EVENT: Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery 90th Birthday & Performance Oct. 9th

Joseph Lowery 90th Birthday

Sunday, October/09/2011, 06:00 PM

Venue: ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL

Atlanta Symphony Hall October 9, 2011 at 6:00pm Reserved Seating HIS WORDS-OUR GIFT Dr. Panion will conduct the Atlanta Symphony in a performance of "Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery: His Words - Our Gift, A Musical Experience" at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Hosted by CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien, the event is slated to feature star-studded appearances by Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Holiday, Peabo Bryson, Lady Tramaine Hawkins,The Blind Boys of Alabama, Cicely Tyson, the Morehouse and Spelman College Glee Clubs, and many others. All in honor of Dr Lowery’s 90th Birthday and to benefit his work through his nonprofit. Considered the Dean of the Civil Rights Movement, Lowery, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and others formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. He served as SCLC President from 1977-1997. For over half a century, he has worked tirelessly through nonviolent resistance to champion the causes of justice and equality for all. He delivered the benediction at the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, and was awarded the Nation's highest civilian award, The Presidential Medal of Freedom. HIS WORD-OUR GIFT is a celebration of his work and the civil rights movement through brilliant performances by special and surprise performers. It will be a performance you will not forget. Ticket Prices: $50, $75 & $100; All tickets are subject to 8% sales tax and service charges. Orders are final sales with no refunds.

UPDATED: THEATER: The Green Book - EXTENDED until Sept. 25, 2011

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! 

This is a play NOT to be missed!

The play, a Theatrical Outfit production, set in 1953 Jefferson City, MO, is a new drama by Atlanta author and playwright Calvin Alexander Ramsey being performed at Balzer Theater until Sept. 25th.  


It begins when a black military officer, his wife and a Jewish Holocaust survivor spend the night in a “tourist home” together, only hours before W.E.B. Du Bois is scheduled to deliver a speech in town. Brought together by the “Green Book,” a manual informing African American tourists of safe places to dine and lodge during the tumultuous Jim Crow era, these travelers and their hosts share a dramatic exchange that transforms their lives.

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HISTORY:

THE NEGRO MOTORIST GREEN BOOK, a travel guide that listed lodgings, tailors and other businesses that welcomed black patrons during Jim Crow.