Beneath the imaginative and prescient of the newly appointed CEO and inventive director, Dr. Indira Etwaroo, the famend Harlem Stage hosted their annual gala this previous Monday the place they surpassed their fundraising aim of $725,000 by elevating $825,000.
Peering over the town on 10 Cubed NYC’s a centesimal ground, company had been in a position to not solely community with each other however have fun the group’s legacy of celebrating artists of colour. With over 100 company in attendance, the occasion was attended by celeb board members of Harlem Stage, reminiscent of Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Russell Hornsby, and Karine Jean-Pierre, to call a number of.
This 12 months’s theme was “Watch Your Step… There’s Glass All Over The Ground,” as an ode to artists of colour breaking the glass ceiling within the arts and leisure business. Among the many award recipients for the night was Laura Walker who serves as president at Bennington Faculty, philanthropic govt Monique Hanson, Lisa Jackson who’s an govt at Apple, and Donna Walker-Kuhne, a advertising and marketing and neighborhood outreach govt.
The intimate night kicked off with a three-course dinner solely for choose attendees together with entrees reminiscent of oxtail gyoza and seafood stuffed branzino. Quickly after, dinner company had been joined by supporters of the organizations because the gala program started. Hors d’oeuvres, hand-crafted cocktails and pleasant conversations had been galore as attendees reminisced on the philanthropic efforts of the group. 10 Cubed NYC’s Government Chef Nduvo Salaam led the menu and cocktail curation for the gala.
Comic Chuck Good led attendees deeper into the night with an public sale that consisted of glamorous prizes together with a non-public tour of the Whitney Museum, a non-public suite on the U.S. Open, dinner at 10 Cubed NYC, and even field seats at a New York Knicks sport. To finish the evening, actress and vocalist Tayler Harris learn an excerpt from “Reminiscence” with musical accompaniment by pianist Maritri Garrett.
All proceeds from the gala will assist instantly serve Harlem Stage and its constituents because it continues onward with its mission being a helm to ignite artist freedom amongst performing artists that determine to go in opposition to the grain and create new concepts that may result in innovation for all.