

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: SCREENING: In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a screening of In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters, a film offering a new lens on the life of the first Black person to become a published poet in the United States. The screening will also feature a reading of Phillis Wheatley’s work and a Q&amp;A with the directors and Furious Flower Founder, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, who also appears in the film. Light food and beverage will be provided and free parking for the event is availalbe in Grace Street Parking Deck.

This event is offered in collaboration with CMSS, AAAD, WGSS, and JMU's Department of English.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harrisonburg/screening-in-search-of-phillis-wheatley-peters/200029756036645
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029756036645?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=harrisonburg-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Harrisonburg
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 285 Warren Service Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, United States
- **lat**: 38.43802
- **long**: -78.87016
- **full address**: 285 Warren Service Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Furious Flower Poetry Center (https://allevents.in/org/furious-flower-poetry-center/14637402)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 285 Warren Service Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Furious Flower Poetry Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about SCREENING: In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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