Blacks in White Yoga Series: Therapeutic Yoga with Leanora Eubanks (2 sessions)
2023-11-18 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Blacks in White Yoga Series: Therapeutic Yoga with Leanora Eubanks (2 sessions)
Saturday, November 18, 2023 | 11 am – 1 pm
Free with Museum Admission

Rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit through mindful breathing and yoga practice at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. This class applies healing techniques of yoga to alleviate specific trauma related problems (physical, mental and/or spiritual). Therapeutic Yoga is utilized as treatment to help heal human illnesses.
Note: Participants should bring yoga mats and wear comfortable clothing.
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Reclaiming Space for the Lumbee Indians of Baltimore With Dr. Ashley Minner Jones
2023-11-18 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Reclaiming Space for the Lumbee Indians of Baltimore With Dr. Ashley Minner Jones
Saturday, November 18, 2023 | 2 pm – 3 pm
Free with Museum Admission.

Celebrate National American Indian Month with Reginald F. Lewis Museum as we explore the history and legacy of Lumbee Indians in Baltimore with Lumbee artist and scholar Dr. Ashley Minner Jones. After World War II, thousands of Lumbee moved north to cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Detroit, seeking work and a better quality of life. Learn about the sizable population of Lumbee Indians that formed a community in East Baltimore during the 1950s—1960s. Dr. Minner Jones will share the story of an intergenerational team’s process to reconstruct the historic community and reactivate heritage through oral history, archival research, mapping, and walking.
About the Participant
Dr. Ashley Minner Jones is a community-based visual artist and folklorist from Baltimore, Maryland where she has lived on the same block her entire life. Her interdisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in place—usually within the context of the U.S. South—and is focused on honoring and celebrating everyday people by lifting up their stories. Ashley is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.She earned an MFA in Community Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art and a PhD in American Studies from University of Maryland College Park. As an artist, she has exhibited widely and her work is represented in several prominent collections. Her research is being archived as “the Ashley Minner Collection” in the Albin O. Kuhn Library of the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
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A Conversation about Health Equity Presented by MedStar Health
2023-11-28 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
A Conversation about Health Equity Presented by MedStar Health
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | 5:30 pm – 8 pm | FREE EVENT
Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for a Conversation About Health Equity featuring keynote speaker Angela Thomas DrPH, MPH, MBA, Vice President Healthcare Delivery Research MedStar Health. A Social Meet & Greet begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by a panel discussion from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Plus enjoy free entry to the Blacks In White Exhibit during this event. MedStar Health is proud to be a supporting sponsor of the Blacks In White exhibit that showcases the contributions of African American and Black healthcare professionals from the Baltimore region.
Keynote Speaker: Angela Thomas, DrPH, MPH, MBA, Vice President Healthcare Delivery Research MedStar Health
Panelists:
Jessica Galarraga, MD, MPH, Assistant Vice President Health Equity MedStar Health
Michelle Roett, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Professor and Chair Department of Family Medicine MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Moderator:
Sandy Harris, Vice President of Equity, Inclusion & Diversity MedStar Health
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Beyond Their Years: The Incredible Legacies of Herb Carnegie & Buck O'Neil
2023-11-30 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Thursday, November 30th
Reception: 6pm | Screening & Panel Discussion: 7pm
Free and open to the public | Limited seating – Advance registration required
“Beyond Their Years” depicts the compelling story of parallel lives lived by sports and social justice icons Herb Carnegie (hockey) and O’Neil (baseball), who were excluded, because of their race, from competing at the highest professional leagues of the sports they loved. Instead of becoming angry and bitter, they channeled the injustice they both experienced into pioneering work that made their respective sports, and the world, more inclusive. The 48-minute ﬁlm, that features dozens of interviews and rare footage, ties together their legacies in a verité style that teaches, heals, and humanizes.
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First Fridays: Joi Carter
2023-12-01 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
First Fridays Featuring Joi Carter
Friday, December 1 | 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Exhibits open at 6 pm. Performance begins at 7 pm.
Admission:
Members – $20
Non-Members – $25
Food available for purchase
Joi Carter is a multi-talented singer best known as a reality star from season 5 of “Ready 2 Love” and “Love & Marriage: DC” on the OWN Network. Her bold sound and vibrant stage performance indicate her love for 80’s music and her childhood in a house filled with soca, funk, and rock. also shined as a background singer for R&B crooner Carl Thomas and has toured internationally with ‘The Pocket,’ a Washington, DC-based alternative-rock-reggae band. JC’s experience has taken her worldwide, from Dubai, China to Mexico, and now this dynamic performer brings her fierce energy center stage as a solo artist.
FB: @joicartermusic
IG : @joicartermusic
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Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite, with Charles Funn Big Band, featuring Baltimore Dance Tech
2023-12-09 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite, with Charles Funn Big Band, featuring Baltimore Dance Tech
Saturday, December 9 | 3:30 pm – 5 pm
Enjoy the holidays with a performance of the ballet classic, the Nutcracker with an urban twist.
The performance fuses live jazz and ballet, with original arrangements by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, to form a soulful celebration celebrating the Baltimore Cultural Arts Project 1964-1993. A digital exhibition will feature photos of the first Cultural Arts Urban Nutcracker performed in Baltimore City (1976-1977).

This multigenerational live performance will include:

Original dancers from the Baltimore Cultural Arts Project – Duke Ellington Nutcracker
Dunbar jazz band alumni(s) led by Music Director Charles Funn
Urban Youth Ballet
Baltimore Dance Tech Company members with Dance Director Ms. Stephanie Powell

Born out of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and the Model Cities legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in 1966, the Baltimore Cultural Arts Project was created by the Model Cities Program in the late 1960s in order to provide creative programs, events, and instruction in theater, dance, music, art, and more. Free and widely available dance, performance, and visual arts education for three generations of Baltimoreans are some of the longest-standing legacies of the Cultural Arts Project. CAP also led to the founding of several key arts initiatives and institutions in the city, including AFRAM, Arena Players, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, and Baltimore Dance Theater.
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Film Screening & Discussion Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2023-12-09 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Film Screening & Discussion Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Saturday, December 9th | 12 pm – 2 pm
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back is a portrait of the charismatic song-and-dance man from his tap-dancing childhood to today. Maurice and friends—Chita Rivera, Mercedes Ellington and Debbie Allen—tell tales from his seven-decade career, including Broadway shows, a co-starring role in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club and about his loving yet complex relationship with his superstar brother, the late Gregory Hines. Ever battling the challenges of being a gay, black man in show biz, Maurice shares his story with humor and grace. Join husband and wife filmmakers John Carluccio and Tracy Hopkins for a post-film conversation on Mr. Hines as we celebrate his upcoming birthday on Dec 13. The conversation will be moderated by interdisciplinary artist and tap dancer Brinae Ali.
About Our Guest:
John Carluccio | Director, Producer, D.P., Editor
John is a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker who is best known for documenting obscure pockets of urban society and the creative process. His documentary project Battle Sounds (1997) has a large underground following and is considered to be the first film to document the Turntablism movement in the 1990s. John’s short films have aired nationally and internationally. In a 20-year span, John created over 500 short films as an on-staff producer/director for TV and digital networks including Current TV, BRIC TV and Dubspot Music School, and for clients such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Native Instruments, and Sozo Artists via his production companyCINQUA | Creative Documentary Agency.
Tracy E. Hopkins | Writer, Producer
Tracy is an award-winning and widely published arts and entertainment journalist. With over 25 years of experience, she has interviewed hundreds of performing artists and written and reported for numerous print and digital media outlets including The Associated Press, PEOPLE, Essence, AARP, Entertainment Weekly, Rollin Stone, Broadway World and Dance Business Weekly. As an editor and researcher, Tracy has worked with Time Inc., Rodale Press, Conde Nast and T Brand Studio. Tracy has produced segments for BRIC TV and as an Associate Producer she has worked on two documentaries for Drifting Cloud Productions.
About Our Moderator:
Alexandria “Brinae Ali” Bradley, born and raised in Flint, Michigan, is an interdisciplinary artist who believes in using the power of the arts to transform the conditions of the human spirit. When she is not traveling and performing, she is giving back to young people and grass roots organizing. Currently Bradley is the artistic director of Tapology, Inc. a youth based outreach program in Flint, that believes in preserving the art of tap and jazz culture through education and performance. As an educator she has collaborated with After School Activities Partnership, East Park Revitalization Alliance, Philadelphia Clef Club of Performing Arts, Raise It Up! Youth Arts and Awareness, Flint Youth Theatre, Mural Arts of Philadelphia, Young Audiences of New Jersey, Queens College, Long Island University, Ping Chong and Company, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and was an artist in residence at the Carol Morgan School in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Apollo Theater Education with Wadleigh High School in Harlem NYC. She has also served as an adjunct professor at Queens College and Long Island University. Internationally Bradley has traveled and performed around the world in countries such as, France, Germany, China, and Brazil. She also travelled with a team of tap dancers to Russia for a tour in 5 cities working with the U.S. Embassy for its cultural exchange program celebrating National Tap Dance Day. Her broadway and off-broadway experience has gained her positions as assistant dance captain for “Shuffle Along: the 1921 Sensation And All That Followed” choreographed by Savion Glover and directed by George C.Wolfe, company member of NY and Touring cast of STOMP, special feature in the “Cotton Club Parade” which later became “After Midnight” under the musical direction of Wynton Marsalis, New York City Center Off -Center production of “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” directed and choreographed by Savion Glover and was a part of a two week tour in Italy celebrating Ella Fitzergerald’s centennial. As a playwright and songwriter she has also created award winning works such as Best Short Play at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival for her one woman show “Steps” and the Vox Populi Independence Music Award for “Destination Forever: Vol.1 EP.” Currently she is developing a work in progress with trumpeter Sean Jones called “Dizzy Spellz” fusing tap, Bebop, Hip Hop, and Afro Cuban music to articulate the African American experience through the music of Dizzy Gillespie from a afrofuturistic lense.

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MLK Author Talk: King A Life with Jonathan Eig
2024-01-13 14:00 - 15:30 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
MLK Author Talk: King A Life with Jonathan Eig
Saturday, January 13 | 2 pm – 3:30 pm
FREE EVENT
Join Reginald F. Lewis Museum President Terri Lee Freeman and bestselling author Jonathan Eig in conversation on his monumental new biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family’s origins as well as MLK’s complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists.
Eig reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father―as well as the nation’s most mourned martyr.
In this landmark biography, Eig gives us an MLK for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history’s greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime.
A book signing will follow.
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KING DAY 2024
2024-01-15 11:00 - 20:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
KING DAY
CANCELED?: Due to inclement weather, King Day has been canceled for the safety of our visitors and staff. Please be safe and stay warm today!

Celebrating Dr. King and Maryland’s Year of Civil Rights through music, art, storytelling and virtual reality in connection as we close the exhibition, Vision & Spirit | African American Art: Works from the Bank of America Collection. Enjoy an artist talk with NMAAHC Curator Aaron Bryant on civil rights photojournalists who documented Dr. King and other landmark moments from this era. Reflect on the movement with a choral performance from the Carter Legacy Singers, a community-based ensemble comprised of Dr. Nathan Carter’s alumni singers from Morgan State University. Families can learn more about the Montgomery Bus Boycott through mother-and-son storytellers, “Dr. Mama” Deborah Pierce-Fakunle and Dr. David Fakunle. Participate in an I Am A Man virtual reality experience to explore the Memphis Sanitation Workers protests and their aftermath. Hear a panel discussion reflecting on Dr. King and pivotal moments in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Maryland community civil rights leaders. Participants include: Rev. Dr. Ruby Reese Moone, Charles Mason, Leo Burroughs Jr., Lisa Mitchell Sennaar and Simone R. Barrett (Moderator). July 2, 1964 marks the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The day concludes with a screening of the documentaries Disruption: Highway to Nowhere and Eroding History and a panel discussion with the films’ producers and policy makers as they consider the equalizing factor of environmental injustice and its impacts on Black Marylanders in urban and rural settings. Produced by journalist and documentarian Sean Yoes, Disruption: Highway to Nowhere explores Baltimore’s infamous Highway 40 and the damage its construction wrought upon West Baltimore, once considered one of several of America’s most vibrant Black communities that were irreparably disrupted and damaged by 20th century federal highway projects.
Eroding History tells the story of two Black communities on Deal Island, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, that are finding themselves at the intersection of sea level rise, historic racism, and the disappearance of Black communities. It is a climate justice story, made by two Black filmmakers – Yoes and Andre Chung – and a Jewish grandchild of refugees, Rona Kobell. A deeply personal and moving story of a community striving to hold on to its culture, Eroding History is anything but dry.

Inaugural Annual Meeting
2024-01-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Inaugural Annual Meeting
Thursday, January 18 | 6:30 pm – 8 pm
FREE EVENT
We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for your invaluable support of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. As a highly appreciated supporter, we extend an invitation to attend our Inaugural Annual Meeting, on Thursday, January 18th, at 6:30 pm at the museum.
The meeting serves as an opportunity to talk with board members and senior staff and learn about accomplishments and opportunities for the coming year.
Kindly confirm your attendance by using the link provided no later than January 12th.
We are delighted to have you as a supporter of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, and we look forward to your attendance at the Inaugural Annual Meeting.
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Inaugural Annual Meeting
2024-01-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Inaugural Annual Meeting
Thursday, January 18 | 6:30pm to 8pm
Please RSVP by Monday, January 15th

We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for your invaluable support of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. As a highly appreciated supporter, we extend an invitation to attend our Inaugural Annual Meeting, on Thursday, January 18th, at 6:30 pm at the museum. The meeting serves as an opportunity to talk with board members and senior staff and learn about accomplishments and opportunities for the coming year.
Kindly confirm your attendance by registering no later than January 15th!
We are delighted to have you as a supporter of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, and we look forward to your attendance at the Inaugural Annual Meeting.
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In Conversation | Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers Author Talk with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Jazzmen Lee-Johnson & Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead
2024-01-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
In Conversation | Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers Author Talk with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi & Jazzmen Lee-Johnson
Moderated by Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead
Tuesday, January 23rd | 6:30pm to 8pm – Doors open at 6pm
Admission: $20 for Members | $25 for Non-Members
Admission includes a copy of the book

Join The Reginald F. Lewis Museum for an inspiring discussion with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on his brand new release Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers with Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, Illustrator, and moderated by WEAA 88.9 FM’s Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead. In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are introduced to the remarkable and true-life story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last survivors of the Atlantic human trade, in an adaptation of the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Barracoon. This is the life story of Cudjo Lewis, as told by himself. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America to be enslaved, eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis was then the only person alive to tell the story of his capture and bondage—fifty years after the Atlantic human trade was outlawed in the United States. Cudjo shared his firsthand account with legendary folklorist, anthropologist, and writer Zora Neale Hurston.
Adapted with care and delivered with age-appropriate historical context by award-winning historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Cudjo’s incredible story is now available for young readers and emerging scholars. With powerful illustrations by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, this poignant work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.
Jazzmen Lee-Johnson is a visual artist, scholar, composer, and curator. Her practice centers on the interplay of animation, printmaking, music, and dance, informed by a yearning to understand how our current circumstance is tethered to the trauma of the past. Through her visual, sonic, and movement investigations across time and technology she disrupts and asserts ideas of history, body, liberation, and otherness. Above all, she is interested in redistributing the privileges that allow her to maintain her creative and scholarly practice.
She received her BFA in Film, Animation, and Video at RISD, her MA in Public Humanities at Brown University, and a heavy dose of education working with youth in Baltimore, South Africa, India, New York City and Providence. She has curated exhibitions at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Artist Proof Studio and the ABSA Art Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa; RISD Museum; and Brown University Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, where she was also a Public History of Slavery Fellow.
As the 2019 inaugural Artist in Residence at the Rhode Island Department of Health she utilized the arts to confront health disparities. She was the 2020 Artist Fellow at the RISD Museum making work in response to the collection. As a 2022 Fitt Artist-in-Residence at the John Nicholas Brown Center for Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University, she created Not Never More a visual remix of the historic wallpaper Les Vues D’amérique Du Nord. At the 150th Anniversary of the Colfax Massacre she designed the Colfax Massacre Memorial—etched in granite, it honors and centers the stories of the Black victims of the tragedy. She is the illustrator of Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon, adapted for young readers by Ibram X Kendi.
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CIAA SCAVENGER HUNT | 2024
2024-02-01 00:00 - 2024-02-12 00:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
THE CIAA IS ON THE HUNT
JOIN US ON OUR SCAVENGER HUNT TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST BUSINESSES IN BALTIMORE!
The Hunt is on in Charm City, Baltimore! The CIAA Business Scavenger Hunt is back for its second annual hunt, and when you participate, you can win big. Find one of our CIAA partnered businesses, tap the E powered by E-Smart with the back of your phone, and get special discounts. Listed are the businesses and discounts you could get when you participate:

Berries By Quicha – Buy two gourmet chocolate covered strawberries and get ONE FREE
Cajou Creamery – 10% off a double scoop cone
Drama Mama Book Shop – 10% off your purchase
Reginald L. Lewis Museum – $2 off admission
Saturday Morning Cafe – 10% off your meal

And that’s not all, by visiting one of the businesses and submitting your name and email address, you will be entered to win the grand prize. A lucky grand prize winner will win a 2 night stay at Lord Baltimore Hotel, CIAA step show tickets, Official CIAA party tickets, Food Lion CIAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship game tickets, breakfast for 2 at Saturday Morning Cafe and ½ dozen of strawberries from Berries by Quicha. You have until February 12th to enter to win big.
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BLACK WOMAN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott—Tapestries of Generations
2024-02-01 10:00 - 2024-09-30 17:00
Opening February 1, 2024
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum presents BLACK WOMAN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott—Tapestries of Generations, in partnership with the Elizabeth Talford Scott Community Initiative, the 2023-24 Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) capstone project for MICA’s undergraduate Curatorial Studies Concentration. The exhibition focuses on Elizabeth Talford Scott as a key figure for Black women in the fiber arts. Her work will be showcased alongside contemporary Black women fiber artists from the Chesapeake area. The exhibit will explore themes including Ancestry, Tradition, Fiber Narratives, and Healing, aiming to spotlight the distinctive elements of Elizabeth Talford Scott’s work and featured artists including: Kibibi Ajanku, Aliana Grace Bailey, Aliyah Bonnette, Mahari Chabwera, Dr. Joan M.E. Gaither, Murjoni Merriweather, Glenda Richardson, Joyce J. Scott, Nastassja Swift, and Katherine Stewart Wilson.
We will showcase several of Elizabeth Talford Scott’s remarkable works. Among these, “Stamps and Flags II,” one of her early creations, pays tribute to her evolution and exploration as an artist. This exhibition aims to emphasize Elizabeth’s significant influence as a maternal figure for generations of Black women fiber artists. Through her exceptional artistry, she brilliantly reflects her life experiences as a Black Woman.
The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative
This initiative brings together five museums and four university sites across Baltimore City for a reunion of the artist’s work from February through May 2024. Each venue will have at least two Exhibition De students from the participating colleges—Coppin State University, Johns Hopkins University, MICA, and Morgan State University—working on a presentation of Talford Scott’s work for their gallery spaces and organizing a free public program. Under the guidance of 2023-24 EDS Instructor Deyane Moses, the students will determine the curatorial direction of their presentation, drawing out connections to each organization’s collection, space, history, and/or audience.
Major support for “No Stone Unturned” provided by the Bunting Family Foundation and Friends of EDS. Community Day is supported by Lorraine Whittlesey & Markell Whittlesey. Printed and digital materials are supported by The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund. The Closing Reception is supported by Carol and Jerry Doctrow. In-kind support is provided by the Estate of Elizabeth Talford Scott at Goya Contemporary Gallery.
NOTE: Purchasing a ticket to BLACK WOMAN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott—Tapestries of Generations view grants visitors access to all current Museum exhibitions.
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Historic Change: Celebrating the Activism and Impact of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
2024-02-03 11:00 - 15:30 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Historic Change: Celebrating the Activism and Impact of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
FREE EVENT | Saturday, February 3, 2024 | 11am– 3:30pm
Join us to celebrate the latest release in the American Women Quarters™ Program! AWQ is the first circulating coin program dedicated to honoring women whose achievements, triumphs, and legacies reflect the strength, perseverance, and resiliency of our nation.
The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and the United States Mint, in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, invite you to Historic Change: Celebrating the Activism and Impact of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray.
Taking place in conjunction with the opening of the Black Woman Genius exhibition at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, this free community day will explore the civil rights activism and impact of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray. Attendees will learn more about Rev. Dr. Murray’s life and her leadership in the civil rights movement, as well as her dedication to community service in Baltimore.
10:00 am – 3:30 pm | Tabling Activities with SAWHM and U.S. Mint
11:00 am | Formal Ceremony of Pauli Murray
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm | Leaders Like Us: Pauli Murray Story Time
1 pm – 3 pm Quilted Education Film Fiber Art Workshop Hosted by The Reginald F. Lewis Museum in conjunction with the opening of BLACK WOMEN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott – Tapestries of Generations
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Quilted Education Film Screening and Fiber Art Workshop
2024-02-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Quilted Education Film Screening & Fiber Art Workshop
Saturday, February 3 | 1pm – 3pm
Explore Black History through quilting with a short film screening of QUILTED EDUCATION. This film celebrates a mother’s artistry and determination to fill the educational void for her daughter regarding Black History within the public school system. A conversation will follow with filmmaker Kayla Robinson and quilter historian Karen Robinson about their Black history story quilt which features over 64 Black pioneers in the fields of sports, military service, science, politics, civil rights, performing arts, literature and more. This conversation will be moderated by Glenda Richardson, who’s work is featured in BLACK WOMAN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott |Tapestries of Generations Museum visitors will be given the opportunity to create their own Black History quilt square with this mother – daughter team.
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Black Theater Book Conversations with Michelle R. Scott & Caseen Gaines
2024-02-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
NOTICE: This program is being rescheduled to a later date. A new date for will be announced at a later date. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to our Visitors Services desk at 443-263-1800.
Black Theater Book Conversations with Michelle R. Scott & Caseen Gaines
Saturday, February 10 | 1 pm – 3 pm | Purchasing a ticket to Black Theater Book Conversations grants visitors access to all current Museum exhibitions.
Black vaudevillians and entertainers joked that T.O.B.A. stood for “tough on black artists.” But the Theater Owner’s Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) played a foundational role in the African American entertainment industry and provided a training ground for icons like Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis Jr., the Nicholas Brothers, Count Basie, and Butterbeans and Susie.
With the curtain rising against the backdrop of widespread racial discrimination and a theater industry struggling to rebound after a global pandemic, Shuffle Along challenged social norms and defied the odds to become the first Broadway musical with an all-Black cast and creative team to become a phenomenon. No one was sure if America was ready for thoughtful portrayals of Black characters.
Celebrate African Americans in the Arts with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for this year’s Black History Theme recognized by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). The museum will examine the contributions in Black Theater with a joint book talk with authors Michelle R. Scott (T.O.B.A. Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owners’ Booking Association in Jazz-Age America) and Caseen Gaines (When Broadway Was Black – The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical That Changed the World). A book signing will follow afterwards
NOTICE: This program is rescheduled to a later date. A new date for will be announced at a later date. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to our Visitors Services desk at 443-263-1800.

Disruption: Highway to Nowhere and Eroding History Screening
2024-02-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Disruption: Highway to Nowhere and Eroding History Screening
Thursday, February 22nd | 6 pm to 8 pm
Join the Museum for a screening of the documentaries Disruption: Highway to Nowhere and Eroding History and a panel discussion with the films’ producers and policy makers as they consider the equalizing factor of environmental injustice and its impacts on Black Marylanders in urban and rural settings. Produced by journalist and documentarian Sean Yoes, Disruption: Highway to Nowhere explores Baltimore’s infamous Highway 40 and the damage its construction wrought upon West Baltimore, once considered one of several of America’s most vibrant Black communities that were irreparably disrupted and damaged by 20th century federal highway projects.
Eroding History tells the story of two Black communities on Deal Island, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, that are finding themselves at the intersection of sea level rise, historic racism, and the disappearance of Black communities. It is a climate justice story, made by two Black filmmakers – Yoes and Andre Chung – and a Jewish grandchild of refugees, Rona Kobell. A deeply personal and moving story of a community striving to hold on to its culture, Eroding History is anything but dry.
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Century of Excellence Black History Student Exhibition : Passing the Torch
2024-03-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Century of Excellence Black History Student Exhibition : Passing the Torch
March 9 | 2pm – 4pm
At Centuries of Excellence, students exhibit their gifts and talents, polish their stage presence, and share Heroes and topics in Maryland African American History. The occasion is part talent show, part art show, and 100% inspirational. Join Us!
This event is sponsored by Greater Purpose Christian Homeschoolers, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Chesapeake Educational Alliance, along with the generous support of our donors and volunteers.
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Black Girl Saturday School: Jam Session
2024-03-16 13:00 - 15:30 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Black Girl Saturday School: Jam Session
Saturday, March 16 | 1 pm to 3 pm | Museum Admission
Black girls are deep wellsprings of knowledge, curiosities, and musings. Often these qualities are stifled by social narratives that say “you don’t know nothing! You’re too young!” By exploring the theme of Art as Memory & Narrative, Dr. LaShay Harvey will lead participants of all ages through an immersive experience where we will study the language, history and culture of Black Girlhood through contemporary fiber works presented in BLACK WOMAN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott—Tapestries of Generation. Aliyah Bonnette, a Black Woman Genius featured artist, will join in a discussion of her work during this session. The session culminates in a storytelling “jam session” performance inspired by the courageous journey back to our girlhood with the expressed intention of reconnecting to the inherent brilliance of Black Girls. All ages and stages are welcome to participate. Recommended for ages 18+ and older. Black Girl Saturday School® is the place where the study of Black girls’ and women’s lives is valued, appreciated, cultivated, immersive, healing, restorative, grounding, available, continual, fun, and more.
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Helena Hicks Speaker Series | Women’s History Month - Dr. Raynetta Wiggins Jackson
2024-03-21 17:45 - 20:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Helena Hicks Speaker Series | Women’s History Month – Dr. Raynetta Wiggins Jackson
Thursday, March 21 | 5:45 pm to 8 pm | FREE EVENT
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Billie Holiday Center for Liberations Arts (JHU) for their annual Helena Hicks Speaker Series featuring Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson, the Africana Archives Curatorial Fellow of Inheritance Baltimore & Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts. Dr. Wiggins-Jackson’s lecture will focus on “Ethel’s Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz.” Her lecture grows out of her curatorial and exhibition work on the legendary jazz singer Ethel Ennis.
Raynetta Wiggins Jackson, PhD, is the Curatorial Fellow for Africana Collections, an interdisciplinary postdoctoral position situated between the Sheridan Libraries and the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. In addition to serving as the lead curator for Ethel’s Place, she has contributed to two other ground-breaking exhibitions this year, The Colors of Pontella Mason at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, and The Birth of Jazz: Billie Holiday’s Baltimore, a portable exhibition co-curated with Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Lawrence P. Jackson. Prior to assuming her current role, Dr. Wiggins Jackson was a manager of gospel programs at Washington Performing Arts and served as a graduate assistant at the Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) at Indiana University, where in addition to archival and curatorial work, she also organized the conference Why We Sing: Indianapolis Gospel Music in Church, Community and Industry.
This event begins with a wine reception and the Peabody Graduate Jazz Ensemble at 5:45 pm and Dr. Raynetta Wigins-Jackson’s lecture will begin at 6:30 pm. The Helena Hicks Speaker Series honors Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City.
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Women’s History Program with Joan S. Tilghman, Ph.D. RN | Provident Helene Fuld School of Nursing
2024-03-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Women’s History Program with Joan S. Tilghman, Ph.D. RN Provident Helene Fuld School of Nursing
Saturday, March 30 | 1 pm to 2 pm | Museum Admission
Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum honoring the Black Nurses labor force with a live oral history presentation from Black women healthcare professionals who trained at Provident Helene Fuld School of Nursing from the 1920s – 1970s. Hear their personal accounts about the challenges and academic rigors they faced while training at this healthcare institution. Archival footage and nurses memorabilia from their personal collections will be available for viewing. This presentation will be moderated by Joan S. Tilghman, Ph.D. RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CNE. Ms. Tilgman is Interim Dean of the College of Health Professions at Coppin State University.
In conjunction with Blacks in White: African American Healthcare Professionals.
NOTE: Purchasing a ticket to Provident Hospital School of Nursing grants visitors access to all current Museum exhibitions.
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Healing Unrest: Civil Rights Justice
2024-04-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Healing Unrest: Civil Rights Justice
Saturday, April 6 | 1 pm to 3 pm | Museum Admission
Spend the afternoon hearing stories and personal experiences by Maryland Civil Rights activists of their encounters fighting for social justice and equality for Black people. Through storytelling, storytellers David Fakunle and “Dr. Mama” Deborah Pierce – Fakunle will have visitors reflect on the deaths of fallen Black leaders and victims from the civil rights era to Black Lives Matter Movement to impart healing lessons for today.
Then Maryland Civil Rights activists from the 1950s -1960s reflect on Dr. King’s assassination (April 4, 1968) and pivotal moments of their activism locally in relation to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July 2, 1964). Participants include: Rev. Dr. Ruby Reese Moone, Charles Mason, Leo Burroughs Jr., Lisa Mitchell Sennaar and moderated Simone R. Barrett.
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Live Performance Threads - In Honor of Elizabeth Talford Scott
2024-04-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Live Performance | Threads – In Honor of Elizabeth Talford Scott
Saturday, April 13 | 1 pm to 2 pm | Museum Admission
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum pays tribute to the life and legacy of Black fiber artist Elizabeth Talford Scott whose creative genius transformed the art of quilting. Enjoy an interdisciplinary experience produced by jazz trumpeter Brandon Woody and band, Troy Long – Main Keys ,Vittorio Stropoli- Aux Synth, Michael Saunders- Bass, Quincy Phillips- Drums, Wendel Patrick- Turntables, Leon June- Engineer, dancer artist Asya Shaw and poet Nia June in observance of Jazz and Poetry Appreciation Month.
In conjunction with BLACK WOMAN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott—Tapestries of Generations. The exhibition focuses on Elizabeth Talford Scott as a key figure for Black women in the fiber arts. Through her exceptional artistry, she brilliantly reflects her life experiences as a Black Woman.
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70th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision
2024-04-25 17:30 - 20:30 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
70th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision
Thursday, April 25 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE EVENT
Please join Thurgood Marshall Center Trust Inc.T in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum ,Baltimore, MD and the International African American Museum in Charleston SC as we commemorate the legacy of Justice Marshall, and the 70th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision, the progress we have made and the challenges we face toward a more inclusive society.
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African American Children’s Book Fair Festival Presented by BGE, An Exelon Company
2024-04-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
African American Children’s Book Fair Festival Presented by BGE, An Exelon Company
Saturday, April 27th | 11 am – 3 pm | FREE EVENT
Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for the return of our family friendly African American Children’s Book Fair Festival Presented by BGE, An Exelon Company. Children and families can enjoy a fun-filled day exploring kids’ literature about African Americans while meeting some of your favorite children’s authors and illustrators in our Book Village. Enjoy author readings, illustration workshops, craft activities, an Urban Beekeeping Workshop with John Newman Honeybee Company and dance performances with TikTok dancers, Shag and Flash. Museum visitors can receive a free book with a book purchase in the Book Village. Free books are on a limited supply basis.
The African American Children’s Book Festival strives to connect families to high quality books about and for African American children as well as other multicultural populations. We aim to foster a love of reading for families by connecting them with renown and up and coming creators of children’s books.
Participating Entertainers, Authors and Illustrators

Terry Catasus Jennings
Desiree Cooper
Kim Holt

Benjamin Hicks
Jerdine Nolen
LaToya D. Council
Wendy LaRoche

Stephen McGill
Juanita Banks-Whittington
Leah Henderson

Charly Palmer
Talia Skyles
Keisha Morris
Lesley Younge

Cheryl & Wade Hudson
Kelly Starling Lyons
Ashley Palmer
Mariah Torries

David Miller
Kerwyn Phillip
Markette Sheppard

Dr. Melissa Boyd
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Sanaa Chege

Kim C. Lee

Ayo Shag and TSU Flash
James Tate
Donnita Fowler

Shadra Strickland
Vanessa Brantley Newton
Zetta Elliott

Participating Community Partners

Baltimore Family Alliance
Chesapeake Educational Alliance
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc
Maryland Department of Transportation
Reading Partners of Baltimore
The Peaces Collective
NPS Chesapeake Gateways Listening Session

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An Evening With Sam Pollard Free Screening of Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
2024-05-03 18:30 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
An Evening With Sam Pollard Free Screening of Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Friday, May 3 | 6:30 pm to 8 pm | FREE EVENT
Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and Black Public Media with a film screening and conversation with award winning filmmaker Sam Pollard. With a career spanning over forty years, this multiple Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning producer-director-editor, Pollard is known for his work on a plethora of important works including:

The League and Bill Russell: Legend (2023)
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
MLK/FBI (2020)
Maynard (2017)
Eyes On The Prize (1987)
Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Clockers (1995);Girl 6 (1996), Four Little Girls (1997) and Bamboozled (2000) – Served as Editor

Filmgoers will enjoy a screening of LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER which through first-person accounts and searing archival footage, tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County, Alabama.
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A Royal Affair | Return to Pennsylvania Avenue | The 2024 Reginald F. Lewis Museum Gala
2024-05-09 18:30 - 23:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
A Royal Affair | Return to Pennsylvania Avenue | The 2024 Reginald F. Lewis Museum Gala
Thursday, May 9th | 6:30 pm – 11 pm
Where | M&T Bank Exchange : 401 W Fayette St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Time | Cocktail Hour : 6:30 PM & Dinner & Awards : 7 PM
Attire | 1950s Fabulous, 1960s Chic or Cocktail Attire
The museum’s namesake Reginald F. Lewis – the first African American to execute a leveraged buyout valued at nearly $1 billion –was respected as a titan of industry, a maverick, and a trailblazer. Each year, The Lewis Museum hosts its premier fundraising event and celebrates individuals. Pennsylvania Avenue was the epicenter for Black arts and entertainment businesses in the early-to-mid-20th century, including venues such as The Royal Theater, clubs, restaurants, and hotels. However, redlining, blockbusting, and racially restrictive covenants led to decades of disinvestment in the area. This year, A Royal Affair will recall the glory and the heyday of Black arts and culture as celebrated along with vibrant West Baltimore corridor in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Mother’s Day Program | In Our Mothers Garden Film Screening and Discussion
2024-05-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Mother’s Day Program | In Our Mothers Garden Film Screening and Discussion
Saturday, May 11 | 1 pm to 3 pm | Museum Admission
Celebrate Mothers Day Weekend with your mammas, grannies, aunties or sister girls with a film screening of In Our Mothers Garden followed by a post film conversation with filmmaker Shantrelle Lewis and author Marita Golden. Light refreshments will be served.
IN OUR MOTHERS’ GARDENS celebrates the strength and resiliency of Black women and Black families through the complex, and oftentimes humorous, relationship between mothers and daughters. The film pays homage to Black maternal ancestors while examining the immediate and critical importance of self-care, and the healing tools necessary for Black communities to thrive. Featured interviews include: #MeToo founder Tarana Burke; The Roots and Chris Rock tour manager Tina Farris; cultural critic Dr. Brittney Cooper of Rutgers University; Rev. Dr. Theresa S. Thames of Princeton University; holistic lifestyle maven Latham Thomas; photographer Adama Delphine Fawundu and NPR’s Senior Director for Programming Yolanda Sangweni.
“Shantrelle P. Lewis’s doc will have you laughing, crying and educated about the historical lineage of Black mothers and daughters. It is a must see! “– THE CURVY FILM CRITIC
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Felt Memories | 2D Needle Felting Workshop
2024-05-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202, United States
Felt Memories | 2D Needle Felting Workshop
Saturday, May 18 | 11 am to 1 pm | Museum Admission
When was the last time you looked through that box of old family and childhood photos? In this workshop, we will source imagery from some of our most fondest memories to recreate a two-dimensional felted portrait with wool. Using a piece of felt fabric to size, we will apply transfer methods to allow for an exact fiber replica of the original photo. Then, with a specific set of needles, we will add all the details needed to bring these moments to life. Once completed, you’ll leave this workshop with a hand crafted retelling of a story you once lived. This fiber art workshop is facilitated by Black Women Genius artist, Nastassja Swift. This workshop is open to all ages. This workshop has limited space.
NOTE: All materials are provided, though you will need a physical copy of your image.
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