February 12, 2004

Black History events run throughout the month

Black History Month continues at Northwestern with a host of events and activities.

Northwestern’s African American Student Affairs office is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation Supreme Court ruling by presenting a series of lectures, discussions and programs that encourage thought, reflection and action.

School of Music Dean Toni-Marie Montgomery performs a piano recital with cellist Anthony Elliott Feb. 17 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

These Evanston campus events are free, unless otherwise noted, and are open to the public.

• Through Sunday, March 28, Alsdorf Gallery, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art.

“Lorna Simpson: 31” exhibition.

Since the 1980s, Lorna Simpson has focused on the African American female as the subject of her photographs, installations and film. Combining imagery with text, her work challenges the viewer to think about the way women, particularly African American women, are represented in film and future. “Lorna Simpson: 31” tracks one month in the life of an unknown woman seen in a grid of 31 video monitors.

• Thursday, Feb. 12 through March 17, Dittmar Memorial Gallery.

”Views of the American Food Chain” exhibition.

Chicago food and restaurant photographer Eric Futran presents black-and-white photos of scenes and people involved in the business of bringing America’s food to the table. The pictures were taken in such diverse venues as a tortilla factory, a fishing boat and a cornfield. Chicago locations include Gladys’ restaurant on West Madison, the Taste of Chicago and Maxwell Street’s last surviving hot dog stand.

• 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, Annenberg Hall, Room G21.

Talk by Haki Madhubuti, “Running Toward Fear: A Poet’s Response to War and The Black Situation.”

Haki Madhubuti, chief executive office and founder of Third World Press, founded Third World Press in 1967. Third World Press has become a major publisher of African and African American poetry. Madhubuti has authored more than 22 books of essays and poetry. He is the recipient of the 1993 Paul Robeson Award and is director of the Gwendolyn Books Center and professor of English at Chicago State University.

• 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, McCormick Tribune Center.

Talk by Felipe Luciano, “Building Diverse and Multicultural Communities.”

As founder and chairman of the Young Lords Party, Felipe Luciano has impacted culture and society from New York to Puerto Rico. He was the first Puerto Rican news anchor on network television and has shared his oratorical skills through spoken word and rap as a member of the original Last Poets. He serves as a consultant on a film in development by HBO that chronicles the Young Lords.

• 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, McCormick Tribune Center Forum, Crain Lecture Series.

Juan Williams, senior correspondent for National Public Radio and political analyst for Fox Television, will deliver a lecture titled “Brown vs. The Board of Education 50 Years Later.”

A former prize-winning columnist and editorial writer for the Washington Post, Williams is author of “This Far by Faith,” an examination of the African American religious experience. His critically acclaimed biography, “Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary,” is being reissued this year with a new epilogue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic Brown decision. Williams also is author of “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965.”

• 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Dittmar Memorial Gallery.

“Views of the American Food Chain” exhibition reception.

• 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

Recital by Toni-Marie Montgomery, piano; Anthony Elliott, cello.

School of Music Dean and pianist Toni-Marie Montgomery is a founding member of the Black Music Repertory Ensemble of Columbia College–Chicago, which performs works by African American composers and promotes appreciation of black musical traditions. With cellist Anthony Elliott — who has appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra and others — she will perform three works featured on their compact disc, “Music for Cello and Piano by African American Composers.” The duo will also play Rachmaninoff’s Sonata in G minor.

• 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, African American Student Affairs.

Dwight N. Hopkins, professor of theology, University of Chicago Divinity School, “Keeping the Dream Alive: Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. for Today.”

Hopkins will discuss his work and the impact of the spiritual legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. An ordained American Baptist minister, he is the author of a number of books on black theology including “Shoes That Fit Our Feet: Sources for a Constructive Black Theology” and “Heart and Head: Black Theology – Past, Present and Future.”

• 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19; 8 and 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20; and

8 and 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Shanley Pavilion.

Out DA Box: African American Theatre Ensemble’s Annual Comedy Review and Improv.

This annual sketch comedy show is written, produced and performed by students. Tickets are $7 for adults and non-affiliates; $5 for students. For more information call (847) 491-3610.

• 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, Leverone Hall, Coon Forum Auditorium.

Dr. David Satcher, director of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine and former U.S. Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health, “Healthy People 2010.”

Dr. Satcher, who also served as director of the Centers for Disease Control, will talk about where the nation’s healthcare system is heading.

• 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, Annenberg Hall, Room G21.

“Model” Minority meets the “Real” Minority Speakers Series. Diane Fujino, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California–Santa Barbara.

Fujino’s presentation will examine the experiences between Asian and Black Americans during the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on Asian and Black radicals of the civil rights era: Yuri Kochiyama, Malcolm X, Richard Aoki and the Black Panther Party.

• 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, Coon Forum, Leverone Hall.

For Members Only (FMO)) Winter Speaker.

• 6 p.m. Saturday, March 6, Cahn Auditorium.

Northwestern Community Ensemble (NCE) Winter Gospel Concert.

The voices of the ensemble will be joined by guest gospel artists Ray Bady and Percy Bady, Marvin Sapp of Detroit, and Virtue, a Tennessee gospel group. Admission is free to students, faculty and staff members with WILDcards; $5 for the general public.