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Johnson Publishing Library Reading with Khari B
Sun, Feb 26
|Stony Island Arts Bank
Join us for a Johnson Publishing Library Reading with spoken word musician and poet Khari B.
Time & Location
Feb 26, 2023, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S Stony Is Ave, Chicago, IL 60649, USA
About the event
Scholars, artists, and cultural workers are invited to read selections from our Johnson Publishing Library as a way to activate the collection. Guests will read from a selection of particular significance to their research, followed by a reflection and discussion.
About the Johnson Publishing Library
The Johnson Publishing Library is a collection of books and periodicals donated by the Johnson Publishing Company (JPC), publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines. The collection includes publications from the 1940's to the present day, and also includes the company's in-house library once used by JPC editors and writers.
About Khari B
Discopoet Khari B. is a spoken word musician and educator working as both a performer and instructor in the literary arts.
He’s co-produced three albums under the Discopoetry brand (WordSound: THIS AIN’T NO PUNK-ASSED POETRY, I’M A BAD MUTHA: The Rockstar Poetry Project, The Revolution Has Been Compromised: Honoring the words and works…