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Saturday, January 26 – 6 - 8 P.M. FREE AND
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
“Kindred Spirits: Installations by Betye Saar
and Mildred Howard”
Zora Neale Hurston National Museum
of Fine Arts, Eatonville
Museum Opening & Reception •
An Installation Art
Exhibition by Betye Saar and Mildred Howard at the Zora Neale
Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts, opening on Saturday January
26, 2008, 6 p.m. Both Saar and Howard are distinguished,
award-winning, “eye-catching” artists, who are masters in “making
art." Their selected medium for the exhibition is an installation
featuring mystical themes. Installation art is a unique artistic
genre that even seasoned arts patrons seldom have opportunities to
see. The ZORA! Festival audience and subsequent viewers will
experience, according to Ms. Howard, how art is made from “myth and
ritual, memory and place, religion and family, metaphor and
symbolism, music, light, tradition and found objects.” The
installation, which will remain in the museum through April 2008,
will evoke the vibrancy as captured “in the spirit” of the
theme.
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Sunday, January 27– 4 - 6 P.M. FREE AND OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC
“Speaking Hands,” The Life Center Church, Eatonville
A concert performed by hearing-impaired youth.
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Monday, January 28 - NO SCHEDULED
EVENTS
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Tuesday, January 29 – 10 A.M.- 4 P.M. NO
ADMISSION REQUIRED TO VENUES
Eatonville-Maitland Cultural Alliance (EMCA) Tour - Travel
to multiple venues throughout Eatonville and
Maitland
A cultural tour with stops at the Maitland Art Center, Maitland
Historical Society and Museum, The Holocaust Memorial Resource &
Education Center, the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, The Zora
Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts and other historic
Eatonville venues. Box Lunch: $10
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Wednesday, January 30 – 7:30 - 9 P.M. FREE
AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
An Evening with Poet: Sonia
Sanchez
Widely known as “the high-priestess” of poetry because of the
mythical and musical quality of much of her writing, Sanchez is
expected to draw a large audience of devotees who have followed her
from her days as one of the Broadside Quartet of young poets and a
younger audience who gravitate to her unique poetic style. Reception
immediately following.
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Thursday, January 31 – 8:30 A.M. - 3
P.M. Registration Fee: $15
Young Voices Conference, Day 1
WHAT: A two-day public forum that brings
together high school students from various schools and fosters their
interaction with accomplished cultural artists and academicians as
well as with their peers.
WHY: To enhance the literacy, creativity,
and college preparation of highly-motivated high school
students.
WHO: 100 college-bound students who are
strong readers, with focus on students in grades 9 –12 enrolled in
honors, advanced placement, and International Baccalaureate courses
in public, private, parochial, and home schools.
WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, January
31
8:30 a.m. – 3
p.m.
Macedonia Baptist Church, Eatonville – Lias
Hall
Friday, February
1
8:30 a.m. - 3
p.m.
ACTIVITIES: Walking Tour of
Eatonville
“Book Talk” – Small group discussion of Hurston
novel
Zora Neale Hurston Arts and Humanities
Lecture
Humanities Talks
at Rollins College
FOCUS TEXT: Hurston, Their Eyes
Were Watching God
THEME: “Ritual and Spirituality in the
African Diaspora: An Exploration of the Zora Neale Hurston
Legacy”
How does the Young Voices Conference Satisfy the Sunshine
State Standards?
Download
the Registration Form
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Thursday, January 31 - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Eatonville 7:30-9 P.M.
In Conversation with: Louise Meriwether
In Conversation with: Louise
Meriwether
In Conversation with Louise Meriwether. A veteran literary voice
who was the first Black Story Analyst in Hollywood's history, she is
the author of several books including, "Daddy Was A Number Runner".
Reception immediately following. FREE AND OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC
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Friday, February 1 - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Eatonville 10 A.M.
Zora Neale Hurston Arts and Humanities Lecture: CCH Pounder
Zora Neale Hurston Arts and Humanities
Lecture: CCH Pounder
CCH Pounder, stellar actress of the motion picture screen and
television, will deliver the Zora Neale Hurston Lecture on Friday
February 1. Ms. Pounder will be a natural draw because of her Emmy
nomination for her role in the NBC series ER and her current role in
the critically acclaimed FX series, The Shield. The audience will
find, however, she has many parallels to Hurston, as evidenced by
her genius with the spoken word and her fight against social
injustices such as apartheid.
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Friday, February 1 – 8:30 A.M. - 3
P.M. (See Thu. Jan. 31, Day 1)
Young Voices Conference, Day 2
WHAT: A two-day public forum that brings
together high school students from various schools and fosters their
interaction with accomplished cultural artists and academicians as
well as with their peers.
WHY: To enhance the literacy, creativity,
and college preparation of highly-motivated high school
students.
WHO: 100 college-bound students who are
strong readers, with focus on students in grades 9 –12 enrolled in
honors, advanced placement, and International Baccalaureate courses
in public, private, parochial, and home schools.
WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, January
31
8:30 a.m. – 3
p.m.
Macedonia Baptist Church, Eatonville – Lias
Hall
Friday, February
1
8:30 a.m. - 3
p.m.
ACTIVITIES: Walking Tour of
Eatonville
“Book Talk” – Small group discussion of Hurston
novel
Zora Neale Hurston Arts and Humanities
Lecture
Humanities Talks
at Rollins College
FOCUS TEXT: Hurston, Their Eyes
Were Watching God
THEME: “Ritual and Spirituality in the
African Diaspora: An Exploration of the Zora Neale Hurston
Legacy”
How does the Young Voices Conference Satisfy the Sunshine
State Standards?
Download
the Registration Form
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Friday, February 1 – 1- 5:30 P.M. FREE AND
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Humanities Panels on the Festival Theme: “Ritual and
Spirituality in the African Diaspora: An Exploration on the Zora
Neale Hurston Legacy”
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Sessions Manager:
Dr. Richard A. Long
Professor
Emeritus
Emory
University
Atlanta, GA
Panel I Presenters
Dr. Mawuena Logan
University of
the West Indies – Mona Campus
Kingston, Jamaica
Title of Paper:
—“(Achieving) Immortality: African Epistemology in the Works of Zora
Neale Hurston and Maryse Conde”
Dr. Eika Tai
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Title of Paper: “Festivals as Ritual Assertions
for Sustaining Diaspora Communities: Comparing Cases in the
USA and Japan”
Dr. Jason Young
State University of New York (SUNY)
Buffalo, New York
Title of Paper: “Mules, Men, and Moses: The
Making of an (African) American Religious Diaspora in Zora Neale
Hurston’s Haiti, Jamaica, and the United States”
Friday Session:
3:30 p.m. - 5:30
p.m.
Panel II Presenters
Dr. Melvin L. Butler
University of Virginia
Charlottesville,Virginia
Title of Paper: “Contested
Boundaries: Negotiating Music, Ritual, and
Identity in
Haiti and Jamaica”
Dr. Stephen D.
Glazier
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Title of Paper: “Searching for the ‘Sanctified Church’ in
the Caribbean: Zora Neale Hurston and Spiritual Quest in the
Afro-Caribbean Church”
Dr. William P. Mullaney
Chandler-Gilbert Community College - Pecos
Campus
Chandler, AZ
Title of Paper: “Her Eyes Were Watching
Katrina: Unnatural Deaths in a Natural Disaster”
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Friday, February 1 – 9 A.M.-5 P.M. $5-Adults (18+), $3-Children (age 4-17)
Street Festival of the Arts (Day 1) “EDUCATION DAY” “A
multidisciplinary outdoor classroom,” Eatonville
Featuring
• East End Youth Talent Stage Competition
• "Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston and Her
Eatonville Roots" (museum exhibition): An audio visual exhibition on
the writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston and
her relationship to her home town, the historic Eatonville
community
• ZORA! Literacy Initiative (while supplies last, a
free, age appropriate book to children and youths, toddler - age
17)
• ZORA! Health Village -- Blue Cross Blue Shelid of Florida, "Founding Sponsor"
• Children's Corner
(hands-on activities for youngsters, pre-K to grade 3)
•
Center Stage (performances by local, regional and national
acts)
• Food from the kitchens at Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas
• Juried Art Lane (artists with
their original artwork in competition for cash prizes)
•
Words and Voices
• International Marketplace and
MORE
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Friday, February 1 - 8 - 9:30 P.M., $10 (in advance), $15 (at the door)
An Evening of Jazz Featuring the Sam Rivers Orchestra
Tiedtke Concert Hall, Rollins College, Winter Park
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Saturday, February 2 – 9:30- 11:30 A.M. FREE
AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Humanities Panel on the Festival Theme: “Ritual and
Spirituality in the African Diaspora: An Exploration on the Zora
Neale Hurston Legacy” Rollins College
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Session Manager:
Dr. Deidre H. Crumbley
Associate
Professor
North Carolina State
University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Panel III Presenters
Ms. Temitope Adefarakan
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario - Canada
Title of Paper: “’'At a Crossroads’:
Spirituality and the Politics of Exile: The Case of the Yoruba
Orisa”
Dr. Kevin Meehan
University of Central
Florida
Orlando, Florida
Title of Paper: “Decolonizing Ethnography:
Spirit Possession and Resistancein
Tell My Horse”
Dr. Stephen L. Selka
Tulane University
New
Orleans, Louisiana
Title of Paper: “Holy War in Brazil?
Evangelicals, Candomblecistas and Social Differentiation in
Afro-Brazilian Communities”
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Saturday, February 2 – 10 A.M.-1 P.M. Ticket Required
HATitude Brunch Featuring Harriet Rosebud, Marriott Downtown Orlando
$55 (in advance), $60 (at the door), $50 Senior Citizens (55+), $750 Corporate Table of 8
HATitude features:
• High-fashion originals by Harriet
Rosebud
• Exclusive unveiling of ZORA! collectible
• Theatrical performance
• Hat
stroll
• Elegant brunch and MORE
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Saturday, February 2 – 9 A.M.-5 P.M. $10-Adults (18+), $3 Children (age 4-17)
Street Festival of the Arts (Day
2)Featuring Peabo Bryson on Center Stage at 3 P.M.,Eatonville
Featuring Peabo Bryson on Center Stage – 3
P.M.
• East End Youth Talent Stage Competition
• "Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston and Her
Eatonville Roots" (museum exhibition): An audio visual exhibition on
the writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston and
her relationship to her home town, the historic Eatonville
community
• ZORA! Literacy Initiative (while supplies last, a
free, age appropriate book to children and youths, toddler - age
17)
• ZORA! Health Village -- Blue Cross Blue Shelid of Florida, "Founding Sponsor"
• Children's Corner
(hands-on activities for youngsters, pre-K to grade 3)
•
Center Stage (performances by local, regional and national
acts)
• Food from the kitchens at Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas
• Juried Art Lane (artists with
their original artwork in competition for cash prizes)
•
Words and Voices
• International Marketplace and
MORE
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Saturday, February 2 – 7:30 - 9:30 P.M. Ticket Required
ZORA! Festival GALA Featuring Miss Ruby Dee, Marriott Downtown Orlando
$100 Indvidual, $1500 Corporate Table of 8
ZORA! Festival GALA – “An Evening of High Culture and Fine Dining”
Attire: Black Tie or "African Elegance
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Sunday, February 2 – 7:45 A.M.
Traditional Worship Service
Macedonia
Missionary Baptist Church Eatonville
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Sunday, February 3 – 9 A.M.- 5 P.M. $10-Adults, $3-Children (age 4-17)
Street Festival of the Arts (Day 3)
Featuring Dr. Bobby Jones and the Nashville Super Choir on Center Stage at 3
P.M.,Eatonville
Featuring Dr. Bobby Jones on Center Stage – 3
P.M.
• East End Youth Talent Stage Competition
• "Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston and Her
Eatonville Roots" (museum exhibition): An audio visual exhibition on
the writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston and
her relationship to her home town, the historic Eatonville
community
• ZORA! Literacy Initiative (while supplies last, a
free, age appropriate book to children and youths, toddler - age
17)
• ZORA! Health Village -- Blue Cross Blue Shelid of Florida, "Founding Sponsor"
• Children's Corner
(hands-on activities for youngsters, pre-K to grade 3)
•
Center Stage (performances by local, regional and national
acts)
• Food from the kitchens at Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas
• Juried Art Lane (artists with
their original artwork in competition for cash prizes)
•
Words and Voices
• International Marketplace and
MORE
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