The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at MoAD is a collaboration that connects theater and the visual arts, bringing both audiences together, making each art form more accessible and relevant to both constituencies and providing context across art forms. Each presentation will be followed by an audience discussion.

Join us for a staged reading of We Are Proud to Present by Jackie Sibblies Drury. When an interracial group of actors get together to do a theatrical presentation about the origins of Namibia, issues of race in our "postracial" society come up... 

Founded in 1981, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT) presents plays by America's foremost African-American and multicultural playwrights. LHT has produced over 130 plays, including west coast and world premieres, experimental works, classics in the African-American canon, lively musicals, and poignant socio-political dramas. LHT distinguishes itself as an eclectic learning community, sustained by both rigor and creativity. LHT draws from aesthetic, cultural and economic resources of the San Francisco Bay Area to enrich and strengthen the performing arts.

Free with MoAD Admission and for LHT Subscribers.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham "Childrens Crusade" please join us for an afternoon of story telling about the people we knew and worked with and the events we experienced in the Southern Freedom Movement of the 1960s. Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement will share personal short stories with families, friends and all those who are interested in the hidden histories of ordinary people who fought for justice with extraordinary courage.

Bay Area Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement (BayVets) is an organization of former civil rights workers who were active in the Southern Freedom Movement of the 1960s as staff and volunteers for SNCC, SCLC, CORE, and the NAACP. Today, BayVets works to educate the public about the history and issues of the Civil Rights Movement through speaking engagements, events, and a nationally-recognized website (www.crmvet.org) that documents the history and personal stories of the Freedom Movement.

Free with MoAD Admission

The Fine Art of Investing: Beginning an Art Collection. A free workshop for beginning and new fine art collectors, includes Kinsey Collection exhibit tour. Moderator: Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, MoAD Curatorial Consultant; Art Gallery Owner: Thelma Harris of the Thelma Harris Art Gallery; Art Collector: Victoria Redus;Your Collection,Your Legacy: Robert Wallace, Jr., CFP®, Wells Fargo Private Bank.

Reception at 5:30 pm.

Free admission.

Please join us for a film screening of Slavery by Another Name, based upon the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon, the film gives voice to the largely forgotten victims and perpetrators of forced labor and features moving interviews with their descendants today. The film will be introduced by Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, who remarkably discovered that a letter from Bernard's second cousin, Carrie Kinsey, served as the impetus for Blackmon's book. The letter is part of The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Where Art and History Intersect, currently on view at MoAD.

Slavery by Another Name, narrated by Laurence Fishburne, is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South after the Civil War, new systems of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force and brutality. The film documents how for more than 80 years, thousands of African Americans, often gulty of no crime at all, were arrested, compelled to work without pay, repeatedly bought and sold, and coerced to do the bidding of white masters. Tolerated by both the North and South, forced labor lasted well into the 20th century.

Free with MoAD Admission.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO AUGUST 2013. DATE TBA.

The Scholarly Voices series brings locally, nationally, and internationally recognized scholars to present on a variety of topics related to the African Diaspora. These events create a bridge of conversation between the academic world and the local community. All talks occur on Saturday mornings 10am-12pm in the Salon. Seating is limited.

Dr. Ruth Mathis Bissell presents Restorative Practices: Connecting New School Disciplinary Strategies to Old African Diasporic Traditions. As schools struggle with increases in suspension rates and bullying, one school in the North Bay offers students restorative options to interpersonal conflicts, bullying, social isolation, and suspension by focusing on restoration and re-integration into the community. This case study of Davidson Middle School will be used to analyze the ways collective practices can shift a school’s climate and culture and create a community where members are honored and respected. Dr. Bissell received her B.A. from UC Santa Cruz, a M.A. in Education from UC Berkeley and a doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts.

Free with MoAD Admission

Join us for the closing weekend of The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Where Art and History Intersect.

11:00am: MoAD Members-only continental breakfast, plus morning viewing hours and tours.

1:00-2:00pm: Bernard and Shirley Kinsey Book Signing in the Salon (Free with MoAD Admission).

All-day: Wells Fargo Customer Appreciation Day. One free general admission limited to cardholder.