Events

IN PERSON As we celebrate the centennial birth of James “Jimmy” Baldwin, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is excited to host a two-day convening in collaboration with the Institute for Research in African American Studies and the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University. A stellar group of scholars and creatives, including Prentis Hemphill, Bettina Love, PhD, Derrais Carter, PhD, Darnell Moore, Marsha Jean-Charles, PhD, Dante Stewart, Farah J…

IN PERSON As we celebrate the centennial birth of James “Jimmy” Baldwin, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is excited to host a two-day convening in collaboration with the Institute for Research in African American Studies and the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University. A stellar group of scholars and creatives, including Prentis Hemphill, Bettina Love, PhD, Derrais Carter, PhD, Darnell Moore, Marsha Jean-Charles, PhD, Dante Stewart, Farah Ja…

IN-PERSON EVENT Join us at the opening and reception for a new collaboration with The Kitchen and its first traveling exhibition, Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art. In a moment where technology mediates and has transformed all parts of a visual culture, Code Switch provokes reconsiderations about what “Internet art” is altogether. Legacy Russell, exhibition organizer, Executive Director & Chief Curator of The Kitchen will bring remarks. About the Exhibition D…

IN-PERSON EVENT Do you have your voting plan mapped out? In the lead-up to national and local elections, the National Black Theatre and the Schomburg Center invite you to join us on October 17 for Unbought & Unbossed: Empowering Our Voice & Choice. This will be a multi-layered event with a Civic Activation Fair, an engaging panel discussion and dialogue, and voter registration, as we chart our communities paths to securing the vote. This event will feature key voices who are dedica…