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This event is in the past.It took place on October 26, 2023 at Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA).

A Strange Celestial Road: Book Launch and Conversation 1
Literature Talk
A Strange Celestial Road: Book Launch and Conversation 2
A Strange Celestial Road: Book Launch and Conversation 3
A Strange Celestial Road: Book Launch and Conversation 4

A Strange Celestial Road: Book Launch and Conversation

West Village

Ahmed Abdullah opens twenty years with Sun Ra like a time capsule. The Arkestra trumpeter's memoir captures loft jazz, Pan-Africanist Brooklyn, and the radical 1970s-80s scene through addiction, spirituality, and mentorship.

Music history
Book launch
Jazz heritage
1970s-80s NYC

Tips

📸over 50 pages of rare archival photos
♿wheelchairs available by advance request
🎺co-written with poet Louis Reyes Rivera

Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA)

225 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

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