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"What Baldwin Is Communicating To Me ..."

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


James Baldwin Centennial

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!

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Howard University   +   Department of English
Present

Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 ~ 4:00 - 8:30 PM
Washington, DC

The 73rd Annual Charles Eaton Burch Memorial Lecture

Includes The Burch Lecture by Karen Thorsen + Film Screening
"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"

Free and Open to the Public!
General Public + All Students Welcome
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Howard University
2400 6th St NW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-806-6100

The Burch Lecture~ Douglass Hall, Rm 221 4:00 ~ 5:30 PM
Refreshments, 5:30 ~ 6:30 PM

Film Screening ~ Locke Hall, Rm 105
7:00 ~ 8:30 PM
 
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Tuesday, March 4th, 7:00 - 9:30 PM ~
Fairfax, VA

The Cheuse Center
George Mason University
Visiting Filmmaker Series
Present

"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"
Film Screening + Discussion
w/Filmmaker Karen Thorsen &
Professors Keith CLark, PhD & Cynthia Fuchs, PhD
~
Free and Open to the Public!  RSVP
General Public + All Students Welcome

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Dr. Keith Clark                               Dr. Cynthia Fuchs                              Karen Thorsen
 


 
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CT State Community College
Naugatuck Valley Campus
Presents

Wednesday, February 19th - 11:00AM ~
Waterbury, CT

“James Baldwin OutLoud”
A Spoken Word Performance + Discussion / Q&A
With Bennie Pharr IV + Kit Briner
~
Free and Open to the Public!
General Public + All Students Welcome

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"Mainstage Theater"

CT State Community College
Naugatuck Valley Campus
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708
Phone: 203-575-8000
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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"

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