Upcoming Programs at The Schomburg Center

Join Jamaican artist Lawrence Graham-Brown for a screening of "Rites of Passage/Sacred Spaces 2012,” his recent performance/film. After the screening, Graham-Brown will be in conversation with Steven G. Fullwood about his insightful views on art, politics, and public performance as a venue for change, expression, and liberation. Light refreshment will be served.

A One-Woman-Play

After being assigned more work than she can handle, social worker Lewis has a nervous breakdown, tries to kill her boss and is committed for psychiatric observation. After being restrained, Lewis recalls her true-life experiences working with prostitutes, drug addicts and prisoners, portraying twenty-five different characters from pimps to menopausal women.

Call Me Crazy is a unique look at the highs and lows of working for peanuts while trying to save the 

The Literary Society continues the tradition of African-American literary societies formed in the 1880's to encourage reading and education in African-American communities. Founded in Harlem in 1982, The Literary Society, a book discussion group of 50 members, meets monthly to discuss books reflecting the political and artistic experience by authors of African descent.

The public is invited to join The Literary Society at the Schomburg Center for a discussion of The Twelve Tribes 

Start the new month with First Fridays at the Schomburg, a popular monthly social gathering that welcomes the community with music and drinks. Exhibition galleries will be open late. Free!

Terrie M. Williams, mental health activist and author of Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting  presents You Are Not Alone, a powerful film which explores high rates of depression among Black gay men and exposes the raw truths behind their devastatingly  silent pain. The film is co-produced by NAACP Image Award winner Stanley Bennett Clay and NYABJ Award winner, journalist and national gay mental health activist 

Growing Up Daddy is a groundbreaking one-man play written and performed by spoken-word phenomena, Kraal “Kayo” Charles.

In this semi-autobiographical piece, Kayo uses poetry and hip hop to explore what happens when a rising artist-entrepreneur is suddenly faced with impending fatherhood. With humor and honesty, Kayo conveys the complexities of a man caught between embracing and rejecting his newest and greatest role. He captures the essence of memoir 

To conclude our series, we are inviting club participants to swap their books, as well as to make suggestions for the book club. We’ll provide the refreshments!

Women In Islam, Inc. celebrates the example and legacy of Dr. Betty Shabazz annually and recognize women, of all backgrounds and faiths, who demonstrate their unwavering and courageous dedication to helping others.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit womeninislam.org.

The QBR Wheatley Book Awards recognizes the best African American books and writers in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Children's books. Special awards will be also given for Publisher of the Year and Performance Poet of the Year. Music and Entertainment by Atiba Wilson & the Befo' Quotet and Poets of the Dispossessed. Join us for a stellar night of music, literary awards, and memorable entertainment on the night before the Harlem Book Fair.

Get your tickets at harlembookfair.com