Calendar

September 2021 – February 2022 Sep 2021 – Feb 2022
Sep
26
Sun
Sep 26 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
THE AFRICAN BOOK CLUB @ MOAD An ongoing series in partnership with Faith Adiele. September’s book selection is Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories by Nana Nkweti. The author will join us on zoom for the discussion! How[...]
Zoom Room
Sep
30
Thu
Sep 30 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
12:00 pm
Tickets
Image credit: Glen Gratty Museum of the African Diaspora and the San Francisco Public Library present Conversations Across the Diaspora, hosted by Sarah Ladipo Manyika An interactive series brings you eclectic conversations from across the African[...]
Zoom Room
Oct
7
Thu
Oct 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Tickets
OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM for our virtual Open Mic. Hosted by poet Nia McAllister, join us for an evening of spoken word, featuring amazing poets and musicians from throughout the Bay[...]
Zoom Room
Oct
17
Sun
Oct 17 @ 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
3:00 pm
Tickets
Join us for an afternoon of poetry in the Yerba Buena Gardens in partnership with Litquake and Nomadic Press. Hear from a lineup of poets featured in the new poetry collection Patrice Lumumba: An Anthology[...]
Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade
Oct
24
Sun
Oct 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
THE AFRICAN BOOK CLUB @ MOAD An ongoing series in partnership with Faith Adiele. October’s book selection is Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka. How to participate: Get a[...]
Zoom Room
Nov
21
Sun
Nov 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
THE AFRICAN BOOK CLUB @ MOAD An ongoing series in partnership with Faith Adiele. November’s book selection is The Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije.  How to participate: Get a copy of the book, read it[...]
Zoom Room
Jan
6
Thu
Jan 6 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
In this weekly series, seven Bay Area poets share new poems created in response to the current exhibitions. They will also describe the processes they employ in writing ekphrastic work. Come and listen, and experience art[...]
Museum of the African Diaspora
Jan
13
Thu
Jan 13 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
In this weekly series, seven Bay Area poets share new poems created in response to the current exhibitions. They will also describe the processes they employ in writing ekphrastic work. Come and see, come and listen,[...]
Museum of the African Diaspora
Jan
20
Thu
Jan 20 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
In this weekly series, seven Bay Area poets share new poems created in response to the current exhibitions. They will also describe the processes they employ in writing ekphrastic work. Come and listen, and experience art[...]
Museum of the African Diaspora
Jan
27
Thu
Jan 27 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
In this weekly series, seven Bay Area poets share new poems created in response to the current exhibitions. They will also describe the processes they employ in writing ekphrastic work. Come and listen, and experience art[...]
Museum of the African Diaspora
Feb
3
Thu
Feb 3 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
In this weekly series, seven Bay Area poets share new poems created in response to the current exhibitions. They will also describe the processes they employ in writing ekphrastic work. Come and listen, and experience[...]
Museum of the African Diaspora
Feb
10
Thu
Feb 10 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
In this weekly series, seven Bay Area poets share new poems created in response to the current exhibitions. They will also describe the processes they employ in writing ekphrastic work. Come and listen, and experience[...]
Museum of the African Diaspora
Feb
17
Thu
Feb 17 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:00 pm
Tickets
In this weekly series, seven Bay Area poets share new poems created in response to the current exhibitions. They will also describe the processes they employ in writing ekphrastic work. Come and listen, and experience[...]
Museum of the African Diaspora
Feb
24
Thu
Feb 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Tickets
In this weekly series, seven Bay Area poets share new poems created in response to the current exhibitions. They will also describe the processes they employ in writing ekphrastic work. Come and listen, and experience[...]
Museum of the African Diaspora
September 2021 – February 2022 Sep 2021 – Feb 2022