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Los Angeles Towne Street Theatre will open its 2017 Literary Series with a dramatic reading of Octavia Butler's best-selling 1979 novel KINDRED on Sunday, August 6, at 2:00 pm at MAAA. Join in a "talk back" after the reading with Dr. Ayana Jamieson, founder of the Octavia Butler Legacy Network and the scholar most familiar with Butler's work. Eso Won Books will be on hand, if you wish to purchase any of Octavia Butler's books.

KINDRED is described as "part time-travel tale and part slave narrative." Dana, an African American woman, is transported from 1976 Los Angeles to early nineteenth century Maryland. She meets her ancestors — Rufus, a spoiled, self-destructive white slaveholder, and Alice, a proud black freewoman forced into slavery later in life.

KINDRED examines the dynamics and dilemmas of antebellum slavery and its legacy in present American society. The novel also explores the intersection of power, gender, and race issues and speculates on the prospects of future egalitarianism.

EVOLVING ART PRACTICE:
RAGS TO THE REVIVAL SERIES

By Internationally Renowned Artist

BERNARD STANLEY HOYES
JULY 2 — SEPTEMBER 24  |  2017

The images in this exhibit convey and symbolize a culmination of ancestral echoes brought to classical form. Contemporary and eternal in spirit, they stand as praise to our existence — past, present, and future.

OPENING RECEPTION
SUNDAY, JULY 2  |  2:00 – 5:00 PM

Sponsored by The Museum of African American Art, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition.

Image credit: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Exhibits & Collections
Rare prints, photographs, artifacts, books and much more

Don't miss unique displays in some of the nation's preeminent National Historic Landmarks located in Boston and Nantucket. The above image commemorates the beginning of Frederick Douglass’ extraordinary career as an abolitionist and orator. It is now on view in Boston's Abiel Smith School and Nantucket's African Meeting House.

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much more. Your vital contribution supports the Museum's education programs,

research and exhibitions, and historic preservation of some of the nation's

most important National Historic Landmarks throughout the year.

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