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FEBRUARY 7, 2002
Local Black History events range from AIDS program to movies
February is nationally des
ignated as Black History
Month. Besides eventssched
uled specifically for thismonth
in highlighting African Ameri
cans of the past, this list will
also include modern events
featuring African Americans
around the CSRA:
- The Augusta Museum of
History will feature Heritage
ofthe Black West as its Febru
ary film which will continu
ously play in the History The
ater. Free with admission to
the museum located at 560
Reynolds St. For more infor
mation, call 722-8454.
- Studio ArtGro, 978 Broad
St., will host a mixed media
collection of works by Samuel
O. “Renaissance Man” Will
iams. A dancer, choreogra
pher, actor, set designer, vo
calist, author, sculptor and
painter, Mr. Williams’ paint
ings are in the collections of
James Earl Jones and the
Dance Theater of Harlem. The
exhibit will run from now
through March 3.
- Paine College will host a
pilgrimage to the gravesite of
the founders of the college on
Thursday, February 7, at 11
am. A bus will depart from
the chapel parking lot.
- Fort Gordon’s African-
American Black History
Month command orogram will
be held on Thursday, Febru
ary7,at I:3op.m.in Alexander
Hall on Chamberlain Avenue.
The free program will feature
Maj. Gen. (USAF Ret.) Lucius
Theus, a Tuskegee airman.
The theme will be “The Afri
can-American Legacy: Contri
butions and Service in
America.” Theus helped es
tablish the Defense of Race
Relations Institute, now
known as the Defense Equal
Opportunity Institute. For
more info, call SFC Pair at
(706) 791-2014.
- Paine College will host ac
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Thursday, February 7, at 2
p.m. Burrows will present
Harriet Tubman, Sojourner
Truth and the response of con
temporary African-American
poets. The event is free and
open to the public. For more
info, contact director of Public
Relations Paulette Payne at
706.821.8323.
- Paine College will feature
internationally recognized ac
tress Cicely Tyson as the
Founder’s Day speaker on
Friday, February 8, at 10:30
a.m. in the Gilbert-Lambuth
Memorial Chapel.
-The Augusta Conference of
African American Attorneys
will hold its February meeting
at the Lauminnia Nivens Of
fice, 418 4* St., on Friday,
February 8, 2002, from 12 to 2
p.m. Bring your lunch or you
can order from Crab & More
Express. If you choose to or
der from Crab & More Ex
press, you must fax in your
ordertoNivens’ officeby close
ofbusiness on February 7. For
more information, call 774-
1144. .
- Augusta State University
(ASU) will host “Dress for
Success” on February 8 at 1
p.m., Washington Hall topic
room 2, free. Lesley Riley, as
sociatedirector/career employ
ment manager at ASU Career
Center, will speak onbusiness
etiquette and resume build
ing. Hosted by Alpha Kappa
Alpha. For info, call 737-1472.
- St. Paul Baptist Church,
11 Telfair Street of Augusta,
will sponsor a “Soul Food Sale”
on Saturday, February 9, be
ginning at 10 a.m. The public
isinvited to enjoy chitterlings,
chicken (whiteand dark meat)
and other favorite side dishes.
- Paine College will hold its
Homecoming Parade on Sat
urday, February 9, beginning
atlla.m. Itsstepshow willbe
held at 2 p.m. at the Carter
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Gymnasium. Itshomecoming
basketball game will be held at
the ASU Athletic Complex,
3109 Wrightsboro Rd., start
ing at 5:30 p.m. The Alumni
Homecoming Dance will be
hosted at the Julian Smith
Casino from 9:30 p.m. until.
- Borders Books, Music and
Case, 257 Robert C. Daniel Jr.
Parkway, will feature Barbara
Frarnklin with contemporary
gospel on Saturday, February
9, from 8 to 10 p.m. Ms.
Franklin is a co-owner of Stu
dio ArtGro, an art studio, etc.
Borders will also host the Af
rican-American Group on
Monday, February 25, begin
ning at 7 p.m.
- Morehouse College will
hold its Founder’s Day 135 t
Anniversary Celebration on
Sunday, February 10, at
Springfield Baptist Church,
114 12 St., beginning at 11
a.m. Keynote speaker will be
the Rev. Dr. Samuel B.
McKinney, Morehouse Class
of ‘49, former pastor of Mount
Zion AME Church of Seattle,
Wash. Springfield Village
Park will also be dedicated at
1 p.m. Dr. Edward J. Cashin
Jr. will be signing his book,
Old Springfield: Race and Re
ligion in Augusta, Georgia. A
reception after the dedication
will be held in the St. John
Meeting House adjacent tothe
park.
- Borders
will host a
book signing
by Gulf Wari
veteran Will-!
iam J.
Simmons on
Sunday, Feb
ruary 10, from
1:30 to 4 p.m.
The Gulf War
Anthology of
Poetry is a
unique ac
count of the
war through
21 poems and
illustrations. Simmons has
also provided space for per
sonal reactions and even an
swering collection of poems.
- The Lucy Craft Laney
Museum of Black History,
1116 Phillips St., will feature
the works of Mr. Ronald
Middleton, artist and art
teacher at Richmond Acad
emy, for the month of Febru
ary. The MOCHA MOMs, a
group of stay at home moms,
will partner with the museum
and come together to provide
social, educational and tech
nological programs for the chil
dren. They meet 10 a.m. to
noon every Tuesday. The Feb
ruary Senior Lunch Break on
Wednesday, February 13, will
highlight Mr. Middleton in a
discussion of his motivation
and joys of painting and teach
ing. Lunch will be provided by
Hot Foods By Calvin. Cost:
$5. Please make reservations
by calling 724-3576.
- The Medical College of
Georgia will feature Dr. Louis
Sullivan as the speaker for its
2002 observance of Black His
tory Month on Wednesday,
February 13, at noon in the
Large Auditorium of the MCG
Auditoria Center. The public
is invited to the event spon
sored by the Office of Student
Diversity. Dr. Sullivanispresi
dent of the Morehouse School
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-ASU will host a jazz combo
on Wed., Feb. 13, at noon, in
Washington Hall.
- A.'ugustans Together will
hold a forum on Feb. 15 at
noon, New Science Building
room WIOOB, free. Attend this
open forum on racism. For
info, call 737-1411.
- “Follow the Drinking
Gourd” is the newest show at
the USCA Dupont Plan
etarium. The programisabout
how slaves used astronomy
and song to escape the bond
age of slavery and travel to
Canada. The show willbe held
February 15and 16 at 7and 8
p.m. nightly. Cost is $4 per
adult, $3 per senior, $2 per
student ages K-12, and $1 for
USCA faculty, staff and stu
dents. For more information,
call (803) 641-3313.
- The Lucy Craft Laney
Museum of Black History will
present its First Annual Afri
can American Historian Rec
ognition Award Program and
reception on Friday, Febru
ary 15,at5p.m. Guest speaker
will be Dr. Donald West, ar
chivist and historian from Tri
Technical College in Charles
ton, S.C. Admission will be $5
Saturday, February 23, 2002 at 8 p.m.
Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre Augusta State University
Preview at 7 p.m. ~ Arthur Ross, Violist
" " Donald Portnoy, Conductor
A YOUNG VI RTUOSO Vadim Gluzman, Violin
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish")
Adams The Chairman Dances:
Foxtrot for Orchestra
Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major
IE S EEER Tickets available at sls, S2B, $35
The Augusta Symphony Guikd is the Sponsar of the 200102 Masterwarks Series in Memory of Founder, Harmy Jacobs,
This concert is sponsored by: Merry Land Properties Inc.
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per person. For more infor
mation, call the museum at
724-3576.
- ASU will sponsor a free
Gospel Expo on Sunday, Feb
ruary 17, from 3 to 5:30 p.m.,
at the Maxwell Performing
Arts Theatre. It will feature
performances by local church
choirs; presented by the ASU
Black Student Union. Forinfo,
call 737-1492.
- Everfaithful Missionary
Baptist Church, 314 Sand Bar
Ferry Rd., will hold its Black
History Program on Sunday,
February 17,at5p.m. Speaker
will be Dr. James Carter 111,
consultant, counselor, admin
istrator, pedagologist, author,
orator and historian. Formore
info, call the church at 722-
0553.
- ASU will host the Buffalo'
Soldierson Mon., Feb. 18at 10
a.m., Galloway Hall room
101 A, for a free program. Fea
tured will be a video, lecture
and riding performances by
the Buffalo Soldiers. Call 737-
1709. :
-ASU will host an Art Expo,
Feb. 20, from 10:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m., Washington Hall
lobby and cafeteria, free. Mu
sic and spoken word perfor-
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