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"What Baldwin Is Communicating To Me ..."

ACES High school student Wendy speaks at
one of our community outreach events.

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Jimmy Turns 100 !!!

" James Baldwin Centennial: Identity, Then & Now "

A Nationwide Series of Community Film Screenings + Public Forums

August 2nd, 2024 Will Mark 100 Years Since James Baldwin's Birth

August 2nd, 2025 Will Be His 100th Birthday!

U P C O M I N G & R E C E N T E V E N T S

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New Haven, CT

Friends Center for Children, Elm Street Montessori School, Flint Street Theater
Present

"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"

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Flint Street Theater
25 Flint Street
New Haven, CT

FREE & Open to the Public!

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Sag Harbor, Long Island NY

Sag Harbor Cinema Special Presentation of

"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"

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Discussion with Susan Lacy and Karen Thorsen

Sag Harbor Cinema
90 Main Street
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
(631) 725-0010

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HERE!

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Presents

!!! Jimmy Turns 100 !!!

Celebrate Baldwin’s 100th Birthday with UCLA’s Six-Night Film Series
~ The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin's Cinema of the Mind ~
Friday, July 25th - Friday, August 15th, 2025

~ Six Nights, Six Live Dramatic Readings, A Dozen Films & More ~
FREE and Open to the Public

~ Opening Night ~

Friday, July 25th, 2025 ~ 7:30pm
Los Angeles, CA

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**Film Programmer: Beandrea July

UCLA Library Film + Television Archive
At the Famous Billy Wilder Theater

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Columbus College of Art & Design + Department of Liberal Arts
Present

Columbus, OH

A Special Film Screening
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"

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Discussion w/ Filmmaker Karen Thorsen
and Dept. of Liberal Arts Professor Alice Ragland, PhD.

Canzini Screening Room
60 Cleveland Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
614.224.9101

Free & Open to All Students + Staff!
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Wexner Center for the Arts & OSU College of Arts & Sciences, Office of Engagement
Present

Columbus, OH

Visiting Filmmaker | Documentaries Series
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"

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Film Screening + Discussion w/ Filmmaker Karen Thorsen
and Associate Dean of Engagement Dr. Maurice Williams

Wexner Center
1871 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 292-3535

Free & Open to the Public!
Registration Required

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Adelphi University & Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies
Presents

Garden City, NY

“The Fire This Time”
A James Baldwin Centennial Celebration

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Film Screening + Discussion w/
Filmmaker Karen Thorsen and Administrator/Mentor Gregory Miller

For More Info

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Adelphi University
One South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
(800) 233-5744

Free & Open to the Public!
Registration Required

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Artwork + Photography by Ernesto Yerena, Allan Warren, Sedat Pakay

~ The Baldwin Family Centennial Committee ~
Posted this "Shoutout" List of One Hundred Baldwin Purveyors
on their Baldwin 100 Website!

We appear at #56 (alphabetical by first name). We're in fantastic company ... Peace!

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For the FULL LIST of 100 names, VIEW + DOWNLOAD PDF

NYC PREMIERE OF THE RESTORATION!
The New School ~ November 13, 2014

Q & A: Michelle Materre, Ricardo Montez, Karen Thorsen
>> Read About the Screening and Conversation

WORLD PREMIERE OF THE RESTORATION!
The National Gallery of Art, ~ October 12, 2014

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Q&A: Aisha Karefa-Smart, Tejan Karefa, Karen Thorsen
>> Read About "Saving the Baldwin Film"

~ SEE ALL L I V E E V E N T S ~

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