Please join Harvard Art Museums for a reading by renowned poet Nikki Giovanni, preceded by a viewing of the film Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project.
The Harvard Art Museums and the Woodberry Poetry Room invite you to an evening with literary icon and revered social justice activist Nikki Giovanni. The program will begin with a screening of the 2024 documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (HBO Documentary Films; English; 102 min.), which celebrates Giovanni’s life and work and looks at the revolutionary historical periods she’s lived through—from the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter. The screening will be followed by a poetry reading by Giovanni. She will be introduced by award-winning poet and current poet laureate of San Francisco Tongo Eisen-Martin.
Free admission, but seating is limited.
Additional time info:
The screening and poetry reading will take place in Menschel Hall, on the Lower Level of the Harvard Art Museums; doors to the hall will open for seating at 4:30 pm.
The film will begin at 5 pm and the poetry reading will begin at 7 pm. The seating for the film will be open from 4:30 to 6 pm. If you’d like to attend only the poetry reading, seating will re-open from 6:45 to 7 pm sharp.
Harvard Art Museums expect this to be a popular event, so they recommend arriving in the first seating window, between 4:30 and 6 pm.
The reading will be live-streamed beginning at 7 pm on the Woodberry Poetry Room YouTube channel.
2024/04/02 - 2024/04/02
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.