MLK Day Celebration at Gantt Center

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture is hosting MLK Day Celebration on Monday, January 20th, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s free to attend.

Bring the entire family to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Gantt Center on Monday, January 20. Starting with a screening of Our Friend Martin at 9:15 AM, enjoy programming packed with hands-on art workshops, guided tours, musical performances, and more as we examine the inequities in housing, incarceration and reentry.

The day will include:

Art-making workshops
Musical performances
Poetry
Guided tours
Film screenings
More

Schedule

9:00am-5:00pm: Community Coloring
9:15am-10:15am: Our Friend Martin Screening
10:00am-10:30am: Guided Tour
10:00am-11:00am: Part 1: Hands on Art with Jeffery Weatherford
10:30am-12:00pm: Clean Slate 101 – An Expungement Information Session with the Council of Elders
11:15am-12:15pm: Our Friend Martin Screening
11:30am-12:30pm: Part 1: Artful Letter Writing to Justice-Involved Youth with Shane of Guerilla Poets
12:00pm-12:30pm: Guided Tour
12:00pm-1:30pm: Musical Performance – Quentin Talley and the Soul Providers
12:30pm-1:30pm: Part 2: Hands on Art with Jeffery Weatherford
1:30pm-2:30pm: Part 2: Artful Letter writing to Justice-Involved Youth with Shane of Guerilla Poets
1:30pm-3:00pm: Faith in Action: Martin, Malcolm, Huey or Faith in Action: Revolutionary and Radical Love
1:45pm-2:00pm: Spoken Word Performance – Boris “Bluz” Rogers
2:00pm-2:30pm: Guided Tour
2:30pm-3:00pm: Musical Performance – Kenya Templeton
2:30pm-3:30pm: Poetry and Performance Workshop with Boris “Bluz” Rodgers
3:00pm-4:00pm: Theatrical Performance: BNS Production’s presentation of Fences by August Wilson – Scene Preview and Audience Talk Back
3:30pm-4:30pm: Our Friend Martin Screening
4:00pm-4:30pm: Guided Tour
4:00p-4:30pm: Musical Performance – Kenya Templeton