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


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Alexandria Film Festival Presents

~ Celebrating 100 Years of James Baldwin ~


Sunday, November 10th, 3:30 - 5:30pm
Alexandria, VA

"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"
Screening of Restored Widescreen Version of the Film

Screening Followed by Discussion + Q&A with:
Karen Thorsen, Filmmaker + Director, James Baldwin Project
RaAlim Shabazz, Alexandria Community Remembrance Project


WHERE? ~ Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum ~

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~ TWO EVENTS ! - TWO Discussions - Hartford, CT -

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- Saturday, October 19th, 7:30pm

"Jimmy & Lorraine: A Musing" - Final Performance of
the Play by Talvin Wilks, Directed by Brian Denning
  (Developed by Hartbeat Ensemble, Trinity College + Others)

~ Tuesday, October 29th, 6:00pm
"Encounters Dialogue: Life, Love & Loneliness"
A Special Event Amplifying this Production
(Developed by UCONN's Humility & "Conviction in Public Life")

BOTH Events include Discussions with:
Karen Thorsen, Filmmaker + Director, James Baldwin Project
Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., Artistic Director of HartBeat Ensemble


WHERE? ~ Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT ~

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FREE Program !

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~ Thursday, October 10 - 11th ~
Middletown, CT

~ Wesleyan University + Middletown Pride Present
"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"
Thursday, 6:30pm Screening + Discussion

Wesleyan High School Humanities Program

Friday, 8:30am Screening + Workshop
w/ High School Students from Six Area Schools


WHERE? ~ Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, Wesleyan University
287 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT ~

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FREE Program !


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~ Sunday, October 6th - 2:00 - 5:00pm ~
Washington, DC

~ March On Film Festival Presents
"James Baldwin:  Born With The Thunder"
Opening Event ~ Dance,Drums, Film Screening of
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket" and Discussion + Q&A"


~ National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater
701 Constitution Ave. NW , Washington, DC 20002 ~

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FREE Program !


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~ Friday, October 4th - 2:00pm ~
Harlem, NYC

~ Schomburg / NYPL + Columbia University AAADS + IRAAS Present
"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"

Free Screening + Discussion + Q&A
Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd New York, NY 10030

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FREE Screening !

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~ Thursday, October 3rd - 5:00pm ~
New Haven, CT

Kulturally Lit + New Haven Free Public Library Present
"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"

Free Screening + Discussion + Q&A
NHFPL Ives Main Branch, 133 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06510

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FREE Screening !

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~ Thursday, September 26th - 7:00pm ~
Hartford CT

Trinity College + Cinestudio + Bantam Network / Trinity Present
"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"

Screening + Panel Discussion + Q&A
At Cinestudio Theatre, 300 Summit St, Hartford, CT   (860) 297-2544

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FREE Screening !

More Info  HERE!

 

~ Tuesday, September 24th - 6:00pm ~
Fairfield CT

NPR / WSHU Public Radio & Sacred Heart University Present"
"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"

Screening + Panel Discussion + Q&A
At the SHU Community Theater!

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Special Event Discount!
$10 per Person

Get Tickets  HERE!

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- Baldwin's Birthday was August 2nd -


The James Baldwin Project Participated in Five Events
in Washington, DC and New York City.

~ After the Birthday Celebrations, The Baldwin Family Centennial Committee
Posted this "Shoutout" List on the Baldwin 100 Website!


( No hierarchy here:  The list is alphabetical by first name! )

We appear at #56.  We're in fantastic company ... Peace!

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For the FULL LIST of 100 names, VIEW + DOWNLOAD a PDF
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** Five Successful Events! **

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

Thursday, August 1 ~ National Portrait Gallery, Wash DC
Friday, August 2 ~ Urban Institute, Washington DC
     Friday August 2 ~ NYPublic Library/Schomburg, NYC
Friday, August 2        ~ Alice Tully Hall/Lincoln Center, NYC
                   Friday, August 2 ~ AFI/ Strathmore Foundation, Washington DC





~  E v e n t   H i g h l i g h t s  ~

"A Century of Baldwin"  at Lincoln Center, NYC

You can join the Baldwin family and luminaries of art
literature and culture for a one-night celebration
of his lasting impact - at Alice Tully Hall, in Lincoln Center.

The program will include performance, music,
distinguished speakers, photos and film excerpts.

Presented by Baldwin United





Excerpts from "James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
courtesy of the James Baldwin Project.


Friday, August 2nd, 7:30pm

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC

~ Donate / Pay What You Choose ~




"James Baldwin 100th Birthday Slam"
at National Portrait Gallery, Wash DC

Visit the current Art + Portrait Exhibit
"This Morning, This Evening, So Soon:
James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance"

and attend a live Poetry Slam featuring ARS Poetica.


     

Thursday, August 1st, 5:00pm

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

~ Free Admission! ~





"Appreciation, Then Action"
A James Baldwin Celebration & Symposium

at the Urban Institute, Wash DC

Includes remarks & discussions with:

Lionel Foster, Founder, The Baldwin Prize
Karen Thorsen, Filmmaker, "James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"
Justin Joyce, PhD, Editor, James Baldwin Review
Randall K. Johnson, Professor of Law, University of Missouri, UMKC.


      


“If you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”
~ James Baldwin

Thursday, August 2nd, 9:30am - 1:30pm

Urban Institute
Washington, DC

This Event is By Private Invitation Only!




Exhibition Opening Reception & Live Program
"JIMMY!  God's Black Revolutionary Mouth"
New York Public Library + Schomburg Center

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Join us at the opening reception for our newest exhibition.
Stay for our public program with two-time Grammy Award-winning
Recording hip-hop artist Che “Rhymefest” Smith.


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Thursday, August 2nd, 3:00 - 6:00pm

NYPL / Schomburg Center
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
(135th St and Malcolm X Blvd)
New York, NY 10037
917-275-6975







"Community Screening & Discussion" ~ 35th Anniversary of
"James Baldwin:  The Price of the Ticket"
Strathmore + AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center
Silver Springs, MD

With Filmmaker Karen Thorsen
&
Performing Arts Producer / Director Katea Stitt

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Presented by:

Strathmore Foundation, the Cheuse Center for International Writers
& the American Film Institute


     


Thursday, August 2nd, 7:00pm

AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301.495.6700

FREE SCREENING!






 ~   O U R    P R O J E C T   ~


james baldwin project overview & mission


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"What Baldwin Is Communicating To Me ..."

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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!





CT Humanities & CT Cultural Fund Support the James Baldwin Project






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~ D I G I T A L   R E S T O R A T I O N ~

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NYC PREMIERE OF THE RESTORATION!

The New School ~ 11.13.14
>> Read About the Screening and Conversation

 
Video of Q & A / Talkback Conversation
Featuring Michelle Materre, Ricardo Montez and Karen Thorsen


WORLD PREMIERE OF THE RESTORATION!

The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC ~ 10.12.14
>> Read About "Saving the Baldwin Film"
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Featuring Aisha Karefa-Smart, Tejan Karefa & Karen Thorsen

Watch the Video (with Closed Captioning)
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