Rent Party: James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop
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James Baldwin Play
James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop
Friday, December 7 at 8PM; Saturday, December 8 at 8PM; Sunday December 9 at 3PM followed by a panel discussion at 7PM
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Tony-Award nominee Calvin Levels will perform his acclaimed solo play, James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary celebration of the life and legacy of the esteemed novelist, essayist, playwright and human rights activist James Baldwin. The Sunday, December 9th performance will benefit the Pacifica Radio Archives andwill be followed by a VIP reception at 5PM and a panel discussion at 7PM moderated by Amy Goodman, award-winning journalist and host of Pacifica’s Democracy Now! Panelists include Dr. Cornel West, Amiri Baraka, Sol Stein, Ekwueme Michael Thewell and Baldwin family members. The Schomburg Center is the same historical location where Baldwin educated himself as a youth growing up in Harlem. The performances will be filmed live before the Schomburg audience.
Tickets on Friday, December 7 and Saturday, December 8 are $20-$40. On Sunday, December 9, tickets to the play only are $30-60, with packages ranging from $85 to $115 for the play, panel and reception. For tickets, call Telecharge at 
212-239-6200
(inside the NY metro area) or 800-432-7250 (outside the NY metro area), or visit Telecharge.com. For additional information, please visit JamesBaldwinPlay.com or call 212-662-5605.
Langston Hughes Auditorium, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard at 135th Street in Harlem, NYC 10036.
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