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Live Musical Performances by R&B Icons.
Ashford and Simpson and the legendary Marylin McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
Where: The Lyric Opera House(140 W. Mount Royal Ave.)
For ticket information: 443-263-1801 or emailus@maamc.org
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To commemorate Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall (1908 – 1993) on the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Reginald F.
Lewis Museum presents Thurgood’s Baltimore: the Education
of a Revolutionary, 1908 – 1938. This Community Space exhibition
examines the history and context of the Marshall’s Baltimore
upbringing and rise to national prominence.
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was a product of the
Baltimore in which he grew up. That Baltimore consistently
drew legacies from the 19th century civil rights struggle. It took
advantage of newly created opportunities of the early twentieth
century. And it infused many African American youngsters with
the determination to overthrow Jim Crow.
Tracing his life from his earliest days through his ascendancy to
Chief Legal Counsel of the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, this exhibition returns the Thurgood
Marshall lore to its Maryland roots. We would go on to achieve
much more in life, but this is the story of where he started.
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Walking in The Footsteps series, 2006,
courtesy of Stephen Marc
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A People’s Geography: The Spaces of African American
Life complements the Maps: Finding Our Place in the World exhibition at the Walters Art Museum and is part of the 2008 citywide Festival of Maps in Baltimore. Through the eyes of contemporary artists, our exhibition imagines the relationships African Americans have to the geography of their environment. Where did we come from, where have we been, and what we have created along the way? A People’s Geography illuminates the spaces African Americans have navigated, from slavery to the present.
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A panel featuring artists Stephen Marc, Jason Miccolo
Johnson, and Deborah Willis, and scholar Dr. Suzette
Spencer, a professor of Afro-American Studies at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison will discuss the exhibition
A People’s Geography. Themes will include migration,
displacement, and the creation of African American
community. This program is in conjunction with the
Exhibition: A People’s Geography: The Space of African
American Life.
Free with Museum Admission.
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Hale Aspacio Woodruff was one of America’s important creative pioneers. His legacy as an artist and teacher endures in the various styles, including paintings, prints, drawings, and murals, in which he worked. Born in Cairo, Illinois in 1900, Woodruff grew up in Nashville Tennessee, but his work took him to Atlanta,
New York, Paris, and Mexico City. In his block prints from the 1930s, Woodruff uses a social realist style to document the harsh realities of Depression-era life for African Americans in the south. This exhibition of works from our permanent collection fi nds Woodruff
bearing witness to the deprivation and pride, the struggle and strength that define African American communities. |
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Spend a summer evening with Green
Tea. Her music fuses R&B, gospel,
jazz, and soul. So come have a cup of
Green Tea.
Cost: Museum Members $15
Non-Museum Members $20 |
Join this Grammy nominee as he plays
music influenced by gospel, pop, rock
and country.
Cost: Museum Members $15
Non-Museum Members $20 |
Enjoy a late summer evening of music
at the Reginald Lewis Museum with
the Major Boyd Group. This group
infuses pop, jazz and soul to create an
unique sound. Boyd is an original
member of Moon August.
Cost: Museum Members $15
Non-Museum Members $20 |
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Celebrate Thurgood Marshall’s 100th
birthday with a story about this well
known attorney and Supreme Court
Justice who helped to desegregate our
nation’s schools. Children will learn
about this famous civil rights leader’s
life and create their own Spingarn
Medal to honor his accomplishments.
This program is in conjunction with the
Community Gallery Exhibition:
Thurgood’s Baltimore: the Education of
a Revolutionary, 1908 – 1938. Recommended for ages 7-11.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission.
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Join us for a gallery walk of A People’s
Geography exhibition with artist Loring
Cornish. Children will create a mosaic
tear drop following the discussion.
Recommended ages 7-13.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission.
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Become an explorer! Travel to the
North Pole with a tale about Matthew
Henson and his many expeditions.
Children will become explorers and
learn about the Inuit culture through
games and role-playing. This program
is in celebration of Matthew Henson’s
birthday. Recommended ages 6-12.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission.
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Discover the art of Relief Printmaking!
Participants will view prints from the
Hale Woodruff Collection with artist
Sean Montague. Mr. Montague will
demonstrate the process of developing
a relief block print. Recommended
ages 6 and up.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission.
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Enjoy a day with your grandparents
creating Ragbaby dolls and drinking
tea at an old fashion tea party!
Recommended ages 4-12.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission.
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Explore the works of 19th century
Maryland poet and novelist Frances
E.W. Harper as the Museum celebrates
her birthday with the youth group
Imagine Our Ancestors. The presentation will reveal this phenomenal
woman utilizing her book of poetry
Forest Leaves, her novel Iola Leroy, and
her most noted public speech “We Are
All Bound Up Together.” Recommended age 6 to up.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission.
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A panel featuring artists from the exhibition
A People’s Geography will discuss
their works and engage in a dialogue
with scholars about the themes
of migration, displacement, and the
creation of African American community.
This program is in conjunction
with the Exhibition: A People’s
Geography: The Space of African
American Life.
Cost: Free with Museum admission.
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Come hear the son of famed attorney
Charles Hamilton Houston, as he discusses
the Donald Gaines Murray case
(Murray vs Pearson, 1935). In this
landmark case Charles Hamilton
Houston and Thurgood Marshall successfully defended Mr. Murray’s right to
attend the University of Maryland Law
School. Murray became the first
African American student admitted to
the school. This program is in conjunction
with the Community Gallery
Exhibition: Thurgood’s Baltimore: the
Education of a Revolutionary, 1908 –
1938.
Cost: Free with Museum admission.
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Spend the afternoon with photographer
Anthony McKissic as he discusses the
inspiration for his works in the exhibition:
A People’s Geography: The Space
of African American Life.
Cost: Free with Museum admission.
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Community memories come alive in this
oral history performance, by seniors
from Baltimore City's East and West
Sides. This program is in conjunction
with the Exhibition: A People’s
Geography: The Space of African
American Life.
Cost: Free with Museum admission.
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Join author Michelle D. Wright as she
discusses the infl uence of Frances E.W.
Harper and other African American
Women writers who inspired her book,
Broken Utterances: A Selected
Anthology of 19th Century Black
Women’s Social Thought. This program
is in celebration of Frances E.W.
Harper’s birthday.
Cost: Free with Museum admission.
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James McBride's novel tells the story of
slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore,
where abolitionists such as Frederick
Douglass and Harriet Tubman, played a
daring game of catch-me-if-you-can with
slave traders. |
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Enjoy the sounds of the Freestar Entertainment band, open mic and our featured performer Temple.
Doors open at 7:00pm; Show starts at 7:30pm.
Cost: $10.00 Non-Members,
$ 8.00 Members |
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Celebrate Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCU’s) at the
Reginald F. Lewis Museum’s College
Fair. Representatives from several colleges
and universities will be on hand
with information on enrollment and
admission procedures. Financial aid,
college prep testing, and college transition
workshops will be held.
The fair is open to all students and
parents.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission |
