Fall 2017 Programming

AUGUST13 | Road to Sankofa 5 p.m. Warwick Center

21 | Reading Black Narratives from the Mountain by the Sea 2 p.m. Upperman Center

24 | My Lord, What a Morning Opening Reception 5:30 p.m., Upperman Center

25 | NPHC: My Black is Beautiful 12 p.m., Upperman Center

29 | Rewind 6 p.m., Lumina Theater

SEPTEMBER7 | Fictionalizing Historical Blackness 2 p.m., Upperman Center

7 | Wilmington on Fire 6 p.m., Lumina Theater 8 | Low Country Living: A Taste of the Gullah Coast 12 p.m., Upperman Center

16 | Passports and Purpose Brunch 10 a.m., Upperman Center

22 | The Music of Porgy & Bess12 p.m., Upperman Center 28 | Growing Up Gullah6 p.m. Randall Library Auditorium

OCTOBER10 | Ink in Her Veins 6 p.m. Wrightsville Beach Room 13 | Poetry with Arna Bontemps 12 p.m., Upperman Center 19 | Ranky Tanky Concert 7:30 p.m., Kenan Auditorium

20 | Let’s Get Dizzy 12 p.m. Upperman Center

27 | A Black History Halloween 12 p.m., Upperman Center

NOVEMBER1 | Ronald K. Brown: EVIDENCE BFSA Dessert and Coffee 5 p.m., Upperman Center

3 | Black Friday: Dominica 12 p.m., Upperman Center

14 | Tea Cakes and Grits 5 p.m., Clocktower Lounge

14 | Their Eyes Were Watching God 6 p.m., Lumina Theater 17 | A Taste of Senegal 12 p.m. Upperman Center

27 | Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration 6 p.m., Burney Center

DECEMBER8 | Fall Senior Sankofa 10:30 a.m., Education Building 11 | Peach Cobbler and Pralines: Silent Art Auction 6 p.m., Upperman Center

Rev. Dr. Arlecia SimmonsGrowing Up Gullah

Dr. Stephanie Powell Watts

Ranky Tanky

Venita Jenkins

Mary Alice Jervay Thatch The Wilmington Journal

Ronald K. Brown Dance CompanyEVIDENCE

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