James Baldwin Festival at Strathmore
Strathmore launches its James Baldwin series with a screening of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket, followed by a conversation led by Dr. Keith Clark.
AUGUST 15
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN
This poetry workshop offers participants an alternative approach to writing, in which visual imagery takes a backseat to touch, taste, sound, smell, movement, and emotion.
SEPTEMBER 7
DRAMATIC EXCERPTS: GO THE WAY YOUR BLOOD BEATS
Howard University's Department of Theatre Arts students will perform select scenes from James Baldwin's dramatic works: The Amen Corner (1955) and Blues for Mister Charlie (1964).
SEPTEMBER 26
LECTURE: JAMES BALDWIN AT THE CROSSROADS
In 2024, we revisit and reexamine a book in which a writer looks at the powerful images of film and how they shape a nation’s identity and perhaps prevent us from loving the stranger as well as ourselves.
