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Programs Hurricane Season - An Evening Before the Parade
Details
- Date:
Sep 04, 2026 - End Date:
Sep 04, 2026 - Time:
6:00PM ET - 9:00PM ET - Location:
The Africa Center
1280 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029
United States (map)
HURRICANE SEASON, AN EVENING BEFORE THE PARADE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH| 6PM -9PM
Each year, hurricane season returns to the Atlantic. Many of its most powerful storms begin as tropical waves off the coast of West Africa before crossing the ocean toward the Caribbean. Hurricane season and Carnival unfold side by side – one a season of uncertainty, the other a season of celebration – yet both have shaped how communities across the African diaspora prepare, remember, create, and gather.
In the lead-up to New York's West Indian Day Parade, Hurricane Season brings together artists, filmmakers, curators, and cultural thinkers for an evening of film, conversation, sound, and music exploring the relationship between climate, culture, and memory.
What remains after a storm has passed? How do landscapes, bodies, and communities carry the memories of environmental and historical upheaval? And how do communities transform recurring uncertainty into movement, artistic expression, and collective celebration?
This program was curated by gh+st with support from The Africa Center.
About The Africa Center
The Africa Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution committed to the principle that a just and peaceful world begins with a flourishing Africa in deep communion with its diaspora. Located in New York City, The Africa Center convenes artists, creatives, cultural leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers to shape artistic expression, narratives, investments, and partnerships critical to the prosperous and secure future of Africa and its diaspora.
About gh+st
gh+st is a multidisciplinary creative studio working across film, photography, design, art, and research. The studio is currently producing its first documentary, filmed in Grenada with an all-women creative team. The film explores hurricane season through the people, landscapes, histories, and cultural traditions of the island, tracing connections between climate, memory, and everyday life across the Caribbean.
Image credit: Hurricane Wilma over the Caribbean, October 2005. Satellite imagery captured by NASA’s Terra spacecraft. Credit: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team.