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YIZKOR: Third Annual Mass Public Ritual of Remembrance, Refusal, and Recommitment ASL Interpretation providedMonday, 09/...
09/04/2026

YIZKOR: Third Annual Mass Public Ritual of Remembrance, Refusal, and Recommitment

ASL Interpretation provided

Monday, 09/21st
3:30 PM - 5:30 pm

This Yom Kippur, though our grief, outrage & despair, let us turn our most holy of holy days into collective atonement and action.

IN-PERSON Conversation: artists Adam Pendleton and Theaster Gates: Honoring and Remembering Pope.L Thursday, 09/10th at ...
09/04/2026

IN-PERSON Conversation: artists Adam Pendleton and Theaster Gates: Honoring and Remembering Pope.L

Thursday, 09/10th at 6:30 PM
ASL Interpreter

"To mark anything is to create a difference, maybe a world, maybe a wound, certainly an act," wrote Pope.L (1955–2023), an artist for whom drawing was never merely a medium but a mode of thinking about the world.

Join us in our galleries on September 10 for a special conversation with artists Adam Pendleton and Theaster Gates in remembering and honoring their friend William Pope.L and his profound contributions as a visionary artist, teacher, and performer.

There will be priority seating for live ASL interpretation at this event.

SCREENING: 9/11: FEAR IN SILENCE – THE FORGOTTEN UNDERDOGS Friday, 09/11th at Angel of Harlem6 PM - 9 PM25 Years Later. ...
08/26/2026

SCREENING: 9/11: FEAR IN SILENCE – THE FORGOTTEN UNDERDOGS

Friday, 09/11th at Angel of Harlem
6 PM - 9 PM

25 Years Later. Their Story Still Matters.

Join us for a powerful evening of remembrance, history, and community.

🎬 Jade Bryan’s Award-Winning Documentary

9/11: FEAR IN SILENCE – THE FORGOTTEN UNDERDOGS

This award-winning documentary shines a light on the experiences of Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind survivors during one of America’s darkest days.

“When information is not accessible for Deaf/Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind people, then ignorance kills.” — Jade Bryan

Written, Produced, & Directed by Jade Bryan
Edited by Jade Bryan & Adrean Mangiardi
Narrated by Sheree Devereaux
Music Composed and Performed by Mark Taylor
Director of Photography by Damon Tidwell & Maleni Chaitoo

Immediately Following the Film

🔥 BASL LIT® SLAM!
‘Where Were You During 9/11?’

A live poetry slam celebrating Deaf voices, storytelling, resilience, and community.

📅 Friday, September 11, 2026

🍸Happy Hour: 6:00 PM
🕖 Film Begins: 7:00 PM

📍 Angel of Harlem
2272 Frederick Douglass Blvd.
Harlem, NY 10027

🎟 Admission: $10 (RSVP early. Space limited)
🍿 FREE Popcorn
🎥 Screening run time: 90 minutes

Everyone is welcome—Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, CODAs, ASL signers, families, friends, and allies.

Come remember. Come learn. Come connect. Come celebrate the resilience of our community.

Synopsis

9/11: Fear in Silence – The Forgotten Underdogs is a compelling, award-winning documentary about Deaf and Hard of Hearing people who became the first citizens shut out from outside communication and left in the dark, and the last to receive critical information or be led to safety during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Through firsthand accounts and powerful storytelling, the film exposes how inaccessible emergency communication placed lives at greater risk and serves as a lasting reminder that accessibility is not a luxury—it is a matter of life and death.

More information about the film. https://www.jadefilm.com/911-fear-in-silence

The Action Lab’s Harry Belafonte Fellowship Friday, 08/28th6 PM - 10 PMThe Action Lab’s Harry Belafonte Fellowship brin...
08/25/2026

The Action Lab’s Harry Belafonte Fellowship

Friday, 08/28th
6 PM - 10 PM

The Action Lab’s Harry Belafonte Fellowship brings one of hip-hop’s most enduring civic voices to the Bandshell. Common’s prolific discography spans the ‘90s to the present day. Between releasing albums and authoring books, he has received an Oscar, a Grammy, and an Emmy for his creative work, all the while working tirelessly as an activist dedicated to social justice. Join us for an event that is as much a cultural moment as a concert.

This event is part of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, New York City’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival.

08/24/2026

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

Saturday, 08/29 (ASL Interpreted)
5 PM - 10 PM

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Presents: Dominican Night at the Bandshell

This event is part of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, New York City’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival.

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! - YOLA Saturday, 08/156 PM - 10 PM (Interpreted)Yola headlines our America 250 celebration, sp...
08/11/2026

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! - YOLA

Saturday, 08/15
6 PM - 10 PM (Interpreted)

Yola headlines our America 250 celebration, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Grammy-nominated British Nigerian singer-songwriter is one of today’s most essential voices. From portraying Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the silver screen and Persephone on Broadway in HadesTown, Yola will deliver an electrifying live set. She’s joined by acclaimed roots songster Dom Flemons and the Traveling Wildfires, and Brooklyn Americana star Cleo Reed, whose debut album Cuntry is subverting the yeehaw agenda.

This event is part of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, New York City’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival.

ASL DrawNow! Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L (in-person) Saturday 08/08 at Wooster StreetJoin us on Saturday,...
08/04/2026

ASL DrawNow! Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L (in-person)

Saturday 08/08 at Wooster Street

Join us on Saturday, August 8, for a free, in-person participatory drawing workshop presented in American Sign Language (ASL) and inspired by Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L.

A visionary artist, teacher, and performer, Pope.L transformed drawing into a space of humorous critique, challenging audiences to see and think differently about the systems that dominate how we interpret the world around us. Known primarily for his performance, installation, and text-based art, drawing remained a throughline in his practice: a testing ground for ideas and a site for play and contradiction. Certainly an Act brings together more than two-hundred works by Pope.L ranging from the early 1980s to the artist’s final years.

Please note this in-person workshop, hosted by teaching artists Nic Annette Miller and Mava, will be in ASL with no voice interpretation. It is free and open to the signing community.
The workshop takes place in the Drawing Center galleries during public hours.

UNTITLED SKETCH SHOW & BASL LIT® SLAM! FUNDRAISER & SCREENING Thursday, 08/137 PM - 9 PMJADE FILMS & ENTERTAINMENT PRESE...
08/03/2026

UNTITLED SKETCH SHOW & BASL LIT® SLAM! FUNDRAISER & SCREENING

Thursday, 08/13
7 PM - 9 PM

JADE FILMS & ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

Fundraiser • Short Screening • Poetry Slam

UNTITLED SKETCH SHOW

Created by Jade Bryan

Help Us Finish the Story
Support Black Deaf Storytelling

A bold new comedy by Black Deaf Writers.

📅 Thursday, August 13, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM

📍 Angel of Harlem
2272 Frederick Douglass Blvd.
New York, NY 10027 (@ 122nd Street)

🎟️ Admission
$15 by August 10
$20 at the Door

Cash App/Venmo: JadeFilmsCo

Join Us For:

* 🎥 Short Screening
* 🎤 Poetry Slam
* 🤟 ASL & BASL Stories
* 🥂 Socializing & Networking

BASL LIT® SLAM!

“Get It Poppin, Keep It Lit, &Slam in Style! Do It for the Culture!”

🌐 www.jadefilm.com

Exhibition Tour of Ash Fure: ANIMAL [a listening gym] Friday, 08/07 at the Pioneer Works in Brooklyn7 PM - 8:30 PMJoin P...
08/02/2026

Exhibition Tour of Ash Fure: ANIMAL [a listening gym]

Friday, 08/07 at the Pioneer Works in Brooklyn
7 PM - 8:30 PM

Join Pioneer Works for a ASL tour of ANIMAL [a listening gym], a sensory-intensive environment that renders the body a conduit for sound. Conceived by artist and composer Ash Fure in collaboration with architect Xavi L. Aguirre (stock-a-studio), the installation riffs on the spatial and behavioral logics of gyms, reimagining athletic equipment as a series of sonic sculptures activated through friction, pressure, and movement. The tour will be guided by Jeremy Lee Stone and Nic Annette Miller.

About the Guides

Jeremy Lee Stone is an educator, cultural consultant, and advocate whose work bridges the worlds of art, film, and inclusion. As an educator, he inspires audiences to explore American Sign Language as both a vibrant language and a powerful form of human connection, fostering greater understanding of Deaf culture and the arts. Stone has collaborated with leading filmmakers, artists, and institutions to advance authentic Deaf representation and inclusive storytelling.

Nic Annette Miller is an artist, designer, and cultural producer whose work stretches across mediums to enhance visual storytelling. Miller’s speciality in print, media, and design with a social practice has led to extensive experience producing educational programs and research projects with a variety of arts organizations, productions, museums, and university institutions. Passionate about expanding access to the arts, Miller develops projects and programs that include diverse perspectives, stemming from her multilingual background, to foster meaningful dialogue across communities.

Lincoln Center: Inside the Music Wednesday, 08/057:30 PM(Caption & Interpreted)Jonathon Heyward, conductorHannah Ishizak...
08/01/2026

Lincoln Center: Inside the Music

Wednesday, 08/05
7:30 PM

(Caption & Interpreted)

Jonathon Heyward, conductor

Hannah Ishizaki Change Thy Course (Commission, World Premiere)
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1, “Spring”

New to classical music? Start here! The evening opens with a new work by rising composer Hannah Ishizaki, written in response to Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 1. Conductor Jonathon Heyward then joins Ishizaki on stage for a conversation about the inspiration behind the piece and its connection to Schumann’s music. Through discussion and musical excerpts from both works, audiences are invited into the creative process and the artistic dialogue between composer and orchestra. The evening culminates with a performance of Schumann’s Symphony No. 1 in its entirety, bringing the journey full circle. No prior knowledge required—just come ready to listen, learn, and experience the music in a new way! This performance features ASL interpretation (visual vernacular) and closed captions.

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