Memoir Plus: A Conversation on Hybrid Memoir

Scuppernong Books 304 S Elm Street, Greensboro, NC

  **THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT**   *All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.*   How can bringing other genres and forms into memoir enrich the text? How close must memoir adhere to the facts? What is a memoir, anyway? LAURIE STONE […]

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Borderlands and Crossroads: Writing, Racism, and Asian American Life

Stephen D. Hyers Theater, Greensboro Cultural Center 200 N Davie Street, GREENSBORO, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Three Asian-American authors use their work to discuss the rise in violence toward Asian-Americans while exploring the complex joys and responsibilities of writing and identity. With MICHAEL CROLEY, H'RINA DeTROY, and THIEN-KIM LAM. Hosted […]

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Writing Toward Justice: Non-Fiction as a Call to Action

Van Dyke Performance Space, Greensboro Cultural Center 200 N Davie Street, Greensboro, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Journalists and writers from different backgrounds discuss the importance of engaging equity, criminal justice, and community. The press, and citizen journalists, provide witness on systemic issues impacting local communities.  A conversation with DR. BENJAMIN […]

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Upon Her Shoulders: Native Women and the South

Greensboro History Museum 130 Summit Avenue, GREENSBORO, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* With a focus on southeast Native women, Beasley and Jacobs share stories from an anthology they edited on justice, spirit, and community. With DRS. CHERRY BEASLEY and MARY ANN JACOBS. Hosted by ROBIN MIURA. CHERRY BEASLEY, PhD, […]

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Lost Mothers: Memoirs of Longing

Stephen D. Hyers Theater, Greensboro Cultural Center 200 N Davie Street, GREENSBORO, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* With ELISHEBA HAQQ and MEGAN CULHANE GALBRAITH. Hosted by LEE ZACHARIAS. You May also be interested in:  • Memoir Plus: A Conversation on Hybrid Memoir • $ WORKSHOP Down the Rabbit Hole of Your Own Life: A Creative […]

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The Truth about Disability: What We Don’t Talk About

Stephen D. Hyers Theater, Greensboro Cultural Center 200 N Davie Street, GREENSBORO, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Around 20% of Americans live with a disability, but for many disability remains a taboo subject. Too often, the complex experiences of the disabled are reduced to pity or inspiration. On this panel, three […]

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County of Terror: Alamance in the 19th Century

Greensboro History Museum 130 Summit Avenue, GREENSBORO, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* You may also be interested in: • An Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones • Images of Justice and Power • Truth Tellers documentary presentation •A Conversation on Publishing for People of Color • Whatever Wholeness […]

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King of the Blues

Stephen D. Hyers Theater, Greensboro Cultural Center 200 N Davie Street, GREENSBORO, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Greensboro Bound partners with the Carolina Blues Festival to bring an engaging conversation with DANIEL de VISÉ on the life and legacy of B. B. King. De Vise, whose previous book, Andy and Don: […]

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A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones

Harrison Auditorium, NC A&T 1009 Bluford Street, Greenbsoro, NC

**THIS EVENT IS SOLD-OUT**   *All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* A Conversation with NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES is the culminating event in the History Of Redlining In East Greensboro: Conversations About Our City's Past And Present series. This keynote event for the F.D. Bluford Library […]

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Images of Justice and Power

International Civil Rights Center & Museum 134 SElm Street, Greensboro, NC

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Three artists explore the representation of social justice activism and empowerment through photography and art, documenting the changing face of the social justice landscape and celebrating the success of a movement. With MALAIKA ADERO, ST. […]

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Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever

Van Dyke Performance Space, Greensboro Cultural Center 200 N Davie Street, Greensboro, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* With and introduction from Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. A viewing of the documentary film by Dr. Michael Frierson, a filmmaker and professor of media studies at UNCG. The movie follows […]

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Immigration and Refugee Matters

Greensboro History Museum 130 Summit Avenue, GREENSBORO, NC, United States

*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* As the world continues to displace people in astonishing numbers, Abdo and Haqq bring the personal stories of individual lives effected by the continuing inhumane actions and responses to human suffering. With DIYA ABDO and ELISHEBA HAQQ. […]

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