Historical February 1996 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Residents of the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood do not have to go very far to find informative, high quality programs during Black History Month. Whether you have a special interest in music, literature, or the arts, you will be able to find a program to meet your needs. -Missouri History Museum The Missouri Historical Society and HISTORYonics will present “On the Outside Corner,” Sunday, February 11, at 2 p.m.
The play revisits the days of the Negro Baseball League and is free to the public. 4St. Louis Public Library The Charing Cross Branch will not be hosting specific program during Black History Month. Detailed information will be available on the following events at the main library: Special Guest Speaker Susan Taylor, Editor in Chief of Essence Magazine will speak at 2 p.m., Sunday, February 25.
This nationally known speaker is one of the most influential persons in media today.
There will be a special reception open to the public Monday, February 5, marking:the opening of a new exhibit in the Culver Gallery entitled “African Americans in Missouri, 1719-Present.” The show continues in the gallery through February 29. Throughout the month of February there will a special exhibit in the Youth Services Department called “African American Women; Strong Today/Strong Tomorrow.” 4St. Louis Art Museum Gallery Talks (all free and open to the public): Tuesday, February 6, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, February 8, 11 a.m. Power Objects, Ancestors and Festivals of Africa and the Diaspora John Nunley, Morton D. May Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas Gallery 104 Tuesday, February 13, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, February 15, 11 a.m. Kerry Marshall’s Watts 1963 Jeremy Strick, Curator of Modern Art Gallery 322 Visual Arts and Related Programs: February 4 Performance, 2:30 p.m. Oral Epics of West Africa Alhaji Papa Susso, master player of the kora, a 21-string harp-lute, will explore the role of the griot as praise-singer and oral historian in African Society. Papa Susso comes from a long line of griots and is a descendent of the family credited with the invention of the kora, an instrument unique to the western-most part of Africa and played at important tribal events. February 11 Film, 2:30 p.m. Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues, 1989 This film recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and other legendary women who made the blues a vital part of American culture. Survivors of the era recall how the blueswomen had to struggle against racial and gender prejudice and economic exploitation in the music industry. Directed by Christine Dall. Length: 58 minutes. February 18 Performance, 2:30 p.m. Washington University Wind Ensemble Under the direction of conductor Dan Presgrave, the Ensemble will perform a program highlighting the influence of dance on music. Selections will include a tribute to Duke Ellington and works by other composers. 4Brandie’s Books Brandie’s Books is participating in a city-wide book fair Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, February 18 at the Ramada Inn, 333 Washington Avenue. Author appearances will include: Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson Jamilah El-Amin Alissa Whithome Dr. John L. Johnson Joe Peoples Wale’ Amusa Jessica Slaughter Of course, you can purchase Afro-centric books by these and many others at Brandie’s, 329 DeBaliviere.
For more information, call 286- 7218.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February 1996.
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