https://www.praise-fuller.com/
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/cyanotype-101-nov/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T210242Z
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SUMMARY:FORECLOSURES: A COMMUNITY EXCHANGE
DESCRIPTION:A collective conversation and gathering to imagine urgent actions for artists\, activists and thinkers in the wake of technofascism. \n\n\n\n\nIf apocalyptic times and spectacles expose the genocidal and geocidal structures of this world\, how are cultural workers and activists disentangling their aesthetics from such webs? While capitalism\, imperialism and cisheteropatriarchy deploy technofascism to coopt and annihilate all resistance to its dictates\, decolonial artists continue to imagine new ways to rupture\, dismantle and denounce systems of total death\, in the long lineage of militant and guerilla movements from Algeria to South Africa\, Puerto Rico\, Palestine and beyond. What does decolonization mean today and how does it trouble the realm and study of aesthetics? What is an anarchic poethics of this time? How can we sustain autonomous practice and resistance as global webs of interconnected struggle? \nWe will reflect on these urgent concerns and imagine other ways of making\, organizing and gathering that shatter oppressive systems. \nPresented with Undoxx and Cultural Solidarity Project \n\n\nRSVP
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/foreclosures-a-community-exchange/
CATEGORIES:Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | ANATOMY OF DISENTEGRATION feat. author Rodrigo Nunes in conversation with Brendan O’Connor
DESCRIPTION:Join Rodrigo Nunes\, a leading political philosopher\, as he dissects the impact of Brazil’s recent presidential elections\, analyzes the global far right’s appeal through the lens of Bolsonarismo\, and launches his new book Anatomy of Disintegration.\n\nFor four years\, Jair Bolsonaro led Brazil and the popular\, far-right movement that bore his name. His rise\, defeat\, and the chaos he left in his wake reflect patterns that are playing out in several countries\, from the US to Argentina to India. In Anatomy of Disintegration\, Rodrigo Nunes uses Brazil as a point of departure to make sense of why the far right is on the rise all over the world\, where its appeal comes from\, and explain the dystopian horizon it is moving toward.Through sharp\, original analyses of the social composition of its supporters\, the material and affective conditions that underpin it\, and the mainstream’s inability to respond to it\, Rodrigo Nunes argues that the contemporary far right is better understood not as an effort to block but as an attempt to harness and accelerate forces of social disintegration set in motion by capital and intensified by the crisis of neoliberalism. \n\nRodrigo Nunes is an associate professor in philosophy at PUC-Rio\, Brazil\, and a visiting fellow at the University of Essex\, UK. He is the author of Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organisation and Organisation of the Organisationless: Collective Action After Networks. His articles have appeared in Boston Review\, Les Temps Modernes\, Radical Philosophy\, Jacobin\, and The Guardian. He lives between London and Rio de Janeiro.\n\nBrendan O’Connor is a journalist and author of Blood Red Lines: How Nativism Fuels the Right. He has written for The Baffler\, The New Yorker\, and The New York Times and is a PhD candidate in Geography at the CUNY Graduate Center.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-launch-anatomy-of-disentegration-feat-author-rodrigo-nunes-in-conversation-with-brendan-oconnor/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T140000
DTSTAMP:20261029T233919
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SUMMARY:PRINT-MAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + PETER + HAMZAH
DESCRIPTION:PRINT-MAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + PETER + HAMZAH \nOne-day   |   11AM – 2PM   |   Saturday\, November 14 \nOpen studio is a space to develop a print-making project in community with other organizers\, artists\, and cultural workers. \nThese sessions are designed for those who have taken Screenprint 101 or Revolutionary Printmaking at The People’s Forum\, or who have experience with relief or screenprinting. \nEach session is drop-in and goals are defined by the participant. Basic tools and materials are available—including paper\, transparencies\, ink\, linoleum\, screens\, and emulsion. \nIf you would like the studio to print a transparency for your screenprint project\, please email the file to francesca.b@peoplesforum.org by noon on Thursday before the session with subject line ‘OPEN STUDIO PRINT’ and write the dimensions (inch by inch) in the body of the email. \nRegistration is required. Come to experiment\, come to get your hands dirty! \n__ \nDaniel Drennan ElAwar is an illustrator\, printmaker\, fiber artist\, and educator. His work\, based in a documentary genre\, focuses primarily on issues of displacement\, dispossession\, and disinheritance. His research and practice concerning decolonization and resistance led to the founding in 2009 of a Beirut-based artists’ collective\, ‎جمع اليد (Jamaa Al-Yad). He currently manages the studio and workshops for Frontline Arts in Branchburg\, NJ. \nOne of Many artists\, Peter and Hamzah\, create fashion\, art\, and music as a way to drive positive change in the world. They love screenprinting for its versatility and reusability. They actively use it to produce upcycled sustainable fashion pieces and prints. Learn more about their practice at oneofmany.shop. \n \nBuy Tickets on Eventbrite\n\nBuy Tickets
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/print-studio-nov-14/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T173000
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SUMMARY:REWORKED JEWELRY w/ KASHI SALONI
DESCRIPTION:REWORKED JEWELRY w/ KASHI SALONI \nOne-day  |  Saturday\, November 14  |  3-5:30PM  |  Sliding scale\, $30-50 \nParticipants will create their own piece of jewelry from beginning to end during this session\, with the choice of making a necklace\, bracelet\, keychain or earrings. We will integrate up-cycled materials into our designs\, such as circuit boards and repurposed jewelry.\nThe workshop will feature a guided conversation on solarpunk ideas and e-waste. Reimagine discarded technology through traditional craft and transform it into a meaningful piece of wearable art. \nNo prior experience required + all materials provided. Participants are welcomed to bring in pieces of their own to rework (earrings without a pair\, broken bracelets\, charms\, etc) \n__\nKashi Saloni is an artist and educator whose work centers on repurposed and impermanent materials\, using art to imagine and build more sustainable futures.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/jewelry-nov/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261224
DTSTAMP:20261029T233919
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SUMMARY:ASL FALL – WINTER 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Fall through Winter 2026 for a new set of ASL Classes. These are virtual classes\, facilitated by Kristen Suiter for people of all levels in their language study journey. \n  \nINTRO TO ASL – Apply Here  \nIn this class\, we will build your vocabulary in American Sign Language (get ready to be able to sign entire conversations!) and explore Deaf American culture and history. From learning the ABCs and how to introduce yourself to studying Deaf representation in media\, this offering will cover the basics of American Sign Language and American Deaf culture. \n\nTuesdays 6pm – 7:30pm EST\nNovember 17th –  December 22th (6 weeks)\nSliding Scale ($150 – $300)\n\n  \nASL LEVEL 2 – Apply Here \nThis ASL Level 2 course is designed to continue your skill development in expressive signing. The focus of this course is to prepare students for non-verbal interaction and communication with members of the deaf community. You’ll learn useful vocabulary and you’ll be able to hold meaningful conversations about various topics. But it’s not all serious – you’ll also learn how to tell jokes\, use common expressions and sayings\, and relay anecdotes to your audience. We’ll also focus on teaching you more about the deaf community\, so you gain a better appreciation for deaf culture\, activism\, and learn how you can get involved. \n\nWednesdays 6pm – 730pm EST\nNovember 18th – December 23rd (6 weeks)\nSliding Scale ($150 – $300)
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/asl-winter-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:ASL,Education,Language courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T193000
DTSTAMP:20261029T233919
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SUMMARY:INTRO TO ASL | FALL – WINTER 2026
DESCRIPTION:*This course is virtual*\nApply Here  \nIn this class\, we will build your vocabulary in American Sign Language (get ready to be able to sign entire conversations!) and explore Deaf American culture and history. From learning the ABCs and how to introduce yourself to studying Deaf representation in media\, this offering will cover the basics of American Sign Language and American Deaf culture. \n\nTuesdays 6pm – 7:30pm EST\nNovember 17th –  December 22th (6 weeks)\nSliding Scale ($150 – $300)\n\nApply Here 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/intro-to-asl-fall-winter-2026/2026-11-17/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:ASL,Education,Language courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T193000
DTSTAMP:20261029T233919
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LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T140721Z
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SUMMARY:ASL LEVEL 2 | FALL – WINTER 2026
DESCRIPTION:*This course is virtual*\nApply Here \nThis ASL Level 2 course is designed to continue your skill development in expressive signing. The focus of this course is to prepare students for non-verbal interaction and communication with members of the deaf community. You’ll learn useful vocabulary and you’ll be able to hold meaningful conversations about various topics. But it’s not all serious – you’ll also learn how to tell jokes\, use common expressions and sayings\, and relay anecdotes to your audience. We’ll also focus on teaching you more about the deaf community\, so you gain a better appreciation for deaf culture\, activism\, and learn how you can get involved. \n\nWednesdays 6pm – 730pm EST\nNovember 18th – December 23rd (6 weeks)\nSliding Scale ($150 – $300)\n\nApply Here
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/asl-level-2-fall-winter-2026/2026-11-18/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:ASL,Education,Language courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T210000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Un Pays Qui Se Tient Sage | ​The Monopoly of Violence
DESCRIPTION:The documentary by French filmmaker David Dufresne was filmed in France between November 2018 and February 2020 during the Yellow Vests movement. It questions riot control in France\, as well as the legitimacy of the state’s use of violence\, especially police brutality in France. \nGET TICKETS HERE 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/32144/
CATEGORIES:Film Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T203000
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SUMMARY:REVERENT PORTRAITS w/ S. YEMISI ADEYEMO
DESCRIPTION:REVERENT PORTRAITS: DRAWING\, PAINTING\, AND ASSEMBLAGE w/ S. YEMISI ADEYEMO \nOne-day  |  Thursday\, November 19  |  5:30-8:30PM  |  Sliding scale\, $30-50 \nIn this three-hour workshop\, participants will learn the fundamentals of portrait drawing and create a small\, embellished frame honoring someone they wish to remember\, celebrate\, or hold close. Through guided technical instruction in facial proportions\, observation\, and shading\, participants will draw a portrait from a photograph of their choosing\, with opportunities to incorporate painting based on their experience and comfort level. \nWe will draw inspiration from devotional practices across cultures\, including memory jugs\, Afro-diasporic altar traditions\, and the assemblages of Betye Saar. While informed by these traditions\, embellishments will be intuitive and personal to each maker. We will also explore how acts of remembrance and reverence may preserve overlooked histories and connect personal experiences of grief to broader social and political consciousness. No prior art experience is required. Participants should bring a photograph of their chosen subject and are welcome to bring small\, meaningful objects to incorporate into their frames. \n__ \nS. Yemisi Adeyemo (she/they) is a politically engaged interdisciplinary artist working across assemblage\, painting\, and sculpture. Using found materials recovered from urban public space\, she creates layered devotional objects that move between altarpiece and artifact. Her work examines material conditions across global and domestic contexts\, tracing the implications of (neo)imperialism through instances of tragedy\, survival\, and rebellion. Positioning grief as a site of personal and ideological revelation\, her work hopes to shift individualized mourning toward collective critical resistance.\nYemisi received a BFA in Painting from RISD and an MFA in Visual Art from Mason Gross School of the Arts\, Rutgers University. She was a 2025-2026 NXTHVN Studio Art Fellow and a 2021 BRIClab Contemporary Arts Resident. She has taught visual art in an array contexts and communities\, including Rutgers University\, and The Bronx Museum of The Arts. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic\, New American Paintings\, Liverpool University Press’ Sculpture Journal\, Art Cube\, and Forbes\, where she was recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style list in 2025.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/reverent-portraits-nov/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T210000
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SUMMARY:Mohamed Araki: Sounds from Sudan
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, November 20 at 7pm for Sounds From Sudan\, a live project led by Grammy-nominated Sudanese musician Mohamed Araki. Blending Sudanese songs\, oud\, and deep grooves\, the band brings songs from home into a modern live sound—rooted in memory\, rhythm\, and community. \nThe Band \nFeaturing Mohamed Araki \nVocal/Oud—Mohamed Tahir \nGuitar/Percussion—Dillon Zahner \nBass— Marwan Allam \nDrums—Bez \nSax— Gideon Forbes
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/mohamed-araki-sounds-from-sudan/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert,Culture
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SUMMARY:Rebirth of Haitian Vodou Music
DESCRIPTION:This book launch-concert will introduce the essay-biography of Yves Chico Boyer\, founder of the rasin ‘root’ music band Foula and a key figure in the revival of Haitian vodou music. Musicologist and art historian Prince Guetjens\, who has gathered testimonies from Chico’s collaborators in Haiti\, in France and in New York\, explores why Foula’s artistic achievements did not gain international recognition compared to Haitian Konpa music. The narrative examines factors such as US imperialist politics\, inadequate support for the arts\, socio-economic divisions\, and the pursuit of stardom over genuine artistry\, highlighting Chico Boyer’s exceptional contributions to this music history. The event will also feature a concert of rasin music and vodou jazz performed by artists influenced by Chico\, including Prince Guetjens. \n  \nThe book (in French and in English) will be available for sale. \n  \nKonsè lansman liv sa a pral prezante esè-biyografi Yves Chico Boyer\, fondatè gwoup mizik rasin Foula a ak yon pèsonalite kle nan relansman mizik vodou ayisyen an. Mizikològ ak istoryen atizay Prince Guetjens\, ki ranmase temwayaj kolaboratè Chico yo nan peyi Dayiti\, France ak Nouyòk\, eksplore poukisa reyalizasyon atistik Foula yo pa t jwenn rekonesans entènasyonal konpare ak mizik Konpa ayisyen an. Narasyon an egzamine faktè tankou politik enperyalis Etazini\, mank sipò pou atizay\, divizyon sosyo-ekonomik\, ak kous dèyè selèb olye de bonjan atizay\, sa ki mete aksan sou kontribisyon eksepsyonèl Chico Boyer nan istwa mizik sa a. Evènman an ap genyen tou yon konsè mizik rasin ak djaz vodou ak atis ki te enfliyanse pa Chico\, pami yo gen Prince Guetjens. \nLiv la (an franse ak an anglè) ap disponib pou vann. \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/rebirth-of-haitian-vodou-music/
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: From GAZA with LOVE
DESCRIPTION:“From Gaza with love is a French Palestinian documentary released in 2026. It is co-directed by French reporter Charles Villa and Palestinian photographer Suheil Nassar. The film documents daily life and the realities faced by children in the Gaza Strip\, as well as their resilience amid the ongoing war. \nGet Tickets Here
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/film-screening-from-gaza-with-love/
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