NYC: Kwanzaa Celebration
KWANZAA CELEBRATION 2005
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street in NYC
Thursday-Saturday, December 29-31, 1:00-5:00 pm
Free with Museum admissionFor more information, please visit
http://www.amnh.org/programs/specials/kwanzaa/.
Kwanzaa, from the Swahili for "first fruits," is an African-American cultural holiday that celebrates family and community. Observed from December 26 through January 1, it is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa and reinforces the Nguzo Saba, or
the Seven Principles:
Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima(collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperativeeconomics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity), and Imani (faith).
Come celebrate Kwanzaa over three days with festivities for theentire family, including performances, workshops, a marketplace, and Kwanzaa culinary delights. Hosted by Malika Lee Whitney, WBAI Radio personality and community activist. Special Kwanzaa foods will be sold at the Museum's Café ·7 and FoodCourt. Face Painting and African Games
Daily, 1:30-4:30 pm Leonhardt People Center, second floor
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Day 1: Thursday, December 29
Kwanzaa Principle: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
Opening Ceremony 1:00-1:30 pm Kaufmann Theater, first floor"Lift Every Voice" led by Jacqueline Williams
Lighting of Candle: UjamaaPerformance by Autum Ashante, 6-year-old poet and P-Star, 9-year-oldhip-hop artist Audience participation: youth speak
Sherekea 1:30-2:00 pm Kaufmann Theater, first floor Led by director Akinyi Achieng, the group Sherekea performs dances from Kenya, Tanzania, and Cameroon, including a special focus on theRhumba and Soukous dances.
Shekere, Songs, and Stories 2:15-3:15 pm Linder Theater, first floor Malika Lee Whitney of the Pickney Players tells traditional African folklore and stories with percussionist Kevin Nathaniel.
African Dance Workshop2:30-4:00 pm Rose Center Classroom, second floor Experience new dance moves from Africa, including the Rhumba and Soukous with Akinyi Achieng of Sherekea. Participants are asked to wear loose-fitting clothes.
Songholon Jata3:30-5:00 pm Kaufmann Theater, first floorWith a singer and musicians, Kewulay Kamara gives a narrative performance of Songholon Jata, West Africa's most renowned 13thc entury epic about a prince who overcomes disability and persecutionto become king of the Mandeng people of Mali.
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Day 2: Friday, December 30
Kwanzaa Principle: Nia
(Purpose)
Kwanzaa Ceremony1:00-1:15 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
"Lift Every Voice" led by Jacqueline Williams
Lighting of Candle: Nia
Audience participation: family testimonials
The Language and Movements of Traditional Jazz Dance and Music
1:15-2:00 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
Music and dance historian Clyde Wilder and Ayanna Perrin demonstrate
dances from West Africa and America, such as the Aerial Lindy Hop,Charleston, and Blues. Wilder has studied with Mama Lou Parks, Norma Miller, and Frankie Manning.
Collage Making Workshop
1:30-2:30 pm & 3:00-4:00 pm
Calder Lab, second floor
Collage workshop with children's writer and artist Aracelis Girmayof Changing, Changing. Participants should bring xerox copies of a meaningful image. All other materials will be provided. Limited to 25 participants per session, ages 8 and up.
Swing Time
2:10-3:10 pm
Rose Center Classroom, second floor Find a partner and "swing" to the music of Clay Herndon's Savoy Swing Band and Clyde Wilder's Harlem Swingers.
Oriki Omi Oddara (Homage to the Clear Water)
Music Director Roman Diaz; Artistic Director Felix "Pupy" Insua
3:30-5:00 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor Musicians and performers from Cuba and the United States provide amusical journey of Cuban music with religious music, songs, and dances from the Yoruba, Congo, Carabali, and Dahomey folkloric traditions.
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Day 3: Saturday, December 31
Kwanzaa Principle: Kuumba
(Creativity)
Kwanzaa Marketplace1:00-5:00 pm
77th Street Lobby, first floor Enjoy the fantastic array of wearable goods, books, and other Afrocentric merchandise.
Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble
1:00-2:15 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
Musical director A'Ma Sakura Ka and the Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble perform African percussion, dance, martial arts, and spokenword
.Mbira Making Workshop
2:15-3:45 pm
Rose Center Classroom, second floor
Make and learn to tune a mbira, an African instrument played withthe thumbs and/or fingers, with instructor Kevin Nathaniel.
Indoda's Music Instrument Demonstration
2:45-3:15 pm
Linder Theater, first floor
Join a discussion and demonstration of the various African percussion instruments the Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble play.
Cherokee Folktales
3:00-3:30 pm
Leonhardt People Center, second floor
Taalibah "Blue Sky" Reape, of Cherokee and African-American ancestry, interprets traditional Cherokee folktales with a uniqueand interactive style.
Asase Yaa Dance Theatre
3:30-4:30 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
Dedicated to "living the culture," this New York City-based company travels throughout West Africa to study indigenous music and dance traditions in order to create ballets, connecting what they have learned to the African-American experience.
Closing Ceremony
4:30-5:00 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor"Lift Every Voice" led by Jacqueline Williams Pageantry of African Kings and Queens. Designs by June Terry Audience participation: Rosa Parks ancestoral libation
All programs subject to change. For more information, please visithttp://www.amnh.org/programs/specials/kwanzaa/.
Programming Consultant: Clairesa Clay
All programs are free with suggested Museum admission. Neither tickets nor reservations are required. Seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. For further information, call theMuseum's Department of Education at 212-769-5315 between 9:00 a.m.and 5:00 p.m. weekdays.It is recommended that you arrive in plenty of time to enter the Museum and locate the program space. A three-story parking garage isopen during Museum hours; enter from West 81st Street. For publictransportation, call 212-769-5100.Global Weekends are made possible, in part, by The Coca-Cola Company, the City of New York, and the New York City Council. Additional support has been provided by the May and Samuel RudinFamily Foundation, Inc., the Tolan Family, and the family of Frederick H. Leonhardt.
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street in NYC
Thursday-Saturday, December 29-31, 1:00-5:00 pm
Free with Museum admissionFor more information, please visit
http://www.amnh.org/programs/specials/kwanzaa/.
Kwanzaa, from the Swahili for "first fruits," is an African-American cultural holiday that celebrates family and community. Observed from December 26 through January 1, it is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa and reinforces the Nguzo Saba, or
the Seven Principles:
Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima(collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperativeeconomics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity), and Imani (faith).
Come celebrate Kwanzaa over three days with festivities for theentire family, including performances, workshops, a marketplace, and Kwanzaa culinary delights. Hosted by Malika Lee Whitney, WBAI Radio personality and community activist. Special Kwanzaa foods will be sold at the Museum's Café ·7 and FoodCourt. Face Painting and African Games
Daily, 1:30-4:30 pm Leonhardt People Center, second floor
----------------
Day 1: Thursday, December 29
Kwanzaa Principle: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
Opening Ceremony 1:00-1:30 pm Kaufmann Theater, first floor"Lift Every Voice" led by Jacqueline Williams
Lighting of Candle: UjamaaPerformance by Autum Ashante, 6-year-old poet and P-Star, 9-year-oldhip-hop artist Audience participation: youth speak
Sherekea 1:30-2:00 pm Kaufmann Theater, first floor Led by director Akinyi Achieng, the group Sherekea performs dances from Kenya, Tanzania, and Cameroon, including a special focus on theRhumba and Soukous dances.
Shekere, Songs, and Stories 2:15-3:15 pm Linder Theater, first floor Malika Lee Whitney of the Pickney Players tells traditional African folklore and stories with percussionist Kevin Nathaniel.
African Dance Workshop2:30-4:00 pm Rose Center Classroom, second floor Experience new dance moves from Africa, including the Rhumba and Soukous with Akinyi Achieng of Sherekea. Participants are asked to wear loose-fitting clothes.
Songholon Jata3:30-5:00 pm Kaufmann Theater, first floorWith a singer and musicians, Kewulay Kamara gives a narrative performance of Songholon Jata, West Africa's most renowned 13thc entury epic about a prince who overcomes disability and persecutionto become king of the Mandeng people of Mali.
----------------
Day 2: Friday, December 30
Kwanzaa Principle: Nia
(Purpose)
Kwanzaa Ceremony1:00-1:15 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
"Lift Every Voice" led by Jacqueline Williams
Lighting of Candle: Nia
Audience participation: family testimonials
The Language and Movements of Traditional Jazz Dance and Music
1:15-2:00 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
Music and dance historian Clyde Wilder and Ayanna Perrin demonstrate
dances from West Africa and America, such as the Aerial Lindy Hop,Charleston, and Blues. Wilder has studied with Mama Lou Parks, Norma Miller, and Frankie Manning.
Collage Making Workshop
1:30-2:30 pm & 3:00-4:00 pm
Calder Lab, second floor
Collage workshop with children's writer and artist Aracelis Girmayof Changing, Changing. Participants should bring xerox copies of a meaningful image. All other materials will be provided. Limited to 25 participants per session, ages 8 and up.
Swing Time
2:10-3:10 pm
Rose Center Classroom, second floor Find a partner and "swing" to the music of Clay Herndon's Savoy Swing Band and Clyde Wilder's Harlem Swingers.
Oriki Omi Oddara (Homage to the Clear Water)
Music Director Roman Diaz; Artistic Director Felix "Pupy" Insua
3:30-5:00 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor Musicians and performers from Cuba and the United States provide amusical journey of Cuban music with religious music, songs, and dances from the Yoruba, Congo, Carabali, and Dahomey folkloric traditions.
----------------
Day 3: Saturday, December 31
Kwanzaa Principle: Kuumba
(Creativity)
Kwanzaa Marketplace1:00-5:00 pm
77th Street Lobby, first floor Enjoy the fantastic array of wearable goods, books, and other Afrocentric merchandise.
Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble
1:00-2:15 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
Musical director A'Ma Sakura Ka and the Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble perform African percussion, dance, martial arts, and spokenword
.Mbira Making Workshop
2:15-3:45 pm
Rose Center Classroom, second floor
Make and learn to tune a mbira, an African instrument played withthe thumbs and/or fingers, with instructor Kevin Nathaniel.
Indoda's Music Instrument Demonstration
2:45-3:15 pm
Linder Theater, first floor
Join a discussion and demonstration of the various African percussion instruments the Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble play.
Cherokee Folktales
3:00-3:30 pm
Leonhardt People Center, second floor
Taalibah "Blue Sky" Reape, of Cherokee and African-American ancestry, interprets traditional Cherokee folktales with a uniqueand interactive style.
Asase Yaa Dance Theatre
3:30-4:30 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
Dedicated to "living the culture," this New York City-based company travels throughout West Africa to study indigenous music and dance traditions in order to create ballets, connecting what they have learned to the African-American experience.
Closing Ceremony
4:30-5:00 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor"Lift Every Voice" led by Jacqueline Williams Pageantry of African Kings and Queens. Designs by June Terry Audience participation: Rosa Parks ancestoral libation
All programs subject to change. For more information, please visithttp://www.amnh.org/programs/specials/kwanzaa/.
Programming Consultant: Clairesa Clay
All programs are free with suggested Museum admission. Neither tickets nor reservations are required. Seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. For further information, call theMuseum's Department of Education at 212-769-5315 between 9:00 a.m.and 5:00 p.m. weekdays.It is recommended that you arrive in plenty of time to enter the Museum and locate the program space. A three-story parking garage isopen during Museum hours; enter from West 81st Street. For publictransportation, call 212-769-5100.Global Weekends are made possible, in part, by The Coca-Cola Company, the City of New York, and the New York City Council. Additional support has been provided by the May and Samuel RudinFamily Foundation, Inc., the Tolan Family, and the family of Frederick H. Leonhardt.
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