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This necklace is made of waist beads from the Ivory Coast.  The center bead is made by the Baule people and in the lost wax method with 6-8 karat gold that is sometimes referred to as "fetish...
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Celebrate Congo! Basket Making at the Bronx Zoo

July 4, 2009 TIME 11:00am - 4:00pm

Free with admission. The scheduled times for each 20-minute workshop are: 11:00 am, 11:40 am, 1:00 pm, 1:40 pm, 2:20 pm, 3:00 pm and 3:40 pm.  Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo is hosting ten days of craft making workshops...

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Museum for African Art co-sponsoring SummerStage with Oumou Sangare, Les Nubians, and ASa

July 5, 2009 TIME 3:00pm - 7:00pm

FREE; Central Park SummerStage is located at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Enter the park at 69th Street and 5th Avenue on the east side or at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the west side. An outstanding day of music featuring three pioneering...

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Sandbox Dance Program co-presented with the Central Park Conservancy

July 7, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 3:00pm

FREE, Location: Rudin Family Playground (W 96th)In collaboration with the Central Park Conservancy, Michael Wimberly teaches us to play electrifying rhythms on hand percussion instruments and to create your very own African-inspired dance. This...

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Celebrate Congo! Beads and Adornment at the Bronx Zoo

July 10, 2009 TIME 11:00am - 4:00pm

Free with admission. The scheduled times for each 20-minute workshop are: 11:00 am, 11:40 am, 1:00 pm, 1:40 pm, 2:20 pm, 3:00 pm and 3:40 pm.  Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo is hosting ten days of craft making workshops...

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Celebrate Congo! Beads and Adornment at the Bronx Zoo

July 11, 2009 TIME 11:00am - 4:00pm

Free with admission. The scheduled times for each 20-minute workshop are: 11:00 am, 11:40 am, 1:00 pm, 1:40 pm, 2:20 pm, 3:00 pm and 3:40 pm.  Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo is hosting ten days of craft making workshops...

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Sandbox Dance Program co-presented with the Central Park Conservancy

July 14, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 3:00pm

FREE, Location: West 110th Street Playground (W 110th)In collaboration with the Central Park Conservancy, Michael Wimberly teaches us to play electrifying rhythms on hand percussion instruments and to create your very own African-inspired dance....

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Celebrate Congo! Mask Making at the Bronx Zoo

July 17, 2009 TIME 11:00am - 4:00pm

Free with admission. The scheduled times for each 20-minute workshop are: 11:00 am, 11:40 am, 1:00 pm, 1:40 pm, 2:20 pm, 3:00 pm and 3:40 pm.  Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo is hosting ten days of craft making workshops...

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Celebrate Brooklyn: African Festival

July 18, 2009 TIME Doors at 1:00pm

Prospect Park BandshellInside Prospect Park at Prospect Park West and 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY  The MfAA will participate in this annual full day of food, clothing, crafts and music from across the African continent.  Major performers...

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Celebrate Congo! Basket Making at the Bronx Zoo

July 18, 2009 TIME 11:00am - 4:00pm

Free with admission. The scheduled times for each 20-minute workshop are: 11:00 am, 11:40 am, 1:00 pm, 1:40 pm, 2:20 pm, 3:00 pm and 3:40 pm.  Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo is hosting ten days of craft making workshops...

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Museum for African Art co-sponsoring SummerStage with Mafrika Festival featuring Alpha Blondy & The Solar System, Lee "Scratch" Perry & Dubblestandart, and Subatomic Sound System

July 19, 2009 TIME 3:00pm - 7:00pm

Suggested Donation $5. Central Park SummerStage is located at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Enter the park at 69th Street and 5th Avenue on the east side or at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the west side. These two charismatic and political...

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Sandbox Dance Program co-presented with the Central Park Conservancy

July 21, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 3:00pm

FREE, Location: Heckscher Playground (W 63rd)In collaboration with the Central Park Conservancy, Michael Wimberly teaches us to play electrifying rhythms on hand percussion instruments and to create your very own African-inspired dance. This six...

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Harlem Week: "A Great Day in Harlem" Family Unity Day

July 26, 2009 TIME 11:00am - 8:00pm

FREE  Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Park, West 122nd Street & Riverside Drive The Museum for African Art will be co-sponsoring and participating in Family Unity Day.  Come visit our booth to talk to a Museum representative.

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Sandbox Dance Program co-presented with the Central Park Conservancy

July 28, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 3:00pm

FREE, Location: James Michael Levin Playground (E 76th)In collaboration with the Central Park Conservancy, Michael Wimberly teaches us to play electrifying rhythms on hand percussion instruments and to create your very own African-inspired...

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Sandbox Dance Program co-presented with the Central Park Conservancy

August 4, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 3:00pm

FREE, Location: Diana Ross Playground (W 81st)In collaboration with the Central Park Conservancy, Michael Wimberly teaches us to play electrifying rhythms on hand percussion instruments and to create your very own African-inspired dance. This...

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Museum for African Art co-sponsoring SummerStage with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and nathantrice/RITUALS dance theater

August 7, 2009 TIME 8:00pm - 10:00pm

FREE; Central Park SummerStage is located at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Enter the park at 69th Street and 5th Avenue on the east side or at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the west side. The accomplished modern dance company DCDC...

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Afternoon Concert at the Harlem Meer: Asase Yaa Entertainment Group

August 9, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 4:00pm

FREEInside Central Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues The MfAA is partnering with the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center of the Central Park Conservancy to present afternoon concerts as part of the Harlem Meer...

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Sandbox Dance Program co-presented with the Central Park Conservancy

August 11, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 3:00pm

FREE, Location: Robert Bendheim Playground (E 100th Street)In collaboration with the Central Park Conservancy, Michael Wimberly teaches us to play electrifying rhythms on hand percussion instruments and to create your very own African-inspired...

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Harlem Week: The Children's Festival

August 15, 2009 TIME 11:00am - 7:00pm

Henry Highland Garnett School Yard, 135th Street between Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd.The Museum is sponsoring and participating in Harlem Week 2009's Children's Festival.  Visit our table to make African inspired crafts...

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Perspectives: Women, Art and Islam Calligraphy Program for Kids

August 15, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 4:00pm

FREE Families will be able to learn the history of calligraphy and practice basic shapes to create their own beautiful masterpiece.Location: MoCADA 80 Hanson Place at South Portland in Downtown Brooklyn.

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Afternoon Concert at the Harlem Meer: New Amsterdam Musical Ensemble

August 16, 2009 TIME 2:00pm - 4:00pm

FREE Inside Central Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues The MfAA is partnering with the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center of the Central Park Conservancy to present afternoon concerts as part of the Harlem Meer...

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Harlem Week: The Children's Festival

August 16, 2009 TIME 11:00am - 7:00pm

Henry Highland Garnett School Yard, 135th Street between Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd.The Museum is sponsoring and participating in Harlem Week 2009's Children's Festival.  Visit our table to make African inspired crafts...

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Stories under the Elm Trees with the Central Park Conservancy

September 20, 2009 TIME 1:00pm - 2:00pm

FREE In the Children's Glade, inside Central Park at West 106th StreetFeaturing storyteller Onome Djere

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