Black History Month at Mount Holyoke College
January 14, 1999
For immediate release
January 14, 1999
Please call Sarah Grolnic-McClurg at 413-538-2030
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
Catch the Fire
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Date and Time |
Location |
Event |
| Sunday January 31 8:00 pm |
Betty Shabazz House Mount Holyoke College |
"Candlelight Vigil and Opening Ceremony" |
| Tuesday February 2 7:30 pm |
Betty Shabazz House Mount Holyoke College |
Have We Let The Government of The Hook? Self-help and Black Politics Mount Holyoke Assistant Professor of Politics and African American studies Preston Smith to speak. |
| Thursday February 4 10:00 pm |
Blanchard Campus Center Mount Holyoke College |
Motown Ratt Think you have talent? A Motown artist lip-singing contest will be held. So come 'get down' with Motown music old and new! |
| Friday February 5 10:00 am |
Betty Shabazz House Mount Holyoke College |
Kid's Day For children ages 6-16, an educational and fun day full of games and trivia. Lunch will be served and "Project Concern," a dance troupe from Boston, will perform and hold a workshop at 2 pm. |
| Sunday February 7 4:00 pm |
Abbey Chapel Mount Holyoke College |
Afrocentric Worship Service featuring Rev. Karen Rucks of Springfield. |
| Monday February 8 7:30 pm |
Betty Shabazz House Mount Holyoke College |
Project Girl Reading and discussion by author and lawyer Janet McDonald. Project Girl tells about the tensions of growing up gifted in the inner city. |
| Tuesday February 9 7:30 pm |
Betty Shabazz House Mount Holyoke College |
Movie: Eve's Bayou The secrets that hold us together can sometimes tear us apart. The intense story of a black family living in Louisiana in the 1960s. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. Rated R. |
| Friday February 12 7:30 pm |
Blanchard Campus Center Mount Holyoke College |
Return to the Source Sponsored by the Network and Something Every Friday |
| Monday February 15 8:00 pm |
Abbey Chapel Mount Holyoke College |
Gospel Concert The Freedom Choir, under the direction of Dr. Horace Clarence Bowyer and Velma Brown. |
| Tuesday February 16 7:30 pm |
New York Room Mary Woolley Hall |
Blacks and the Labor Movement Lecture by Brenda Stokely. |
| Thursday February 18 10:00 pm |
Blanchard Campus Center Mount Holyoke College |
80s Old Skool Jam It is a Mount Holyoke Ratt like you have never been to with 80s old skool music that will take you back in time! |
| Friday February 19 through Sunday February 21 |
Locations vary; please call 538-2550 for more information | Arise Daughters of Zion A Christian women's conference, with workshops, group prayer, live performances, a semiformal dinner with evening show, Sunday Morning Afrocentric Service, Fellowship, Worship and Fun! Conference fee and preregistration required, meals provided, student discount available. |
| Monday February 22 7:30 pm |
Betty Shabazz House Mount Holyoke College |
Lecture by Mount Holyoke Assistant Professor of Music, David Sanford. He will present and discuss several works by George Russell, in the context of assumptions of race in jazz criticism and practice. |
| Wednesday February 24 7:30 pm |
Pratt Hall Mount Holyoke College |
Musical Performance by Jane Sapp, Pianist. |
| Sunday February 28 3 - 7 pm |
Chapin Auditorium Mount Holyoke College |
Catch The Fire: Fanning the Flame A closing ceremony that celebrates African Americans throughout history. Lunch will be served at 3 pm, and the show begins at 4 pm. $5.00 public - $3.00 with Five College ID |
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated. For more information, contact the Dean of Students Office, 413-538-2550. Sponsored by the Association of Pan-African Unity.
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