Black sci-fi heroes and Afrofuturism take center stage at the Museum of Pop Culture with a pop-up exhibition, a screening of Men in Black (plus trivia), and a science fiction talk helmed by Ashanti Davis. 

Improvisers from Unexpected Productions will get together every Sunday to create an on-the-spot sitcom in the style of Norman Lear classics like All In the Family and The Jeffersons from scratch in front of a live studio audience, who, by the way, must provide suggestions to guide the show's outcome. 

Occidental Square transforms into a nexus of celebration thanks to a stage filled with local musicians, a market featuring small Black-owned businesses, and soul food to keep the energy going into the weekend. 

Multimedia maestros Living Voices present a historical program on the little-known World War II contributions of women in the aeronautics industry through archival film and live performance. The program specifically centers Black women's stories, from Rosie the Riveters building planes in Boeing’s factories to the working women supporting the Double Victory campaign alongside the Tuskegee Airmen. 

In conjunction with the museum's Free First Thursday evening, MOHAI screens another Living Voices production. This reel immerses visitors into the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s through the eyes of a student in Mississippi. 

The Central District museum touts two new art exhibits alongside a month of programming designed to showcase limitless Black artistry. From a cultural talk (The Oprah Effect: A Conversation with Black Women Media Trailblazers) to art workshops crafting yarn earrings and candles, the month is full of inspiration and artistic celebration. 

A one-day film festival brings Black filmmakers to the big screen in the art museum's auditorium. From classic films to contemporary works from local filmmakers, the six-hour fest covers a lot of creative ground. 

An evening program of music and conversation celebrates the Civil Rights Movement and solidarity efforts from 1866 to 2025. A panel led by Lee Warnecke of the Southern Poverty Law Center, former Tacoma mayor Bill Baarsma, and others will converse before answering audience questions. 

Dancing, music, and shopping collide at Bainbridge's art house. A pop-up version of Seattle’s Black Love Market fills the galleries alongside live music and performances. 

Author Victor Luckerson is interested in untold—or worse, hidden—histories, specifically the century-long battle to remember the Tulsa Race Massacre. Despite being wiped from official records and history textbooks, Luckerson outlines the ways Black Tulsans have kept this event remembered through oral histories, legal battles, and the Black press.