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 […]
7th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, United StatesJoin us for a fun-filled day focused on kids’ literature about African Americans and people of other ethnicities. Enjoy author readings, illustration workshops, live performances, and art activities. Purchase hard-to-find titles in the Book Village.
Museum Nights @ the Lewis
RSVP here! 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 […]
Short Kuts Show: You Must Learn
The Short Kuts Show live short storytelling series returns to the stage with educators and their work with inner city youth. These storytellers will share their personal experiences teaching today’s youth in the classroom and on the school yard. Presented by Dr. LaMarr Shields, the Cambio Group, Darius Wilmore and MC Brawl with DJ Excel […]
Sunday @ 2 Films: Wrestle (86 minutes)
This intimate documentary goes to the mat with four members of a high-school wrestling team at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama’s list of failing schools. Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan face challenges far beyond a shot at the State Championship. Splintered family lives, drug use, teenage pregnancy, mental health struggles, […]