Featured Event: Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door Exhibit
Date: Friday, February 7 through Sunday, May 10, 2020
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Contact: dfeliciano@knoxart.org
2020
Knox County Library Read ~ The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Date: January through March
Location: Countywide; Presented by: Knox County Libraries; Contact: nhill@knoxlib.org
Movie Screening ~ James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
An 1989 documentary released two years after Baldwin’s death. An introduction to the life and work of an American novelist, intellectual and social critics.
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2020 | 2:00 pm
Location: Lawson McGhee Library; Presented by: Knox County Libraries; Contact: nhill@knoxlib.org
Socratic Seminars ~ James Baldwin The Fire Next Time
Published in 1963. Its frank message about racism consolidated Baldwin’s position as one of America’s most important writers. WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. Participants will read and discuss short selected passages.
Date and Time: Tuesdays, February 4 and 11, 2020 | 6:30 PM
Location: Lawson McGhee Library Contact: nhill@knoxlib.org
TV Programming ~ Beauford Delaney: A Short Biography
Date and Time: Thursday, February 6, 2020 | 8:30 PM
Location: East Tennessee PBS Local Station
KMA Family Fun Day: Celebrating Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door
Date and Time: Saturday, February 8, 2020 | 11:00 AM
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Contact: dfeliciano@knoxart.org
Movie Screening ~ James Baldwin I Am Not Your Negro
An Oscar nominated documentary based on Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript REMEMBER THIS HOUSE.
Date and Time: Sunday, February 9, 2020 | 5:00 PM
Location: La Bamba Seafood, 2619 Chapman Hwy #1913, Knoxville, TN 37920 Contact: nhill@knoxlib.org
Spoken Word Performance ~ Black Atticus and Friends
Date and Time: Sunday, February 9, 2020 | After Movie Screening
Location: La Bamba Seafood, 2619 Chapman Hwy #1913, Knoxville, TN 37920 Contact: nhill@knoxlib.org
TV Programming ~ Beauford Delaney: A Short Biography
Date and Time: Sunday, February 9, 2020 | 6:30 PM
Location: East Tennessee PBS Local Station
TV Programming ~ Beauford Delaney: A Short Biography
Date and Time: Sunday, February 16, 2020 | 10:30 PM
Location: East Tennessee PBS Local Station
Socratic Seminars ~ James Baldwin
One of Baldwin’s most provocative and wrenching stories, “Sonny’s Blues” is about estranged brothers forced together again by tragedy and circumstance. WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. Participants will read and discuss short selected passages.
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | 3:00 pm
Location: Murphy Branch Library Contact: nhill@knoxlib.org
International Symposium ~ In a Speculative Light: The Arts of James Baldwin and Beauford Delaney
Date: Wednesday through Friday, February 19-21, 2020
Location: The University of Tennessee Humanities Center and Knoxville Museum of Art; Presented by: The University of Tennessee Humanities Center; Contact: Amy J. Elias, humanitiesctr@utk.edu
Arts Presentation ~ A Tribute to the Delaneys
Date and Time: Monday, February 24, 2020 | 6:30 pm | Tickets: $10
Location: Bijou Theater; Presented By: Beck Cultural Exchange Center; Contact: rkesler@beckcenter.net
Socratic Seminars ~ James Baldwin
One of Baldwin’s most provocative and wrenching stories, “Sonny’s Blues” is about estranged brothers forced together again by tragedy and circumstance. WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. Participants will read and discuss short selected passages.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 27, 2020 | 6:00 pm
Location: Bearden Branch Library Contact: nhill@knoxlib.org
Opera ~ World Premier: ShadowLight, by Larry Delinger
Dates and Time: Friday and Saturday, February 28 & 29 | 7:30 pm
Location: Beck Cultural Exchange Center; Contact: kayla@marblecityopera.com
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra ~ A Shift Festival Send-Off to the Kennedy Center
Date and Time: Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, 2020 | 7:30 PM
Location: Tennessee Theater
Shift Festival ~ Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Date and Time: Friday, March 27, 2020 | 8:00 PM
Location: The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC; Tickets: $25
Fundraiser to Benefit the Restoration of the Delaney Home
Date and Time: Thursday, April 16, 2020| 6:00 PM
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Presented by: Beck Cultural Exchange Center and Rotary Club of Knoxville; Contact: rkesler@beckcenter.net
Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer Lecture ~ Kellie Jones, Columbia University
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 27, 2020| 6:00 PM
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Contact: dfeliciano@knoxart.org
Ground Breaking: Delaney Museum at the Beck
Approximate Date: May/June 2020; Location: Beck Cultural Center;
Presented by: Beck Cultural Exchange Center and Rotary Club of Knoxville; Contact: rkesler@beckcenter.net
Documentary Screening ~ Beauford Delaney: So Splendid a Journey
Date: May 2020, Date and Time to be Determined
Location: Canne Film Festival; Contact: amisdebeauford@yahoo.com
Gathering Light 