13: Monday

Interpreting Literature Through Other Art Forms: A Conversation
Moderator: Reg. E. Gaines; Participants: Bridgette Davis, filmmaker; Elizabeth Van Dyke, actor; Kevin Sipp, visual artist/writer

10 am
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free

Carol Mitchell Leon - Young Playwrights Workshop
Carol Mitchell Leon, nationally recognized actor, playwright and director presents a week long workshop for young (15-22) playwrights; basics and advanced techniques. Membership is by application; please contact Cassandra Washington at the NBAF for details.

10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel
Free; pre-registration is required. Please call the NBAF for more information.

Camille Billops - Young Filmmakers Workshop

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
14th Street Playhouse, Main Stage
Free

Piano Lecture Recital: "Rags, Bamboulas, and Jubas" featuring Portia Hawkins

Noon
Renaissance Hotel, Chastain Room
Free

Blue Bag Lunch: Pete Peterson and the Blues in the House Band
Sponsored by the Atlanta Journal ~ Constitution

Noon
Centennial Olympic Park
Free

3rd World Newsreel: A Seminar

Past and present directors of this New York-based non-profit film production and distribution organization present oral history and clips from 30 years of community media making.

2 pm
Renaissance Hotel Atlanta Ballroom
Free

Book Signing: Diane McKinney-Whetstone

3 p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free

Roots & Branches: Blue Monday
The Roots & Branches Folk Art Festival gets the blues and winds down a work-day Monday in Piedmont Park.

Main Stage
5p Theodis Ealey with Sandra Hall
6p Kenny Neal

Demonstration Stage
230p Piper Jamison Productions
630p World Drummers' Adult Percussion master class

Solo Piano Series: Kenny Banks

5:30 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel Lobby
Free

Jazz Vespers featuring The Atlanta Community Jazz Chorus, The Dwight Andrews Quintet, and Special Guest Pheeroan akLaff

7:00 p.m.
First Congregational Church 105 Courtland Street SE
Free (Donations Accepted)

"The Black Newspaper: Soldiers Without Swords"
A Documentary Premiere

Documentarian Stanley Nelson presents his new work detailing the history of the hundreds of Black newspapers which began after the Civil War.

7 pm
Rich Auditorium
$5.00

Diverse Duets: Contemporary Dance
Atlanta based artists Ballethnic Dance Company and Wayne M. Smith and Friends share an evening with Avila/Weeks Dance of New York to open the 1998 dance program with spectacular and unusual partnering.

7:30 pm
Rialto Center for the Arts
$15.00

Fiction Reading I
Moderator: Colin Channer, Participants: Shay Youngblood, Diane McKinney Whetstone, Paul Beatty & A.J. Verdelle

7:00 pm
Ferst Theatre at Georgia Tech.
$10.00
Pass available to Literature Series

Tribute to Henry Dumas

11p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, Norcross Room
Free

Knew School Poetry Series: Open Mic Readings

10:00 pm to Midnight
Yin Yang Cafe
$5.00

Black At The Movies: Blind Faith, a Showtime Original Film

This Showtime original feature film was directed by Ernest Dickerson, better known for his work as a cinematographer, and features Charles Dutton, star of stage, screen and television.

10 pm & Midnight
Phipps Plaza (Lenox Station on Marta North rail line)
$5.00
Series passes available

Midnight Jam: Blues Monday featuring the Theodis Ealy Blues Band

Midnight
Renaissance Hotel Georgia Ballroom
$10.00
Pass available to Midnight Jams Series

Ongoing Events Friday July 10 Saturday July 11 Sunday July 12
Monday July 13 Tuesday July 14 Wednesday July 15
Thursday July 16 Friday July 17 Saturday July 18 Sunday July 19
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