Throughout Black History Month, One Book One Bronx, in collaboration with the Leonard Lief Library at Lehman College, will host a series of eclectic programs and reading groups as part of the yearlong initiative Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters. Sponsored by the Library of America and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Lift Every Voice seeks to engage participants in a multifaceted exploration of African American poetry. 

Join us on Tuesdays in February for a three-part discussion of Olio by Tyehimba Jess, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Part fact, part fiction, the book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African-American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I.

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Join guest artists Toyin Spellman and Javier Díaz, and Lehman alumni Victoria Smith and Alejandro Castro, and faculty, for a conversation about the current state of affairs in music and the arts. How can the arts help us navigate a chaotic era? How are the arts changing “on the ground,” now and in the future? What cultural realities do we need to confront to survive and thrive as artists, students, educators, and institutions?

Topic: Real Dialogue: A Conversation on Music, Education, and Sustainable Careers in the Arts

Time: Oct 30, 2020 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

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