James Baldwin Centennial Celebration

2 AUGUST 2024 — friday

Mechanics' Institute and Museum of the African Diaspora present a celebration of James Baldwin's 100th birthday, "In His Own Words: A James Baldwin Centennial Celebration," with an immersive night of readings and performance, featuring Arnold Grisham, poet Daniel B. Summerhill, Mausoleum of Flowers, poet Jewelle Gomez, Still Water, author/educator Kevin Dublin, Eulogy, Laura Sheppard, Nigel Hatton, playwright Norman Gee, and more, Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, $5-$15, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.milibrary.org/events/his-own-words-james-baldwin-centennial-celebration-aug-02-2024)