Past Installations
New York City-Unveiling
Times Square, Schomburg Center, Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Times Square, Father Duffy Square, (B’way & 47th) | Thursday, June 9 – Monday, June 13, 2022
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library | Tuesday, June 14 – Sunday, June 19, 2022
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 | Thursday, June 23 – Wednesday, June 29, 2022
The Unveiling of the Lorraine Hansberry Sculpture
Thursday, June 9, 2022, 4PM
Featuring: Mamie Hansberry, Nantille Hansberry, Taye Hansberry, Lynn Nottage, LaChanze, our sculptor Alison Saar, The Lillys, and more, celebrating the Great American Playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
A Raisin in the Sun: Free Outdoor Screening
Saturday, June 11, 2022, Tribeca Festival, Pier 57, Hudson River Park, NY
The Playwright as Activist: Lorraine Hansberry’s Legacy
Monday, June 13, 2022, Museum of the City of New York
Brooklyn Poetry Slam: Celebrating Lorraine Hansberry
Wednesday, June 29, 2022, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5, Brooklyn, NY
Presented in partnership with BRIC and Brooklyn Poetry Slam.
Detroit
Wright Museum of African American History
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The Charles H. Wright Musuem of African American History Tuesday, July 26 – Tuesday, August 9, 2022
In Partners with:
Minneapolis
Pillsbury House Theatre
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Pillsbury House Theatre Monday, August 15 – Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Pillsbury House Theatre Inside Out Block Party
Saturday, August 20, Chicago Ave Between 35th & 36th Streets.
Gift & Black with Free Black Dirt
Friday, August 26, Come take up space and luxuriate in summer sweetness. Be serenaded in Poeticisms and song and surrender to Black joy.
Black Women Speak
Saturday, August 27, Hansberry passed at the tender age of 34 due to pancreatic cancer. We will assess how to preserve our health and learn simple healing tools for self-preservation.
Million Artist Movement
Thursday, September 1 & 8, Community singing for children and families with Jayanthi. Come to learn protest songs and the Black tradition of singing together. Families will receive a coloring songbook at the events.
Elder Storytelling with In Black Ink
Saturday, September 3, Can we sit a while with elder storytellers reflecting on the impact of witnessing the magic of A Raisin in the Sun and the themes that came up in the play related to wealth-building, housing, and intergenerational trauma/healing?
“Letters for Lorraine” Youth Creative Writing Workshop with the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery
Saturday, September 10, Youth will write short pieces exploring and expressing the themes highlighted in Lorraine Hansberry’s work such as Black liberation, racial justice, gender equality and civil rights.
New York City
Astor Place, Public Theater
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The Public Theater’s cast of A Raisin in the Sun. Photo by Natalie Anne Powers for Jenny Anderson Photo.
The Public Theater | A RAISIN IN THE SUN Post-Show Talk Back
The Public Theater | A RAISIN IN THE SUN Post-Show Talk Back
Friday, October 21, Newman Theater
Featured Dr. Imani Perry (author, Looking for Lorraine) and Tracy Heather Strain (director, Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart) in conversation on Lorraine Hansberry and the themes presented in her seminal work, A Raisin in the Sun.
Washington, DC
Howard University
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Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts | Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 26 – Monday, December 5, 2022
New York City
Brooklyn Academy of Music
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BAM | New York City Monday, January 30 – Monday, March 20, 2023
San Francisco
Museum of the African Diaspora
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Museum of the African Diaspora | San Francisco Tuesday, April 4 – Sunday, April 30, 2023
Los Angeles
Gloria Molina Grand Park & AC Bilbrew Library
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Gloria Molina Grand Park | June 14 – June 30, 2023
AC Bilbrew Library | July 7 – August 7, 2023
Sculpture Unveiling
Wednesday, June 14, Hansberry Initiative collaborators and local artists presented the unveiling of To Sit A While in Gloria Molina Grand Park.
Scheduled Speakers and Performers:
Julia Jordan, The Lillys Executive Director
Alison Saar, To Sit A While sculpture artist
Adrian Dunn and the Adrian Dunn Singers (courtesy of WACO Theater Center)
NY Unveiling Program Partners
