On select Thursday nights, engage in provocative conversations in the galleries about art and life. The salon-style conversation begins around 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

UPDATE: Tonight’s discussion will be led by poet Kelli Stevens Kane!

This installment of Culture Club includes a free preview screening of the latest season of Art21, the award-winning series of film interviews with leading contemporary artists. From 5:30 to 7 p.m., enjoy happy hour and lively gallery conversation about the museum’s painting Prisoner of Love #1 (Second Version) by African American artist Glenn Ligon. At 7:15 enjoy a free public screening of the Art21 episode “History” featuring Ligon. In this episode, artists play with historical events, explore and expose commonly held assumptions about historic “truth,” and create narratives based on personal experiences. The museum will screen additional segments from this season of Art21 this summer; visit www.cmoa.org for details. This event is part of Art21 Access ’12, a celebration of contemporary art and Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season Six, sponsored by Art21. Visit art21.org for more information.