| Thursday, May 2 11:00-7:00 FREE Admission 1st Thursdays at NAAM
Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5 Museum's On Us Promotion is valid during regular open hours Saturday and Sunday NAAM partners with Bank of America to offer 1st free weekend admission to Bank of America clients and staff once a month throughout 2013. Simply show your Bank of America ATM, credit or check card and photo ID at our reception desk and receive free admission to NAAM! 
Thursday, May 9
11:00 - 7:00 pm FREE Admission 2nd Thursdays at NAAM Thursday, May 16
11:00 am WHAT THE GRIOT SAID: Stories at NAAM Stories at NAAM This April at the Northwest African American Museum, gifted griots - or storytellers - will enchant young and old with tales recounted following oral traditions. Children of all ages are invited to experience the ancient art of storytelling with stories from around the world or just around the corner. Free and open to the public For more information, please contact Katie Williams, kwilliams@naamnw.org 206.518.6000 x 104
Monday, May 20
7:00 pm
NAAM Partner Event Elliot Bay and NAAM Present a Reading by Walter Mosley Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with Devil in a Blue Dress, the first Easy Rawlins mystery, a combustible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright that future President Bill Clinton enjoyed, as did hundreds of thousands of other readers. Eleven books later, Easy Rawlins is one of the few private eyes in contemporary crime fiction who can be called immortal. We last saw Easy in 2007's Blonde Faith, fighting for his life after his car plunged over a cliff. True to form, the tough WWII veteran survives in
Thursday, May 23 6:00–8:00 pm Community Conversation: The Intersection of Race, Culture and Sexuality through the Lens of James Baldwin
For this second event in our Community Conversation Series, renowned scholar and author, Dr. Madgalena Zaborowska will present James Baldwin as Theater Director: Staging Queerness in Istanbul followed by facilitated conversations. Please join in the conversation inspired by our exhibition Bearing Witness from Another Place: James Baldwin in Turkey, Photographs by Sedat Pakay. Dr. Zaborowska is a Professor in the Departments of American Culture and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her scholarship explores the intersections of social space and transatlantic discourses on race, nationality, (queer) sexuality, and gender; immigrant ethnicities; feminist theory; and African American literature with a focus on James Baldwin. Museum admission $6. Free for Museum Members.
Thursday,April 4 11:00 7:00 FREE Admission 1st Thursdays at NAAM
Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7 Museums On Us Promotion is valid during regular open hours Saturday and Sunday NAAM partners with Bank of America to offer 1st free weekend admission to Bank of America clients and staff once a month throughout 2013. Simply show your Bank of America ATM, credit or check card and photo ID at our reception desk and receive free admission to NAAM!
Thursday, April 11
11:00 - 7:00 pm FREE Admission 2nd Thursdays at NAAM Thursday, April 18
11:00 am WHAT THE GRIOT SAID: Stories at NAAM Stories at NAAM This April at the Northwest African American Museum, gifted griots - or storytellers - will enchant young and old with tales recounted following oral traditions. Children of all ages are invited to experience the ancient art of storytelling with stories from around the world or just around the corner. Free and open to the public For more information, please contact Katie Williams, kwilliams@naamnw.org 206.518.6000 x 104
Sunday, April 28
12:30 pm Poetry Reading with Carletta Carrington Wilson In honor of National Poetry Month, enjoy an intimate in-gallery reading of Carletta Carrington Wilson's poetry featured in her exhibition
book of the bound.
Free with museum admission
RSVP to reserve a space for the talk. 30 guest limit.
For more information and to RSVP, contact Chieko Phillips cphillips@naamnw.org or 206.518.6000 ext 102
Sunday, April 28 2:00 - 4:00 pm NAAM Partner event with Book - it Repertory Theater On the Human Race -- Perspectives on Twain, Race, and Our Community A panel discussion on race and racism centering around Mark Twain's novel moderated by CD Forum's Sharon Williams featuring visiting scholarsDavid Bradley, Dr. Jocelyn Chadwick, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, and Seattle educator/writer Nancy Rawles, author of My Jim: a novel that tells the story of Jim's wife and children whom he leaves behind when he escapes down the river with Huck. Admission at the door only. $6 or free for NAAM Members. For more information about this program contact Book-It Repertory info@book-it.org or (206) 216-0833 All events take place at the Northwest African American Museum unless otherwise indicated. | 
