| The Schomburg is back another year with another great offering of events and programming for Black History Month. Here’s a breakdown of the scheduled events. See you there: | ||
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The People of Clarendon County Friday & Saturday, February 8 & 9, 2008 7:30 PM Sunday February 10, 2008 Join us for reading of The People Of Clarendon County written by Ossie Davis. Woodie King, Jr.’s National Black Touring Circuit presents a reading of The People of Clarendon County. All-star cast features Glynn Turman, Danny Glover, Roscoe Orman, John Amos, Lynn Whitfield, Barbara Ann Teer, Ruben Santiago Hudson, Mary Alice Smith, and other special guests. Clarendon County, a rural community in South Carolina, was the battleground of black sharecroppers, domestic workers, laborers, and clergymen who joined the NAACP to fight for better schools for black children with their 1951 lawsuit, Briggs v. Elliott, which was the first of five cases that led to the breakthrough 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. The events will be hosted by Ruby Dee and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Ossie Davis Endowment. The People Of Clarendon, published by Third World Press will be available at The Schomburg Shop. Tickets: members: $17; non-members $20. For ticket charge, call The Schomburg Shop at (212)491-2206. Ticket charge hours, Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. |
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12th Annual National Black Fine Art Show Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:00 PM & 6:30 PM Preview Party Preview tickets: early entry at 5 p.m. is $150; regular admittance at 6:30 p.m. is $100. For ticket charge, call The Schomburg Shop at (212) 491- 2206. Ticket charge hours, Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. The National Black Fine Art Show runs from February 14 through February 17. For general information, visit www. blackfineartshow.com. |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Reading Celebration Saturday, February 16, 2008 3:00 PM Join African Voices and Lucy Anne Hurston for the kick-off of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read literacy campaign featuring intergenerational storytelling and reading celebration of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Free |
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Meet me at the Theresa Staged Reading Sunday, February 24, 2008 4:00 PM Please join the Schomburg Center and the James Weldon Johnson Foundation for a dramatic reading of the screenplay Meet Me at the Theresa, the story of Harlem’s most famous hotel, directed by Charles Dumas, actor and Director of theater at Temple University. Free admission. First come, first serve. |
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| Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The New York Public Library 515 Malcolm X Blvd New York, NY 10037 www.schomburgcenter.org |
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Would like to be put on mailing list and also to be informed about any school program that may be in the making for school groups. The group of children I work with are special in their characteristic of Autism, Mental retardation, Emotional Handicapped, ranging from ages 12-14.5 years old. We are working on many projects for Black History Month, one is researching facts, pictures, culture, and dance, acting, plays, foods, etc. As a unit we will be breaking down the varies areas and doing a special assembly and finishing with a tasting session for all to enjoy on different days. If per chance you guys come out to schools, that would be a welcome idea as well.