BRONZEVILLE: A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE
Peoria Riverfront Museum's Sun Plaza
Free & Open to the Public
Celebrate a fusion of art, music, food, culture and history from Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood during the Black Renaissance (1917-1930s), with this special series of events inspired by Archibald Motley's vibrant painting "Bronzeville at Night," on loan from Art Bridges, and Preston Jackson's "Bronzeville to Harlem: An American Story," at Peoria Riverfront Museum.
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DARK TOWER HOUR
WED, AUG 17 & 24
Sun Plaza
Join us Wednesday evenings in August on the Sun Plaza for live music, poetry & cultural discussion. Featured Peoria artists: Greg Ward, Peoria-born jazz saxophonist, and Brandon Alexander Williams, Peoria-raised poet, MC and DJ.
WED, AUG 17 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM | Jazz Saxophonist GREG WARD and the GREG WARD QUARTET
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GREG STEWART ft. THE GRUV XPERIMENT
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WED, AUG 24 | 5:30- 7:30 PM | Poet, MC & DJ BRANDON ALEXANDER WILLIAMS
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COMING SOON
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EVENT SPONSORS
Generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges, Peoria Chamber of Commerce & the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce.
Locally sponsored by Visionary Society & Illinois Arts Council Agency.
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Artwork: Archibald John Motley Jr. (1891 - 1981), "Bronzeville at Night," 1949, on loan from the collection of Art Bridges.
