Thursday, March 1st
FREE 1st Thursdays at NAAM
1st Thursdays at NAAM are always Free!
Free and open to the public!
Thursday, March 1st
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
March 2nd Deadline
Call for objects and stories
“Fight or Be Slaves!”
-Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters’ motto
The Northwest African American Museum is looking for stories, photographs, and objects for a project focused on Pullman Porters who lived or settled in the Northwest. If you were a Pullman Porter, have a family member who was a Pullman Porter or know of someone who was, please contact NAAM’s Curatorial Assistant Chieko Phillips at 206-518-6000×102 or [email protected] by March 2nd for more information. Thank you.
Saturday and Sunday, March 3rd and 4th
Museums On Us
Promotion is valid during regular open hours Saturday and Sunday
NAAM partners with Bank of America to offer 1st free weekend admission to Bank of America clients and staff once a month throughout 2012. Simply show your Bank of America ATM, credit or check card and photo ID at our reception desk and receive free admission to NAAM!
Thursday, March 8th
FREE 2nd Thursdays at NAAM
2nd Thursday at NAAM is always Free!
Free and open to the public!
Thursday, March 8th
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 13th
Elliott Bay Book Company Reading at NAAM
Ralph Richard Banks
Is Marriage for White People: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone
7:00 pm
During the past half century, African Americans have become the most unmarried people in our nation. The racial gap in marriage extends beyond the poor. One reason that marriage has declined is that as black women have advanced economically and educationally, black men have fallen behind. Half of college-educated black wives are more educated than their husbands. Yet black women rarely marry men of other races. Is Marriage for White People? traces the far-reaching consequences of the African American marriage decline. It also explains why black women marry down rather than out. Its provocative conclusion is that black women would benefit both themselves and the black race if they crossed class lines less and race lines more. This book both informs and entertains. The culmination of a decade of research by a distinguished Stanford law professor, it melds scholarly theory and data with the poignant stories shared by black women throughout the nation. This unforgettable book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the shifting terrain of intimacy in American society.
Free and open to the public
Location: NAAM
Tuesday, March 13th
7:00 p.m.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact:
Twanda Hill | [email protected] | 206.518.6000 x 111
Monday, March 19th
Elliott Bay Book Company Reading at NAAM
Esi Edugyan
Half Blood Blues
7:00 pm
Berlin, 1939. A young, brilliant trumpet-player, Hieronymus, is arrested in a Paris cafe. The star musician was never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Sidney Griffiths, the only witness that day, still refuses to speak of what he saw. When Chip Jones, his friend and fellow band member, comes to visit, recounting the discovery of a strange letter, Sid begins a slow journey towards redemption. From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, Sid leads the reader through a fascinating, little-known world, and into the heart of his own guilty conscience. Half-Blood Blues is an electric, heart-breaking story about music, race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves, and demand of others, in the name of art.
Free and open to the public
Location: NAAM
Monday, March 19th
7:00 p.m.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact:
Twanda Hill | [email protected] | 206.518.6000 x 111