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Soul Pitt wanted to help you find a list of events that were either FREE or no more than $10 to attend for Black History Month. We wanted to promote events and programs that will educate, inspire or showcase Black culture past and present.
Now it's up to YOU all to support them!
PLANNING TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE EVENTS?
Please email us your brief review of the event you attended,
any photo you may wish to add and submit it to info@thesoulpitt.com - We would LOVE to hear about it
first hand from people in the community like YOU!
We'll add it to our community blog.
Check out this photo review of Macy’s Celebrates the
100th Birthday of Romare Bearden
--Print out this Soul Blast and keep on hand for quick reference!--
2012 Contest Question:
What African American visual artist or photographer do you admire and why?
How has that person impacted society?
Your essay must be no more than 500 words. The contest is open to anyone ages 6 through 18 who lives in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland Counties. Your essay must be postmarked by March 30, 2012.
Visit www.blackhistorypassiton.com for details
Washington NAACP Black History Month Festival
Monday, February 20, 2012, 12pm to 6pm
LeMoyne Community Center, 200 N. Forrest Avenue, Washington, PA
•The African American Read-In: writings and speeches
by African Americans to be read aloud.
•Hands-on activities, including a Drumming workshop, Games, and Displays.
•African American Heritage Round Table, interactive panel discussion with local historians Sean Gibson, Marlene Bransom and Thomas Mainwaring
on migration, civil rights and sports.
•Genealogy workshop for beginners.
•Voter registration and information.
•Health screenings.
•Soul Food dinners: $5.00. Kids’ meals are free.
•A celebration of dance, music and spoken word performances
will draw from local talent.
$1 donation for admission is requested.
For more information, contact: 724-228-0260 or 724-222-7820.
Weekend Program Features
African American Genealogy Day
Visitors can learn about starting their own family genealogy project and join noted genealogist Dr. Deborah Abbott for a workshop presentation discussing African American genealogical research on Sat., Feb. 25 at 1 p.m., at the Thomas & Katherine Detre Library & Archives at the History Center. During her presentation, titled “A Journey of Discovery,” Dr. Abbott will trace the ancestry of an African American family from Ohio and Illinois back to their roots in Kentucky and provide insight on her genealogical methods. Visitors will learn demonstrate the various techniques and resources that help trace ancestors with limited facts and information, particularly ancestors who were enslaved and emancipated.
“A Journey of Discovery” is part of the History Center’s Genealogy Weekend and presented by the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society of Pittsburgh and the Heinz History Center. The program is supported by the U.S. Department of Education and is one of the feature programs of the History Center’s upcoming exhibition, From Slavery to Freedom: Pittsburgh and the Underground Railroad, which will open in Nov. 2012. Admission to the Genealogy Weekend is free but registration is encouraged. To pre-register call 412-454-6373 or e-mail nnderisio@heinzhistorycenter.org.
Join the Legacy Arts Project, Inc. in 2012 as we continue
to celebrate the Music and Dance of Africa and the Diaspora.
Monday Nights @ the Kingsley Association,
6435 Frankstown Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
DRUM CLASS from 6:00p - 7:00p
and DANCE CLASS 6:30 to Warm Up 7:00p to DANCE!!!
SATURDAY CLASSES!!!!@ Sankofa Village Arts,
201 N Braddock Ave, Street Level, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
DRUM CLASS from 3:00p-4:00p and DANCE CLASS from 4:00p-5:30p
All Classes are $5
Contact Chrisala Brown @ 412-523-7701 or legacyartsproject@gmail.com
Between a Ballad and a Blues
February 24 - 25, 2012 | 8PM
Special Price: $10 when you use code “SoulPitt”
Between a Ballad and a Blues, by playwright Linda Parris-Bailey, explores the life of African American string-band and country blues musician Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, and his experiences during the segregation era, as he performed internationally with Carl Martin and Ted Bogan. The play captures Howard's multi-lingual and musical gifts in a world that may have loved his talent, but not his skin. The August Wilson Center welcomes the Carpetbag Theatre Ensemble's production of this triumphant play. For tickets call 412.456.6666 or visit the August Wilson Center box office. August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Avenue
For more information please email: boxoffice@augustwilsoncenter.org
Jim Crow Day 2012
Addison Behavioral Care,
905 West Street, 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Feb 27, 2012 | 11a - 6p
Being Black or being White in America means what? The issue of race is one we haven’t escaped. Addison takes on the controversial topic of Jim Crow by respectfully creating a space of understanding the past, while moving positively into the future. On Monday, February 27th at Addison Behavioral Care, from 11a-6p, stop in anytime and experience a segregated “bus ride”, voter's booth and movie theater. Discuss race relations past, present and future. View images drawn by youth in our Youth Art Gallery. Be amazed! Contact: 412.731.2353
2nd Annual African American Heritage Celebration
Saturday, March 3, 2012; 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall – Oakland (Fifth Avenue)
FREE EVENT!
*Contact for more information: John L. Ford, (412) 621-4253
This free event will include performances by the 6th Regiment USCT Drum Corps, Young Lions African Drummers & Dancers from Sankofa Village of the Arts, and a short film, “For the Love of Liberty”, The Story of America’s Black Patriots. There will also be a Lecture & One Day Exhibit: Incredible Grace, One People, Two Continents, Three Centuries of War, By: John L. Ford, Historian. This lecture and special one day only exhibit addresses wars that Africans and African-Americans fought that gave promise of freedom, liberty and justice for all while they continued to embrace the ideals of equality, even though the fullness of it still remains elusive today. Exhibit will include exclusive primary source documents, pictures, maps and coins.
Cafe Ola Appetit invites you to
Celebrate Black History Month on
Friday, February 24th | 6:00p-11:00p
@ "A Taste of Africa"
Experience African culture through food, music, and film.
SAVOR! a delicious menu of: Curry Chicken; Din Baba Tofu; Jallof Rice;
Savory Sweet Potato Tarts; Vegetable Fritters, and more
WATCH! a showing of the Internationally Acclaimed Film
"Sankofa" with a Desert Bar Reception to follow.
GROOVE! to African and Steel Pan Drumming.
Also Featuring a Cash Bar and Vendors and Independent artisans
will be selling unique crafts and goods
TICKETS are available in advance for only $12 at Cafe Ola Appetit
(Mention Soul Pitt and get $2 Off)
Ola Appetit Cafe is located at The Union Project at 810 North Negley Ave
For more information: Call 412-404-2246 | Email oacatering@yahoo.com
Black Women in African History and Culture
Guest Speaker: Karolyn Young
National Systems Group at the Aerospace Corp.
Pittsburgh Airport Marriot
777 Aten Road, Coraopolis PA 15108
Friday, February 24, 2012 10 AM
Limited Seating - RSVP Needed NOW
Contact Darren Rogers at 412.216.6113
or email darren.rogers@ang.af.mil
Mount Carmel Community Baptist Church
Black History Month Musical Celebration – “Lift Every Voice and Sing!”
Sunday, February 26, 2012; 4:00 PM - FREE!
Mount Carmel Community Baptist Church,
708 North Fifth Street, Steubenville, Ohio 43952
The Music Ministry of Mount Carmel would like to invite everyone to our Black History Month Musical Celebration entitled, “Lift Every Voice and Sing!” The service will take place Sunday, February 26, 2012; 4:00 PM at the Mount Carmel Community Baptist Church, 708 North Fifth Street, Steubenville, OH 43952. This celebration will feature a few national recording artists, local male choruses, and quartets. All gospel genres will be exhibited such as: gospel, contemporary gospel, traditional, acapella, spiritual, gospel jazz, and gospel rap. More info contact: A. Glenn Freeman (724) 513-7709
If your event is $10 or less
AND it educates, inspires or showcases
Black culture past and present
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PLANNING TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE EVENTS?
Please email us your brief review of the event you attended,
any photo you may wish to add and submit it to info@thesoulpitt.com - We would LOVE to hear about it
first hand from people in the community like YOU!
We'll add it to our community blog.
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