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Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Subject: October at the Schomburg!
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<http://www.schomburgcenter.org> The Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture
The New York Public Library
www.schomburgcenter.org
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October at the Schomburg Center!
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*Join us this month for an exciting line-up of events including our new
literary series curated by Quincy Troupe, The Schomburg Reading Room:
Writers on the Cutting Edge featuring Danny Glover and Randy Weston.*
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*Thursday, October 9 at 5:30 p.m.
**CONFERENCE
**Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition and Creative Progress*
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic
Slave Trade by the United States of America, New York University's Institute
of African American Affairs and Africana Studies Program is hosting an
international symposium from October 9 to October 11, 2008. The symposium
will be held at New York University and other sites in the New York
metropolitan area. Plan to attend at the Schomburg Center on October 9
the *premiere
film screening of The Slave Route: A Global Vision*, produced by Sheila
Walker and Georges Collinet, starting at 5:30 p.m. and the *opening plenary
session* featuring Maya Angelou, Ali Mazrui, Michael Gomez, Mary Frances
Berry, Jayne Cortez, and others, starting at 7 p.m. For complete
schedule, click here <http://ga6.org/ct/2ddeC0K18uTf/>. Free and open to the
public. First come, first served.
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*Saturday, October 11 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.*
*FORUM*
*Black on Both Sides: Hip Hop's Afro-Latinas/os Represent!*
Black on Both Sides aims to encourage dialogue around issues of black
identity in hip hop and its potential to stimulate social, political, and
civic engagement throughout African Diaspora communities in New York City
and beyond. This forum will bring together a cross-generational line-up that
includes hip hop pioneers and emerging artists for critical conversation and
performance.
This event is organized by the afrolatin@ forum in collaboration with the
Hip Hop Theater Festival, New York University's Center for Multicultural
Education and Programs, the Hip Hop Association and cosponsored by the
Schomburg Center.
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*Wednesday, October 15 at 7 p.m.*
*STAGED READING
**Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center Staged Reading
*The Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center and the Classical Theatre of
Harlem present staged readings at the Schomburg Center on the third
Wednesday of each month. Join us for a reading of Saturday Night/ Sunday
Morning by Katori Hall. For more information, visit http://www.fdcac.org or
call 212.864.3375.
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*Monday, October 20 at 7 p.m.*
*FORUM*
*Black Liberation Theology: Black Theology and Black Women*
The Schomburg Center is very pleased to present a discussion of Black
Theology from the perspective of black Women. Guests include a variety of
leading black female theologians from around the country including Rev. *Dr.
Yvonne Delk*, Center for African American Theological Studies, Chicago; *Dr.
Stacey Floyd-Thomas*, The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
TN; *Dr. Teresa L. Fry-Brown*, Emory University, Candler School of Theology,
Atlanta; *Dr. Jacqueline Grant*, Interdenominational
Theology Center, Atlanta; and *Rev. Violet Dease*, Abyssinian Baptist
Church, New York.
Click here <http://ga6.org/ct/w7deC0K18uTb/> to watch the webcast of our May
10 Forum, *Understanding Black Liberation Theology: A 40-year Retrospective*
.
*Tickets: $10.* 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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*Thursday, October 23 at 7 p.m.*
*THE SCHOMBURG READING ROOM: WRITERS ON THE CUTTING EDGE*
*A Tribute to Langston Hughes: Danny Glover & Randy Weston
*This kick-off event for the Center's new reading and conversation series
features Danny Glover, reading selected writings of Langston Hughes, and
Randy Weston, Langston Hughes's friend and jazz pianist with moderator Dr.
Clyde Taylor. Curated by Quincy Troupe. Supported in part by a donation from
the Schomburg Corporation. For complete schedule of the series and
bios, click here <http://ga6.org/ct/sddeC0K18uTW/>.
*Tickets: members, $16; nonmembers, $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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*Film Series
*Through November 15, 2008
*U.S. Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Bicentennial*
*Resistance and Revolt in the African Diaspora*
*Saturday, October 18
*4 p.m. *July '64: The Roots of Urban Unrest in America*
5 p.m. *You have struck a rock!
**Saturday, October 25*
4 p.m. *Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
*5 p.m. *Black Panther*
5:20 p.m. San Francisco State: On Strike
Free admission. First come, first served. For more info, click
here<http://ga6.org/ct/wddeC0K18uTg/>
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*Exhibition
*Through November 30, 2008
*Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist*
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist is the first nationally touring
retrospective to celebrate the art and legacy of Aaron Douglas (1899-1979).
Curated by the Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas. For more
information, click here <http://ga6.org/ct/2pdeC0K18uT5/>.
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member!<http://ga6.org/ct/27deC0K18uTv/>
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*Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The New York Public Library
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