ZORA! 2010 Schedule

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Updated: January 11, 2010

Day 1 – Saturday, January 23

“Zora Neale Hurston: The Legacy of Inspired Reality” -- A Group Show
Artists: Lonnie Graham, Betye Saar, Carrie Mae Weems, Deborah Willis and Others
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts
227 East Kennedy Boulevard, Eatonville
Free & Open to the Public		  

Day 2 – Sunday, January 24

Heavenly Voices Gospel Children’s Choir
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Jones High School
801 S. Rio Grande Avenue, Orlando
Free & Open to the Public


Day 3 – Monday, January 25

“Give Me That Olde Time Religion – Macedonia Remembers”
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Celebrates Traditions of Black Worship
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
412 East Kennedy Boulevard , Eatonville
Free & Open to the Public


Day 4 – Tuesday, January 26

"Exploring the Global Legacy of Zora Neale Hurston:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Research and Writing of Anthropologist,
Folklorist and Novelist"
7:30 – 9:00 PM
University of Central Florida Library
4000 Central Florida Boulevard – Bldg 2
Orlando
Free & Open to the Public

Panel Members:

  • Antoinette Jackson, Ph.D.
    Department of Anthropology
    University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

  • Anna Lillios, Ph.D.
    Department of English
    University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

  • Rebekah McCloud, Ed.D.
    Director – Upward Bound
    University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

  • Irina Morozova, Ph.D.
    Russian State University for the Humanities –
    Department of History and Literature
    Moscow, Russia

Moderator:
Rosalyn Howard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of North American Indian Studies
Department of Anthropology
University of Central Florida


Day 5 – Wednesday, January 27-Day and Evening Programs

The Zora Neale Hurston Reading Group Mobile Tour (Day Program)
Day Program – "Zora’s Cosmos:" Mobile Bus Tour (Limited Space – By Reservation)
$25 – Seniors (60+)         $35 – All others

  • 9:30 Participants arrive, park cars and board bus
  • 10:00 Depart Maitland Public Library for Maitland Art Center
             Disembark for tour of André Smith’s “Eatonville Series”
             Re-board for pause stop at Lake Lily Maitland Library
  • 10:45 Tour exhibit at Rollins College Olin Library (Winter Park)
  • 11:15 Leave for Heritage Center (Winter Park)
  • 12:00 Depart for Eatonville
  • 12:15   Lunch at Wells’ Park - View Menu
  • 1:00 Visit St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Eatonville
            and Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts
  • 2:00 Leave Eatonville for Wells’ Built Museum (Orlando)
  • 2:30 Arrive at Wells’ Built Museum
  • 3:15 Leave for Maitland
  • 4:00 Tour concludes; disembark bus, depart for home

Evening Program- ZORA! Festival 2010 Opening Reception
5:30 -7:30PM
Crealdé School of Art
William Jenkins Gallery
600 St. Andrew Boulevard, Winter Park

7:30-9:00PM
“The Genius of Zora Neale Hurston”
ZORA! Festival National Planners ‘Weigh-In’ on the Festival’s Namesake

  • Richard Long, Ph.D.
    Professor Emeritus
    Emory University, Atlanta, GA

  • Deidre Crumbley, Ph.D.
    Professor
    North Carolina State University, Raleigh

  • Lonnie Graham
    Professor
    Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Day 6 – Thursday, January 28

“Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston and Her Eatonville Roots” –
Exhibition & Humanities Panel
The Unveiling of the Enhanced Exhibition from ZORA! Festival 1990

Humanities Panel Scholars:
Valerie Boyd
Zora Neale Hurston Biographer,
Professor, College of Journalism & Mass Communications
University of Georgia, Athens

Everett L. Fly
Landscape Architect/FASLA
Architect/NCARB Certified, San Antonio

Jerrilyn McGregory, Ph.D.
Department of English
Florida State University, Tallahassee

Sheila Walker, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Afrodiaspora, Inc., Washington, D.C.


7:30 – 9:00 PM
Hungerford High School Campus – Gymnasium
100 East Kennedy Boulevard, Eatonville
Free & Open to the Public
Major funding by the Florida Humanities Council and The National Endowment for the Humanities


Day 7 – Friday, January 29—"Education Day"

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Outdoor Festival of the Arts
East Kennedy Boulevard, Eatonville
Free & Open to the Public

The Zora Neale Hurston Arts and Humanities Lecture presented by
Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, Professor & Chairman of African American Studies,
Yale University
10:00 – 11:30 AM
St. Lawrence Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
549 East Kennedy Boulevard, Eatonville
Free & Open to the Public

Humanities Presenters – Selected from ZORA! Festival 2010 – Call for Papers
1:00 – 3:00 PM & 3:30 – 5:30 PM
St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church
549 East Kennedy Blvd., Eatonville
Free & Open to the Public

           

Humanities Presenters

1:00 – 3:00 PM

  • Edda L. Fields-Black, Ph.D. - (View Abstract)
    Zora Neale Hurston’s Legacy in Documenting the African Diaspora—
    Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Sharon D. Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate - (View Abstract)
    Between Science and Fiction: The Cultural Complex, Tension of Opposites and
    Development of Personality in the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston
    Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA

  • Frank A. Salamone, Ph.D. - (View Abstract)
    His Eyes Were Watching Her – Papa Franz Boas, Zora Neale Hurston and Anthropology
    Iona College, New Rochelle, N.Y.

    Moderator
    Dr. Rachel Newcomb
    Department of Anthropology|
    Rollins College, Winter Park

3:30 – 5:30 PM

  • Greer C. Ifatoki-Sillah, M.A. - (View Abstract)
    "The Rider’s ‘Other’ Messages in Zora Neale Hurston’s Tell My Horse: Voodoo in Jamaica and Haiti"
    Georgia State University, Atlanta

  • Shana A. Nero, M.A. - (View Abstract)
    “De Big Bell Done Rung!” :Zora Neale Hurston’s Call to End Colorism
    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gulfport

  • Marumi Nishigauchi, Professor of English - (View Abstract)
    Japanese Research Trend and Translation Difficulties of Zora Neale Hurston
    Nagano College of Nursing, Japan

    Moderator
    Dr. Kathryn L. Seidel
    Department of English
    University of Central Florida, Orlando

    “From Sun to Sun: A Day in the Life of a Railroad Camp”
       A play adapted from the folklore research of Zora Neale Hurston”
    Guest Director: Elizabeth Van Dyke
    Alton Lathrop, Choreographer
    8:00 PM – Paid Admission: $10.00
    University of Central Florida - Main Stage Theatre
    4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando

Day 8 – Saturday, January 30-"Family Day"

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Outdoor Festival of the Arts (Continues)
East Kennedy Boulevard
Free & Open to the Public

10:00 AM– 12:00 PM
Humanities Presenters – Selected from ZORA! Festival 2010 – Call for Papers
St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church
549 East Kennedy Blvd., Eatonville

  • Erin Ponton Fiero, Doctoral Fellow - (View Abstract)
    “…Wherever Ah wants her to be…”: Questioning Canonical Interpretations of
    Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God”
    St. John’s University, New York

  • Imani Owens, Ph.D. Candidate - (View Abstract)
    “Compelling Insinuation:” Zora Neale Hurston’s Blues Narrative in Their Eyes Were Watching God
    Columbia University, New York

  • Helen Yitah, Ph.D. - (View Abstract)
    Rethinking the Great African American Migration Narrative: Reading John           
    Buddy Pearson’s Odyssey in Zora Neale Hurston’s Jonah’s Gourd Vine
    University of Ghana

    Moderator
    Dr. Philip F. Deaver
    Professor, Department of English/
         Writer in Residence
    Rollins College, Winter Park

1:00 PM
“Stage Speak Easy” Headliner
(In the fenced field across from Neats)

3:30 PM
Center Stage Headliner
(In the Park of the Hungerford High School Campus
Both Concerts Free & Open to the Public

7:00 PM
GALA - “The Legacy Awards Celebration”
Honorees:
George Fraser, author and founder of Frasernet.com
Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One/TV One
Susan Taylor, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Essence Magazine and founder of National Cares Mentoring Movement
UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management
9600 Universal Boulevard, Orlando
Paid Admission:
Individual       $100
To reserve tickets, please contact 407-437-2830

Day 9 – Sunday, January 31

Morning Worship – 7:45 AM
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
412 East Kennedy Boulevard, Eatonville

  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Outdoor Festival of the Arts (Continues)
  • 1:00 PM “Stage Speak Easy” Headliner
  • 3:00 PM Center Stage Grand Finale - ZORA! Festival 2010 – Thousand-Voice Multi- Cultural Community Choir
  • 4:30 PM Winners announced for the Raffle Drawing sponsored by East Kennedy
    • Boulevard Merchants
    In the fenced field across from Neats