Events

Event Title	Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History Programs and Events (Fall 2024)
Location	All events at the Stone Center (150 South Road, Chapel Hill) except the Film Festival Opening, Sept 26th at Varsity Theater, Franklin Street, CH.
Sponsor	Sonja H Stone Center
Date/Time	09/13/2024 - 11/14/2024

For more information, contact the event administrator: Sheriff Drammeh sheriff7@email.unc.edu

Session Status	Session	Session Date	Start Time	Cutoff
Registering	Chitlin Circuit Re-enactment: Musical Performance and Exhibition	09/13/2024	6:00 PM	none
Registering	Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film - Opening Night	09/26/2024	6:00 PM	none
Registering	Diaspora Film Festival Screening	10/03/2024	6:30 PM	none
Registering	Diaspora Film Festival Screening	10/10/2024	6:30 PM	none
Registering	Diaspora Film Festival Screening -- Lunchtime Screening	10/15/2024	12:15 PM	none
Registering	Diaspora Film Festival Screening: *Special Screening -- with Black Queer Studies Conf.	10/22/2024		none
Registering	Diaspora Film Festival Screening -- Lunchtime Screening	10/29/2024	12:15 PM	none
Registering	The 32nd Annual Stone Memorial Lecture with Patricia Timmons-Goodson	11/12/2024	6:30 PM	none
Past Registration Date	The 32nd Annual Stone Memorial Lecture with Patricia Timmons-Goodson	11/14/2024	6:30 PM	08/29/2024

Chitlin Circuit Re-enactment:

September 13 : Musical Performance and Historical Exhibition -- Commemorating the segregation-era resistance of marginalized Black performers who were excluded from White clubs and forced instead to perform at Black-owned venues. This showcase features a live performance, an historical exhibition, and food and fellowship that will bring to life the founding and evolution of funk music.

Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film Screenings (2024):

Sept. 26 | Opening Night -- featuring “ARTE CONGO…ARTISTS JOURNEY ON THE CONGO COAST OF PANAMÁ,” written, produced, directed and narrated by Atlanta-based veteran artist, scholar and filmmaker Dr. Arturo Lindsay.
Evening Screening Sessions, start time 6:30PM | A selection of film from all corners of the African Diaspora, followed by comments and Q&A with filmmakers and audience. Please visit the Stone Center Website for details and screening schedule.
- October 3
- October 10
Lunchtime Screenings, start time: 12:15PM | Hitchcock Multipurpose Room
- October 15
- October 29
Special Screening in Collaboration with Black Queer Studies Conference 2025 | Start time: 6:30PM -- A selection of Black Queer Films, followed by a moderated conversation, Q&A with filmmaker(s).
- October 22

The 32nd Annual Dr. Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture by Patricia Timmons-Goodson, Dean and Chief Academic Officer of North Carolina Central University School of Law and Justice (rtd.) of the North Carolin Supreme Court.

November 14 | 6:30PM | Stone Center Auditorium