Brooklyn Talks: The Sweet Flypaper of Life with Sherry Turner DeCarava
Features A Discussion and Reading of The Sweet Flypaper of Life, the 1955 Bestseller by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
Thursday, November 8, 7:00-9:00 pm at the Brooklyn Museum
Renowned Actress Tonya Pinkins Portrays Sister Mary Bradley, Bringing the Voices of the Book to Life During This Special Reading
NEW YORK, NY, November 1, 2018 – The voices of Sister Mary Bradley and The Sweet Flypaper of Life, the 1955 bestseller by photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes, come alive when actress Tonya Pinkins takes guests on a journey through daily moments in Harlem on Thursday, November 8, 7:00-9:00 pm, at Brooklyn Talks: The Sweet Flypaper of Life with Sherry Turner DeCarava at the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.
Turner DeCarava, publisher and art historian, will introduce the reading by Tonya Pinkins along with images from the book, followed by a conversation with Ms. Pinkins on the role of arts in culture. The event is held in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, which runs through February 3, 2019.
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