Tuesday, May 12, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, the Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association launches Mount Morris Park Talks, a new series of free monthly conversations between the community and leaders, news makers, artists, authors and thinkers who live in the Harlem area.
This series is MMPCIA’s 21st century take on the cultural and intellectual salon tradition that flourished and inspired during the first Harlem Renaissance that gained world acclaim years ago.
Says Patricia Eaton, founder of MMPCIA and organizer of the program, “We have such a wealth of talent in our neighborhood and that has been a secret too well-kept. This is a special opportunity for those among us who are willing to share their stories, their experience and their insights. I am confident that Mount Morris Talks will enrich everyone who participates as well as provide invaluable role models for our young people.”
Join MMPCIA and welcome our first guests–and neighbors–Quincy Troupe and Margaret Quincy Troupe.
Quincy Troupe is author of 17 books including the bestseller Miles: The Autobiography of Miles Davis and co-author of The Pursuit of Happyness with self-made millionaire Chris Garden, the poignant memoir that became an acclaimed motion picture starring Will Smith. Quincy ran the Black Roots Festival at the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, was California’s first official Poet Laureate and is now retired from his professorship at the University of California at San Diego.
Margaret Porter Troupe has combined a varied career in advertising, publishing and public relations with an abiding love of the arts. She hosts a literary salon in the historic Graham Court Apartments and is the executive director of Harlem Textile Works, an arts education program in Hamilton Heights.
Please join us when
Mount Morris Talks
Tuesday, May 12, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Harlem Branch Library
9 West 124 Street, betw/Fifth & Mount Morris Park West
anon
May 13, 2009
did anyone attend? i couldnt make it but curious how it went.