EMW Community Library Anniversary w/ Margaret Cezair-Thompson

When:
Saturday, Apr 28, 2018 6:00p -
8:30p

Where:
EMW Bookstore
934 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
< 21, Art, Lectures & Conferences, Social Good

Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/184390899028054/

Join us in celebrating EMW Community Library's 2nd Anniversary with featured author Margaret Cezair-Thompson! This year's theme "Exploration: Past and Presence" examines how our histories shape the present and offer a map toward a better future.


Margaret Cezair-Thompson is a Jamaican author and professor of literature and creative writing at Wellesley College. Her first book "The True History of Paradise," in which a young woman struggles to come to terms with her past during the political unrest and violence in 1980s Jamaica was short-listed for the Dublin International I.M.P.A.C. award. Her following book "The Pirate’s Daughter," was a London Times Best Seller and won the Essence Literary Award for Fiction in 2008. Cezair-Thompson's work explores Jamaica's history and the individual quest for place and identity within the tumult of history at large. She is interested in colonial, postcolonial, and gender issues in literature; the Atlantic Slave Trade and African diaspora in literature; and images of Africa and the Caribbean in nineteenth century English literature.


// EVENT DETAILS //
Saturday, April 28th, 2018 | 6:30PM-8:00PM
EMW Bookstore
934 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Free and Open to the Public


// SCHEDULE //
6:00PM | Doors Open
6:30PM | Author Talk
7:30PM | Author Q&A


/// Other Events Happening on April 28th for the 2nd Anniversary ///
2:00PM-3:00PM | Wee Got the Jazz: A Jazz Birthday Party for Kids with Wee the People
Bring your children and family for an afternoon featuring storytime with a live jazz band, improvisation, swing, and cake in celebration of the art, genius and soul of Black folk who birthed America's music -- a sound of individual freedom and radical disruption!


/// LOCATION & PARKING ///
EMW Bookstore
934 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139


Red line: Take the T to Central and walk towards Harvard Square on Mass Ave, or take the 1 bus down the street.


Free street parking is available but typically difficult to find after 6PM on Fridays. Visitors can pay for parking in Central Square (https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/cityparkingfacilities/cityparkinggarages.aspx), or take the T. EMW Bookstore is right between two chair accessible stops, Harvard Square and Central Square on the Red Line.


/// ACCESSIBILITY ///
Gallery space is wheelchair accessible. We will prioritize chair access in the aisles. Please find or contact an EMW Staff member for assistance with entry through front door. Unfortunately, our space is split-level throughout the building. The bathroom is located on the other side of the building and is not wheelchair accessible.


Priority seating on folding chairs and benches is available -- please contact us if you'd like to come early to claim a seat or reserve a seat.


One single-stall, gender-neutral restroom is available on the main floor with three steps up and down from the main entrance.


Please come fragrance free! For the health and safety of organizers, features, and other attendees, we ask you not to wear scented products or clothing that has recently been smoked in. For more information: http://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html


Wellness Squad members will be present at the event to facilitate emotional and community safety.


// CONTACT //
Please email [email protected] or call the bookstore at 857-600-1244 if you have any further questions, concerns, or accessibility details that haven’t already been addressed.


Interested in volunteering with us? Contact us at [email protected]!


Would like to donate to our organization? Make a contribution at www.emwbookstore.com/donate


EMW Community Space, fondly known as EMW Bookstore, is a community-oriented space and resource for peoples from marginalized identities to pursue our creative visions.

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