Name: Hawthorne "Big Red" James...an intimate conversation
Start: 2023-05-13T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2023-05-13T21:00:00-07:00
Location: Willie Agee Playhouse

Hawthorne "Big Red" James...an intimate conversation

Inner City Cultural Center II, Inc.

“An Evening with Hawthorne James”.  Meet Icons of Hollywood in a Candid Conversation with Host Phylliss Bailey Brooks

Willie Agee Playhouse

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Poets Jazz House, a Spoken Word & Music Lounge where spilling your heart is an art & searching your soul is mandatory to get in the door. A quaint little Playhouse in the park; there’s Poetry and Tributes to Legends After Dark; third Tuesday every month.

Inner City Cultural Center II, Inc. is proud to present “An Intimate Evening with Hawthorne James”, Actor | Director | Legend.You are cordially invited to An Intimate Evening with world renown &quot;Big Red&quot;! His friends call him Hawthorne James and on Tuesday, May 13th, we would love for you to join us as we document our legacy at Inner City Cultural Center.Enjoy a quaint conversation with Hawthorne James as he tells his story his way in an intimate evening with friends.Best known for his role as Big Red Davis in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. Other roles in films include “One Eyed Sam” from I’m Gonna Git You Sucka; Sam, the injured bus driver, in Speed, The Color Purple, Amistad and the television series Seven.Join us for an up close and personal Q&amp;A with Hawthorne James at our Bi-Monthly Documentary Series. Learn about your favorite actor, television shows and films; talk about from writing scripts to surviving Hollywood directly with your best-loved iconic figures and alumni of Inner City Cultural Center.Inner City Cultural Center II, Inc. pays tribute to legends past and present every third Tuesday of the month while documenting the history of Inner City Cultural Center; the first multicultural arts institute in the county and the greatest Cultural Center of our times.A few alumni include Denzel Washington, Peggy Blow, Lorenz Tate, Phynjuar, Janet Jackson, Garret Davis, Mickey Stevenson, Lynne Conner, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Carmen Zapata and about twelve members of the original cast of television show Star Trek including Officer Uhura/Nichelle Nichols, Helmsman/George Takei and Ursula Bryant as Starship Captain Scott.Between the 60&#x27;s and the early 80&#x27;s most of the Actors of Color you saw on television passed through the doors of Inner City Cultural Center.There was also a beautiful wave of talented Behind-the-Scenes crew that keeps this cities Arts and Cultural running strong to this day...you just don&#x27;t know their names; but I&#x27;m going to tell you in this bi-monthly series as we document OUR HISTORY!Tickets range $10-$50 which includes a pre-show Meet &amp; Greet.Every Alumni of Inner City Cultural Center is welcome to schedule an Intimate Evening with...for the documentation of YOU from Inner City Cultural Center to Now for the archives of the future C. Bernard Jackson Memorial Library.I hope you can come meet Hawthorne, chat with him, ask him anything and please share this wonderful event with others especially those not on social media. Tickets: $10 to $50 ticket includes a pre-show Meet &amp; Greet. Non-Refundable and No Late SeatingDate: Tuesday, May 13th, 2023, 7:30pmVenue: Willie Agee Playhouse in Edward Vincent Jr. Park, 600-698 N. Park Avenue, Inglewood, CA 90302.Parking: The Parking Lot closest to the playhouse is where three streets merge...Warren Lane Stepney STREET and North Park Avenue all end at the Parking Lot entrance. The Playhouse is behind the playground. The park has several parking lots depending on the direction you arrive from.

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