[ May 3, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, May 3 – 7pm
Race in America: A Discussion with Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Clarence Page and Linn Washington
District 1199C Philadelphia Headquarters, 1319 Locust Street
Erica Armstrong Dunbar specializes in 19th Century African American History and is author of A Fragile Freedom. Clarence Page is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist of The Chicago Tribune and author [...]
[ May 6, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Sunday, May 6 – 7pm – $10 Admission
An Evening with Tim Wise
District 1199C Philadelphia Headquarters, 1319 Locust Street
Tim Wise author of Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority and White Like Me is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States, and Michael Eric Dyson has called, “One [...]
[ May 7, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Monday, May 7 – 7pm
Who Am I? The Poetry of Identity
Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th
A Poetry reading by Sonia Sanchez, Lamont Steptoe, Daniel Abdah-Hayy Moore, Hanock Guy and open reading
How do we identify ourselves? Others? By our ethnicity? Our gender? Our age? What makes us who we are? This is one of [...]
[ May 9, 2012; 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Wednesday, May 9 – 2:30pm
Martin R. Delany and the Birth of Black Nationalism
Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk
A lecture by Molefi Kete Asante, professor, department of African American Studies at Temple University and author of over 70 books including 100 Greatest African Americans, Erasing Racism, and African American History: Journey of Liberation. For [...]
[ May 9, 2012; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Wednesday, May 9 – 4pm
An Afternoon with William Ayers
Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street, Hall of Flags
“To Teach represents a fresh breeze in the educational and social science research community.” Elliot Eisner, Professor Emeritus of Art, Stanford University
For More Information: www.moonstoneartscenter.org/martindelany
[ May 9, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Wednesday, May 9 – 6pm
Martin R. Delany & The Politics of Identity
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust
Panel with Molefi Kete Asante, historian, author of 100 Greatest African Americans; Alondra Nelson, sociologist, editor of Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision of DMA, Race, and History; William Ayers, educator, author of Race Course. For More [...]
[ May 10, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, May 10 – 7pm
Journey of Mankind
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut Street
Screening of the film Journey of Man followed by a discussion on DNA and the myth of race How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at [...]
[ May 10, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, May 10 – 7pm
SONIA IS SICK AND WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE
Martin R. Delany, Author
Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th Discussion on Martin R. Delany’s books led by Sonia Sanchez including Blake or the Huts of America (a novel- For More Information www.moonstoneartscenter.org/martindelany
[ May 12, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Saturday, May 12 – 7pm
Challenging Racism for 150 Years
Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th
A program on Martin R. Delany’s life and thought in the 19th Century by Robert Levine editor of The Martin R. Delany Reader counterpointed by Frank Meeink’s story of embracing and then rejecting racism in the 20th Century – For More [...]
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 – 9pm – MUSIC – $10 at the door/ $8 in advance: (at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/90660) BYOB, Doors 8:30pm, Show 9pmLucky Old Souls @ TMAC Presents:TOM LAWTON’S SEVEN VIGNETTES FROM BROAD AND LOMBARDTom Lawton, piano Josh Machiz, bass Alex Maio, drums This music was commissioned by the American Composers Forum, 2009.CLASSICAL REVOLUTIONpresents music by [...]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 – 7pm – PERFORMANCENational Black Arts Spoken Word Tour Presents:JUST AROUND THE BLOCK TO A BRAVE NEW WORLDThis staged adaptation chronicles gang warfare, violence in the home, schools and comunities. It also explores Bridging Worlds and Houses of Reconciliation to R.I.P. (Rest in Peace) as a civics literacy post modernity of John [...]
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 7pm – Film & Discussion
RE-THINK AFGHANISTAN presented by The World Can’t Wait, PhiladelphiaThis well-made documentary, produced by The Brave New Foundation and directed by Robert Greenwald, takes a sober and somber look at what 8 years of U.S. led war of aggression against the Afghani people has meant. It delves into this [...]
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 7pm – POETRYMoonstone Poetry Series Presents:LAMONT STEPTOE
Lamont B. Steptoe is a poet / photographer / publisher born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is author of eight books of poetry including In the Kitchens of the Master, Mad Minute, Uncle’s South Sea China Blue Nightmare, Cat Fish and Neckbone Jazz, Dusty Road, [...]
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 7pm – Discussion Group
NET TUESDAY
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
JOHN BROWN – 150 YEARS LATERA week of events celebrating John Brown 150 years after he was hung. For details please go to:www.moonstoneartscenter.org/johnbrown/
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 9pm – MUSIC
RIVERBIRDBLOWN AWAY AND THE KINKY BOOT BEASTSBIG WHEELTHE PATKUS ORCHESTRASpecial Appearance by THE BEATLES (har dee har har)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 7pm – POETRY
Moonstone Poetry Series Presents
LYNN LEVIN & ROB WRIGHT
Rob Wright has been a regular contributor to the magazine Big City Lit since 2001. He was awarded Fellowships in Literature from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 2005 and 2007. His poetry has been published by Schuylkill Valley Journal of the [...]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 7pm – POETRYPoets & Prophets PresentsBOB SMALL
Bob Small will debut his newest Poetry Chapbook, Swarthmore, Nov 28th, 2008, a series of interlocking Poems about Thanksgiving Eve of that year, with illustrations by both local and New York City Artists, etc.
Bob Small has presented Feature Readings at the following Philadelphia locations; Bacchanal, Barnes [...]
