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Black History Month a Celebration of History, Arts, Literature and Film Black History Month A celebration of history, arts, literature and film A guide to events in Lambeth - Autumn 2015 Photo: Pegasus Opera www.lambeth.gov.uk/events Lambeth libraries 3 Introduction I am delighted to invite you to this year’s Black History Month celebrations, which will be running throughout October in Lambeth. Last year people told us how inspiring and uplifting they found the events and this year’s programme is just as exciting. There is something for everyone to enjoy and it is a wonderful opportunity to learn about and celebrate African and Caribbean culture and heritage which enriches all our lives. Lambeth Libraries have teamed up with the South Bank Centre, Age UK Lambeth, University of the 3rd Age , the Black Cultural Archive and Pegasus opera, along with many individual artists and writers, to provide a fantastic month. I hope you will be able to join us Cllr Jane Edbrooke Lambeth Cabinet member for Neighbourhoods On Saturday 3 October, all Lambeth Libraries will transform into Fun Palaces. @BHMLambeth Fun Palaces is an annual, free, nationwide celebration of arts, culture and science. It will be a day filled with fun, interactive and participatory activities. There’ll be BHMLambeth crafts, music, fun and games, theatre, art events, workshops, and science. Highlights include games created by Code Club (the kids will even teach you a thing or two), Lucy Beresford reading from her new book, a role-playing robot game and a chance to be motion captured. Everyone is welcome to get involved! Contact your local library to find out more. http://funpalaces.co.uk @LamLibsFP #FunPalaces 4 5 Lambeth libraries Black History Month 2015 The Lost Child – Tate South Autobiography of Malcolm X Lambeth library book – Brixton Radical Reads book group special group special Thursday 8 October, 6.30pm Friday 9 October, 7pm Walk Brixton’s Black history Africa Utopia Take Over Tate South Lambeth Library Brixton Library Sunday 27 September, 11am Friday 2 October, 7.30pm Join the reading group Join the Outside St Mark’s Church, Brixton Library to discuss The Lost reading group Kennington, SE11 4PW Southbank Centre’s Africa Utopia Child, Caryl Phillips’ to discuss the Walk led by SI Martin along the length festival takes over Brixton Library latest novel. Inspired Autobiography of Brixton Road from Kennington Park for one night only as part of the by Wuthering Heights, of Malcolm X, to the Black Cultural Archives, on Black History Month celebrations. Phillips’ Heathcliff is his remarkable Windrush Square. It will uncover many Africa Utopia looks at art and ideas the child of an African autobiography, associations with the area including from Africa that are changing the former slave. For a completed the activists William Cuffay and world. Artists from the festival will copy of the book please contact the just before Claudia Jones as well as a host of form an exciting line up of spoken library on 020 7926 0705. his murder in entertainers including Adelaide Hall, word and live music, featuring a Minet Cinema Classics 1965. Not only is this an enormously Paul Robeson and Winifred Atwell. special commission performed by presents Stormy important record of the Civil Rights local young poets, all hosted by the Weather (1943) Movement in America, but also Photo: Donald Hinds fantastic Joshua Idehen. The South the scintillating story of a man who bank’s Africa Utopia experience Friday 9 October, 2pm refused to allow anyone to tell him continues at Brixton Library! Minet Library who or what he was. For a copy of Stormy Weather the book please contact the library on (US 78 min)). 020 7926 1056. Photo: Southbank centre This American [Paul Robeson jpg] [Au logo, AU 1 Southbank film, directed centre logo, Joshua Idehen] by Andrew L. Stone, is considered the best African-American cast Hollywood musical. Starring: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, Fayard Nicholas, Ada Brown and Dooley Wilson. 6 7 Lambeth Caribbean family African Heritage In Celebration of Cecile Nobrega When I Came to England: An history surgery Edutainment Festival - Founder of The Bronze Woman Oral History of Life in 1950s Monument and 1960s Britain – Illustrated Saturday 10 October, 2pm Sunday 11 October, Kennington Waterloo Library Park, SE11 4BE Sunday 11 October, 3 to 6pm Tuesday 13 October, 2pm to 4pm Clapham Library Carnegie Library The Black Cultural Whether you Archives opened are interested Come and learn about When I Came to in 2014 in the in furthering the life, work and England is heart of Lambeth, your legacy of Poet and a uniquely giving a special knowledge Campaigner Cecile honest and Nobrega. There will acknowledgement about compelling be poetry and a live to the individuals African and anthology of performance from and families Caribbean reminiscence renowned Saxophonist, Lascelles who came to Collection at Lambeth Archive Photo: Courtesy of Harry Jacobs heritage, James. Presented by Empressjai. about life in Lambeth seeking or you are Britain during a better life and simply looking for an entertaining day From Samba to Carnival the 1950s to contribute to out, the African Heritage Edutainment with Anthony Bailey and ‘60s for the economy of Festival 2015 is for you! Bring the whole Caribbean Britain. family along, we guarantee that there is Tuesday 13 October, 2pm migrants. something for everyone. We have hand- Tate South Lambeth Library Collected and S I Martin is picked some of the most inspiring local edited by Z. one of the UK’s Lambeth Black History Month and artists, musicians, poets, performers, Celebrating Age festival welcome Nia Reynolds, foremost researchers specialising and fashion designers to showcase elders to an afternoon of fun, dance the stories cover the spectrum of in the experience of Britain’s Black their talent and provide you with a and history. Join Anthony Bailey and human emotions and are tragic, communities. He will be available to truly unforgettable experience. You friends on an exploration of the history funny, honest and frank. Join Nia answer questions on a one-to-one will be spoilt for choice with a diverse of Carnival from Africa to the Caribbean and Dulwich District U3A for an basis on family history and give advice selection of delicious traditional African and South America and enjoy fantastic afternoon of reminiscing, a bit of on starting your family tree. Drop in Carnival dance and refreshments. Event and Caribbean food stalls as well as an music, tea and cake. to see him – bring along your family organised with Age UK Lambeth. African arts and crafts market. photos and stories and maybe you’ll be in the Black Cultural Archive! AfricanHeritageFestivalLondon 8 9 Lambeth Caribbean family The Color Purple – Minet Black people in Lambeth’s 18th Black Stock Films presents: history surgery library book group special century parish registers Looking for Claudia Jones Saturday 17 October, 2pm Tuesday 20 October, 6.30pm Thursday 22 October, 1pm Friday 23 October, 7pm West Norwood Library Minet Library Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Brixton Library Collection at Lambeth Archive Photo: Courtesy of Harry Jacobs Square, SW2 1EF A second opportunity On the 30th When her political beliefs to explore your family anniversary of It can come as a surprise to dig into became too hot to history with SI Martin. the film version the archives and discover that there handle in Cold War-era America, the government of was already a small black community Drop in to see him The Color branded Claudia Jones , join the living in Lambeth in the 1700s. Jon – bring along your Purple an “enemy of the state”, reading group Newman from Lambeth Archives family photos and imprisoned and deported to discuss the shows how the evidence of local stories and maybe her. This compelling documentary classic, Pulitzer parish registers allows us to recover profiles a dynamic civil rights activist you’ll be in the Black prize-winning something of these people’s histories whose legacy of politics, culture and Cultural Archive! novel that made and to reveal a population of freed Black self-development in Britain remains unmatched to this day. Dir. Nia Allan Wilmot – Now you know Alice Walker a household name. slaves, servants, runaways and the Reynolds. Film running time 50 mins Set in the deep American South occasional African royal celebrity. Free, Monday 19 October, 6.45pm followed by Q&A. Tickets £7 on the between the wars, The Color Purple booking is essential. (7.15pm start) door. is the classic tale of Celie, a young Durning Library black girl born into poverty and Minet Cinema Classics presents St Martin’s Community Black Meet Allan Wilmot, a segregation. For a copy of the book Sing Your Song (2011) History Celebration Caribbean author who please contact the library on Friday 23 October, 2pm Saturday 24 October, 4pm to 8pm celebrated his 90th 020 7926 6073. Minet Library St Martin’s Community Centre, birthday in August Abbotts Park, Upper Tulse Hill. ‘ One of the most haunting books Sing Your Song and who has lived in Lambeth for nearly SW2 3PW you could ever wish to read ... it is (US 104 min) 60 years. Allan will be in conversation stunning - moving, exciting, and surveys the life St Martin’s Community Centre would with Mr Arthur Torrington and will give wonderful’ and times of like to invite you to their Black History an illustrated talk on his new book, Now Month celebration; the theme is Lenny Henry singer/actor/ You Know about his service for Britain in going to be the past, present and activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise World War II and his unique career as an future and everyone is very welcome.
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