Between Us | Hanif Abdurraqib

Join us for the inaugural season of Between Us. This series invites Columbus’s most compelling cultural voices into Bar Room to share a deeply personal playlist made up of the songs that have shaped them. Each evening will unfold as a collective experience in which our guest will offer a few words about the music they’ve chosen—the memories, people, and chapters of their life that it holds—before hitting play and letting us find out what happens when the songs that mean something to one of us are shared between us. Between Us is free with registration, including access to the exhibition and Bar Room. Galleries will close at 8:00 PM while Bar Room remains open until 10:00 PM. Register This program is supported by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. About Hanif Abdurraqib Hanif Abdurraqib is an award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His newest release, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House, 2024) was a New York Times Bestseller and longlisted for the National Book Award in nonfiction. His previous book, A Little Devil In America (Random House, 2021) was a winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and the Gordon Burn Prize. In 2021, Abdurraqib was named a MacArthur Fellow, and in 2024 was named a Windham-Campbell Prize recipient. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School. His forthcoming book of poetry, I'm Always Looking Up And You're Jumping, will be out in April 2027. Photo by Kendra Bryant