Red Emma’s

A suicidal father looks to an older neighbor—and the Cookie Monster—for salvation and sanctuary as his life begins to unravel. A man seeking to save his estranged, drug-addicted brother from the city’s underbelly confronts his own mortality. A chess match between a girl and her father turns into a master class about life, self-realization, and pride: “Now hold on little girl. . . . Chess is like real life. The white pieces go first so they got an advantage over the black pieces.”Join us for a reading & book discussion featuring Insurrections, a new book of stories by Bowie State University professor, Rion Amilcar Scott, whose lyrical prose authentically portrays individuals growing up and growing old in an African American community. Writing with a delivery and dialect that are intense and unapologetically current, Scott presents characters who dare to make their own choices—choices of kindness or cruelty—in the depths of darkness and hopelessness. Don't miss this singular reading!