Event Calender
A curated list of the latest cultural happenings in Houston
https://events.rice.edu/event/395657-haiti-and-the-world-global-encounters-of-the-past
O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science, room 510
Jacqueline Couti and Linsey Sainte-Claire from Rice University’s Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures are organizing Haiti and the World: Global Encounters of the Past, Present, and Future, an international symposium scheduled for February 7–8, 2025. This event will showcase Haiti’s rich cultural legacy and global influence while challenging persistent myths and stereotypes.
The symposium will delve into Haiti’s history, current challenges, and future prospects, addressing themes such as historical context, socio-political and economic issues, and ecological concerns. Over two days, participants will engage in dynamic panel discussions, roundtables, and presentations featuring scholars, artists, and community leaders from Houston and beyond.
A primary goal of the symposium is to amplify Haitian voices, particularly those from the diaspora, which are often underrepresented. By fostering a dialogue that prioritizes Haitian perspectives, the event seeks to celebrate Haiti’s contributions, provide nuanced context, and envision a brighter future. This interdisciplinary and inclusive platform aims to deepen understanding and appreciation of Haiti’s complex and enduring legacy.
This event will be a hybrid. On February 7, the event will take place in the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, room 108. On February 8, the event will take place in the O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science, room 510.
Generously sponsored by:
Creative Ventures
Humanities Research Center
The Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS)
The Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies CELAS)
Tulane University
School of Humanities at Rice
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Department of History
Medical Humanities Research Institute
The Center for Environmental Studies
Florida State University
https://calendar.houstonlibrary.org/event/13523279
Houston Public Library is hosting Relax & Write events this February in celebration of Black History Month! Bring a laptop or check one out using your MYLink library card and settle in for a facilitator lead creative writing workshop based on Zora Neale Hurston classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
https://camh.org/event/2025-woodson-black-fest/
Celebrate Black History Month with the 4th annual Woodson Black Fest at CAMH!
In honor of the distinguished author and thinker Carter G. Woodson, Woodson Black Fest brings enlightenment, creativity, and innovation to celebrate Black artists and artisans’ contributions to our community.
A tour of Vincent Valdez: Just A Dream… will be offered from 1–2PM.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFVbT8MpKlk/
FROM SELMA TO THE SAHEL: Join the Houston PSL and @againstapartheid.art during Black History Month for a 3-part series celebrating the history of Black liberation struggles at home and abroad!
As the Civil Rights Movement was rapidly changing the political and cultural landscape in the United States, Pan-African and anti-colonial struggles were gaining momentum on the continent of Africa. Join us as we discuss how these movements influenced and built upon one another, what their common aims and tactical differences were, and how they both set the stage for the continuation of the Black Liberation struggle today.
🎥 2/8, 1pm: Screening of ‘Black Power Mixtape 1968-1975 at @hernamewasirene Coffee Shop (2104 Pease St)
📖 2/15, 1:30pm: Study Group: Black Liberation at Home and Abroad at Carnegie Library (1050 Quitman St)
🖼️ 2/22, 7pm: From Selma to the Sahel Art Show at @wonderlikewander (2506 La Branch St)
Stay tuned for more information in the upcoming days on how to contribute to the art show! We’ll be accepting submissions of visual art, music, and performance!
https://calendar.houstonlibrary.org/event/13719585
AAHRC is honored to continue our 2025 Black History Month exploration of African Americans and Labor!
Join us as Marquel Sennet discusses the power of Black media as a tool for activism and community mobilization, particularly in advocating for labor rights and challenging systemic racial oppression in the early 20th century. This presentation will highlight the role of newspapers in fostering collective action and shaping the African American labor movement during times of racial tension, exemplified by events such as the Longview Race Riot of 1919. We will explore how Black-owned newspapers sparked the development of labor movements among African Americans, mobilizing communities to support labor rights and examining the outcomes of these efforts.
International Voices Houston presents Artists-in-Residence Cecilia Duarte (mezzo soprano) and Jesús Pacheco (percussion), in collaboration with pianist Pablo Martinez and International Voices Houston musicians, performing a special recital celebrating Hispanic culture and music, including works by Manuel de Falla, Alberto Ginastera, Manuel Ponce, Javier Busto and more.
https://t.e2ma.net/click/9oikkh/l6vzmrs/1mf6y1
https://events.rice.edu/event/384195-color-that-moves-the-fashion-palette-of-stephen-burro
Duncan Hall, 1070
Dr. Uri McMillan, Associate Professor in the Departments of English and Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles
Uri McMillan is an Associate Professor in the Departments of English and Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance (NYU Press, 2015), winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association, the Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theater History, and the Errol Hill Award from the American Society of Theatre Research. He has recently completed a cultural history of artists of color in 1970s New York City titled The Seventies in Color, forthcoming from Duke University Press. He has published essays in Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, ASAP/Journal, and museum/gallery-based publications for the Studio Museum in Harlem, Aperture Foundation, MCA Chicago, and the Brooklyn Museum.
Attend a grief focused writing workshop with award winning author, Renee Watson in honor of the release of All the Blues in Sky!
EVENT DEETS
When: Tuesday, February, 11 @ 7PM
Where: 2310 Elgin Street, HTX, 77004
How: RSVP ONLY to reserve your seat or RSVP WITH BOOK to support the author and our store programming
ABOUT THE BOOK
Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best friend died. Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counseling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn't predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. And even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life—and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all.
In accessible, engaging verse and prose, this is a story of a girl's journey to heal, grow, and forgive herself. To read it is to see how many shades there are in grief, and to know that someone understands.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Renée Watson is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Her novel, Piecing Me
Together, received a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award. Her books include
the Ryan Hart series, Some Places More Than Others, This Side of Home, What Momma
Left Me, Betty Before X, cowritten with Ilyasah Shabazz, Watch Us Rise, cowritten with
Ellen Hagan, and Love Is a Revolution, as well as acclaimed picture books: Maya's Song,
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water, written with Nikole Hannah-Jones, A Place Where
Hurricanes Happen, and Harlem's Little Blackbird, which was nominated for an NAACP
Image Award. Renée splits her time between Portland, Oregon and New York City.
http://www.reneewatson.net | @harlemportland (Instagram) | @reneewauthor (X)
In his first Houston appearance, composer and pianist Thomas Adès and an ensemble of champions of his music gather to explore his works for chamber ensemble, and two of his musical touchstones, Schubert and Janáček.
https://www.dacamera.com/2024-2025-season-concerts/thomas-ades-musical-alchemy-ii/
https://events.rice.edu/event/394966-dr-samuel-k-roberts-lecture
Baker Hall, Room 271
Samuel K. Roberts, PhD
Columbia University
“Stigma Politics and Political Resistance: Addiction, Opioid Medical Maintenance, and Black Public Opinion 1950-1975”
In the United States, stigma against medically assisted treatment (MAT) for addiction), especially against methadone maintenance, has a long history which continues to impede patients’ successful recovery and social acceptance even today. In most cases, the belief is that methadone patients are still “addicts” and cannot claim to be in recovery, and it is common even today to find Individuals and institutions engaged in stigmatizing practices ranging from unspecific vocalized disdain to structural discrimination. On the other hand, there also are the added histories of political objection to methadone, critique of methadone maintenance as an inadequate and inappropriate treatment for the “true causes” of addiction. In this paper, Roberts notes methadone objection specifically in Black political culture, documenting its roots decades before. He also explains how and why many Black political objectors to methadone maintenance adopted the language of genocide in their critique of the addiction treatment modality.
Samuel Kelton Roberts, PhD is Associate Professor of History (School of Arts Sciences) and Sociomedical Sciences (Mailman School of Public Health) at Columbia University, where he also leads the Research Cluster for Historical Study of Race, Inequality, and Health. Roberts is the author of the widely acclaimed, Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation, and the co-editor of the Columbia University Press book series on Race, Inequality, and Health. He currently is writing a book tentatively titled “To Enter a Society Which Doesn’t Want Them: Race, Recovery, and America’s Misadventures in Drug Policy.”
Sponsored by the Medical Humanities Research Institute, Center for African and African-American Studies, Department of History, and the Program in Science and Technology Studies.
Box lunches will be available. Please indicate any dietary restrictions or preferences
https://events.rice.edu/event/396579-meet-the-author-justin-cronin
Fondren Library, Kyle Morrow Room
Join us for a talk with Justin Cronin, in collaboration with Friends of Fondren Library.
Justin Cronin, Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at Rice and author of the New York Times bestselling The Passage trilogy, will join us to discuss his work and answer questions.
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025
Time: 6-8 p.m. CT
Location: Kyle Morrow Room - Fondren Library
6100 South Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
Cost: Free
Registration will close on Feb. 10 or when the event reaches capacity.
BOOK CLUB MEETING DEETS
When: Wednesday, February 12 @ 7PM CST
Where: Kindred Stories (2304 Stuart Street, HTX, 77004
How: RSVP ONLY to let us know you plan to attend and RSVP WITH BOOK to purchase your book and support Romance Book Club!
ABOUT SOMEBODY'S HUSBAND
A grieving doctor and a nurturing professor join forces on a potentially groundbreaking medical study that sparks a profound connection neither saw coming in this unconventional romantic drama from the author who brought you the book club favorite Somebody’s Wife.
Dr. Dresden Xavier moved his family back to his hometown of Monroe City after an unfortunate tragedy. Searching for an escape from the reality of grief and depression, Dresden buries himself in a grueling medical research project that could yield life-changing results. What was supposed to be a short-term partnership with the professor of nursing at Monroe University quickly morphs into a case study of love . . . or maybe just an experiential error.
Harper Kingsley, a loving wife, mother, and professor, sought tenure and a little peace and happiness in her fast-paced life. In the public eye, Harper is a poised perfectionist, but behind closed doors, she desperately fights to mend the broken threads of her feeble family. Lies, sickness, and secrets that could destroy her family permeate her soul until the healing touch of Dr. Xavier changes her trajectory. What was supposed to be a clinical research assignment evolves into something much greater and beyond their control.
Join us at Neiman Marcus for a special Black History Month celebration on Feb. 13 presented by D.R.E.A.M Affect Foundation.
Black History Month Art Exhibition Celebration Tickets, Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite
https://www.classicallyblk.com/events/a-classically-black-galentines
A Galentine’s day to Remember!!!
On February 13th, join us for an intimate 5 course dinner, live Jazz & Art, celebrating Galentines!! Chef Ashley James will prepare a delicious meal paired with Black Woman owned wine! While we swoon over a beautiful table scape by Joanne Townsend, Ki’ora Michelle will serenade us.
Celebrate friendship & Sisterhood in in true Classically Black style!
All is fair in Love & Basketball. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, this romance and sports genre film serves as a landmark for Black women filmmaking for its authentic representation of female athletes, Black love, and female independence. The tender story follows two young Black suburban kids, Monica and Quincy, as they grow up, fall in love with each other, and chase the dream of playing in the NBA. Gina Prince-Bythewood’s first feature-length film has become not only a household favorite but has also inspired a new generation of female athletes and filmmakers.
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The shape-shifting baroque ensemble Ruckus and captivating flutist Emi Ferguson are back, joined by one of jazz’s young leading lights, the explosively inventive saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, for music of Telemann and George Lewis, and the world premiere of Roscoe Mitchell’s Metropolis Trilogy.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-blackness-of-black-bodies-tickets-1124763230099
On the Blackness of Black Bodies. We asked our friends what was like to exist in a black body in our current political climate.
Date: Saturday, February 15th Time: 12:00 - 8:00 pm CDT
SAiD INSTITUTE 12126 Westheimer Road #118 Houston, TX 77077
A one-day writing and experimental project Imagining Alternate Realities for Blackness" celebrates and elevates Black cultural expression. The project includes writing workshops, interactive sessions, and public presentations that explore Black identity and creativity. Collaborations with esteemed artists such as Ayokunle Falomo, Aris Kian and artist scholar RUEROB enhance our project's depth and impact. Success for us means inspiring participants to reclaim and celebrate their Black identities through writing and experimental art forms. By fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of Black culture, we contribute to broader conversations about equity and representation in Houston's vibrant cultural landscape. Our footprint revolves around enriching the community’s artistic experience.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFVbT8MpKlk/
FROM SELMA TO THE SAHEL: Join the Houston PSL and @againstapartheid.art during Black History Month for a 3-part series celebrating the history of Black liberation struggles at home and abroad!
As the Civil Rights Movement was rapidly changing the political and cultural landscape in the United States, Pan-African and anti-colonial struggles were gaining momentum on the continent of Africa. Join us as we discuss how these movements influenced and built upon one another, what their common aims and tactical differences were, and how they both set the stage for the continuation of the Black Liberation struggle today.
🎥 2/8, 1pm: Screening of ‘Black Power Mixtape 1968-1975 at @hernamewasirene Coffee Shop (2104 Pease St)
📖 2/15, 1:30pm: Study Group: Black Liberation at Home and Abroad at Carnegie Library (1050 Quitman St)
🖼️ 2/22, 7pm: From Selma to the Sahel Art Show at @wonderlikewander (2506 La Branch St)
Stay tuned for more information in the upcoming days on how to contribute to the art show! We’ll be accepting submissions of visual art, music, and performance!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1078665513996223/
DACAMERA and The Menil Collection present Stop, Look and Listen!
DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the Menil Collection’s exhibition "Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight."
Stop, Look and Listen! is a series of free chamber music and jazz concerts presented in one of Houston’s most inspiring and stimulating environments, the world-renowned Menil Collection. Admission to the Menil is always free.
KEM AND LEDISI | Smart Financial Centre, Sugar Land, TX. United States.
https://calendar.houstonlibrary.org/event/13714888
In honor of Black History Month, we invite you to be part of a powerful community movement—the African American Read-In. Established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), this initiative celebrates African American authors, their stories, and their cultural impact. Over the years, this event has reached more than 6 million participants worldwide, and now it's your turn to be a part of this literary tradition. Whether you're reading aloud your favorite work by a Black author, sharing a passage from a beloved book, or simply listening to others, the African American Read-In is a fantastic way to engage with literature that reflects the richness of the Black experience.
Why You Should Join:
Celebrate Black Excellence: Dive into the stories and voices that have shaped African American culture and history.
Connect with Your Community: Share the joy of reading with others and build a stronger, more connected community.
Support Literacy: This event underscores the importance of literacy and encourages reading as a lifelong practice.
Come together with us and other participants to honor the legacy of African American writers and their contributions to literature. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of something meaningful—mark your calendar, bring your favorite book, and join us in this celebration of culture, literacy, and community!
https://arch.rice.edu/latest/events/wang-shu-and-lu-wenyu
Lecture Topic:
This lecture explores how, even amid rapid urbanization in China, thoughtful design of large-scale urban architecture can still embrace the smaller, everyday spaces essential to daily life. Highlighting recent projects by Amateur Architecture Studio, the talk examines the potential to enhance small-scale infrastructure in both urban and rural contexts. By improving quality without altering the traditional forms of rural architecture, these projects demonstrate how sustainable lifestyles with urban qualities can emerge. This approach fosters a harmonious dialogue between urban and rural environments, celebrating the diversity of lifestyles across these contexts.
Speaker Biographies:
Architects and educators Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, cofounders of Amateur Architecture Studio, are renowned for redefining contemporary Chinese architecture. Wang, the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate and a recent inductee to the French Academy of Architecture, has held prominent academic positions at institutions including MIT, Harvard University, and Tongji University. His accolades include gold medals from the French Academy of Architecture and Tau Sigma Delta, honorary doctorates from the Rhode Island School of Design and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and recognition as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2013.
Lu Wenyu, also a 2023 inductee to the French Academy of Architecture, is the director of the Experimental Centre for Sustainable Building at the China Academy of Art and has served as a visiting professor at Harvard University and MIT. Her honors include the Schelling Architecture Prize, an honorary award from the Venice Biennale, and an international fellowship from RIBA. She chaired the 2024 RIBA International Prize jury and contributed to UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Together, Wang and Lu have built a legacy that bridges tradition and modernity. Their notable works, such as the Ningbo Historic Museum, the Xiangshan Central Campus of the China Academy of Art, and the Fuyang Cultural Complex, reflect their commitment to infusing Chinese architectural heritage with contemporary design. Their Xiangshan Central Campus was named one of “The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture” by The New York Times in 2021, a testament to their enduring influence.
Celebrate the release of Good Sex: Stories, Science, and Strategies for Sexual Liberation with Candice Nicole Hargons, PhD!
EVENT DEETS
When: Wednesday, February, 19 @ 7PM
Where: 2304 Stuart Street, HTX, 77004
How: RSVP ONLY to reserve your seat or RSVP WITH BOOK to support the author and our store programming. There are limited free tickets!
ABOUT THE BOOK
We all deserve sex that's great for everyone involved. Let sexual liberation be your guide to a truly satisfying sex life.
How we define good sex and the conditions that facilitate it will require a liberatory approach, because intersecting oppressions impose impossible sexual standards on most of us. Instead of intimate justice, we experience blocks to accessing the ingredients for erotic equity.
Good Sex presents the ingredients to revolutionize your sexual menu in a way that works well for you, including intimacy, fun, pleasure, nastiness, and connection. Each chapter offers more than just theory and science. Good Sex outlines action steps to understand, define, and practice sexual liberation in your personalized way, replacing the unseasoned sexual menu most of us were socialized into.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons is an award-winning psychologist and associate professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, where she studies sexual wellness and liberation. As a leading expert in sex research, Dr. Hargons has been featured in the Huffington Post, Good Housekeeping, Women's Health, Blavity, Essence, Cosmopolitan, and the New York Times.
She has been featured as a keynote speaker at various conferences, including the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the Society for Sex Therapy and Research. Dr. Hargons also directs the SAMHSA-funded Neighborhood Healers Project, which trains Black community members in Mental Health First Aid to reduce mental health stigma and increase mental health literacy and service utilization.
A graduate of Spelman College, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia, Dr. Hargons has also worked with several businesses – Paramount, Lexmark, Penguin Random House, universities – University of Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Emory University, Howard University, and other K-12 school systems on enhancing awareness of sexual health, building social justice competence, healing from racial trauma, leadership development, and creating a culture of courage. She has served on the Kentucky Psychological Association Board, the Society of Counseling Psychology Executive Board, and the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives. She also served on the APA Board of Directors. She is the recipient of an APA Presidential Citation for her research and leadership in social justice.
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Dr. Nikki Coleman is an award-winning licensed psychologist and pleasure coach with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. After nearly 20 years in academia, Dr. Nikki took a bold step to fully invest in herself by becoming a full-time entrepreneur. She now runs a thriving business offering coaching services, workshop facilitation, and public speaking services, specifically centered on the mental and sexual wellness of high-achieving Black women. This year she launched The Pleasure Pursuit- a planner + journal designed to help women prioritize their pleasure.
IG: @drnikkiknows
TikTok: @drnikkisextherapist
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diaspora-africa-conference-tickets-1111771190559
Get ready for a gathering of Africans from all over the world to celebrate our culture, heritage, and connections at the Diaspora Africa Con
Welcome to the Diaspora Africa Conference!
Join us for a day of celebration, connection, and empowerment at The Ion. This in-person event will bring together individuals from all walks of life to discuss the rich culture, history, and contributions of the African diaspora.
Featuring inspiring speakers, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities, the Diaspora Africa Conference is a must-attend event for anyone passionate about African heritage and unity.
Come be a part of this transformative experience and help us build a stronger, more connected community. See you there!
https://events.rice.edu/event/384196-combee-harriet-tubman-the-combahee-river-raid-and-bla
Herring Hall, 100
Dr. Edda Fields-Black, Professor in the Department of History and the Director of the Dietrich College Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Summary
Harriet Tubman’s legendary life is widely known: escaping enslavement, leading others to freedom via the Underground Railroad, and tirelessly fighting for change. But a crucial chapter often overlooked is her daring Civil War service as a spy for the US Army, detailed in Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black’s groundbreaking book, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War. A direct descendant of a soldier who fought in the raid, Fields-Black unveils Tubman’s command of spies and pilots and intelligence gathered from freedom seekers, which led to a raid that liberated 756 enslaved people from bondage on seven rice plantations. It was the largest slave rebellion in US history. Through unexamined documents, she brings to life the Combahee River Raid and the untold stories of those freed, their resilience, and the lasting impact of Tubman’s heroism.
Author Bio
Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black teaches history at Carnegie Mellon University and serves as Director of the Dietrich College Humanities Center. She has written extensively about the history of West African rice farmers, including in such works as Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora. She was a co-editor of Rice: Global Networks and New Histories, which was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Fields-Black has served as a consultant for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s permanent exhibit, “Rice Fields in the Low Country of South Carolina.” She is the executive producer and librettist of “Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked: Requiem for Rice,” a widely performed original contemporary classical work by celebrated composer John Wineglass. Fields-Black is a descendent of Africans enslaved on rice plantations in Colleton County, South Carolina; her great-great-great grandfather fought in the Combahee River Raid in June 1863. Her determination to illuminate the riches of the Gullah dialect, and to reclaim Gullah Geechee history and culture, has taken her to the rice fields of South Carolina and Georgia to those of Sierra Leone and Republic of Guinea in West Africa.
https://guesslawsoncollection.com/exhibition/
Panel on “Urban Dynamics and Change” Moderated by Peter Merwin; former Gensler V.P.
The Architecture of Culture: Works from the Guess Lawson Collection (TAOC) is an exhibition that showcases the evolving nature of contemporary art and the enduring hope that persists amit beauty, doubt, and often struggle. This exhibition highlights The Guess Lawson Collection’s ability to bridge the gap between past and present, inviting viewers to engage with the complex narrative of American History through art.
The selections in this first exhibition from the Guess Lawson Collection are focused on consideration of how as a community do we tie art to activism, a topic close to the collectors hearts. The exhibition spotlights works in the Collection by multicultural and multinational artists whose work calls us to act on societal challenges of gender and income inequality, and by artists whose work reflects individuals that remind us of the importance of purpose as a character trait for empowerment.
The exhibition draws from Guess Lawson’s extensive collection presenting a powerful and dynamic visual dialogue that explores issues of race, gender, and otherness. The collection features works by established artists such as John Biggers, Hughie Lee-Smith, Violette Bule, Whitfield Lovell, Radcliffe Bailey, David McGee, Joyce Scott, Delilah Montoya, Dick Wray and Giana De Dier, popular artists Abi Salami, Eddie Filer, Kaima Marie Akarue, Christopher Blay, Romeo Robinson, Jonathan Carroll, Danielle Finnerman, and others, offering a rich exploration of depth and diversity.
TAOC is a space for contemplation and discussion challenging the audience to reflect on their own preconceived notions and beliefs. Through a curated selection of artworks, visitors can appreciate the complex narratives and creative processes that drive these artists.
The collaboration between Gensler and The Guess Lawson Collection brings the convergence of art, architecture, and community engagement to the forefront.
https://www.uh.edu/calendar/?view=e&id=645628#event
For the opening week of the Moores School of Music in 1997, a concert featuring student ensembles and world-renowned artists was given nightly. For the evening of jazz music, three of the greatest living saxophonists—Joe Henderson, George Coleman and Joe Lovano—graced the stage with the MSM Jazz Orchestra. From this exceptional event, the seeds were planted to bring world-class jazz to the school each year.
The annual Moores School of Music Jazz Festival officially began in 1999 with an appearance by The Count Basie Orchestra and saxophonist Michael Brecker. Open to the public, an internationally recognized jazz artist visits to present clinics and perform with the Jazz Orchestra. This event also welcomes junior high and high school jazz ensembles to perform in an adjudicated festival setting for a panel of judges comprised of local professional jazz musicians.
https://www.uh.edu/calendar/?view=e&id=645628#event
For the opening week of the Moores School of Music in 1997, a concert featuring student ensembles and world-renowned artists was given nightly. For the evening of jazz music, three of the greatest living saxophonists—Joe Henderson, George Coleman and Joe Lovano—graced the stage with the MSM Jazz Orchestra. From this exceptional event, the seeds were planted to bring world-class jazz to the school each year.
The annual Moores School of Music Jazz Festival officially began in 1999 with an appearance by The Count Basie Orchestra and saxophonist Michael Brecker. Open to the public, an internationally recognized jazz artist visits to present clinics and perform with the Jazz Orchestra. This event also welcomes junior high and high school jazz ensembles to perform in an adjudicated festival setting for a panel of judges comprised of local professional jazz musicians.
Flowers are a natural tool for self-care that have been shown to reduce stress and anxiety. The giving of flowers elicits joy and gratitude, while at the same time strengthening our bonds with loved ones. This event will begin with a BIPOC artists panel about the strong positive effects flowers and nature have on our emotional wellbeing. This engaging dialogue will provide the space to explore the power of communities of color to lean into nature and see themselves reflected in flora and fauna. Following the panel, attendees will be invited to take part in a hands-on ancestor flower arrangement workshop conducted by artist Britanny Mayfield. Participants will create eco-friendly remembrance floral arrangements created with waste-reducing practices and upcycled materials made from locally sourced, in-season flowers. The bouquets will be added to the Kirk Jackson, a Third Ward resident and community advocate, marker on the Columbia Tap Trail. The Houston Audubon will highlight the birds found along the trail, before attendees take a nature walk along the Columbia Tap Trail and learn its history.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS & PARTNERS
Brittany Mayfield -Panelist
Erandi Trevino -Panelist
Kristi Rangel -Moderator
Naomi Carrier – Panelist
Texas Center for African American Living History
*Artist April M. Frazier and her camera will bear witness to this event. Through her art, we will be able to experience the power of community building and creating art in green spaces.
**Houston Public Library (HPL) provides a book list on the themes of the Columbia Tap Rail Trail and nature centered self-care.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-history-month-family-day-tickets-1200432910149
Come celebrate Black History Month at the Pearl! Art activities, face painting, History of Jazz performance from Dinky Drum Company LLC at 12 pm, and more!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1313878729643666
Browse Antiquarian and Collectible books, maps, ephemera, etc. in all genres! Come find that treasure you didn't know you were looking for!
https://www.letsdothishouston.com/events/4th-annual-black-bar-crawl-bike-ride
4th Annual Black Bar Crawl
At this themed bike riding event, each guest will enjoy a slow pace bike ride to 3 Black Owned Businesses in the area The Savoy , Bar 5015 & La Burgers & Daiquiris. Guest will slowe cruise the city and enjoy your favorite music. Dont forget to submit your favorite song during registration. Come tour Houston like never before.
Saturday Tour Information:
Check-In/Arrival: (10:45 am – 11:15 am) (No Late Arrivals Accepted. Container will close at 11:00)
3409 emancipation Ave, parking is available on Holman St. and the grass area next to the orange building.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-black-history-bike-tour-tickets-1119253028939
Hop on your bike and join us for our 4th Annual Black History Bike Tour, where we'll pedal through history together!
It's our 4th Annual Black History Bike Tour and we're excited to do it again!
Get ready to pedal through the streets of Houston and explore the rich history and culture of the city's Black community. Join us on February 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM at EaDo Bike Co. for a fun and educational experience.
This in-person event will take you on a journey through significant landmarks and sites that highlight the contributions of Black individuals to our city's history. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to celebrate and learn about Black history in Houston while getting some exercise.
Join us before the ride for light refreshments provided by Mo' Brunch and Brews
We will take a brief mid-point break at The Doshi House
Grab your bike and let's ride! Don't one? Rentals are available!
Learn more about Friends of Columbia Tap.
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FROM SELMA TO THE SAHEL: Join the Houston PSL and @againstapartheid.art during Black History Month for a 3-part series celebrating the history of Black liberation struggles at home and abroad!
As the Civil Rights Movement was rapidly changing the political and cultural landscape in the United States, Pan-African and anti-colonial struggles were gaining momentum on the continent of Africa. Join us as we discuss how these movements influenced and built upon one another, what their common aims and tactical differences were, and how they both set the stage for the continuation of the Black Liberation struggle today.
🎥 2/8, 1pm: Screening of ‘Black Power Mixtape 1968-1975 at @hernamewasirene Coffee Shop (2104 Pease St)
📖 2/15, 1:30pm: Study Group: Black Liberation at Home and Abroad at Carnegie Library (1050 Quitman St)
🖼️ 2/22, 7pm: From Selma to the Sahel Art Show at @wonderlikewander (2506 La Branch St)
Stay tuned for more information in the upcoming days on how to contribute to the art show! We’ll be accepting submissions of visual art, music, and performance!
Join St. Mary of the Purification Catholic Church for a Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala featuring Brian Jack and The Zydeco Gamblers!
Saturday, February 22, 2025
8PM - 12 MIDNIGHT
Tickets: $30
Tables of Eight: $200
Join St. Mary of the Purification Catholic Church for a Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala featuring Brian Jack and The Zydeco Gamblers!
Saturday, February 22, 2025
8PM - 12 MIDNIGHT
Tickets: $30
Tables of Eight: $200
The Bayou Bend Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston has outstanding examples of the contributions and representations of African Americans in the pottery, paintings, and crafts during this important period of our country. Join a speaker from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston to learn more about African American artists and celebrate Black History Month!
With this moving program, countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen opens up new paths for his voice type, with music of Korngold, Schumann, Florence Price, Jake Heggie and more.
https://www.dacamera.com/2024-2025-season-concerts/aryeh-nussbaum-cohen-counter-tenor/
https://signup.rice.edu/ScientDemocLec6/
https://scientia.rice.edu/democracy
Laura Correa Ochoa, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Title: Economic Democracy and US Empire in Latin America
Abstract:
How do we define democracy and who gets to define it? In the 20th century popular sectors across Latin America—peasants, workers, the poor—often mobilized in support of economic democracy. This was a vision of democracy that incorporated demands for economic redistribution and grassroots political participation. Yet, the United States often framed these demands as anti-democratic to justify its intervention across the region. Drawing on cases of US intervention in Latin America, this talk examines US anxieties of substantive democracy and how its own definitions of democracy could be marshalled to elide radical projects of social and political change.
Nana Osei-Opare, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Title: Authoritarianism as Democratic
Abstract:
“Authoritarianism” and “democracy” are often understood as two opposite political systems and philosophies. Democracy is supposed to embody the will of the people while authoritarianism the will of a single individual. Yet, in exploring historical cases from the African continent over the last 60 years, I will explore the concept of ‘democracy’ as a political system that thwarts the people’s collective will while seeing ways that authoritarianism can embody the people’s will.
https://events.rice.edu/event/384197-caaas-welcomes-dr-crystal-sanders
Rayzor Hall, 119
“Separate and Nonexistent: Black Southerners and Graduate Education During the Era of Legal Segregation.”
Dr. Crystal Sanders, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Emory University, Atlanta
Bio:
Crystal R. Sanders is an award-winning historian of the United States in the twentieth century. Her research and teaching interests include African American History, Black Women’s History, Civil Rights History, and the History of Black Education. She received her BA (cum laude) in History and Public Policy from Duke University and a Ph.D. in History from Northwestern University. Before coming to Emory, she was an Associate Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University.
Professor Sanders is the author of A Chance for Change: Head Start and Mississippi’s Black Freedom Struggle, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2016 and A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2024. A Chance for Change won the 2017 Critics’ Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association and the 2017 New Scholar’s Book Award from Division F of the American Educational Research Association. A Chance for Change was also a finalist for the 2016 Hooks National Book Award. Professor Sanders’ work can also be found in many of the leading history journals, including the Journal of Southern History, the North Carolina Historical Review, and the Journal of African American History.
Professor Sanders is the recipient of a host of fellowships and prizes. These honors include the C. Vann Woodward Prize from the Southern Historical Association, the Huggins-Quarles Award from the Organization of American Historians, an Andrew Mellon Graduate Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, a Visiting Scholars Fellowship at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Anthony Kaye Fellowship at the National Humanities Center. In 2021, the American Historical Association awarded her its Equity Award.
Professor Sanders currently serves as the Assistant Editor of the Journal of African American History.
Abstract:
This lecture is about the obstacles Black Southerners faced and overcame as they pursued graduate and professional school studies during the era of legal segregation. While more than 100 public and private Black colleges existed in the South, training beyond the bachelor’s degree was almost impossible. Before 1936, there were only seven schools in the region—all private institutions—where African Americans could pursue graduate or professional school studies. No Black institution conferred the Ph.D. degree until 1955. While nonblack students could pursue master’s, doctorate, and professional degrees at state-supported flagship institutions in the South, Black students remained shut out of these schools because of racism. To feign compliance with the legal doctrine of separate but equal, sixteen states authorized the use of public tax dollars for its Black residents to go out-of-state to pursue postbaccalaureate degree programs that were available in-state to white residents. This lecture explores the educational migration of Black scholars during Jim Crow.
https://www.letsdothishouston.com/events/the-h-town-night-light-bike-ride-monthly-2025-02-28-19-00
Come enjoy our reoccurring beginner level bike ride with LetsDoThisHouston & 3rd Ward Tours as we feature an all H-Town Playlist as we cruise the city streets. Don't forget to submit your song during registration!!
H-Town Night Light Bike Ride | Multiple Dates
At this Music themed Bike riding event , each guest will vibe to an all H-Town Artist playlist as we celebrate the Houston Music Culture. The music will be played from our Bluetooth speaker as the group explores Houston on LED Bikes.
Riders will experience a slow cruise around the city streets on our New Dutch Bikes equipped with LED Lights as we travel to one of our select destinations such as Discovery Green, Third Ward, Midtown or The Museum District. Dont forget to submit your song in the “notes” sections during registration.
Come experience this one of a kind event with 3rd Ward Tours
Lets Do This Houston!!
Saturday Night Tour Information:
Check-In/Arrival: (6:00 pm – 6:30 pm) (No Late Arrivals Accepted. Container will close at 6:25 pm)
3409 Emancipation Ave **Parking is available in the grass area next to the yellow building.
https://www.houstongrandopera.org/on-stage/giving-voice
https://my.houstongrandopera.org/giving-voice/022825?
Giving Voice is back! Presented in partnership with Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, this year's event will honor the legacy of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as an important training ground for Black artists in classical music and opera.
Held at the historic Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in the Third Ward, Giving Voice will feature a program of arias and songs performed by operatic soloists including HGO favorite, Butler Studio alumnus, WABC member, and Grammy Award-winning baritone Reginald Smith, Jr.; one of today’s most impressive young dramatic tenors, Issachah Savage; and two talented first-year members of HGO’s Butler Studio, soprano Elizabeth Hanje and bass-baritone Sam Dhobhany.
Tickets are free; reservation required. Reserve your seats NOW!
https://www.theeldoradoballroom.com/event-details-registration/the-phill-wade-show-2025-02-28-20-00
A live sketch comedy event that blends humor, music, and comunity engagement
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-fling-concert-series-madison-mcferrin-tickets-1197313519969
Celebrate the spring season with the genre-bending sounds of singer-songwriter Madison McFerrin at Spring Fling, the Moody's annual outdoor
This free outdoor concert series at the Moody Center for the Arts is the perfect time to explore the current exhibition, relax on our terrace, enjoy free drinks (for guests +21), and celebrate the community. Appropriate for date night or a family outing, Spring Fling showcases genre-bending musicians like the Ton Tons and Kaitlin Butts. This year we're excited to present singer/songwriter Madison McFerrin, read more about her and listen to her music below.
$6 parking will be available to all guests.
About Madison McFerrin
Listen to Madison McFerrin on Spotify, Youtube, or Apple Music
Questlove dubs her sound “soul-appella,” AdHoc to describe her work as “an oasis of serenity,” and The FADER notes how Madison’s “warm harmonies feel effortless.” Madison’s distinct vocal and meticulously layered stylings of a capella and self-harmonizing culminate in work that blends the genres of R&B, pop, soul, and jazz, all with a sense of softness. The through line of Madison’s work is independence and inner liberation, whether she is writing about understanding one’s intuition and inner beauty or the cyclical violence of anti-Blackness and sexism, Madison explores how to get free and how to care for oneself along the way. Her songs are often developed by looking back and honoring the Black musical canon while creating her own unique style, utilizing her voice as a central instrument and drawing upon lifelong inspirations like Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Erykah Badu, Pharell, Missy Elliot, and the Spice Girls.
In addition to her musical career, Madison has served as a curator for numerous venues including C'mon Everybody, the WNYC Greene Space, and the BRIC Jazz festivals, prioritizing the work of women and people of color. The result of Madison's collaborative and creative output is an enduring commitment to finding ways to think better, express ourselves honestly, and nurture a sense of possibility.
https://concerts.livenation.com/gary-clark-jr-houston-texas-03-01-2025/event/3A00613BB01877B6
Lineup
Gary Clark Jr
Grace Bowers
Doors: 6:30 PM
Show: 8PM
Ages: ALL AGES
By overwhelming consensus, the Vijay Iyer Trio has become one of the pivotal jazz bands of the twenty-first century.
https://www.dacamera.com/2024-2025-season-concerts/vijay-iyer-trio/
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tyshawn Sorey returns to Houston with a major new work for solo piano composed for Sarah Rothenberg. Priority access to this special event for DACAMERA subscribers.
https://www.dacamera.com/2024-2025-season-concerts/transforming-time-sarah-rothenberg-piano/
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tyshawn Sorey returns to Houston with a major new work for solo piano composed for Sarah Rothenberg. Priority access to this special event for DACAMERA subscribers.
https://www.dacamera.com/2024-2025-season-concerts/transforming-time-sarah-rothenberg-piano/
https://events.rice.edu/event/384198-fish-discontent-and-socialist-modernities-and-dreams-
Rayzor Hall, 119
Dr. Nana Osei-Opare, Assistant Professor in the Department of History & Center for African and African American Studies at Rice University, Houston
Summary
On March 6, 1957, Ghana’s fight for political sovereignty from Britain was complete. Spearheaded by its first leader, Kwame Nkrumah, Afro-socialists in Ghana possessed ‘worldmaking’ and grand visions and plans about how they would transform the largely British monopolized, agrarian and non-industrialized society into a monopsony, modern, industrialized, socialist society. Yet, Ghana’s socialist visions would have particularly troubling implications for the fishing communities’ political, economic, and gendered relations and societal structures. Powerful figures in the state saw no overlap or connection between the local fishing community and socialist modernization and economic efficiency. Thus, to modernize the fishing industry, persons with state-sanctioned power and the press turned away from local fishing ontologies and well-crafted and structured political and economic practices to create the Ghana Fishing Corporation (Corporation). By examining the fishing communities’ tussles with the Corporation and the socialist, ‘backward’, gendered, and modernization discourses surrounding them during the Nkrumah-era (1957-66), this talk is interested in the reactions and actions of those whom socialist modernity, development, and modernization was supposed to replace or displace, and those considered its antithesis.
Author Biography
Nana Osei-Opare is an Assistant Professor in History & CAAAS. His first monograph, Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana’s Cold War, is contracted to Cambridge University Press. He was a National Endowment for the Humanities and Ford Foundation Fellow at the Schomburg Center (2023-2024) and an Andrew Mellon Fellow for Assistant Professors at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton (2022-2023). He coedited Socialism, Internationalism, and Development in the Third World (Bloomsburg, 2024) and is coediting both the Cambridge History of African Political Thought and a special issue on blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian societies for the Slavic Review. He has published academic articles in Comparative Studies in Society and History, the Journal of African History, and the Journal of West African History, and public facing pieces in the Washington Post and Foreign Policy Magazine. He received his PhD in History from UCLA in 2019.
https://kinder.rice.edu/event/kinder-institute-forum-elizabeth-korver-glenn-and-sarah-mayorga
Sociologists Elizabeth Korver-Glenn and Sarah Mayorga will be in conversation with Kinder Institute Director Ruth N. López Turley about their book, “A Good Reputation: How Residents Fight for an American Barrio.”
Korver-Glenn and Mayorga delve into the development and transformation of the reputation of Houston's Northside neighborhood. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research and in-depth interviews with residents, developers and other neighborhood stakeholders, the authors show that people’s perceptions of their neighborhoods are essential to understanding urban inequality and poverty. The book discusses the complexity of high-poverty urban neighborhoods, demonstrating that gentrification is a more complicated and irregular process than existing accounts of urban inequality would suggest.
Korver-Glenn is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her award-winning research has been published in American Sociological Review, Social Problems, Social Currents, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and City & Community, among other peer-reviewed outlets. Her work has also been featured in national news outlets, including The Washington Post.
Mayorga is Professor and chair of sociology and core faculty in the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program at Brandeis University. Her research interests are the sociology of racism, cities, and Latinx migration. In addition to “A Good Reputation,” she has published two books: “Behind the White Picket Fence: Power and Privilege in a Multiethnic Neighborhood” and “Urban Specters: The Everyday Harms of Racial Capitalism.”
The Kinder Institute Forum lecture series brings thought leaders from around the world to Houston to share ideas about today’s most pressing urban issues. Previous speakers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond, global urbanist Richard Florida, historian Richard Rothstein, urban advocate and strategist Carol Coletta, education leader Ruth J. Simmons and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert L. Santos.
https://guesslawsoncollection.com/exhibition/
Panel on “Lilith” Moderated by Vicki Meek
The Architecture of Culture: Works from the Guess Lawson Collection (TAOC) is an exhibition that showcases the evolving nature of contemporary art and the enduring hope that persists amit beauty, doubt, and often struggle. This exhibition highlights The Guess Lawson Collection’s ability to bridge the gap between past and present, inviting viewers to engage with the complex narrative of American History through art.
The selections in this first exhibition from the Guess Lawson Collection are focused on consideration of how as a community do we tie art to activism, a topic close to the collectors hearts. The exhibition spotlights works in the Collection by multicultural and multinational artists whose work calls us to act on societal challenges of gender and income inequality, and by artists whose work reflects individuals that remind us of the importance of purpose as a character trait for empowerment.
The exhibition draws from Guess Lawson’s extensive collection presenting a powerful and dynamic visual dialogue that explores issues of race, gender, and otherness. The collection features works by established artists such as John Biggers, Hughie Lee-Smith, Violette Bule, Whitfield Lovell, Radcliffe Bailey, David McGee, Joyce Scott, Delilah Montoya, Dick Wray and Giana De Dier, popular artists Abi Salami, Eddie Filer, Kaima Marie Akarue, Christopher Blay, Romeo Robinson, Jonathan Carroll, Danielle Finnerman, and others, offering a rich exploration of depth and diversity.
TAOC is a space for contemplation and discussion challenging the audience to reflect on their own preconceived notions and beliefs. Through a curated selection of artworks, visitors can appreciate the complex narratives and creative processes that drive these artists.
The collaboration between Gensler and The Guess Lawson Collection brings the convergence of art, architecture, and community engagement to the forefront.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reception-for-moody-project-wall-phillip-pyle-ii-tickets-1196940133159
In recognition of Black History Month, Moody is celebrating the work of Phillip Pyle II's "Spectrum Sammy," with DJ Flash Gordon Parks
Celebrate Pyle's new work and Black History Month at Rice University's Moody Center for the Arts. Music by DJ Flash Gordon Parks and refreshments will be provided.
Phillip Pyle II is a visual artist, graphic designer, and photographer whose work engages with issues of race and popular culture through the visual lens of graphic design. Informed by symbols drawn from commercial advertising, sports culture, the hip-hop industry, and archival images, Pyle questions inherited perceptions and traditional values through color and form. Often reflecting an irreverent sense of humor, Pyle’s work invites viewers to imagine and work towards a more just and peaceful future.
Spectrum Sammy takes as its starting point the symbol of a raised fist, made popular in 1968 by Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who raised the salute during the Mexico City Olympics as a symbol of freedom and human rights. Associated with anti-fascist and anti-racist movements throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, the raised fist is reproduced by Pyle in a spectrum of colors, indicating its relationship to people of all backgrounds. Pyle’s addition of an owl resting on the fist acknowledges the work’s placement at Rice University, whose mascot is an owl nicknamed Sammy.
https://events.rice.edu/art-history/event/399431-african-american-literature-and-the-other-arts-a
This two-day symposium will explore the rich interplay between African American literature and the other arts through scholarly presentations, roundtable discussions, and poetry readings.
Friday, March 7th (9am - 6pm)
Saturday, March 8th (11:30am-6pm)
More details on the symposium schedule coming soon.
In 2004, in a speech about the painter Romare Bearden, Toni Morrison argued that critics must appreciate the “liquidity” between Black art forms, the “resonances, alignments, the connections, the inter-genre sources of African American art… the resounding aesthetic dialogue among artists.” “Locating instances of this liquidity,” Morrison explained, “is vital if African American art is to be understood for the complex work that it is and for the deep meaning it contains.”
In that spirit, this two-day symposium at Rice University will explore the rich interplay between African American literature and the other arts, in connection with a special issue of the journal African American Review on that topic. Guest speakers will share work-in-progress–including critical essays and original poems–and participate in roundtable conversations.
The symposium is free and open to the public; all are warmly welcome to attend!
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Participants include:
Herman Beavers, Honey Crawford, Leslie Wingard Cunningham, Eve Dunbar, Brittney Edmonds, Julius Fleming, Tonya Foster, A. Van Jordan, Joshua Kotin, Kiese Laymon, Alyssa Lopez, Kya Mangrum, Hayley O’Malley, Stephen Pasqualina, Rachel Quinn, Noa Saunders, Evie Shockley, and J. Ken Stuckey
The symposium is made possible through generous support by the following:
The Center for African and African American Studies
The Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
The Creative Ventures Funds
The Department of Art
The Department of Anthropology
The Department of Art History
The Department of English
The Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
The Humanities Research Center
The Moody Center for the Arts
The Office of the Dean of Humanities
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