On Saturday, 4/29, we've got a great late afternoon -> evening program of events, kicking off with @aidan_levy at 4PM talking about his major new biography of Sonny Rollins with Lawrence Jackson🎷

https://withfriends.co/event/15913420/aidan_levy_presents_saxophone_colossus_the_life_and_music_of_sonny_rollins_in_conversation_w_lawrence_jackson

Then at 5PM on 4/29, @DrTRunstedtler is talking with @LesterSpence about her new book on 1970s pro basketball & the Black players who shaped the NBA🏀

https://withfriends.co/event/15912033/theresa_runstedtler_presents_black_ball_kareem_abdul_jabbar_spencer_haywood_and_the_generation_that_saved_the_soul_of_the_nba_in_conversation_wlester_spence

Then at 7PM we wrap our Saturday schedule with a not -to-be-missed conversation between @adriennemaree and @TaranaBurke on emergent strategies, radical imagination, and the intersection of sexual violence and racial justice 💗

https://withfriends.co/event/15912083/adrienne_maree_brown_and_tarana_burke_in_conversation

On Sunday 4/30, we've got a giant festival stage right outside the front door of our beautiful new bookstore on 32nd St, where things kick off at 11AM w/@rubin_lyle & Tarak Barkawi on the war on terror, masculinity, & the violence of American hegemony 🪖

https://withfriends.co/event/15912490/lyle_jeremy_rubin_presents_pain_is_weakness_leaving_the_body_a_marines_unbecoming_in_conversation_wtarak_barkawi

4/30 at noon, we've got @Vanessa_ABee talking about home, belonging, and the lack thereof w/ @OsitaNwanevu 🏠

https://withfriends.co/event/15912178/vanessa_a_bee_presents_home_bound_an_uprooted_daughters_reflections_on_belonging_in_conversation_wosita_nwanevu

At 1PM on 4/30, we're thrilled to welcome @byDVNLLN and @baynardwoods for a conversation about writing, photography, and the fight against white supremacy and structural racism 📸

https://withfriends.co/event/15912599/devin_allen_presents_no_justice_no_peace_from_the_civil_rights_movement_to_black_lives_matter_in_conversation_wbaynard_woods

At 2PM on 4/30, it's more Baltimore brilliance with @halleteri and @Juneclues talking about the power and meaning of Black art and culture 🖼️

https://withfriends.co/event/15967254/shae_mccoy_and_teri_henderson_in_conversation