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David C. Driskell Center (Cole Field House)
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Half-day meeting for scholars to learn about the vast range of research materials available to them at UMD for the study of the African American experience.

Pratt Library Southeast Anchor Library, 3601 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore 21224
Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 1:00 PM

Exploring how people who participated in virtual public spaces during the events following the killing of Freddie Gray think about their involvement in the shaping of the narrative.

Pratt Library Waverly Branch, 400 E. 33rd Street, Baltimore 21218
Wednesday, June 08, 2016 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Exploring how people who participated in virtual public spaces during the events following the killing of Freddie Gray think about their involvement in the shaping of the narrative.

Pennsylvania Avenue Branch, 1531 W. North Avenue, Baltimore 21217
Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 2:00 PM

Baltimore Stories: “Hands Up Don’t Shoot Our Youth Movement” Documentary Film Produced By: Ralph L. Crowder III co-sponsored by Coppin State University

Tawes Ballroom Coppin State University 2500 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21216
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 12:00 PM

Baltimore Stories: “Hands Up Don’t Shoot Our Youth Movement” Documentary Film Produced By: Ralph L. Crowder III co-sponsored by Coppin State University

Maryland Institute College of Art: Fred Lazarus Center 131 W. North Avenue, Baltimore 21217
Saturday, April 30, 2016 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

The event will consider together the roles and positions of women in the Baltimore narrative, and how the roles and positions of women and girls have historically been included or excluded in social change narratives.

Creative Alliance 3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224
Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Community Conversation: 12:30 p.m.

3/22/16

Written by Tom Hall & Rob Sivak, WYPR

If it’s true that every person has a story, is it also true that every city has one too?  What is Baltimore’s Story?  What narratives have emerged since the traumatic events following the death of Freddie Gray, and what do those narratives tell us about Baltimore’s identity?  Such questions are at the core of a new series of public events beginning Wednesday called Baltimore Stories: Narratives and the Life of an American City.

Joining Tom in the studio with a preview of this innovative, community-driven series are two of its guiding lights:  Sheri Parks, Associate Dean at the University of Maryland's College of Arts and Humanities in College Park, and Dr. Phoebe Stein, Executive Director of the MD Humanities Council.

Read more and listen to podcast  here 

The Baltimore Stories project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is a collaboration between the University of Maryland, Maryland Humanities Council, the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.

To learn more: go.umd.edu/BmoreStories

Westminster Hall, 519 W Fayette St. Baltimore, MD 21201
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

This project is designed to help examine the roles of narrative in the life and identity of the city.

Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 5:30 PM

The arts and humanities help us to understand the human experience and examine critical issues, such as power and in

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