THE LOST WEEKEND is three days of culture, books, spoken word, poetry, good food, and good people – hosted by Greedy Reads. Baltimore’s historic literary contributions are well known, and it remains still today a city overflowing with creativity and talent, from social and cultural commentary to poetry, to award-winning fiction. The city’s literary talent […]
Take a mid-day break to celebrate Juneteenth with the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts, in partnership with the Homewood Museum and the Center for Africana Studies. From 12 – 2 pm on the Homewood Museum lawn, enjoy free food, history, and fellowship, honoring the freedom dreams, struggles, and triumphs of Baltimore’s Black ancestors. This luncheon is […]
Join the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts and Baltimore communities for The 4th Annual Billie Holiday Jazz Concert at Lafayette Square. The event will feature Navasha Daya (vocals), Nasar Abadey (drums), Sean Jones (trumpet), Herman Burney (bass), Richard Johnson (keys), DJ Ian Friday, Brinae Ali (tap dancer), and will be hosted by Lady Brion. […]
Professor Lawrence Jackson speaks about his recent book, Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore
Professor Lawrence Jackson speaks about his book "Hold it Real Still: Clint Eastwood, Race and the Cinema of the American West" as part of the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Writers Live! Series.
“The Political Production of Blackness” by Professor Lester Spence, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University. This is part of the Helena Hicks Speakers Series, Honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City
Professor Zophia Edwards, Sociology, Johns Hopkins University. This is part of the Helena Hicks Speakers Series, honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City
Professor Richard Bell History, University of Maryland Helena Hicks Speakers Series *Honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City
Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore
Professor Martha Jones History, Johns Hopkins University Helena Hicks Speakers Series *Honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City
Professor Nadia Nurhussein English, Johns Hopkins University Helena Hicks Speakers Series *Honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City
Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English, Columbia UniversityCurated Exhibit from Billie Holiday ArchivesJazz music and more
