Past Programs at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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 

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 

The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archiving is an interactive, multi-media dialogue that explores the intersection of experimental art practices and community-based archiving. 

This event is based on the idea of a finding aid. A finding aid is 

Join Learn My History, a Youth Empowerment Mentoring non-profit (founded by Ronnique Hawkins a Producer of the Emmy nominated film on Emmett Till), as it celebrates the hidden potentials of youth by connecting them to award winners and successful Professionals for a 

This documentary honors the evolution of beat boxing juxtaposed against the final day of competition to crown the first American beat boxing champion. On the judging panel are Rahzel the "King of Noise," Parrish Smith of EPMD, as well as Jarobi White of A Tribe Called Quest. 

Meet archivist Katherine Reagan, assistant archivist Ben Ortiz, and pioneer hip-hop photographer Joe Conzo, as they discuss how they launched and developed the largest national archive on hip-hop culture. Presented as part of the Schomburg's Hip-Hop 4.0 Initiative, curated by 

Are you working on your estate plans or need to update them?  How can you best provide for family and loved ones while also supporting your favorite charities?  Do you understand the probate process or want to avoid it?  Are you confused by the continued estate tax changes?  

The Ordinary People film series concludes with Director/Writer Rodney Evans who will showcase two of his earlier shorts, Close to Home and Two Encounters, as well as clips from his feature-length film, The Happy Sad.

The Quiet Volume, a collaboration between Ant Hampton and Tim Etchells, exposes the strange magic at the heart of the reading experience. A self-generated and ‘automatic’ performance, Autoteatro, for two at a time experienced in the reading room of a library, two audience members sit