What are you doing this weekend?

Re emerging in the East Village?

Kenny Kenny spot tu, polaroid, Gail Thacker

What does it mean to have a new lease on life? What does it look like? How does it feel? Visit ren-ais-sance, the newest exhibit at Strange Loop Gallery with work from Katie Koti, Alesia Exum, Gail Thacker and others. 

Reading?

POZ magazine has an interview with David Halperin about his book Tinderbox that “incorporates archival material, interviews and recent genetic discoveries to piece together a historical collage that details the emergence and spread of HIV in Africa.” Check it out at POZ MAGAZINE.

Art + Music in Brooklyn?

image from The Box That Rocks

Check out The Box That Rocks: 30 Years of Video Music Box and the Rise of Hip Hop Music and Culture curated by Dexter Wimberly at MaCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts). 

Solving the unemployment crisis?

HIV Prevention Justice Alliance has joined the “Caring Across Generations” campaign that address growing needs for people who need home care, and those in need for meaningful, equitable work.  Find out more about the campaign and how HIV factors in at the HPJA website.