City of Neighborhoods Celebration
City of Neighborhoods Celebration
Marking the closing week of the exhibition City People: Black Baltimore in the Photographs of John Clark Mayden, this special afternoon will celebrate Baltimore's neighborhoods with activities and performances for all ages inspired by John Clark Mayden's "street portraits."
- Date:
- Sunday, February 23, 2020
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location:
- George Peabody Library
- Campus:
- Peabody campus
- Audience:
- Faculty/Staff General Public Students
- Categories:
- Open House
Family activities, 1–2:30 p.m.
- Examine historic maps of Baltimore
- Draw a picture that represents your community, then add your creation to our large-screen slideshow
- Listen to local Baltimore stories, recorded by the Peale Museum and Jubilee Arts
- Record your own Baltimore story for the Peale Center's collection, Be Here: Baltimore
- View images created by youngsters at the Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures and youth photographers from Baltimore Youth Film Arts
Performances and open mic, 2:30–4 p.m.
- Lady Brion, spoken word artist
- David Fakunle, griot
- Readings by Writers in Baltimore Schools
- Tell, sing, perform your own Baltimore story in an open mic event, "3 minutes max"
Screening and Q&A, 4:15–5 p.m.
- Watch Hummingbirds in the Trenches, a documentary short film about poet Kondwani Fidel and the city of Baltimore. Fidel will introduce the film and lead a Q&A after the screening.
The event is sponsored by the Sheridan Libraries, the Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts, and the Center for Social Concern.
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