All Events

Monday, Mar 31
The Big Read Kick Off Event
The Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Tuesday, Apr 01
The Big Read: FaceBook Discussion: Their Eyes Were Watching God
facebook.com

Tuesday, Apr 01
UNC Latina/o Cultures Speakers' Series
Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Helena María Viramontes

Wednesday, Apr 02
The Big Read - Brown Bag Book Discussion
Ackland Art Museum

Sunday, Apr 06
The Big Read - An Afternoon With Valerie Boyd
The Stone Center, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Monday, Apr 07
The Big Read: North Carolina Central University Movie Screening: Zora Is My Name
Room 335, Farrison-Newton Communications Building, North Carolina Central University

Monday, Apr 07
The Big Read:Life During the Harlem Renaissance Web Quest
The Stone Center Computer Center

Tuesday, Apr 08
15th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture
Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Julianne Malveaux, the 15th President of Bennett College for Women, will be the guest lecturer.

Tuesday, Apr 08
The Big Read Book Discussion: North Carolina Central University
Room 335, Farrison-Newton Communications Building, North Carolina Central University

Wednesday, Apr 09
The Big Read: The Art of Storytelling
The Ackland Art Museum

Thursday, Apr 10
The Big Read Movie Screening: Zora Is My Name
Gardner 105, UNC-Chapel Hill

Saturday, Apr 12
The Big Read Movie Screening: Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Hargrave Community Center, Chapel Hill

Tuesday, Apr 15
The Big Read:Black Art, Zora Neale Hurston and Writing Their Eyes Were Watching God
Toy Lounge, Dey Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill

Wednesday, Apr 16
The Big Read: The Legacy of Zora Neale Hurston
Gardner 105, UNC- Chapel Hill

Saturday, Apr 19
Ackland Art After Dark
The Ackland Art Museum

Monday, Apr 21
The Big Read Stone Center Cafe
The Stone Center Theatre

Tuesday, Apr 22
The Big Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God Book Discussion
Stone Center Library

Saturday, Apr 26
The Big Read: Chapel Hill Public Library Book Discussion
The Meeting Room, Chapel Hill Public Library

Monday, Jan 21
He was a Poem: A Gathering in the Tradition
The Stone Center Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum

A program honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tuesday, Feb 05
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film
The Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

El Cimarrón (Puerto Rico, 2006) In Spanish, English Subtitles

Wednesday, Jan 30
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film
Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

"Have You Heard from Johannesburg?: Apartheid and the Club of the West" (2007)

Wednesday, Feb 13
Critical Discussion Series, Part II
The Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

The Image of the Black Athlete: Icons, Scandal and the Business of Sport

Thursday, Apr 24
Communiversity End of Year Program
The Stone Center Theatre & Auditorium

Friday, Feb 22
PepperPot
The Stone Center Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum

Multi Media Installation, Meaning, and the Medium in Contemporary African Diasporic Art

Monday, Feb 25
Visiting Artist – Haile Gerima
The Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Filmmaker Haile Gerima visits for a one-week residency

Thursday, Feb 21
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film
The Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

We Shall Not be Moved: A History of the Tillery Resettlement (U.S., 2007)

Wednesday, Jan 30
No Easy Victories Book Party
Bull’s Head Bookshop

Join editors Charles Cobb, Jr., Gail Hovey, and Bill Minter

Thursday, Feb 28
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film
The Stone Center Theatre and Auditorium

An Evening with Haile Gerima: Mortgaged Imaginations

Saturday, Mar 01
Platanos & Collard Greens
The Stone Center Theatre & Auditorium

The Off-Broadway hit "Platanos & Collard Greens" comes to the Stone Center

Tuesday, Jan 15
Critical Discussion Series, Part I
The Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Incarcerated Women: Challenges to Criminal Justice System

Tuesday, Mar 04
Women’s History Month Luncheon
The Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Angels Can’t Help But Laugh

Wednesday, Mar 19
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film
The Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Double Feature: "American Red and Black" & "Unfinished"

Thursday, Sep 11
The Time is Nigh: Organize, Mobilize, Radicalize
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Olympian Tommie Smith will discuss his black-gloved fist salute at the '68 Summer Olympic Games and its impact on the world

Tuesday, Sep 16
Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Documentary film that chronicles Shirley Chisholm's 1972 U.S. presidential bid

Thursday, Sep 18
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film -Triple film feature exploring the interactions between African-Americans and Asian-Americans

Thursday, Sep 25
Book Reading & Discussion - Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South
Wilson Library| Pleasants Family Assembly Room

An oral history of black gay men of the South by E. Patrick Johnson

Thursday, Sep 25
Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales
Stone Center Theatre

E. Patrick Johnson performs Pouring Tea, a one-man show based on stories collected for his book, Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South

Wednesday, Oct 22
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Triple film feature exploring skin whitening within Mexican and South Asian cultures

Thursday, Oct 09
Black Dreams and Silver Screens: Black Film Posters, 1921-2004
The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Musuem

On display through December 5, 2008

Thursday, Oct 30
The 16th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Judy Richardson, Civil Rights Historian and documentarian will deliver, "Will the Circle be Unbroken: The Relevance of the Civil Rights Movement"

Tuesday, Nov 11
African Diaspora Lecture
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Adbul Alkalimat will discuss eBlack Studies: The Revolution in the Revolution

Thursday, Nov 20
The Order of Myths
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Documentary film that follows racially segregated Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Alabama

Thursday, Mar 19
Visiting Scholars Spring 2009
Stone Center

The Stone Center will host human rights activists Grace Chang and Margo Okazawa-Rey for a two-day residency

Tuesday, Apr 07
African Diaspora Lecture
Stone Center

Anthony Bogues, a distinguished Brown University professor, will deliver the spring 2009 lecture

Thursday, Jan 29
FREE
The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum

A solo exhibition by Maya Freelon Asante

Monday, Jan 19
He Was a Poem, He Was a Song

Celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through music and poetry

Monday, Apr 06
Artist in Residence
Stone Center

Maya Freelon Asante

Wednesday, Sep 16
My Name is Albert Ayler
Stone Center

Documentary explores the life of 60s avant-garde jazz musician Albert Ayler

Thursday, Sep 24
Kwame
Stone Center

A Ghanaian deals with feelings about living in exile in the U.S. after fleeing a coup in his own country

Wednesday, Sep 30
13 Months of Sunshine
Stone Center

A young Ethiopian agrees to marry the cousin of a friend to help her acquire a green card to become a US citizen

Wednesday, Oct 07
The Neo African Americans & Ladylike
Stone Center

Double film feature: Neo African Americans explores the term "African American" & Ladylike examines female stereotypes

Thursday, Oct 08
The Art of Hamid Kachmar
Stone Center

Hamid Kachmar, a Moroccan-born artist, will be the Stone Center’s featured artist for the fall term

Friday, Oct 16
Los Pleneros de la 21
Memorial Hall

LP21, the Grammy-nominated Afro-Puerto Rican ensemble, will perform in Memorial Hall's Beasley-Curtis Auditorium

Tuesday, Oct 27
Us: A Love Story
Stone Center

This short film examines the relationship of an interracial couple from a historical perspective; screening is part of the Hekima Film Discussion Series

Thursday, Nov 05
Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture
Stone Center

Author, journalist and cultural critic Farai Chideya will deliver the 17th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture

Tuesday, Nov 10
Performance
Stone Center

An African-American hip-hop journalist reluctantly accepts an assignment to interview a retired black actor who played a stereotypical character

Thursday, Nov 12
Rain
Stone Center

A young Bahamian girl sets sail on a life-changing journey

Farai Chideya

Farai Chideya