16: Thursday

The Middle Passage: A Conversation
Moderator: Eugene Redmond
Participants: Tom Feelings, Thulani Davis, Velma "Maia" Thomas, Daniel Wideman

10 am
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free

Roots & Branches: Revolution of Rap
The Roots & Branches Folk Art Festival continues with an exploration of Rap music in Piedmont Park.

Main Stage
5p Speech
6p Gil-Scot Heron

Demonstration Stage
230p Giwayen Mata

Book Signing: A.J. Verdelle

5 p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free

Back to BAKA

Judith Alexa Jackson: Sirius Komedy lived with the Twa people in the rain forest of West Africa, and in this piece shares her journey- a journey to BAKA, and back.

6:00 pm
14th Street Playhouse Second Stage
$10.00

Creative Non-Fiction Reading
Moderator: Kevin Powell
Participants: bell hooks, Nathan McCall, Quincy Troupe, Gloria Wade-Gayles

6:00 pm
Robert Ferst center for the Arts at Georgia Tech
$10.00
Literature Series Pass For All Six Evening Readings $54.00

Book Signing: Barbara Smith

7:30 p.m.
Charis Books in Little 5 Points
Free

Vanessa Rubin with special guest Cecil Bridgewater
An extraordinary evening of contemporary jazz and R&B.

8:00 pm
Renaissance Hotel, Georgia Ballroom
$20.00

An Evening with Maya Angelou
You are invited to spend an evening with one of the most important voices of our time. Author, poet, actress and activist Maya Angelou has inspired the world with her reflections and writings.

8:00 pm
Symphony Hall
$25.00

 

Resoundings: The Realm of Improvised Music at the End of the Century
Leo Smith Quartet, Alexander von Schlippenbach Quartet & Fred Anderson with the DKV Trio

A three day mini-summit featuring three concerts, a symposium and a performance workshop. A collaboration between the NBAF, the Goethe Institut and the Arts Festival of Atlanta brings together African American, German, British and Japanese artists on the cutting edge. Presented in partnership with Lufthansa.

8:00 pm
Walter Hill Auditorium at The Woodruff Arts Center
$12.00

Brown Silk and Magenta Sunsets
Director Sandra McClain and author P.J. Gibson have assembeled and outstanding cast including two-time Tony Award nominee Michelle Shay and Phyllis Yvonne Stickney to perform this realistic drama. Set in the luxurious penthouse of a wealthy recluse, this drama brings three paintings to life to confront a woman's passion and obsessive love.

8:00 pm
14th Street Playhouse, Mainstage
$10

Blues Rooms and Brand New People On The Planet
Award winning choreographer and dancer Dianne McIntyre and acclaimed recording artist Olu Dara join forces performing these pieces for two very special evenings.

7:30 pm
Rialto Center for the Arts
$15.00

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."

3:00 pm & 8:00pm
Woodruff Arts Center: Alliance Theatre
$20.50- $29.50

Midnight Jam: Jazz Jam with Jacques LeSure Quintet

Midnight
Renaissance Hotel Georgia Ballroom
$10.00

 

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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