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LOCATIONS
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center
1165 Angelina, 512/974-4926
The Carver complex centers around the old Carver Library, the first library for residents of color in Austin. The original 1926 city library building – which was moved to the Eastside and opened to blacks in 1933 – still serves the neighborhood, but since 2005, it's been flanked by the 36,000-square-foot center, which includes four art galleries, the 134-seat Boyd Vance Theatre, a dance studio, a photo lab and darkroom, a conference room, offices, classroom, archive space, and museum store. The library itself was expanded to more than 15,000 square feet, with computers, meeting and study rooms, gallery space, and a youth library area. Hard-won, deeply earned, and aesthetically sumptuous, the Carver Complex is the new heart of East Austin.
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Carver Museum, 1165 Angelina
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Austin African American Book Festival
Free to the public, the Austin African American Book Festival shines a spotlight on award-winning and budding Black writers. Sat., June 29.
Austin African American Book Festival
Now in its 18th year, Austin’s African American Book Festival has set a high standard for literary programming. Boasting some unique programming for children and families – including a dance poetry workshop led by Ballet Afrique founder and creative director China Smith, an art session with award-winning children’s author and illustrator Don Tate, and a Gwendolyn Brooks poetry reading with literary activist Patrick Oliver – and a headliner in legendary poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, this year’s festival will stick to the memory of all those who attend. The theme – “Black Feeling, Black Talk” – is fitting. This is the culmination of centuries of resilience, of diving into literature to both express and inspire the stirrings of revolution. – Cy White Sat., June 29.
