14: Tuesday

Words & Music: What Music Means to the Writer
Moderator: Dr. Jerry Ward
Participants: Joan Morgan, Charlie Braxton, Ntozake Shange

10 am
Rennaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free

Blue Bag Lunch: Heaven Davis & The Aggravating Papas
Sponsored by the Atlanta Journal ~ Constitution

Noon
Centennial Olympic Park
Free

Avila/Weeks Dance Workshop

1-3 p.m.
Spelman College, Baldwin Burroughs Theatre
Free

Telling the Story: Screenwriter's workshop with Paris Qualles

2 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel Ballroom
Free

Roots & Branches: Cultural Meditations
The Roots & Branches Folk Art Festival continues with an eclectic evening exploring our roots in Piedmont Park.

Main Stage
5p Kantor Deborah Wright
630p Ras Michael & the Sone of Negus

Demonstration Stage
230p Moving In The Spirit 300

Solo Piano Series: Donald Smith

5:30 pm
Rennaissance Hotel Lobby
Free

Poetry Reading: Emerging Voices
Moderator: Catherine Smith Jones, Participants: Rohan Preston, Ruth Forman, Andrea Wren, Charlie Braxton, Kupenda Auset, Tony Medina, Lenard D. Moore

7:00 pm
Renaissance Hotel Georgia Ballroom
$10.00
Literature Series Pass For All Six Evening Readings $54.00

Homecoming : A Work-in-Progress

Premiere of Chrlene Gilbert's film about the decline of Black farming.

7:00 pm
Rich Auditorium
$5.00

First Time Felon : An Original HBO Film Directed by Charles Dutton

Screening of Charles Dutton's film, prerequisite to attending his Film Workshop.

7:00 pm
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
$5.00

Doll Exhibit Fashion Show

7 p.m.
Rich's Department Store; Greenbriar Mall
Free

Ballethnic Dance Company Workshop

7:30-9 p.m.
Ballethnic Academy of Dance Studio, 1286 East Washington Ave., East Point
Free

An Evening with Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee joins us for a conversation and reading for one night only. Audiences have the unique opportunity to spend an unforgettable evening with this performing legend, the incomporable Ruby Dee.

8:00 pm
Rialto Center for the Arts
$25.00

August Wilson's Jitney
The National Black Arts Festival and Crossroads Theatre Company present this centerpiece production, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson's Jitney.  Set in a Jitney station- a self-created, self-supplied, self-owned and self-run taxi service- Wilson says he "...wanted to show how this group of men created jobs for themselves and became self-sufficient. They made a way out, of no way, and did it with a certain joy, a zest."

8:00 pm
Woodruff Arts Center: Alliance Theatre
$20.50- $29.50

Thamyris, Tania Leon, Pheeroan akLaff & Diane Monroe
The chamber music program presents the gifted, Atlanta-based contemporary music ensemble Thamyris together with composer/conductor Tania Leon, drummer Pheeroan akLaff and violinist Diane Monroe for a one of a kind performance. The program will also be recorded for CD during the Festival.

8:00 pm
Georgia State University Recital Hall
$12.00

World Drums For Peace
A gathering of over 200 core drummers from every continent (except Australia) will assemble in Atlanta to make a profound statement of peace and brotherhood. Mor Thiam, master drummer and curator of World Drums For Peace, along with the Royal Drummers of Africa and a variety of international drummers and dancers, will come together for this world class performance.

8:00 pm
Variety Playhouse
$12.00

Hip Hop Mini Video Festival
Hosted and curated by Harry Allen of Vibe Magazine.

10:00 pm
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
$5.00

Midnight Jam: Hip-Hop

Midnight
Renaissance Hotel Main Ballroom
$10.00
Pass available to Midnight Jam 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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