Tra'Scapades

I'm looking forward to tonight's film screening and conversation with artist @helina.metaferia and curator @justkimberly at @neuehouse. Meet me there.

Reposted from @superpositiongallery Join us on June 9th at NeueHouse Madison Square for a night of film, art, and conversation.

“Our Songs: By Way of Revolution” is a short documentary rooted in Helina Metaferia’s interdisciplinary practice — a tribute to Black and Brown femmes whose resistance is creative, collective, and full of care. The film is directed by Alex J. Bledsoe for Breaktide Productions, produced by Jalena Keane-Lee, and executive produced by Helina Metaferia.

The screening will be followed by a conversation between the artist and curator Kimberly Drew.

7–10pm | 110 E 25th St, New York

RSVP: [email protected]

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Hey NYC - @lincolncenter's Annual #SummerForTheCity events series kicks off this week!

Reposted from @lincolncenter

Join us all summer long for hundreds of FREE and Choose-What-You-Pay concerts, events, silent discos, and so much more. This week's lineup includes dead prez, Big Umbrella Day, and a Gorgeous Gorgeous silent disco!

FREE Fast Track reservations are available NOW for this week’s events. Check out LincolnCenter.org/FastTrack or our #LinkInBio to learn more and make your reservations for access to the Fast Track priority line. (Note: These events also have plenty of first-come, first-served general admission spots. No Fast Track required!)

Tonight! Game 3 of the 2026 @NBA Finals @NYKnicks @Spurs at @thegarden (June 8, 8:30 PM ET).

🎨✍️🏾 by artist @popephoenix its crazy when art imitates life but the other way around? WILD LETS GO KNICKS. 2 down 2 to go!

Our @Prince Rogers Nelson was born 68 years ago today, June 7. Although he didn't celebrate b'earthdays, we'll celebrate his life and musical legacy tonight on the dancefloor with @djspinna at the @goodroombk!

I miss him, still...

✍️🏾reposted from @djspinna

SOUL SLAM *Annual Tribute Celebration Of ☔️PRINCE’s☔️ Life & Musical Legacy 

🎼 DJ SPINNA On The Decks All Night!

🗓️SUNDAY June 7, 2026

📍@ GOOD ROOM - 98 Meserole Avenue • Greenpoint - BK NY

Doors: 6pm-Till Late / 21+ (w) Proper ID

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More Info & 🎫 Visit: www.DjSpinna.com

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Presented By: @djspinna + @keistarproductions

Once again it’s on! If you know you know, if you don’t come and find out with the rest of the PURPLE SQUAD! Let’s Work! 💜☔️ 🎸

Join Us On SUNDAY 6•7•26 For ★💜PRINCE!💜★ w/ Yours Truly! Get Tix🎫Here <https://tinyurl.com/y75c6wjd>

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Flyer design: @unknownpleathers

#BlackMusicMonth

@earthwindandfire is one of the greatest (and my favorite) bands ever! Did y'all watch their new documentary that premiered tonight on @hbomax?

Reposted from @hbodocs

"The music you know. The story you don’t. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson @questlove tells the story of the Grammy-award winning band chronicling their evolution, highs and lows, spiritual meaning, and lasting legacy. #EarthWindandFireHBO premieres June 7 on @HBOMax

NYC #HouseMusic Lovers! WE OUTSIDE dancing & celebrating our culture & community this weekend!

🗓Today, June 6:

🔸️The 2nd Annual BROOKLYN IS HOUSE: Generations of Groove honoring NYC DJs & culture workers @djstorminnorman @kamalamuse @afflickted @miaphillips535 @therealrayhandsnyc @evelyn_style_icon

Sponsored by NYC Council Member @ChiOssé

🕑 2PM – 7PM

📍Herbert Von King Park, 670 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn

🔸️The 5th Annual Tribute to the legendary DJ Carlos Sanchez with music by @camerondadj @deccadance_records @djserge_negri @djspinna

⏰ 2PM – 8PM

📍@mosbarandlounge MO’s Bar & Lounge, 80 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn

🔸️The 3rd Annual Family Affair Block Party & After Party with vinyl sets by @djevildee @xplargepro @djace1200 @dj_bles_sed @snipsmusic @dj360nyc @bklynwins @maestro.chris @dj_administer

Co-presented by @prospectheightsopenstreets @bierwax @canyoudigitnyc @lyricistlounge #vanderbiltopenstreets

🕑 12PM–8PM

📍@bierwax Bierwax, 556 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn

🗓 Tomorrow, June 7:

🔸️@Frontyard.FM Presents Hot Music In The Park with music by @djtaranyc @saintjamesjoy, Soul Sugar, Professa Prince & the Frontyard FM crew

🕑 2PM

📍Herbert Von King Park, 670 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn

🎨 Big Chief #DemondMelancon

@qadamawi “SAY HER NAME” 2021

Glass Beads & Rhinestone on Canvas

✍️🏾 reposted from @africanarchives Today would have been Breonna Taylor’s 33rd birthday. For many people across America and around the world, her name became a symbol of the larger conversation about justice, policing, and the value of Black lives.

Breonna Taylor was born in 1993 in Louisville, KY. Friends and family described her as caring, ambitious, funny, and deeply committed to helping others. She worked as an emergency room technician and had dreams of becoming a nurse. During the COVID era especially, many people reflected on the fact that she was one of the healthcare workers helping care for others while building a future for herself.

On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor was killed during a late night police raid at her apartment. The incident sparked national outrage after details surrounding the warrant, the police operation, and the lack of immediate accountability became public. Her death quickly became one of the defining moments of the modern civil rights movement alongside widespread protests against racial injustice and police violence.

What made Breonna Taylor’s story resonate so deeply with many people was how ordinary her life was. She was not famous. She was not a politician or celebrity. She was a young Black woman working, planning for her future, spending time with loved ones, and trying to build a life like millions of others. That reality forced many Americans to confront uncomfortable questions about race, justice, and safety in their own country.

Her name also brought more attention to the role Black women have played in movements for justice, even though their stories are often overlooked in mainstream conversations. Across social media, protests, murals and community gatherings, people continued repeating her name to make sure she would not simply become another forgotten headline.

Today’s Google Doodle features #KameirahJohnson’s artwork, "Hair Power: The Crown That Grows from Us," the winner of the 2026 Doodle for Google contest. CONGRATULATIONS KAMEIRAH! We were so excited to vote and root FOR YOU!

Reposted from @google (June 4, 2026) We are thrilled to announce the national winner of this year’s Doodle for Google competition 🏆👑

Out of thousands of entries from brilliant students nationwide, Kameirah received the most votes from the public and our judges to take the top spot. In celebration of her achievement, she has been awarded a $55,000 college scholarship alongside a $50,000 technology package for her school to help inspire the next generation of creators. Congratulations, Kameirah!

Check out the #GoogleDoodle today to see Kameirah’s winning masterpiece, Hair Power: The Crown That Grows From Us.

Artist: Lamar Bailey @mann_made.art

Art: TAKE THE SHOT, 2026

24” x 18”

Mixed Media Collage on Panel

🎨 Reposted from @tanyaweddemiregallery

NYC Music Lovers! We have so many fantastic events happening this first week of #BlackMusicMonth 2026!

🗓 Thursday, June 4:

🔸️BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! @briccelebratebk 2026 Season Opener featuring the legendary @sheilae, @leonknightsucks and @DJSpinna

📍The Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park @prospect_park, 141 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, 11215

🕕 Doors at 6:00 PM; Show at 7:00 PM

🔸️Jamz and Conversation with the iconic producer Jimmy Jam @flytetymejam

📍Sony Hall @sonyhall, 235 W. 46th Street, NYC 10036

🕕 Doors at 6:00 PM; Show at 8:00 PM.

🎟 Tickets: www.SonyHall.com

🔸️ Carnegie Hall Citywide @carnegiehall Presents @GatewaysBrassCollective free outdoor performance

📍Times Square, Broadway Plaza (between 45th and 46th streets)

🕓 4:00 PM

🗓 Friday, June 5:

🔸️Valerie Simpson Presents Revelation & Jubilation: A Symphony Of Spirit featuring @damiensneed and the Orchestra of Tomorrow with special guests @officialtwinkieclark, @matthewwhitakerofficial, Phylicia Rashad, Kim Burrell and more

📍The Town Hall @townhallnyc

123 W. 43rd Street, NYC, 10036

🕗 8:00 PM

🎟 Tickets: www.thetownhall.org

HAPPY #BlackMusicMonth

🖼✍️🏾reposted from @naimagram @musicsermon We back! 

And I know I’m mad late for Day 1…again. 

The Roots picnic gotta stop happening around the 1st of June! (But my bad).  

I now declare the 2026 Black Music Month Challenge ON AND POPPING. 🪩

Y'all know the drill: I post each prompt here with the graphic daily around noon (!)

Use the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge hashtag and tag @musicsermon in your response, jump in the post replies, engage, have fun!!  For those of y'all multi platform folks, the challenge is also on Threads (@musicsermon) and back on X (@naima). I’m going to get on IG live tomorrow so we can have a little family refresher about how the challenge runs. Amen? 

Note: All the prompts you see with an “*” this year were submitted by members of the #MusicSermon community - y’all had some good ones! I’ll tag you in your prompt when I post it. 

I saw @baldsheagle’s prompt and knew it was the best place to start! (Thanks Alicia!)

For Day 1, share a song you would play for someone to introduce them to Black music.

My response: "On And On" by Gladys Knight and the Pips!

Y'all, I'm in my feelings that another part of our childhood joy and musical memories has passed on.

Read more about Foster at @eurweb: https://eurweb.com/foster-sylvers-dies/

"According to Leon Sylvers III, Foster had been battling prostate cancer that had metastasized to other parts of his body.

The loss marks the passing of one of the most recognizable members of the famed Sylvers family, whose contributions to R&B, soul and funk music helped shape an era and influence generations of artists that followed."

🎥📷✍️🏾 reposted from @djsoulsister Everyone’s going to be posting clips of “Misdemeanor,” and they should!

But I’ll never forget the first time I heard this (slide 1) and Foster’s voice blending with his sisters Pat and Angie. The Sylvers harmonies have always stopped me in my tracks, and this one’s no exception.

May soulful pioneer Foster Sylvers rest in peace. My sincerest condolences go to his family.

1. 🎶 “Only My Love is True” - Foster Sylvers, with Pat and Angie Sylvers, 1973

2. 🎶 “Misdemeanor” on Soul Train - Foster Sylvers, with Pat and Angie Sylvers, 1973

3. 🎶 “Come Back Lover” - The Sylvers, with Foster Sylvers on lead vocals, 1981

#NewExhibit

Haitian-Canadian artist Laurena Finéus' debut solo exhibition 𝒞𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈: 𝒜 𝒮𝓎𝓂𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇/𝒦ò𝓁è is on view at Fridman Gallery now through June 19, 2026. Electro-acoustic group TAK Ensemble will perform inside the exhibit tomorrow, May 31st, 7:30PM

📍Fridman Gallery, 169 Bowery, NYC 10002

🎟 www.fridmangallery.com

🖼✍️🏾 reposted from @fridmangallery Balancing between abstraction and realism, Haitian-Canadian painter Laurena Finéus [@laurenafineus] captures a liminal, evolving landscape as a metaphor for our enduring quest for freedom.

Finéus’ new body of work unfolds in dialogue with Marie Vieux Chauvet’s 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳 and the figure of La Femme Désordre (The Disorderly Woman), staging a quiet rebellion. Silenced yet seething, composed yet volatile, her anti-heroine interrogates the construction of the role of a “revolutionary hero”, often stripped of desire, or contradiction.

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Join us this Sunday, May 31, for a special performance by 𝚃𝙰𝙺 𝙴𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎 ( @takensemble ), one of the world’s premier ensembles for innovative electro-acoustic music. 

The concert will take place within 𝒞𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈: 𝒜 𝒮𝓎𝓂𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇/𝒦ò𝓁è, an exhibition by Haitian-Canadian painter Laurena Finéus ( @laurenafineus ), whose layered canvases depict a liminal, evolving landscape shaped by seasonal rains, earthquakes, and fragile infrastructure as a metaphor for our enduring quest for freedom.

TAK Ensemble will perform two works: Weston Olencki’s 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, an exploration of the histories, myths, and cultural impact of electricity through experimental sound and archival research; and Michelle Lou’s 𝘐𝘕 𝘈 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘌𝘚𝘛, an immersive vocal work that creates an eight-channel sonic landscape of synthetic and organic sound, moving from mourning toward hope through live processing and rich harmonic textures.

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#LaurenaFinéus

If I speak to you in anger, at least I have spoken to you

2026, Oil, mica, ink, pigment, and acrylic on canvas

48 x 36 in.

NYC @sade lovers! @soulremedy_music Presents: "Steeped In Sade" with @k.tea.mp3

🗓 Tonight, Friday, May 29

🕖 7PM-10PM

📍@silenceplease, 132 Bowery Floor 2, NYC 10013

🎟 @resident_advisor 🔗 in @k.tea.mp3 BIO

🖼✍️🏾 reposted from @k.tea.mp3 The long awaited, highly requested in-person version of Steeped in #Sade is finally happening May 29th at @silenceplease NYC. ❤️🥰

This special edition of Soul Remedy is a guided listening session dedicated to the music and legacy of #Sade. Throughout the evening, I’ll be playing selections from Sade’s catalog ranging from iconic records, remixes, full demo’s, deep cuts & related music while briefly sharing stories, history, and context about the band, their artistry, and the music itself, a chance to expand off my recent lot radio show.

The event will take place inside #SilencePleaseNYC, A HI-FI listening room, tea house and record shop ( @dutyfreerecords ) in Manhattan.

Guests are encouraged to dress sophisticated and come ready to listen, mingle, and enjoy Sade’s music together on a high fidelity sound system. Be excited to be around like-minded “cool cats” 😁

Tickets available now through the link in my bio. Very Limited capacity.

Soul Remedy

🗓 tonight, May 29 • 🕡 6:30 PM

📍Bronx Documentary Center Annex, 364 E. 151st Street Bronx

🎟 Free. Suggested donation $5

📷✍️🏾 reposted from @bronxdocumentarycenter Join us at the BDC for a screening of @alltheladiessay, the groundbreaking Bgirl documentary inspired by @nikakramer's and @marthacoopergram’s iconic photobook "We B*Girlz". Directed by veteran Bgirl @larokafella, the film follows female breakdancers across the United States while exploring identity, motherhood, and representation within Hip-hop culture.

Following the screening, @larokafella, @marthacoopergram, and film subjects @ladychampion1 and aikoshirakawathe1 will join us for a conversation. Special guest appearances by Bgirls @mantis_360 and G Clef (@geraldinahnitko), who will perform a dance demo.

Thank you to @thirdworldnewsreel

🖼✍️🏾 Reposted from @bronxdocumentarycenter TONIGHT, May 27 • 6:30 PM - Join us at the BDC this evening, for a screening of @guardian's Emmy-nominated film 'Give Me Shelter', following survivor-turned-advocate Tina Frundt as she confronts the growing link between child exploitation and social media.

Following the screening, director @tomsilverstone and producer Mei-Ling McNamara will take part in a conversation, moderated by the Guardian's multimedia editor for special projects, @loztopham, who also executive produced the film.

📍 BDC, 614 Courtlandt Ave, Bronx

🗓 Wed, May 27 • 6:30 PM

🎟 Free and open to all - Please RSVP at the link in bio 🔗www.bronxdoc.org

📸 © @guardian_us

✍️🏾 🖼 reposted from @Bronx Council on the Arts The weather is warm and we are outside! BCA-supported artists and organizations and our cultural partners are bringing incredible events to our communities across the borough.

May 20 at 6PM at El Barrio’s Artspace - The Bata Project. In her debut solo exhibition, Puerto Rican artist and BCA board member Leenda Bonilla deconstructs the bata—the house dress that serves as the unofficial uniform, armor, and sanctuary for generations of Caribbean matriarchs.

May 22 at 6:30PM at Bronx Documentary Center - Pop-Up Transit Series Exhibition featuring five photographers who examine New York City’s transit system through the quiet, repetitive rhythms of movement, observation, and fleeting connection.

May 27 at The Point CDC - a FREE multidisciplinary workshop series blending dance, songwriting, creativity, and Bronx culture, culminating in a live performance at the 22nd Annual Hunts Point Fish Parade & Arts Festival on June 20!

May 28 at 7PM at The Bronx Beer Hall - POETRY & POTIONS: BORICUA PRIDE EDITION: Puerto Rican artistry, storytelling, resilience, rhythm, and joy with an incredible lineup of featured artists rooted in culture and community hosted by BCA grantee Nicco Diaz.

May 28 - July 16 at 10AM at South Playground - Join Community Engagement Grant (CEG) grantee Silver Shoes Dance Club for this FREE 8-week program for Adults 55+. Learn the basics of social and line dancing. Enjoy making new friends while having fun outside!

May 29 at 6:30PM at Bronx Documentary Center - Join the BDC for a screening of “All the Ladies Slay". Directed by veteran Bgirl and BCA grantee Rokafella. Following the screening, Rokafella and Martha Cooper will have a conversation + Q&A.

May 30 at 1PM at Concrete Plant Park - BRONX INDIGENOUS FUTURISMS' 9th annual gathering, hosted by BCA grantee Caridad De La Luz aka La Bruja.

June 6 at 12PM at Museum of Bronx History - Join for an afternoon of art, food, and community. Together, guests will each paint a small wooden canvas that will come together to create one larger collective artwork.

June 19 at 4PM at Van Courtlandt Park - Outdoor celebration of Juneteenth at the Van Cortlandt House Museum.