Join members of the Northwest Germantown Book Club for refreshments and a book discussion of There There, authored by Tommy Orange. There There is a multi-voiced epic of 12 Native identifying characters whose lives intertwine across urban Oakland as the travel to the Big Oakland Powwow. FREE Books to the first 10 to register! RSVP here. 

Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley

Join 19^th-century bibliophile, Kate Howe, to discuss Elizabeth Keckley’s autobiography of her years as a dress designer and seamstress for Mary Todd Lincoln and other prominent Washington, D.C. women. After the publication of Behind the Scenes, Mary Todd Lincoln turned against Keckley, causing her to lose her prestigious clients. She died in poverty in 1907.

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Valentine Day of Love: We Love You More Than Money, Veterans Beyond Combat

An evening of improv and folk anthology from Osiris Wildfire Productions.

ONE MAN’S RECONCILE WITH HIS PAST
THE LEGACY OF HIS FATHER CONTINUES
AS HE SPEAKS TO OTHER KINDRED SPIRITS
WITH A NATIVE TONGUE SHARING CANDID MOMENTS
WHICH EVOKE COMPASSION DIRECTED TO THE HEART
GROWN FOLK TALK
FOLK~BLUES~SOUL~SPIRITUAL~PROSE~POETRY~URBAN GRIOT
NARRATIVES SHAPED BY FAITH
YOU DON’T WANT TO MESS AROUND
AND MISS THIS TRIBUTE NARRATIVE ACCOMPANIED
WITH MUSIC ANTHOLOGY

Black History 365  –  Osiris Wildfire, jazz guitarist presents, Folk from the Underground Railroad – A Tribute to Richie Havens. Havens, an American singer songwriter whose music encompassed elements of folk, soul and rhythm and blues was the opening act for historic Woodstock!  RSVP!  info@johnsonhouse.org  Donations welcomed

Black History 365  –  Osiris Wildfire, jazz guitarist presents, Folk from the Underground Railroad – A Tribute to Richie Havens. Havens, an American singer songwriter whose music encompassed elements of folk, soul and rhythm and blues was the opening act for historic Woodstock!  RSVP!  info@johnsonhouse.org  Donations welcomed