{"id":22405,"date":"2013-05-24T14:12:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T18:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=22405"},"modified":"2013-05-25T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T13:47:32","slug":"harlem-arts-festivals-annual-fundraising-gala-may-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=22405","title":{"rendered":"Harlem Arts Festival&#8217;s Annual Fundraising Gala May 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-HAF-Gala-Invite2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-22406\" title=\"Harlem Arts Festival Annual Fundraising Gala via HarlemCondoLife\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-HAF-Gala-Invite2.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Harlem Arts Festival&#8217;s second annual fundraising gala will be held at MIST Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>Performers that night will include\u00a0<b>Kris Bowers<\/b>, who won the 2011 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition and was most recently featured on Jay-Z and Kanye West\u2019s\u00a0<i>Watch the Throne\u00a0<\/i>album,\u00a0<b>Jennifer Archibald,\u00a0<\/b>from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jenniferarchibald.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arch Dance Company<\/a>\u00a0who was a 2012 Harlem Arts Festival featured artist and 2013 Fellow of the New Directions Choreography Lab under the direction of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater&#8217;s Artistic Director, Robert Battle and\u00a0<b>Brandee Younger<\/b>, a versatile young jazz harpist and 2013 Harlem Arts Festival Selectee who has collaborated with artists ranging from\u00a0Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Common, Ryan Leslie, Cassie, Talib Kweli and Drake.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>About the Harlem Arts Festival<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Harlem Arts Festival is a free annual multidisciplinary event that showcases local performers and visual artists that inspire and nourish the artistic community in Harlem. The festival aims to promote arts education and literacy by implementing arts-related discussion forums, educational workshops, performance opportunities and activities for youth and family. This project is part of Harlem\u2019s addition to the larger, citywide commitment to provide free art in the public parks during the spring and summer months. This year\u2019s festival will take place on June 29<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and June 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park at 124<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>street between Lenox and Fifth Avenues. 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