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[#PLAY #WORKSHOP #Before5Free] Before 5: Homage 5: Life After Death  By playwright Shaun Neblett (pen name MC SNEB)  Presented by the @schomburgcenter Wednesday, April 20 | 2pm  Schomburg Center | 515 Malcolm X Blvd New York, NY  Admission: FREE Register

Interviewed a few months prior to her death, feminist poet, author and activist Audre Lorde commissioned Dr. Gloria Joseph to write The Wind is the Spirit: The Life, Love and Legacy of Audre Lorde. They discussed a comprehensive biography that would tell Lorde’s story in full, revealing her tenacity, complexity and passion. Told Griot style, this combination anthology and biography brings together a wide range of prominent authors and activists, who all submitted essays, reflections, stories, poems, memoirs and photos that illuminate how Lorde’s literary vision and life inspired each of us to be so much more than we were before. Dr. Joseph will sign books following the program.

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FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED For all free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. All registered seats are released 15 to 30 minutes before start time, so we recommend that you arrive early.

PRESS Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Adenike Olanrewaju at [email protected].

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Before 5: August Wilson, The Ground On Which I Stand

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm

Come for an afternoon screening of, August Wilson: The Ground On Which I Stand at the Schomburg. The film is a 90-minute television documentary and the first in-depth exploration of the life, work and cultural impact of the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright and Pittsburgh native, August Wilson (1945 – 2005). The program will be a co-production of WQED and the PBS series American Masters.