WHEN:
November 1-16, 2025
WHERE:
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre
Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes Street
Evanston
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...The inspiration for THE BALDWIN | GIOVANNI EXPERIENCE is the two-hour dialogue between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni that was taped for a 1971 PBS TV show called SOUL! Then forty-seven years old, Baldwin was a legend for THE FIRE NEXT TIME and countless other essays, novels, and criticism. Giovanni, then twenty-eight, was a luminary of the Black Arts Movement as the author of the 1968 poetry collection BLACK FEELING, BLACK TALK. This iconic segment of SOUL! was taped in London and first broadcast in the US on November 30, 1971….
...The thoughts, opinions, and admissions of these two literary giants regarding theology, Black relationships, classism, music, and the pursuit of creative writing...
...a creative, dynamic, and theatrical experience infused with spoken word, poetry and prose, original music, choreography, and mural artwork..."
