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Fri., October 4 - Tues., October 8
Harlem Renaissance Expedition Tour
Harlem, New York
The BCC Performing Arts ensembles will take a voyage back in time and explore the Harlem
Renaissance period when cultural icons like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston flourished.
Participants will walk the historic streets of Harlem and visit sites associated with the 1920’s
including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Abyssinian Baptist Church and the
Apollo Theatre.
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Monday, October 14
Mr. Mamon Powers Jr. and Bill Mays
"Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs"
Black Cultural Center (Room 127) 7 to 9p.m.
The workshop will highlight insight on owning and operating one's own business. Guest speakers
for the workshop will be Mamon Powers Jr. and Bill Mays. Mr. Powers is a member of the Board of
Trustees at Purdue University and President of Power and Sons Construction Company Inc. of
Gary, IN. Mr. Mays is president and CEO of Mays Chemical in Indianapolis, IN. Click here for a
link to the
news story on the workshop and to view the photographs
from the workshop.
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Thursday, October 17
Vinie Burrows
“Rose McClendon: Harlem’s Gift to Broadway”
Vinie Burrows will take the audience for a stroll through history and resurrect the leading
actress of the Harlem Renaissance Rose McClendon. The play Rose McClendon: Harlem’s Gift to
Broadway, written by and starring Vinie Burrows celebrates the distinguished African American
actress and theatre organizer of the 1920’s and 1930’s who won an enviable niche in American
theatre. Paul Robeson called Rose McClendon “the leading actress of the Negro race.” Langston
Hughes wrote his play, Mulatto, specifically for her.
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Thursday, October 31
BCC Coffee House Production
Fowler Hall 7pm
"Soul Gone Home" is a night of theatre comprised of the works of
two of the Harlem Renaissance's most prolific and celebrated writers,
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. The plays being presented
are "Limitations of Life" by Hughes, "Woofing" by Hurston, and "Soul
Gone Home" by Hughes. This production highlights two of the Harlem
Renaissance's premiere artists and activists. Both Hughes and Hurston
are known for their social commentary and in these pieces, we get
to see them use thir skills as humorists and satirists to tackle
relevant issues. For those who know of thier work it is an opportunity
to revisit, for those new it is an opportunity to get acquainted
with two artist who helped shape the movement that led to today's
Black Theatre. This production will feature BCC Performing Arts
Ensembles. Admission: $3/students, $5/general public.
View news story on this events.
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