The Black Gotham Experience welcomes you to our 2023 programming with our Summer Season themed, Black Vision Day!
Nerdy Thursdays “The Sun Rises in the East” | 7.20.23 | 6:30-9:30pm
Join us as Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa will host a conversation about their awarded timely film The Sun Rises in the East.
When: Thursday, July 20th 2023
Where: BGX Gallery // 192 Front Street, NY, NY 10038
Nerdy Thursdays “Sports and Spades” | 7.27.23|6:30-9:30pm
Join us 07.27.23 for a conversation on All Things WNBA with Brittnay L. Proctor and BGX member Kei Williams. Along with sports talk, we’ll carry on the nature of competition with spades (BGX House Rules in effect).
When: Thursday, July 27th, 2023
Where: BGX Gallery // 192 Front Street, NY, NY 10038
Nerdy Thursdays “Black Comics Trivia” | 8.3.23|6:30-9:30pm
When: Thursday August 3rd
Where: Begins at BGX Gallery // 192 Front Street, NY, NY 10038
kuzaliwa| 8.12.23 | 3pm – 4:30pm
When: Saturday August 12th
Where: Meet up in front of The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th in Harlem
FIGHTING DARK | 8.9.23| 6pm – 7:30pm
FIGHTING DARK speaks to a dark side of American history as well as the dark-skinned people who have been impacted by it, especially the Black New Yorkers who fled in the dark of night during the 1863 riots and those who enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War in what was called the “Colored Troops 20th Infantry” from New York City. This walk draws out lessons on how Black people find resilience in the face of racial violence. Tickets required.
When: Wednesday August 9th
Where: Meet up at 52 Chambers Street
Nerdy Thursdays “Hip Hop Dedication” | 8.10.23| 6:30-9:30pm
When: Thursday, August 10th 2023
Where: BGX Gallery // 192 Front Street, NY, NY 10038
Nerdy Thursdays “They Belong to All of Us” | 8.17.23|6:30-9:30pm
When: Thursday, August 17th 2023
Where: BGX Gallery // 192 Front Street, NY, NY 10038
Citizen Hope| 8.18.23|6pm – 7:30pm
Citizen Hope is one of BGX’s final public walking tours. Situated in the temporal space of the revolutionary era circa mid to late 18th to mid 19th centuries, and traversing three different geographical locales along the trans Atlantic slave trade, including North America, France and Saint Domingo (now Haiti), Citizen Hope examines the contributions that enslaved people made to the modern notion of freedom, rights, and citizenship, while also grappling with the contradictory nature of these terms, particularly as it pertains to the black diaspora within the Black Atlantic.
When: Friday August 18th
Where: Begins at BGX Gallery // 192 Front Street, NY, NY 10038
Other Side of Wall Street | 8.25.23 |6pm – 7:30pm
The first of five in the core stories of the Black Gotham Experience starts in 1643 with the beginning of a small town known as Land of the Blacks right outside the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. By 1655, the Land of the Blacks was over twice the size of SoHo today and it continued to exist after the English take the island from the Dutch, making it the first free Black community in New York. This walking tour explains how this community started and how it continued to exist into the 18th century. Other Side of Wall Street concludes on the first day of British New York in September 1664. Tickets required.
When: Friday, August 25th 2023
Where: Meet up is at Washington Square Park under the Arch
State of Mirrors| 8.26.23|6pm – 7:30pm
The finale of the five core stories of the Black Gotham Experience starts in New York City 1862. The United States of America is deeply divided on the matter of slavery and what to do with millions of Black people who are demanding freedom along with their European allies. State of Mirrors illustrates how the founding of the original states and the expansion of the country, similar to New York State, have connections to the African Diaspora. Simultaneously, this story follows how New York City, which is the nation’s first Capital, sets a tone for future generations that will replace true origin stories with mythologies that justify inequality.
When: Saturday August 26th
Where: Begins at BGX Gallery // 192 Front Street, NY, NY 10038
