Apollo Mainstage
12:00 PM – 12:05 PM Apollo Welcome, Kamilah Forbes
12:05 PM – 12:15 PM Opening Remarks, Ta-Nehisi Coates
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
The Courage To Survive
Salamishah Tillet, Scheherazade Tillet, Ted Bunch
Facilitator: Jelani Cobb
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Performance – Stefon Harris
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Telling New Stories on Broadway
Liesl Tommy, Michael R. Jackson, Jordan E. Cooper, Dominique Morisseau
Facilitator: Jonathan McCrory
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Lunch
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
15 Minutes With Marlon James
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
History in Context: Erasure, Violence and Fear – Why Does Our Wokeness Scare You?
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Dr. Yaba Blay, Michael Harriot
Facilitator: Kai Wright
4:00 PM – 4:10 PM
Performance: Endea Owens
4:15 PM – 4:50 PM
The Art of Play – Black Athletes in the 21st Century
Bomani Jones, Jemele Hill
Facilitator: Wesley Morris
4:55 PM – 5:45 PM
Breaking Bread explores Black food as culinary delight, cultural memory and communal empowerment.
Ghetto Gastro, Carla Hall, Stephen Satterfield
Facilitator: Millie Peartree
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM
Break
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM
Kerry Washington – Thicker Than Water
Kerry Washington, Ta-Nehisi Coates
6:45 PM – 7:00 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates Wrap Up
APOLLO SOUNDSTAGE: SEEN AND HEARD [AT] THE INTERSECTION
The Apollo Soundstage will serve as a gathering spot for conversation, reflection, recharge with food and beverages and surprise and delight. The programming on the stage will be more casual than the mainstage while still embodying the spirit of the [at] The Intersection curatorial prompts.
