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SUMMARY:Space for Us: Afrofuturism and the Poetic Imagination
DESCRIPTION:The Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center is proud to present Space for Us: Afrofuturism and the Poetic Imagination which showcases the captivating works of Aris Kian Brown as part of her community outreach project as Houston’s 2023-2025 Poet Laureate. This exhibition challenges the boundaries between art and organizing\, protest and poetics\, imagination and demand. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \nAbout Aris Kian Brown \nAris Kian is currently the Houston Poet Laureate 2023-2025 and ranked #2 in the 2023 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam. Previously an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellow\, she received her MFA from the University of Houston. She was ranked #10 in the 2020 Women of the World Poetry Slam and #4 in the nation at the 2019 ACUI College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational with UH team Coogslam. She is a current member of Smoke Slam alongside LeChell “The Shootah”\, R.J. Wright\, Blacqwildflowr\, and Sherrika Mitchell\, coached by Ebony Stewart\, which ranked #1 at the 2024 Southern Fried Poetry Slam. \nShe is one of 25 recipients of the 2023 BIPOC Artist and Network Fund Awards and the 2022 recipient of the Inprint Marion Barthelme Prize in Creative Writing for Students with Service to the Houston Literary Community. She is a 2019 Pushcart nominee\, a 2020 Best of the Net finalist\, a 2021 Crystal Wilkinson Creative Writing Prize finalist and a 2022 New Voices Contest finalist with Frontier Poetry. She was co-granted a 2023-2024 Creative Catalyst award from the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund with collaborator Sonny Mehta\, with Riyaaz Qawwali. \n  \n\n\nParking is available at the Gregory School Library African-American History Research Center located at 1300 Victor Street\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019.
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/space-for-us-afrofuturism-and-the-poetic-imagination/
LOCATION:Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center\, 1204 Victor St\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Freedmen's Town: UH Graphic Design Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Freedmen’s Town is a collaborative exhibit with the cultural archives of Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy that features selected posters by the junior Graphic Design students at the University of Houston Katherine McGovern School of Art. \nThrough the visual language of design\, students envisioned topographical data\, cultural institutions\, and signifiers of history that answer questions about a way forward through the dense legacy of preservation that formerly enslaved African Americans began in the late 1800s and early 1900s. \nTo view Celebrate Freedmen’s Town\, visit the Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center during opening hours. \nThank you to the University of Houston Graphic Design junior block class for working with us on such a special project!
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/celebrate-freedmens-town-uh-graphic-design-exhibition/
LOCATION:Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center\, 1204 Victor St\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fourth Ward Super Neighborhood Reactivation Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Residents and neighbors are reactivating the Fourth Ward Super Neighborhood to have greater voice at city hall\, provide opportunities for revitalization funding\, and promote increased communication. \nMeeting Agenda: \n\nNetworking\nBylaws discussion\nBoard Member Election\nCommunity Issues\n\nHosted by Joseph Panzarella at fourthwardn@gmail.com
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/fourth-ward-super-neighborhood-reactivation-meeting-2/
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SUMMARY:Archaeology Now: Freedmen's Town Heritage Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:This May\, Archaeology Now: Notre-Dame A Wider World is engaging with the legacy of Freedmen’s Town! Join us Saturday\, May 17\, 2025\, tour the historic district of Freedmen’s Town and see original structures that include homes\, churches\, and the brick streets paved by its emancipated leaders. \nAn additional highlight will be a visit to Bethel Church Park\, a sacred space built in Gothic style that once served as a church for the community. Following a devastating fire\, it is now a place of special memory. \nReception of creole cuisine and a tour of the Gregory School follow the walking tour. This event is limited to 40 participants with $25/person from 10 AM – noon \nTo RSVP\, please visit https://www.archaeologynow.org/notre-dame-a-wider-world/freedmens-town-heritage-walking-tour. \n 
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/archaeology-now-freedmens-town-heritage-walking-tour/
LOCATION:Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center\, 1204 Victor St\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Archaeology Now: African American Gothic
DESCRIPTION:This May\, Archaeology Now: Notre-Dame A Wider World is engaging with the legacy of Freedmen’s Town! \nJoin us on Tuesday\, May 20\, 2025\, from 7 – 8 PM\, Pastor Lou and Mrs. Jacqueline B. McElroy\, Pastor and First Lady of the historic Antioch Missionary Baptist Church\, the oldest African American Baptist Church in Houston\, will be joined by historian of Gothic architecture Dr. Lindsay Cook to discuss the history and architecture of Antioch Church\, as well as several other works of African American art and architecture that are in dialogue with Gothic architecture\, in general\, or Notre-Dame of Paris\, specifically. \nThis event is taking place at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church\, 500 Clay St\, Houston\, TX 77002\, with FREE Parking. \nTo RSVP for this event\, please visit https://www.archaeologynow.org/notre-dame-a-wider-world/african-american-gothic.
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/archaeology-now-african-american-gothic/
LOCATION:Antioch Missionary Baptist Church\, 500 Clay Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
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