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“A Love Supreme: Black Cultural Expression and Political Activism of the 1960s and 1970s” Traveling Exhibit

 

Visit the Community Folk Arts Center to explore Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center’s (SCRC) traveling exhibition of “A Love Supreme: Black Cultural Expression and Political Activism of the 1960s and 1970s.”

On View: September 11, 2023December 15, 2023 EDT

This exhibition was previously on display at SCRC from January through August 2023. A Love Supreme reimagines the Black Power and the Black Arts Movements by intentionally unmuting a multitude of Black writers, leaders and artists from SCRC’s manuscript and archival collections as well as the rare book and printed materials collection.

 

Snap & Taps Open Mic

It’s National Poetry Month and Snaps & Taps is back for all poets, singers and comedians on April 26. The open mic will be hosted by Symphonie and is free and open to the public.

 

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Film Screening and Q&A : BAM ! THE CHICAGO BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT

 

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) is excited to present a conversation and film screening featuring co-director and producer, Dr. Thabiti Lewis and the pivotal film, “BAM! Chicago’s Black Arts Movement” (2019) with a reception immediately to follow. Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 6pm – 8pm (EDT). This event is free, Click on the link to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bam-the-chicago-black-arts-movement-tickets-549409377237?aff=ebdssbdestsearch