February is Black History Month, and New Yorkers have a variety of ways to celebrate the legacies and achievements of Black people across the African diaspora.
Across the boroughs, events like concerts, film screenings, art classes, and even a 24-hour party will take place to mark the occasion.
Below are 16 ideas to honor Black History Month.
See dance from Ghana, Guinea and Cuba on the Lower East Side
Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation is celebrating Black History Month with “The Rhythms & Movements of African American Culture Festival.”
It will showcase a variety of dance styles including hip-hop and modern dance, from Ghana, Guinea, Senegal and Cuba at Abrons Art Center on the Lower East Side. It runs twice a day, with showing at 10:30 a.m. and noon, from Feb. 12 through Feb. 18. Tickets are around $30. For more information visit here.
Enjoy ‘Drunk Black History’
If history’s your jam, then the comedy show “Drunk Black History” might be for you. It happens on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Caveat on the Lower East Side and features comedians including Charles McBee, from the now-canceled talk show “Hell of a Week with Charlamagne tha God,” retelling stories of historical Black figures while “skunked out of their mind.” Tickets are around $24 and you can purchase them here.
The recreated parlor of Joseph and Rachel Moore’s home on the 5th floor of 97 Orchard Street
Courtesy of the Tenement Museum
See the Tenement Museum’s new exhibit about a Black family
For the first time in its history, the Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum is featuring a Black family in a new exhibition called “A Union of Hope: 1869.” It explores the story of Joseph and Rachel Moore, who lived in Lower Manhattan in the 1870s. The tour lasts about 75 minutes and tickets start at $30. For more information visit here.
Hear the Harlem Chamber Players in Brooklyn
Enjoy works by Black composers at “Classical Interludes: Harlem Chamber Players Black History Month Concert” at…
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