Syracuse University

Syracuse Stage, in association with several of its community partners, has planned several
exciting events during the run of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," showing
through Oct. 4. Tickets and information on the show are available at
http://www.SyracuseStage.org.

All special events listed below take place before or after performances and are free and open
to the public.

Saturday, Sept. 20, following 3 p.m. performance

Q&A with actress Ebony Jo-Ann

Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St.

Sunday, Sept. 21, following 7 p.m. performance

StageTalk: The N Word, Then and Now

Archbold Theatre, Syracuse Stage

• George Kilpatrick, TV and radio producer and host on WCNY, WSYR and Power
  106.9, community advocate
  
• Adam Banks, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric in the Writing Program in
  The College of Arts and Sciences at SU
  
• Beth Broadway, program director of community-wide dialogue, InterFaith Works
  of Central New York
  

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1 p.m.

Nottingham Discussion Series: Women, Race and Power

Sutton Pavilion, Syracuse Stage

• Vivian May, associate professor of women's and gender studies in The
  College of Arts and Sciences at SU
  
• Val Gray Ward, actress, producer, cultural activist and internationally known
  theater personality
  
• The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Grace Episcopal Church and
  Episcopal chaplain at SU's Hendricks Chapel
  

Saturday, Sept. 27, following 8 p.m. performance

Post-Show Cabaret by The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company

Sutton Pavilion, Syracuse Stage

Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 10:30 p.m.

A Night of Spoken Word with Verbal Blend Poets

Sutton Pavilion, Syracuse Stage

Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs at SU

Saturday, Oct. 4, following 8 p.m. performance

Post-Show Cabaret by The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company

Sutton Pavilion, Syracuse Stage