Attend a conversation with Chuck D. Hear from Kristina Wong and the Auntie Sewing Squad. Learn about Black film history. Celebrate Valentine’s Day early with Lucha Va Voom.
Hollywood Heritage MuseumThe museum teams with Norman Studios to present an Evening @ the Barn program focusing on the 1916 African American-run film studio in Jacksonville, Florida . The program features a lecture from historian Barbara C. Wingo, followed by a screening of the Norman Studios’ 1926 feature. The studio was among the first to produce “race films,” which focused on black actors in positive, nonstereotypical roles.
The live concert special includes an all-star lineup — Beck, Brandi Carlile, Fall Out Boy, Andy Grammer, Hanson, Norah Jones, Lady A, John Legend, Little Big Town, Michael McDonald, Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Pentatonix, Charlie Puth, LeAnn Rimes, St. Vincent, Take 6 and Weezer — who celebrate and honor the Beach Boys’ music.Mark Harris discusses his book, 'The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar,' which he wrote with Robin R. Means Coleman.