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Friday Oct. 17, 2025

Lines Verses Lyrics a Meeting of River and Sky Celebrating Langston Hughes and Stevie Wonder FLIER7d Resized 5X7 in Photoshop2 ARTWORK By Nikki Williams September 27 2025

6 – 8:30 pm

“Lines Verses Lyrics: Where River and Sky Meet” – Black Men in the Arts Celebrate Black Poetry Day

ARC A. Philip Randolph AOCHarlem

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