Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. Dinner available for purchase from HoodFellas Bistro and Catering. Adult beverages from Sassy Shots. Poetry has been and continues to be experiencing a renaissance. Artist, poet and entrepreneur Danny Simmons recognized this several years ago in founding Def Poetry Jam which was responsible for discovering many young […]

First Fridays Featuring The JoGo Project  Friday, October 6 | 6 pm - 8:30 pm Exhibits open at 6 pm. Performance begins at 7 pm. Admission: Members - $20 Non-Members - $25 Food available for purchase  The JoGo Project is a WAMMIE Award winning Jazz and Go-Go fusion band from Washington, DC founded in 2014 […]

FREE Exhibition Day at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum Saturday, October 7th, 2023 | 10am - 5pm  Enjoy a free museum admission day at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum touring the latest fall exhibitions to include Vision & Spirit: African American Art - Works from the Bank of America Collection and Blacks in White: African American […]

  Vision & Spirit Art Panel Discussion Saturday, October 7th, 2023 | 2pm - 3:30pm  Spend the afternoon with Black community artists and curators in dialogue about their journey as artists and how their work contributes to the legacy of Black visual culture. Artists will discuss artist’s works from Vision & Spirit: African American Art […]

Vision & Spirit African American Art Workshop for Kids Saturday, October 7th, 2023 | 11am - 1pm  Inspired to become an artist like art masters Jacob Lawrence or Romare Bearden? Join us for this fun and interactive artwork workshop dabbling with drawing and mixed media materials utilizing your creativity. This workshop will be facilitated by […]

Blacks in White Author Series: Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America with Dr. Monique Rainford moderated by Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead Thursday, October 12th, 2023 | 6:30pm - 8pm This event is free and open to the public.  Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy than their white peers. […]

  Book Talk - Kin: Rooted in Hope with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford | Sponsored by The Robert Family Fund with support by Verizon Moderated by Dr. Leslie King-Hammond Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 6pm - 9pm FREE EVENT | The first 125 registrants get a copy of the book! Celebrate Black Family roots […]

  Fallfest: Health and Wellness Day Presented by MedStar Health Saturday, October 28th, 2023 | 11am - 4pm | FREE EVENT Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum this fall for a day of health and wellness activities that focuses on the well being of your  body, mind and spirit.  Limber the  body to Trap Yoga with  […]

  MD Emancipation Webinar for Educators: Places of Black Joy: The NACE’s Day Parade in Trappe, MD Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 5 pm – 6 pm, EDT Celebrate Maryland Emancipation Day  (November 1, 1864)  exploring  museum curricular resources developed by Maryland educators from the University of Maryland Writing Project connected with one of the […]

First Fridays Featuring The Kimberly Project Friday, November 3 | 6 pm - 8:30 pm Exhibits open at 6 pm. Performance begins at 7 pm. Admission: Members - $20 Non-Members - $25 Food available for purchase  Kimberly Holloway, formerly and musically known as K. Holloway, is an American singer and actress from Baltimore, MD. American […]