Author Talk – “Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams: The Power of the Ballot”
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, United StatesBaltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams: The Power of the BallotBy Ida E. JonesSaturday, March 16, 1pmVictorine Quille Adams was the first African American woman elected to the Baltimore City Council. In 1946, she founded the Colored Women's Democratic Campaign Committee to educate African American women about the vote and the power of the […]
Museum Nights @ The Lewis
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, United StatesMuseum Nights @ The Lewis Thursday, March 21, 6pm to 9pm Third Thursday is now Museum Nights @ the Lewis! We know you LOVED Third Thursdays, but it’s time to try something NEW. Third Thursday is getting REMIXED and we are bringing you diverse music options, a new food and drink menu, VIP areas, and […]
Linda Day Clark – Artist Gallery Talk “The Gee’s Bend Photographs”
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, United StatesArtist Gallery Talk - Linda Day Clark: The Gee's Bend Photographs Saturday, March 30, 1 pm Linda Day Clark began photographing the Gee's Bend community in 2002 as a freelance photographer for The New York Times. She continues to return to Gee’s Bend as a documentary photographer, capturing the life of this rural community and […]
Film “The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend” (60 min)
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, United StatesFilm Screening: The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend (60 minutes)Saturday, March 30, 2:30 pmQuiltmakers of Gee's Bend explores the extraordinary lives, inspirations, and history of these artists, and also follows them on a poignant and sometimes very comical bus journey to see their quilts exhibited at The Milwaukee Art Museum.In conjunction with Linda Day Clark and […]
Baltimore After Freddie Gray
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, United StatesBaltimore After Freddie Gray Saturday, April 13, Noon to 3 pm FACTUALITY Board Game Noon FACTUALITY is a facilitated dialogue, crash course, and board game, all in one, that simulates real life experiences in Baltimore allowing for a courageous conversation about structural inequality. It is played with a rich group of diverse characters that encounter a series of fact based advantages […]
Museum Nights @ the Lewis
Third Thursday is now Museum Nights @ the Lewis! We know you LOVED Third Thursdays, but it’s time to try something NEW. Third Thursday is getting REMIXED and we are bringing you diverse music options, a new food and drink menu, VIP areas, and access to the hottest exhibitions in the city all in one […]
Fabric Craft Workshop: Greeting Cards (Ages 6-12)
Play with fabric and create a collage greeting card of your own. Visitors are encouraged to bring photos to embellish their cards. This fabric craft workshop is facilitated by the African American Quilters of Baltimore. To register please contact terry.taylor@lewismuseum.org. In conjunction with Linda Day Clark: The Gee’s Bend Photographs Included with Museum Admission. Let […]
Film: Tell Me More and Then Some
This film explores the history of American jazz in Baltimore as well as the current state of Baltimore's jazz scene. Visitors will view footage of jazz greats Eubie Blake, Chick Webb, Billie Holiday, Ethel Ennis and more. The film challenges the idea that "Baltimore's jazz scene died along with the Royal Theatre and Pennsylvania Ave." […]
Raised in the System: Film Screening & Discussion with Michael K. Williams
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, United StatesActor and producer Michael K. Williams (Omar Little from The Wire, Chalky White from Boardwalk Empire) brings his HBO VICE documentary, “Raised in the System” to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History at 6 PM. Williams will screen his one-hour documentary on the people impacted by the juvenile justice system. “Raised in […]
Artist Roundtable: Quilting in B’More
Enjoy quilting at its best with an artist talk with renown quilting artists from the B’more region. Visitors will view various quilting images and see several quilts during this discussion with fiber artist Stephen Towns, quilting artist Dr. Joan Gaither and quilter Sandra Smith from the African American Quilters of Baltimore. In conjunction with Linda […]