Events
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Hotel Bentley |
Riverfront Center |
Alexandria Museum of Art |
Friday, October 11, 2002
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Opening Ceremony Alexandria Riverfront Center
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| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
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Readings: Arna
Bontemps Junior Writers Guild Alexandria Riverfront Center
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| 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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Opening of Book Fair
and The Pasteboard Bandit Exhibit Book Signings by Dr. Arnold Rampersad & Lalita Tademy Alexandria Riverfront Center
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| 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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Reception Alexandria Riverfront Center
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| Saturday,
October 12, 2002
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| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
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Discussions: The
Legacy of Arna Bontemps Dr. Alex Bontemps, Professor Charles James & Dr. Arnold Rampersad Hotel Bentley |
| 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Workshop:
Lalita Tademy and the Junior Writers Guild Arna Bontemps African American Museum
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| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
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The WordBand Reading &
Observations by Kalamu ya Salaam Hotel Bentley
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| 12:00 - 1:15
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Luncheon
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| 1:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Book Fair and The
Pasteboard Bandit Exhibit Book Signings by Alex Bontemps and Kalamu ya Salaam Hotel Bentley |
| 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
A Tuesday Morning
Ride Film Screening and Discussion Reading by Pinkie Gordon Lane Alexandria Museum of Art |
| 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Lalita Tademy
Reading and Observations Brenda Marie Osbey Reading & Observations Hotel Bentley |
| 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Open House &
Book Signings Arna Bontemps Museum |
| 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. | Excerpts from St.
Louis Woman Hotel Bentley |
| 9:00p.m. - 12:00 a.m. |
Closing
Party & Celebration, Featuring Open Microphone Readings with guest MC Kalamu ya Salaam Hotel Bentley |
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| Sunday,
October 13, 2002
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| 9:00 a.m. | Commemorative mass St. Francis Xavier Church (Church where Bontemps was christened) |
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