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World Aids Day 2009 events
The Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem (420 Convent Ave. and 145th Street) will be screening "Tangy's Song!" on Dec. 4. "Tangy's Song!" is a 20-minute documentary based on an African American woman's struggle with HIV. A discussion will follow and confidential HIV Testing will be provided on-site as well.
At 8 p.m., the lights on Broadway theaters will be dimmed for one minute in order to pay respects for people who have died of AIDS- and HIV-related illnesses as part of the Light for Rights campaign. Closer to campus, the lights of the Washington Square arch will go out at 6:15 p.m. as part of an official AIDS awareness campaign kickoff. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and actress Naomi Watts, a UNAIDS goodwill ambassador, will speak at the ceremony.
The exhibit "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real): The Work of Robert Blanchon" highlights the work of Blanchon, an HIV-positive conceptual artist who worked from the late '80s until his death in 1999. Mary Ellen Carroll, the executor of the Blanchon Estate, donated Blanchon's papers to NYU's Fales library. The exhibit is on view until Feb. 26, 2010 in the Tracey/Barry Gallery (third floor of Bobst Library). The opening reception is tonight from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
For every purchase you make between 6 and 8 p.m. today at the Armani Exchange on Fifth Avenue, 10 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Treatment Action Group, an AIDS awareness/prevention group.
The MoMo Pros Theatre Company is putting on an all-original play titled "Monsters Anonymous" at the Scottish Rite Temple (10 Howard Ave., Brooklyn). The play focuses on characters that encounter difficulties due to unprotected sex. Tickets are $10.
NYU is hosting a dance party, "The Best Dance Party Ever II", in the U-Hall Commons this Friday to wrap up World AIDS Week. The event is sponsored by FYRE Fights AIDS and 'More Goes (RED), who will distribute condoms and providing free HIV testing. Tickets are $8; All proceeds will go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
