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Black Hair: A Story of Art, Beauty, Culture, History, and Pride
April 13, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm
WHEN: Thursday, April 13, 2023 from 4:30pm – 9:30pm
WHERE: Recital Hall, UAlbany Performing Arts Center, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
COST: FREE?
BUS: #11, 12, 114
HAIR STORIES: UNTANGLING THE TRAUMA, TRESSES & TRUTH OF BLACK, AFRO-LATINA, AND MIXED- RACE WOMXN
Lyzette Wanzer
4:30 p.m. — Book Talk , Campus Center West Boardroom (1st Floor)
7:30 p.m. — Celebration with Lyzette Wanzer and student performers, hosted by Kyra Gaunt, UAlbany music professor, ethnomusicologist, singer-songwriter, author, and activist. Recital Hall, UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Join us for a celebration of the culture and history of African American hair identity and fashion with writer, editor, and workshop instructor, Lyzette Wanzer. In the afternoon, Ms. Wanzer will discuss her new book, Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives (2022).
Ms. Wanzer will answer questions about the complexities of Black identity with respect to hair. As a San Francisco-based author-activist, she will also discuss the California law known as “The CROWN Act,” which prohibits discrimination based on hair style and hair texture.
In the evening, UAlbany Professor Kyra Gaunt will host an event with the author, as well as student poets, musicians and dancers. We will also screen Ayoka Chenzira’s 10-minute animation, “Hair Piece: A story for nappy headed people” (1984).
Cosponsored by the Department of Music and Theatre, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Intercultural Student Engagement, and the NYS Writers Institute.
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