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| "Going
to Church" by William Johnson |
February
is African-American Heritage Month
Saturday,
Feb. 3
Racism 101 & The Middle Passage, featuring Anthony Browder. 12-2:30
p.m. & 3-6 p.m., Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room. (Office
of African-American Affairs)
Sunday,
Feb. 4
Portrait of a Woman: Mind, Body and Soul. 4 p.m., Garrett Hall.
A concert to celebrate the contributions of African-American composers
in operatic music. Come witness the struggles, loves, joy and
tears of one woman as she tells her story through music. (Music
Dept.)
Wednesday,
Feb. 7
Beyond Jungle Fever: A Fish Bowl Conversation on Interracial Relationships.
6:30 p.m., Newcomb Hall, room 389. (Kaleidoscope)
Thursday,
Feb. 8
Performing the Word: A History of African Americans and Spoken
Word. 7-9 p.m., Pavilion XI. An exploration of the political and
social importance of poetry/spoken word in African-American communities.
(Office of African-American Affairs)
Friday, Feb. 9
Afrikan Drum Festival. 3:30-4:30 p.m., Newcomb Hall Ballroom.
(University Libraries' Multicultural Issues Committee, Office
of African-American Affairs)
Wednesday, Feb. 14
Alcohol, Minorities, and the Media. 5-7 p.m., TBA. An open forum
to address the media's marketing of alcohol to people of color.
(ADAPT, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team)
Thursday,
Feb. 22
The 'I Am' in Black Musical Improvisation. 7 p.m., Pavilion XI.
An exploration of how expressions of the self in the contexts
of the individual and community are explored in Black musical
expression, particularly jazz & hip-hop. (Office of African-American
Affairs)
Feb. 23-24
African-American Film Festival. African Americans' Parodies of
American Films featuring Spike Lee's "Bamboozled," Robert Townsend's
"Hollywood Shuffle," and Keenen Ivory Wayans' "I'm Gonna Get You
Sucka." TBA, Newcomb Hall Theater. (Office of African-American
Affairs, Cinematheque)
Wednesday, Feb. 28
African and Latino Sources of U.S. Music: A Keyboard Conversation.
8 p.m., Runk Dining Hall Lounge. (Hereford College)
March 16-May 13
Conversations with Igun: Sculpture by Mel Edwards. Bayly Art Museum.
(Office of African-American Affairs, Bayly Art Museum)
April 6-July 5
Galactic Journal: Recent Paintings and Collages by Robert Reed.
Bayly Art Museum. (Office of African-American Affairs, Bayly Art
Museum)
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