Hayti Heritage Center/St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, Inc.

06/22/2026

06/19/2026

Planted in legacy. Always in bloom. ✦

We're announcing the Hayti Heritage Center 2026–27 season, and it's everything we needed.

Phonte Coleman — member of Durham’s legendary hip hop group Little Brother — brings his record collection home. John Holiday fills this space with a voice that will make you lean forward and hold still. A&T and NCCU lift their voices in joyful rivalry. The Sistering (Durham jazz royalty in a brand-new form) takes the Speakerbox stage. A teenage violin prodigy gives Durham kids a masterclass. Frankie Lee III brings a commissioned dance work back to where it all began. And Deesha Philyaw and Kennedy Ryan sit down to talk about Black women, desire, and freedom on the page.

This season, we're gathering around the question: What does it feel like to encounter something beloved and see it with fresh eyes?

That's the spirit threading through every performance, screening, and conversation in our 2026–27 season. We're calling it cross-pollination: the meeting of tradition and transformation, of elders and newcomers, of the deeply local and the nationally celebrated.

Deep roots. Fresh eyes. All year long.

Details here: https://www.hayti.org/season-schedule

06/18/2026

ICYMI: We’re celebrating Juneteenth over three days this year, starting tomorrow night with Monet Noelle Marshall: Art + Consulting's “Ain't No Such Thing As a One-Woman Show,” and running through Sunday with Open Stu: Juneteenth Edition and the Jambalaya Soul Slam!

Read more about them and the other Juneteenth events happening around Durham in Discover Durham’s guide (https://www.discoverdurham.com/blog/celebrate-juneteenth-in-durham) and get your tickets here: www.hayti.org/season-schedule

06/17/2026

Monet Noelle Marshall: Art + Consulting has been making work since 1999. She has worn a lot of hats.

This Juneteenth, she's wearing all of them at once.

"Ain't No Such Thing As a One-Woman Show" is an evening-length performance at the Hayti Heritage Center — interactive, immersive, and a little hard to categorize (which is kind of the point). She'll be playing many roles, inviting you into her artistic practice — past, present, and future — and asking you to witness what happens when an artist refuses to be just one thing.

It's intimate. It's funny. And it just might surprise you.

She has been preparing for this moment for a long time. Come see what she has learned this Friday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hayti Heritage Center!

🎟️ Get your tickets here: https://www.hayti.org/monet-noelle-marshall 🎟️

🎥 The Bro Code Show

06/15/2026

Juneteenth in Durham? We'll be there.

Join us at the Freedom & Legacy Juneteenth Festival on June 20: we’ll be celebrating Black history, freedom, and community wit the Black Farmers' Market and Coco Drip alongside 50+ vendors, local farmers, food trucks, and music. Come find us at Lakewood Shopping Center from 12–3 PM for this free event.

06/15/2026

Juneteenth belongs to us — and so does this moment.

Co-created by artists Derrick Beasley and Marcella Zigbuo Camara, Open Stu is a living documentary project rooted in the tradition of Black portraiture, collective artmaking, and community gathering. On the most fitting night of the year, we're inviting you to sit for a portrait, explore the archive, move with the DJ, and stay a while. We’re so honored to have Open Stu come home to Hayti.

On June 20, 7–11 PM, be seen, and be celebrated.

Free and open to all. RSVP here: https://www.hayti.org/open-stu-juneteenth-edition

06/14/2026

Your favorite songs. The stage. Three rounds. One DJ cutting you off at 3 minutes.

The Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Soul Sunday is the Juneteenth sendoff you didn't know you needed. Cash prizes. Judged by the crowd. 🎟 Buy tickets here: https://jambalayajune2026.eventbrite.com

06/12/2026

Come home to Hayti this Juneteenth.

Three days. Four events. Black art, Black history, and Black community — we're celebrating and embodying freedom all weekend here at Hayti.

June 19-21 | Hayti Heritage Center 🎟 https://www.hayti.org/season-schedule

06/11/2026

She'll play every role. Wear every hat. And take up all the space on Hayti's historic stage.

Monét Noelle Marshall's most personal work yet is an evening you won't be able to categorize, but we'll do our best: It'll be intimate. Funny. Surprising. ... And deeply human.

Friday, June 19 | 7:30 PM 🎟 https://www.hayti.org/monet-noelle-marshall

06/11/2026

What does liberation look like when it's embodied?

Camille A. Brown answers that question with I AM — a bold, live-music-accompanied performance drawing from traditions across the African Diaspora. Co-presented with the American Dance Festival.

Saturday, June 20 | 2 PM & 7:30 PM 🎟 Get your tickets: https://www.hayti.org/adf