First Fridays are back! 

Join us for our 2nd annual Black Storytelling event on The Block. 

Noir is featuring a few local authors who will share the way they have explored their personal identities, and how they have been shaped by their own and societal perceptions of reality.

Meet the Author & Book Signing from 5 pm – 7 pm. From 6:15 – 6:45, authors will share excerpts from their books.

There are several activities happening throughout businesses on The Block. Please refer to the schedule for the full experience.

Schedule

5 PM Welcome at Eagle Market Street. Food by Dreamboat Cafe

5:30 Po’Folk, Live at LEAF

6:15 Local Author Meet & Greet @ NOiR

7 PM A special performance led by Penny Meacham in YMI auditorium by Black Diamond Enterprise: Spoken Word Vignettes.

ABOUT FIRST FRIDAYS

5 – 7 pm The Black Creator Highlight @ Noir Collective AVL 39 S. Market Street

7 – 9 pm The Artist Network | The Workshop Lounge @ The Foundry Hotel

Every month we gather to rejuvenate, reignite, and indulge in creative community. We gather to remember and honor those who have come before us and to set new paths for those who will follow.

The Black Creator Highlight is a center stage for an artist, spoken word performer, musician, soap maker, fashion designer, or crafter of any medium. 

The Artist Network is a communal creative experience to collaborate, share ideas, methodologies on how we create,  how we reset, and to just BE. Join us @The Workshop Lounge within the Foundry Hotel.

Both offerings are also drop in events.

(Collaborations with other venues may move up the start time to 4pm)