NEW PALTZ – The Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Center (MWLC) and Unison Arts will celebrate Black History Month at two events in the coming weeks.
On Saturday, February 18th, from 6 to 8 p.m., MWLC and Unison Arts jointly present a concert of jazz standards by singer-songwriter Darius Beckford and pianist Jennifer Poroye. The suggested donation is $10 for adults or $5 for kids.
On the following Saturday, February 25th, from 4 to 6 p.m., the opening reception of “Soul Reflections,” an exhibition of photographs that reflect the lives of those of African ancestry within the Hudson River valley and across the diaspora. The show presents the work of the Soul Reflections Photography Collective—a group of photographers of color residing in Ulster County—and features work by Ben Eichert, Micah Fornari, Melanie Gonzalez, Maria Fernanda Hubeaut, Kristopher Johnson, and Michael Torres. It will run through April 2nd.
Both events will take place at Unison Arts, 68 Mountain Rest Rd in New Paltz.
The Margaret Wade-Lewis Center engages and empowers the community through cultural, educational, and wellness programming and seeks to restore the historic Ann Oliver House to be a center for historic collections and research by and about the black community.
Unison Arts is committed to a mission of bringing the arts to the center of community life. It accomplishes that mission through initiatives that focus on arts programming in the community, arts advocacy, and programs that nurture and support local artists and arts and cultural organizations.
For more information, please email info@mwlcenter.org or visit mwlcenter.org.
