We're presenting two must-see events at JCAL this week! Wednesday, catch the soulful percussionist Javier Diaz in concert as part of our Riddim Section. On Saturday, join us for our Women’s History Month Celebration Strength, Courage & Wisdom 2025.

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Riddim Section Presents: Javier Diaz

March 26th, 8 pm

153-10 Jamaica Avenue

Don't miss this installment of JCAL's music series "Riddim Section", headlined by Javier Diaz

Originally from Cuba, Javier Diaz is a percussionist and composer. He has performed with the NY Philharmonic, NY Pops, and Broadway productions of Tarzan, Guys and Dolls, The Wiz, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Rocky, Gloria Estefan’s On Your Feet, Once on This Island, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, Sweeney Todd, and The Who’s Tommy.

Soundtrack credits include Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, and collaborations with jazz greats David Sanborn and Marcus Miller.

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Women's History Month Event:

Strength Courage & Wisdom 2025

March 29th, 8 pm

153-10 Jamaica Avenue

Join us for an exciting presentation of spoken word, storytelling, and dance to celebrate Women's History Month! Strength Courage and Wisdom 2025 will feature a fantastic lineup of artists and great vibes.

This year's special guest poet is the acclaimed Staceyann Chin. Chin is a spoken-word poet, performing artist and LGBT rights political activist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Daily, and has been featured on 60 Minutes.

The theme is Wisdom. Spiritually, for many, wisdom is personified as a woman. Additionally, the lyrics of a song that was coined as a feminist Anthem in 1972, Helen Reddy's I Am Woman: "I am wisdom born of pain" celebrates the triumphs that women have experienced in spite of unfavorable social, political and personal conditions. Pain can be struggles, challenges, physical, mental, or emotional but the lesson, the wisdom from that pain is our focus. The interpretation of pain is left up to the artist.

Poets/Storytellers:

Renee Joshua-Porter

Cheryl "Mama Phife" Boyce Taylor

Tracey Irvin

Jasmine "JRose" Rosario

Keys Will

(and dancer) Jaria Morris

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