GOD'S REVOLUTIONARY VOICE: Celebrating James Baldwin's 100th Birthday
A three-day event in Philadelphia to celebrate the revolutionary James Baldwin's 100th birthday through music, dance, art, film, and discussion. Organized by the Saturday Free School for Philosophy and Black Liberation, in partnership with the Education, Philosophy, and Religion Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Free and open to the public.
We invite you to contribute as you are able, to help make possible the sharing of Baldwin's life and ideas.
We invite you to contribute as you are able, to help make possible the sharing of Baldwin's life and ideas.
Saturday, August 3 | 2:00 - 8:00 PMAfro-Asiatic Peace ConcertIntroduction & Invocation 2 PM —Tyehimba African Drum and Dance Ensemble Part 1 | Take Me To The Water 2:30 PM —Serafina Harris —Osiris Wildfire —Bobby Zankel's Wonderful Sound 7 Part 2 | The Last White Nation 4:15 PM —Korean Traditional Dance of Choomnoori —Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society —Serafina Harris —Malikat al Dabka Part 3 | To Crush A Serpent 6 PM —Fuad Foty, Fairouz Foty, and the Foty Family —Adhyaathma School of Performing Arts —Alfie Pollitt & Jaleel Shaw LOCATION: Church of the Crucifixion (807 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia, PA 19147) |
Monday, August 5th | 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Art Exhibit Opening + Tour"LOVE & REVOLUTION:
James Baldwin Speaks to Our Time" LOCATION: Parkway Central Library (1901 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA 19103) |