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Dresher x AOK: Harlem Renaissance Prose and Poetry Reading

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Rotunda

Date & Time

October 21, 2025, 2:45 pm3:45 pm

Description

Join the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Albin O. Kuhn Library for a special event honoring the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance.

We invite you to read selections of prose and poetry from various writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Samples will be provided, however, readers are encouraged to bring any selections of their choosing.

Tuesday, October 21, 2:45-3:45
Rotunda, Albin O. Kuhn Library (near 1st floor elevators)

Special Collections will also have a small exhibition on display in the Rotunda.

Participants will be entered into a raffle to win two tickets to Shakespeare in Harlem, a co-production of UMBC Theatre, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and The Black Classical Acting Ensemble.

If you have any questions, please contact Courtney Hobson, chobson1@umbc.edu.
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