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BlackLit Durham

Great for all ages.
Hosted at St. Francis Centre for Community, Arts and Culture.
Advanced registration required. 

Celebrate Black Canadian literary voices of all genres at a night of amazing performances and Q&A with the artists, hosted by Greg Frankson. Sign-ups for open mic start at 6:30 p.m. —poetry and prose are welcome! Visit blacklitdurham.com for more information.

Featured performers:

Elle de Lyon (EL duh lee-ON) is an award-winning poet, spoken word music artist, and affirmational speaker using the power of literacy to empower and uplift readers and audiences. Grounded in the belief that until the lion learns to write, the hunter tells the story, her work centers literacy as liberation. She is the author of Think Like a L.Y.O.N. Lift Yourself Over Negativity.

Come for the words. Leave with language to live by.

Dalton Higgins is a publicist, journalist, and author of seven books. His book "Far from Over: The Music and Life of Drake" is carried in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame collection in Cleveland, while his best-selling "Hip Hop World" book is carried in Harvard University’s hip hop archive. Higgins' pop culture themed writing and scholarship has led to him being interviewed on CNN and the New York Times. His latest book "101 Fascinating Basketball Facts" unpacks all kinds of wildly interesting and obscure basketball anecdotes tied to height, gender, race, economics, geography, and everything in between.