Sunday January 14, 2024
Conversations in Courage: The Visit will be shown as a part of Shaker Heights’ MLK Celebration: Witness to History.
The revised film depicts the events surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1965 visit to Shaker Heights and includes interviews with many of those involved.
A live discussion with residents who lived during Dr. King's visit to Shaker Heights moderated by Donna Whyte, host of the "Witness to History" series of recorded interviews with Shaker residents.
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Builduing
3450 Lee Rd, Shaker Heights OH 44120
Free and open to the public.
Conversations in Courage: The Visit will be shown as a part of Shaker Heights’ MLK Celebration: Witness to History.
The revised film depicts the events surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1965 visit to Shaker Heights and includes interviews with many of those involved.
A live discussion with residents who lived during Dr. King's visit to Shaker Heights moderated by Donna Whyte, host of the "Witness to History" series of recorded interviews with Shaker residents.
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Builduing
3450 Lee Rd, Shaker Heights OH 44120
Free and open to the public.
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Conversations in Courage: The Visit.
MetroHealth System will present the premiere of the Shaker Arts Council’s documentary film, Conversations in Courage: The Visit. The film, directed by Marquette Williams, depicts the events surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1965 visit to Shaker Heights and includes interviews with many of those involved. The film features Reverend Joan Campbell, Carole Hoover, Peter Lawson Jones, Edwina Moss and Reverend Albert Pennybacker
2:00 Director’s Reception attended by veteran Civil Rights activists featured in the film.
3:00 film premiere followed by a panel conversation moderated by Dee Perry and an audience Q & A.
Director's Reception tickets: $35 and includes a ticket to the screening
General admission tickets: $5 for students and seniors and $10 for adults
Tri-C East Simon and Rose Mandel Theatre, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, OH 44122
Conversations in Courage: The Visit.
MetroHealth System will present the premiere of the Shaker Arts Council’s documentary film, Conversations in Courage: The Visit. The film, directed by Marquette Williams, depicts the events surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1965 visit to Shaker Heights and includes interviews with many of those involved. The film features Reverend Joan Campbell, Carole Hoover, Peter Lawson Jones, Edwina Moss and Reverend Albert Pennybacker
2:00 Director’s Reception attended by veteran Civil Rights activists featured in the film.
3:00 film premiere followed by a panel conversation moderated by Dee Perry and an audience Q & A.
Director's Reception tickets: $35 and includes a ticket to the screening
General admission tickets: $5 for students and seniors and $10 for adults
Tri-C East Simon and Rose Mandel Theatre, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, OH 44122
February 22, 2019
Conversations in Courage: A Staged Reading of The Meeting
A fictional conversation between Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Starring Peter Lawson Jones as Malcolm X and
Greg White Jr. as Martin Luther King Jr.
Directed by Monica Lee Boone
7:30 PM
Students: $15 Adults: $25 SHAC Members receive a $5 discount.
Heights Christian Church 17300 Van Aken Blvd, Shaker Heights OH 44120
Thank you to our sponsors
Shaker Arts Council’s Conversations in Courage is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Shaker Arts Council's Conversations in Courage is made possible in part by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.