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Avery Brooks and Samuel Delany at the Franklin Institute 7/31 7PM

Posted on | July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

July 31, 2009
7:00 pm

I’ll admit that every post here is meant to stoke your inner nerd. This, however, registers a Nerd Alert factor of at least 7.5.

Star Trek’s Avery Brooks and woefully under appreciated science fiction author Samuel Delany team up to talk about race, science and, of course, Star Trek.

An Evening with Star Trek’s Avery Brooks & Author Samuel Delany

Friday, July 31, 2009
7:00PM – Franklin Theater

Join us for an evening of conversation with actor and Rutgers professor Avery Brooks (the African-American captain of “Deep Space Nine”) and iconic African-American science fiction author and Temple professor Samuel Delany. The two men, known for testing boundaries and barriers within their work, will explore race, science fiction and other themes in a wide-ranging and fascinating dialogue. Programmed as part of The Franklin Institute’s Race and Star Trek exhibits, the event will be moderated by Betty Lawrence.

Admission is $5.00. Members are free.
Call 215.448.1254 to register.

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One Response to “Avery Brooks and Samuel Delany at the Franklin Institute 7/31 7PM”

  1. frankw
    July 15th, 2009 @ 12:24 pm

    Anybody know if Mr. Brooks would be signing items while he’s there that night?

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