{"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour Presents: “Chameleon Street”", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR", "address": "Charlton Street 44", "price": "$25-40", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of the film “Chameleon Street” followed by a Q&A. The film won the Sundance Jury Prize over 35 years ago and later drew comparisons to Ralph Ellison's “Invisible Man” and was sampled by Black Star. New Yorker film critic Richard Brody joins the screening, with the Q&A hosted by New Yorker Radio Hour's Adam Howard. The film's writer-director-star is Wendell B. 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It is curated by Hanif Abdurraqib, a BAM Curator and MacArthur \"Genius,\" now in its third year, and this year spotlights powerful voices from across the African Diaspora. The evening on offer pairs versatile composers and instrumentalists Meshell Ndegeocello and Samora Pinderhughes, who share a night of words and music under the series' banner. The program also includes Poetry Overnight at BAM, Southern Oracles by the Black Air Poets, Be Holding based on a Ross Gay poem, and Stones in the Water with Sarah Kay, Clint Smith, Anis Mojgani, and Abdurraqib.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/i-guess-it-was-my-destiny-to-live-so-long-51198/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ca322bacd44652032ba8e3d49e9c02203731c1f147933a90f0e38b4f8fdc7558-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Here There Are Blueberries", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2027-01-10T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Ethel Barrymore Theater", "address": "243 West 47th St, 10036 New York", "price": "USD 86", "price_from": "86.00", "price_to": "86.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/shows/ethelbarrymoretheater/here-there-are-blueberries/tickets/seating?performance_id=7532979&performance_time=2026-11-02T19:30:00+00:00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "history/holocaust"], "description": "Here There Are Blueberries is a critically acclaimed drama play transferring to NYC. 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The play, by Naima Ramos-Chapman, centers the friendship of two Black American and Caribbean friends and examines how state-sanctioned violence threatens to tear their family and community apart. Through recalling memories across time and incorporating movement and dance, it aims to create a portal for audiences to envision more just and liberated futures for Black and Brown people. The reading is followed by a talkback with the creatives.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/naima-ramos-chapman-in-place-of-monuments-51069/", "official_url": "https://www.apollotheater.org/event/apollo-new-works-naima-ramos-in-place-of-monuments", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9358ca52963fb66e5e081b518918365f8df1020d3d1e3843395423eec923c3ca-2000.webp"}, {"title": "When a Witness Recants", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Cinema Village", "address": "East 12th Street 22, 10003", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.fandango.com/cinema-village-aaefn/theater-page?format=all&date=2026-10-30", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/law"], "description": "A documentary screening about a 1983 Baltimore school murder that led to three teens being wrongfully imprisoned for 36 years. Directed by Dawn Porter, the film runs 112 minutes and follows Ta-Nehisi Coates as he investigates how the case affected the accused, witnesses and their community. It plays at a cinema in New York City.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/when-a-witness-recants-51950/", "official_url": "https://www.cinemavillage.com/Now-Playing/when-a-witness-recants.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5aea785957c31830e7dca4f39136281cf55934262d54d1f4c0a1a43c4ff3869-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Asilah Oui", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (RBPMW)", "address": "West 39th Street 323, New York", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "art"], "description": "A screening evening of two films that explore the links between Morocco and New York and examine two pioneers of Moroccan art in the twentieth century. It is presented by The Bronx Museum and EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, with a post-screening discussion joined by the Museum's Director of Education & Public Engagement, Patrick Rowe. The first film, Melehi (1984) by Shalom Gorewitz, documents the work and life of Moroccan painter and Asilah Cultural Moussem founder Mohamed Melehi, commissioned for his 1984 solo exhibition at The Bronx Museum. The second, A Thousand And One Berber Nights (2023) by Hisham Aïdi, follows the transatlantic career of dancer, actor, and choreographer Hassan Ouakrim, a protégé of La Mama Theatre founder Ellen Stewart who spread Berber dance and music in North America.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/asilah-oui-51511/", "official_url": "https://bronxmuseum.org/event/robert-blackburn-screening/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c3d5d61c7022f577eaa0d5a28be77931aebeea92ca2571ddf69af86860d59a27-2000.webp"}, {"title": "12th Reel China Biennial 2026", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Iris Cantor Theatre", "address": "West Houston Street 38, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/12th-reel-china-biennial-2026-4873357?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb", "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The 12th Reel China Biennial is a film event running October 30 to November 1, 2026, in New York City. 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