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EVENTS w/ JAMES SPOONER
Aug 07, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDTMuseum of Contemporary African Diasporan, 10 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USAJames talks Black identity, representation, and racial solidarity with graphic memoirist Mira Jacob and Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell, and what AfroPunk teaches us about resistance now.
Aug 11, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDTAdult School of Montclair, 50 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042, USAJoin director James Spooner for a screening of his groundbreaking 2003 documentary that explores race and identity in the punk scene, now remastered with additional features. Stay for a talk and Q&A on the film's subject and pick up a signed copy of Spooner's new book: It Starts with Anger
Aug 13, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM EDTBright Eye Beer Co., 50 W Park Ave, Long Beach, NY 11561, USAFilmmaker James Spooner and Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell (Cipher) talk Afro-Punk, Spooner's new memoir It Starts with Anger, and what came after, followed by Cipher's first-ever hometown show. $10 at the door benefits @communitysolidarity.
Aug 15, 2026, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM EDTSt. Nicolas Park Plaza, W 135th St, New York, NY, USACatch a free outdoor Harlem Week screening of James Spooner's Afro-Punk, the 2003 documentary that sparked a movement, Aug 15 at 7pm on the plaza at St. Nicolas Park, with Spooner in person to introduce the film and sign copies of his new memoir It Starts with Anger.
Aug 20, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM PDTReparations Club, 3054 S Victoria Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90016, USAJoin James Spooner (Afro-Punk, It Starts with Anger) and zine-maker Bre (@brattyxbre) on Aug 20 at 7pm for a talk on DIY, Afropunk, the co-opting of subculture, and the road from zines to traditional publishing, followed by a signing and book sale.
Aug 23, 2026, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PMSkirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USAAfter a special screening of the newly restored Afro-Punk, join filmmaker and author James Spooner—celebrating his new memoir It Starts with Anger—for an unforgettable conversation with Henry Rollins on punk, race, rebellion, and the enduring power of DIY culture.
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Nov 07, 2026, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM PSTSeattle Design Center, 5701 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108, USAFree admission — join me at the 14th annual Short Run Comix Festival on Saturday, November 7, 2026, 11am–6pm at the Seattle Design Center in Georgetown, Seattle's DIY celebration of indie comics and small press books.
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