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Big L keeps it real

Panel discussions aren't always our kind of thing, but tomorrow night the estimable Leonard Lopate (WNYC, y'all!) hosts a very promising symposium on "The Role of the Arts in the Future of Harlem."

Why so promising? The choreographer Bill T. Jones will be there, hangout out with the powerful Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III (from Harlem's powerful Abyssinian Baptist Church).

Then there's Mr. Max Bond, an architect who spends his time these days worrying about the the World Trade Center Site Memorial. And for some bureaucratic zest he'll be joined by Kate Levin, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.  read more »

The free shebang is at the new Gatehouse--one's got to call 212.650.7100 for reservations. The release is after the jump.