Events

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6 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Tue, April 2
@ 6:30 PM
Talks at the Schomburg
IN-PERSON Marilyn Nance, photographer for the US delegation of FESTAC ’77 and author of Last Day in Lagos, Kwame S. Brathwaite, son of Black is Beautiful photographer Kwame Brathwaite and director of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive, and Dorothy M. Davis, president of Griffith J. Davis Photographs and Archives, will join Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division’s La Tanya Autry, for a conversation about stewarding archives made over the last five decades by culture shifting photographers and manag…
Schomburg Center for Research in Black CultureAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers
Thu, April 4
@ 6:30 PM
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies
About This Event VIRTUAL Join the virtual conversation as scholars Blair LM Kelley (Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class), Ava Purkiss (Fit Citizens: A History of Black Women’s Exercise from Post-Reconstruction to Postwar America), Theresa Runstedtler (Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA), and Bobby J. Smith II (Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement) discuss the everyday lives of…
ONLINEAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers
Wed, April 10
@ 4 PM
College & Career Pathways (CCP)
This event will take place at the Countee Cullen Pop-Up Library at Schomburg. You can also attend the event online via the google meets link here. Are you starting a new job? A new internship? Do you want to learn skills for succeeding in the workplace? This class will cover topics including: Managing stress, growing your network, managing your time, workplace boundaries etc. This is an Opportunity Network Program.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black CultureTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Wed, April 10
@ 6 PM
Talks at the Schomburg
About this event IN-PERSON The Black Curators Matter Oral History Project is an intergenerational dialogue series between Black visual art curators who have made an outstanding impact across the arts and cultural world, presented by the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) at Columbia University, in collaboration with the Columbia Center for Oral History Research. The final in a series of public conversations about Black visual art curators, this evening's progr…
Schomburg Center for Research in Black CultureAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers
Fri, April 26
@ 10 AM
Artwork: Blossom Blair The 2024 Black Comic Book Festival marks 12 years of bringing together animators, Blerds, bloggers, cosplay lovers, fans, families, illustrators, independent publishers, and writers to celebrate Black comic books and graphic novels and provides a platform to get the works directly to readers. This annual event features panel discussions, workshops, and cosplay showcases, and highlights the work of creators from across the country. The 12th annual festival…
Schomburg Center for Research in Black CultureAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers,

Businesspeople,

Children,

School Age (5-12 years),

College & Graduate Students,

Families,

NYPL Supporters
Sat, April 27
@ 10 AM
The 2024 Black Comic Book Festival marks 12 years of bringing together animators, Blerds, bloggers, cosplay lovers, fans, families, illustrators, independent publishers, and writers to celebrate Black comic books and graphic novels and provides a platform to get the works directly to readers. This annual event features panel discussions, workshops, and cosplay showcases, and highlights the work of creators from across the country. The 12th annual festival from April 26—27, 2024, will include…
Schomburg Center for Research in Black CultureAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers,

Businesspeople,

Children,

School Age (5-12 years),

Families