Songs of the Living

EVENT CALENDAR

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

Tuesday 10/21 at 7pm

Waterways & Work Songs
with TOSHI REAGON
and special guest writer, scholar, and poet ALEXIS PAULINE GUMBS

The Carpenter’s Shop at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
Randall Manor, Staten Island
1000 Richmond Ter →

Bronxlandia

Thursday 10/23 at 7pm

Turntables Are a Must!
A Community Cypher

with BABA ISRAEL and DJ LEECY T

Bronxlandia
Hunts Point, The Bronx
910 Hunts Point Ave →

The Africa Center

Saturday 10/25 at 2pm

with THE SOAPBOX PRESENTS

The Africa Center
Harlem, Manhattan
1280 5th Ave →

 

National Sawdust

Tuesday 10/28 at 7pm

Field Recordings from Yousif Batil Camp: Aghani Albanat from the Warlines
with ALSARAH AND THE NUBATONES
and special guest NILE NIGHTS

National Sawdust
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
80 N 6th St →

Flushing Town Hall

Thursday 10/30 at 7pm

Toshi Reagon Meets the New York Arabic Chorus:
A Sonic Coming Together
with NEW YORK ARABIC CHORUS + TOSHI REAGON & BIGLovely

Flushing Town Hall
Flushing, Queens
137-35 Northern Blvd →

Another World

Monday 11/3 at 5:30pm

A New Song for Another World
with LIZZIE NO and AREWA BASIT

Another World
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
629 Nostrand Ave →

Weeksville Heritage Center

Thursday 11/6 at 7pm

A Sower Went Out to Sow Her Seed
with TOSHI REAGON and featuring songs and cast members from the opera Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower 

Weeksville Heritage Center
Weeksville, Brooklyn
158 Buffalo Ave →

Queens Public Library - Central Branch

Saturday 11/8 at 1pm

Story of the Sky
with MORLEY & CHRIS BRUCE “THE BRUCES” + TOSHI REAGON

QPL Central Branch – Children’s Library Discovery Center
Jamaica, Queens
89-11 Merrick Blvd →

Lincoln Center

You’re Having Too Much Fun So We’re Gonna Have to Kill You: A Life Journey in Disco 

with TOSHI REAGON
and special guests NONA HENDRYX and DJ BILL COLEMAN
Pre-show dance class with YASMINE LEE

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Upper West Side, Manhattan
1887 Broadway →

El Puente

Thursday 11/13 at 7pm

Songs for Los Sures
with TAINA ASILI and LEGACY WOMEN
and special guest visual artist MIGUEL LUCIANO

El Puente
Los Sures (Williamsburg), Brooklyn
211 S 4th St →

BAM

Sunday 11/16 at 7pm

Songs of the Living Finale: Mapping a Path Forward in Song
with TOSHI REAGON & FRIENDS

The Adam E. Max Gathering Space (BAMcafé) at BAM
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
30 Lafayette Ave →

Tickets for most events can be purchased HERE.

The event on 10/25 at The Africa Center will be a partially outdoor event and will be free, and first-come, first-served.

The event on 11/8 for children and their families at the Queens Public Library – Central Branch will be free and first-come, first-served.

The event on 11/11 at Lincoln Center is programmed as a part of the Lincoln Center Presents series of free events at the David Rubenstein Atrium, and will be free and first-come, first-served.

Tickets for the final, culminating event at BAM on 11/16 will go on sale at a later date.