{"id":50370,"date":"2015-01-15T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T12:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=50370"},"modified":"2015-01-12T14:35:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:35:42","slug":"a-celebration-honoring-dr-martin-luther-king-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=50370","title":{"rendered":"A CELEBRATION HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>01\/15\/2015 7pm<br \/>\nThe Greene Space<br \/>\n44 Charlton Street, New York, NY (corner of Varick Street)<br \/>\n<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Movement_Carousel_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[50370]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50371\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Movement_Carousel_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJoin us for an event dedicated to the ways in which social and civil rights movements can be expressed, pursued, and propelled through the arts and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Through live performances and lively conversation, we will explore the role of movement in activism during a celebration with a range of artists whose work has been influenced and inspired by the legacy of Dr. King.<\/p>\n<p>Co-hosted by WNYC\u2019s John Schaefer of Soundcheck and Wes Jackson, founder of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival.<\/p>\n<p>FEATURING:<\/p>\n<p>Dister \u2013 Dancer, Choreographer, and Visual Artist<br \/>\nLiza Jessie Peterson \u2013 Poet\/Actress<br \/>\nDancers from Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company<br \/>\nAnjali and Ariya Blow \u2013 6th and 7th grade girls oratorical tribute to Dr. King<br \/>\nDJ Natasha Diggs<br \/>\nMorley &#8211; Jazz, Folk and Soul musician<br \/>\nKhorikos &#8211; NYC-based a capella ensemble<br \/>\nBatala &#8211; International samba drumming music group<br \/>\nMaya Azucena \u2013 Singer-Activist<br \/>\nBethany and Rufus and Peter Yarrow (of Peter Paul and Mary)<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreenespace.org\/events\/thegreenespace\/2015\/jan\/15\/movement-celebration-honoring-dr-martin-luther-king-jr\/?utm_source=local&amp;utm_medium=treatment&amp;utm_campaign=carousel&amp;utm_content=item0\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thegreenespace.org<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01\/15\/2015 7pm The Greene Space 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY (corner of Varick Street)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50401,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50370\/revisions\/50401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}