SATURDAY FUN: Royal Story & Art Hour with Culture Queen (Ages 4-8)
2019-09-28 11:00 UTC | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
SATURDAY FUN: Royal Story & Art Hour with Culture Queen (Ages 4-8)
Join Culture Queen for interactive storytelling, music and movement activities that build your prince or princesses’ self-esteem while introducing them to African American heritage and culture.
This month, Culture Queen will teach children to embrace their natural beauty with her new book, I Like the Me I See along with other stories about hair.

Doors Open Baltimore: Open House 2019
2019-10-05 11:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Join us as we celebrate Doors Open Baltimore and the memory of lead architect of the Lewis Museum, Phil Freelon.
Participate in a guided architectural tour of the museum with Gary Bowden, who participated in the design of the building. The tour will start at 11am in the museum’s lobby. Museum guests can also enjoy drop-in family activities, including a hands-on building block activity and an architectural scavenger hunt of the building!
In partnership with AIA Baltimore and the National Organization of Minority Architects. Special thanks to Whiting-Turner for making this day possible.
Learn more about Doors Open Baltimore here.
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The Margaret: The Story of an 18th Century Slave Ship's Journey from West Africa to Maryland
2019-10-05 14:00
Join Dr. Herbert Brewer of Morgan State University for a talk about his research on the slave ship, Margaret. Its journey from London, England to Sierra Leone, West Africa, to the Chesapeake and back to England illustrated the complex web of commercial, political and culture links that tied Europe, Africa and Maryland together in the early 18th century. In partnership with Maryland Four Centuries. Free admission.
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Author Talk: The Struggle and the Urban South: Confronting Jim Crow in Baltimore by David Taft Terry, Morgan State University
2019-10-12 13:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Through a Baltimore lens, Dr. David Taft Terry explores the historical importance of African American resistance to Jim Crow laws in the South’s largest cities, adding to our understanding of the under-explored historical period of the civil rights movement, prior to the 1960s. A book signing will follow. Members: $8; Non-Member: $10. Click HERE to reserve your space.

Baltimore International Black Film Festival: The Color of Medicine
2019-10-13 14:00
The Color of Medicine: The Story of Homer G. Phillips Hospital chronicles the unique history of the medical training of African American doctors and nurses before and after desegregation from the hospital’s beginnings in 1937 to its closing in 1979. A post discussion will follow. Free with museum admission. Click HERE to RSVP.
This program is in partnership with the Baltimore International Black Film Festival (Oct 10- Oct 14) that promotes culturally significant films directed, produced, and starring African Americans and people of the African Diaspora.

Thoughts of a Colored Man: Cast Discussion
2019-10-16 15:00 - 17:00
The cast of the highly anticipated Thoughts of a Colored Man will come to the Lewis for a panel discussion on Wednesday, October 16 at 3pm. Learn more about talk about the play – now on stage at Baltimore Center Stage before heading to Broadway – and their method of dissecting the 21st century African-American male perspective.
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Superhero Saturday! Create Your Own Superhero Mask
2019-10-19 11:00 - 14:00
Grab your cape and stop by the Lewis to create your own superhero mask with KidzArt! In conjunction with EMPOWERED!: Black Action Figures, Superheroes and Collectibles exhibition. Free with museum admission; free for Baltimore Comic Con cosplayers. Click HERE to RSVP!

Malcolm X Talk: Marijuana Legalization and Reparations
2019-10-23 18:00
For decades, local government turned marijuana prohibition into massive over-policing of black and brown neighborhoods. Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle will discuss the cannabis entrepreneurship in Maryland and the advocacy to use its tax revenue to fund reparations for the War on Drugs. Free admission.
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STEAM Day @ The Lewis - African Americans in Space
2019-10-26 11:00 - 15:00
Explore being an astronaut for a day at the Lewis! Youth will participate in cool hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities relating to space exploration and learn about African Americans who contribute to the field. This program is in partnership with the Maryland STEM Festival (Oct 11- Nov 10th) which is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Free admission.
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STEAM Space Activities include:

Design and launch Rocket Straw Launchers
Design and test Lunar Landers for the Moon
Create grocery bag paper space helmets
Travel through the solar system playing Walk Through Space Video Game
Explore astronomy inside a STARLAB Portable Planetarium
Examine an astronaut’s health with Bio Science Anatomy Figurines
12:30 pm Presentation: Contributions of African Americans in Space by Dewayne Washington, NASA Goddard’s Public Affairs Officer

Participating Organizations :

University of Maryland Extension – Baltimore City (4-H)
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center
Intergalactic Education LLC
Baltimore SEMAA at Morgan State University
Kaiser Permanente

Reginald F. Lewis Museum closed for Annual Lewis Museum Gala Preparation
2019-11-06 08:00 - 2019-11-13 17:00

The Lewis Annual Gala
2019-11-09 17:30 - 23:30
Every year hundreds gather at the Reginald F. Museum to party with a purpose to support the authentic voice of African American art, history and culture in Maryland.
EVENT SCHEDULE
5:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
6:30 pm
Multi-course Seated Dinner
8:30 pm-Midnight
Light Up the Night After PartyPurchase your tickets by clicking here.

Poetry Salon: Black Women in Their Splendor
2019-11-16 13:00
Enjoy poetry readings on black womanhood with three of Baltimore’s rising poets: Lady Brion, international spoken word artist and activist, Hannah V. Sawyer, a Sierra Leonean-American award-winning writer, and Mecca Morphosis, the Former Youth Poet Ambassador of Baltimore City. In conjunction with Elizabeth Catlett: Artist As Activist. Members: $8; Non-Members: $10. Click HERE to Sign Up!

Roundtable Discussion: Baltimore 1968
2019-11-20 18:30
This program event is now rescheduled to November 20, 2019.
Johns Hopkins University and the Lewis present a roundtable discussion with former Black Panther Eddie Conway and lifelong activist Ralph Moore as they discuss their personal experiences as activists in late 1960s Baltimore. Dominique Hazzard, a food justice and youth empowerment activist will moderate this conversation. This program is sponsored by the Billie Holiday Project for the Liberation of Arts and the Center for Social Concern at Johns Hopkins University. In conjunction with Elizabeth Catlett: Artist As Activist. Members: $10; Non- Members: $12. Click HERE to purchase tickets!

Saturday Fun: Printmaking Workshop for Kids
2019-11-23 11:00
Explore the printmaking process by making a creative portrait print inspired by artist Elizabeth Catlett. Young visitors will hear the story, Jamilah Loves to Talk about Art and view prints from Elizabeth Catlett: Artist As Activist. This workshop is presented by printmaking artist Sean Montague of Ethnicitees, LLC. Free with museum admission.

Short Kuts Live Storytelling Series: Strictly Business
2019-12-06 19:00
Short Kuts ends the season with stories celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit of black business leaders and owners. Hear their personal experiences of how they take care of business. Members: $12; Non-Members: $15
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Saturday Fun: Clay for Kids Workshop
2019-12-07 11:00 - 14:00
Dabble with clay and make a face mask inspired by artist Elizabeth Catlett. This workshop is presented by ceramic artist and educator Sallah Jenkins fro Baltimore Clayworks. In conjunction with Elizabeth Catlett: Artist As Activist. Dollar Day admission.

Film Screening: BOSS, The Black Experience In Business (118 minutes)
2019-12-07 12:00 - 14:30
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson, the new documentary brings the largely unknown stories of enterprising African Americans to the forefront examining more than 150 years of African Americans. A post discussion with Nelson, Loida Lewis, the widow of Reginald F. Lewis, and MPT reporter Charles Robinson will follow. This program is being presented in observation of Reginald F. Lewis’ birthday. Dollar Day admission.

Book Signing: Photographer John Clark Mayden of Baltimore Lives
2019-12-14 11:30 - 14:30
Photographer John Clark Mayden will be signing copies of his book, Baltimore Lives, at the Museum Shop to help kick off the Museum’s Holiday Members Sale.
Baltimore native John Clark Mayden’s photographs are distinctive to the city and specific to black life there, lingering on the front stoops and in the postage-stamp backyards of Charm City row houses. But these pictures are far from nostalgic. Informed by the photographer’s deep commitment to both social justice and storytelling, they strip Baltimore of pretense and illusion and show the city’s veins.

The Politics of Mothering While Black
2019-12-14 14:00
Join scholar Dawn Marie Dow and journalist Dani McClain in a thought-provoking talk on the politics of black motherhood with their latest books. Dow examines black middle class mothers approach to parenting through the lens of race, gender and class while McClain discusses how to raise a daughter as a black woman in an unjust and even hostile society. A book signing will follow. Members: $12; Non-Members: $15.
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Museum closed for the Holidays
2019-12-25 08:00 - 2019-12-26 17:00

Kwanzaa Celebration
2019-12-28 11:00 - 16:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Celebrate Kwanzaa at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum with African dance, drumming performances, workshops, lectures, craft activities, and an African Marketplace celebrating the principle Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility.
This event is in partnership with Kaiser Permanente.
Special Admission: $5. Click here to get your tickets.
Schedule:
10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
African Marketplace – 2nd Floor
11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Cafe – 1st Floor
11:00 A.M. – 11:40 A.M.
Kwanzaa Live! with Culture Queen – 2nd Floor, Theater
11:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.
Printmaking Activity with Sallah Jenkins – 1st Floor, Classroom
11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Uncle Devin’s Percussion Playground – 3rd Floor, Penn Avenue
12:00 P.M. – 12:30 P.M.
My Africa Presentation: Muse 360: New Generation Scholars – 2nd Floor, Theater
12:30 P.M. – 1:10 P.M.
African Memory Game – 4th Floor, Classroom
1:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.
Kids African Fashion Show: NSAA African Creation – 2nd Floor, Theater
1:30 P.M. – 2:10 P.M.
Dream Big, Expect Great Things: Wisdom in Minutes LLC – 4th Floor, Boardroom
2:00 P.M. – 2:40 P.M.
African Dance and Drum: Keur Khaleyi African Dance Company– 2nd Floor, Theater
2:30 P.M. – 3:10 P.M.
Super History Super Heroes Comic Book Workshop, Session 1 – 4th Floor, Boardroom
3:20 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Super History Super Heroes Comic Book Workshop, Session 2 – 4th Floor, Boardroom
3:00 P.M. – 3:40 P.M.
Kwanzaa Storytelling and Candle Lighting: Mama Cheryl Hinton and David O. Fakunle, Ph.D. – 2nd Floor, Theater

Museum closed for New Years' Holiday
2020-01-01 08:00 - 17:00

HBCU Town Hall Meeting
2020-01-11 13:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Learn about the efforts of the Maryland HBCU Advocates to ensure that Maryland’s historically black colleges and universities are as comparable and competitive as their counterparts. Panel will feature Chief Judge Bell, Civil Rights Attorney Pace McConkie, Judge Micheal Pey, Dr. Alvin Thorton, Kayle Moore, Brandon Cooper, Branndon Jackson, Adrain Boafo, Morgan State student Chinedu Nwokeafor, and Delegate Charles Sydnor. Free with museum admission.
Special Admission Tickets: The first 50 patrons can receive free admission tickets while they last. Use the Special Admission field to register.
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MLK Day Celebration at The Lewis
2020-01-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Celebrate the legacy of Dr. King at the Lewis Museum!

Stop by A Ride To Remember Story Hour and Mural Art Project to explore the story of the desegregation of a local amusement park and carousel with authors Sharon Langley, the first African American child to integrate the park and Amy Nathan. Participate in telling your own personal memories fighing social injustices at A Ride to Remember Oral History Video booth. Books can be purchased in the Museum Shop.
Join Dr. Traci Parker, Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, as she discusses Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement. A book signing will follow.
Enjoy an Urban Theatrical Presentation and Talkback session of the Voices of Carmen, examining escalating conflicts among young people
Step back in time to 1968 with an MLK Virtual Reality Experience. With virtual goggle headgear, visitors will join the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike at the height of the Civil Rights Movement and visit the Lorraine Motel leading up to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Meet and take photos with MLK Cosplay Superheroes in the Empowered! Black Action Figures Exhibition Gallery while celebrating Civil Rights Superhero Dr. King.
Prepare to be wowed by selections by Baltimore City College Choir.
View the Annual High School Juried Art Exhibition.
View a film screening of King in the Wilderness.

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Schedule:
11 A.M. Annual High School Juried Art Exhibition Ceremony
11 A.M. – 2 P.M. Empowered Exhibit: MLK Cosplay Superheroes
11 A.M. – 3 P.M. A Ride To Remember Art Mural Project
11 A.M. – 3 P.M. Oral History Video Booth
11 A.M. – 4 P.M. MLK Virtual Reality Experience
11A.M. – 4 P.M. Objects Revealed: Gwynn Oaks Amusement Park
11 A.M & 1:30 P.M. Film: King in the Wilderness
12:15 P.M. Performance: Baltimore City College Choir
1 P.M Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement
1 P.M, 2 P.M., 3 P.M. Fight for Justice Civil Right Tours 2:30 P.M. Performance and Talkback: Voices of Carmen

S.T.A.R.S. Workshop (Ages 6-10)
2020-01-25 11:00 - 12:30
Engage with Afrocentric comic book characters along with role playing, storytelling, and drawing activities in this workshop that combines creativity and literacy.

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Member: $6; Non-member: $8

Creating Black Comic Books (C.B.C.B.) Workshop (Ages 11-17)
2020-01-25 13:00 - 14:30
Calling all young comic artists! This workshop is designed to teach the necessary skills to emerging artists. Learn how to enhance your drawing skills, tips for self-publishing, and how to best present yourself as a professional in the expanding comic book industry.
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Members: $6; Non-members: $8

Film Screening: Always in Season
2020-01-26 14:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Always in Season examines the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teen who was found hanging in North Carolina, in 2014. Despite the death being ruled as a suicide, Lennon’s mother, Claudia, believes he was lynched. Claudia moves from paralyzing grief to leading the fight for justice for her son. A post discussion will follow with Dr. David Fakunle (Chair of the Maryland Truth & Reconciliation Commission MLTRC) and Dr. Charles Chavis (School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution S-CAR, George Mason University). Watch the trailer. In partnership with Indie Lens Pop Up Series- MPT/ ITVS, Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum and the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project. Free with museum admission.
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Johns Hopkins Day
2020-02-08 11:00 - 17:00
Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University and Medicine
Come enjoy all the Lewis has to offer for FREE with your Hopkins ID!
Schedule:
– KidzArt: Mask Making – 11 A.M. – 4 P.M. – 1st Floor, Classroom 112
– Objects Revealed – 11 A.M. – 4 P.M.
– Angelo and Marie’s Fantastic Bubble Show – 11:30 A.M. and 12:30 P.M.
– Docent Tours – 11:30 A.M., 1:30 P.M., and 3:30 P.M
– Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Musicians – 1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
– Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims: Artist Talk – 2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Special Admission $5 or free with Johns Hopkins ID.
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Film Screening: Wax Print (93 minutes)
2020-02-09 14:00
In many African homes, fabrics lay unassuming and taken for granted. Surprised to learn that ‘traditional’ African wax-printed fabrics were a colonial invention made in the UK and Holland, filmmaker & fashion designer, Aiwan Obinyan, sets out on a journey across four continents to trace the 200 year history of this iconic textile that has come to visually represent Africa and Africans. This event will also include a post discussion and textile pop-up with African textiles on view by local artisans. Watch the Trailer. Member: $6; Non-member: $8.
1pm – 4:30 pm:
Pop-up shop and live kente cloth weaving demonstration featuring African fabric store AFROTHREADS, Kwasi Asare, Master kente weaver and mathematician, and AfroTika.

Post discussion led by:

Evonne and Erika Opoku, owners of African fabric store AFROTHREADS
Meredith Hurston, Co-Host
Kwasi Asare, Master Kente Weaver and Mathematician

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Gloria Richardson Day Artwork Unveiling
2020-02-11 16:00 - 17:00
In celebration of Gloria Richardson Day, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in partnership with the Eastern Shore Network for Change (ESNC) present the unveiling of No To The Status Quo, an illustration of civil rights icon and Dorchester County native, Gloria Richardson. This commissioned piece was created by artist Afua Richardson, and is the first in a series of artwork created for ESNC’s upcoming travelling exhibition How We Got Over: A Fight for Freedom and Equality in Dorchester County.
