8th Annual Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair and Arts Festival
FREE and open to the public
AfricanAmericanMuseum (AAM) at FairPark
3536 Grand Avenue, DallasTX75315
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Special Event
7:00-11:00pm Concert featuring spoken word artist Black Page
Brooklyn’s Jazz Café
1701 South Lamar
Friday, August 27, 2010
Special Event
2:00-4:00pm Heart & Soul Tour with Councilmember Carolyn Davis
Boarding at City Hall
1500 Marilla Street
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Special Event
8:00-10:00am COMMUNITY BREAKFAST with Karen E. Quinones Miller
Music Hall at FairPark
909 1st Ave
Special Event
8:30-9:30am CHILDREN’S BREAKFAST with Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
AfricanAmericanMuseum at FairPark
3536 Grand Ave., Helen Giddings Room
10:00-11:00 am Art Smart; workshop preparing children to learnAA Museum, Helen Giddings Rm
10:00-11:00 am Celebrity Reader,Ashanti Blaize (NBC Channel 5)AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
10am- 3:30 pmTeen Workshop: Sex, Relationships and the College Student by author AlexusRhoneSouthDallasCulturalCenter
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Dreams ofFlight: A Journey Through Air & Space Exhibit
The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future – 3rd floor Mezzanine
10:00am Vaunda Micheaux Nelson BooksigningAA MuseumLobby
10:30 am Karen E. Quinones MillerBook Signing AA Museum Lobby
10:30- 11:00 am Celebrity Reader Wolfman (DJ-Host KRNB) Sharmisa "Extra" Garner (Actor/Author) AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
11:00 am- 12:00 pm Are You Ready to Publish? One on One Manuscript Review with Max Rodriguez Founder of Harlem Book FairAA Museum, Helen Giddings Rm
11-12:00 pm Lyndale the Literary Lion AAM, Basement Classroom B&C, Ages 5-12
11:00-11:30 am Celebrity Reader,Bobby (B.C) Collins (Daystar USA-TV)AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
11:30 am-12:00 noon Celebrity ReaderShawn Williams (Founder/Editor) Dallas South NewsAA Museum Folk Art Gallery
Special Event
12 noon-2pm PORKCHOPS AND POLITICS Corey with Dade
Old Mill Inn
3611 Grand Ave.
12:00pm -1:00pm Steven James Dixon Relationship Expert: "Men Don't Heal, We Ho"
AA Museum Auditorium
12-1:00 pm Nasechay Dipo “Speaking with Beads” African Bead Making AAM, Basement Classroom B&C, Ages 5-12
12-1:00 pmWho Does She Think She Is? A Girlfriend’s Guide to Surviving a Breakup Before She Has a Break Down, by author CJ Domino AA Museum, Helen Giddings Rm
1:00 pm Steven James DixonBook Signing AA MuseumLobby
1:00- 1:30pm Celebrity Reader, Cheryl Smith Host of Round Table Talk and Editor of Dallas WeeklyAA MuseumFolkArtGallery
Special Event
1:00-2:00pm “Sweet Talk” Sweet Potato Pie Contest AA Museum
AfricanAmericanMuseum at FairPark
3536 Grand Ave., Helen Giddings Room
1:00pm -2:00pm Mini African American Read In presented by DallasCountyCommunity College, AA Museum Auditorium
1:30-2:00 pm Celebrity Reader,Julia Clark-Hayes (Judge Nominee/Attorney) Dallas District Court 2 AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
Special Event
2:00-4:00pm CONVERSATIONS & ROSES with Rosalyn Story
Arthello Beck Gallery South Dallas Cultural Center
3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave.
2:00-2:30 pm Celebrity Reader,Illya Roberts (NBC5 Traffic/Author)AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
2:00pm -3:00pmDr. Njoki McElroy 1012 Natchez : A Memoir of Grace, Hardship and Stlye Amid HardshipAA Museum Helen Giddens Rm
2:00pm - 4:00pm Black Cinematheque Dallas Children’s Film Series AA MuseumClassroom B & C, Ages 5-12
2:00-4:00 pm Youth Poetry Slam hosted by Michael Guinn. AA Museum Auditorium
2:30- 3:00 pm Celebrity Reader, Linda Jones (Award Winning Journalist/Author)AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
Special Event
3:00-4:30pm Women’s Healthwith Herbalist Queen Afua
Women’s Museum:An Institute for the Future
3800 Parry Avenue
3:00pm - 4:00pmDr. Roslyn Adele Walker The Arts of Africa, The Americas, And The Pacific AA Museum Helen Giddings Rm
3:00-3:00 pm Celebrity Reader, Liz Lawless (Author/Black Rodeo Facilitator) AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
3:30- 4:00 pm Celebrity Reader, Norma Wade (Award Winning Journalist) AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
4-4:30 pm Celebrity ReaderRev. Michael W. Waters African American Methodist Episcopal AA MuseumFolkArtGallery
4:00pm Rosalyn Story Book Signing South Dallas Cultural Center
4:00pm Workshop/Performance by SUPA NOVA SLOM South Dallas Cultural Center
4:30pm Queen Afua Book Signing Women’s Museum:An Institute for the Future
8:00 – 9:30pm Jazz @ the Center - featuring Tamara Peterson South Dallas Cultural Center Theater
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Special Event
11:00-1:00pm GOSPEL BRUNCH with Rev Waters
AfricanAmericanMuseum
3536 Grand Ave.
Special Event
2:00-4:00pm “My Tidy List of Terrors”by Jonathan Norton: a Stage Reading
South Dallas Cultural Center Theater
3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave.