February
10, 2004
Northwestern Celebrates Black History Month
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Northwestern University has scheduled an array
of programs during February and early March in honor of Black History
Month.
This year,
Northwestern’s African American Student Affairs
office celebrates 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.
Events are
free, unless otherwise noted, and are open to the public. Here
are some of the month’s highlights of programs
scheduled for the Evanston campus.
• Through
Tuesday, Feb. 10, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Norris University
Center. 1999 Campus Drive, “Pandemic
Imaging AIDS” exhibition. This traveling education
exhibition of 30 photographs by award winning photographers and
artists is aimed at increasing awareness of the global AIDS crisis.
Based on the book published by Umbrage Editions and Moxie Firecracker
Films, with essays by Kofi Annan, Nadine Gordimer, Rory Kennedy,
Nan Richardson and Jeffrey Sach, this compelling and provocative
exhibition uses the experience of people living with AIDS as
the backdrop for the story. For more information, call (847)
491-2300.
• Through
Sunday, March 28, Alsdorf Gallery, Mary and Leigh Block Museum
of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive, “Lorna
Simpson: 31” exhibition. Since the 1980s, Lorna
Simpson has engaged the collective social invisibility of the
African American female as the subject of her photographs, installations
and film. “Lorna Simpson: 31” is a recent film installation
that tracks one month in the life of an unknown woman seen in
a grid of 31 video monitors. For more information, call (847)
491-4000 or visit www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu.
• 7
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Norris University
Center, 1999 Campus Drive, Fireside, “Facing
AIDS in Our Community.” In collaboration with
the Dittmar Gallery exhibition “Pandemic Imaging AIDS” this
fireside will address the issues of this disease as it relates
to our campus and surrounding communities. A reception will follow.
Seating is limited. For more information, call (847) 491-2348.
• 7
p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, Mussetter-Struble Theatre, Theatre and
Interpretation Center, 1949 Campus Drive, Performance
of “James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop.” Tony
Award nominated actor Calvin Levels wrote and portrays James
Baldwin in this one-man play about the life of this critically
acclaimed writer. The play traces Baldwin’s life from his
early childhood in Harlem as a young minister, to his friendships
and relationships with Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Lorraine
Hansberry, and others. It also addresses his association with
Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, and others active in the civil
rights movement. Admission is free, but reservations are required.
Call (847) 491-5122.
• 7
p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, Leverone Hall, Owen L. Coon Forum Auditorium,
2001 Sheridan Road, Panel Discussion: “Perspectives
on Brown v. Board of Education.” Members of the
Northwestern community will offer legal interpretations and personal
opinions on Browns v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the
landmark Supreme Court case intended to end segregation in American
public schools. Panelists also will address post-decision implications
for local School District 65 and other communities. The panel
moderator is Loren Ghiglione, dean of the Medill School of Journalism.
Panelists include Lawrence Lavengood, Kellogg Professor Emeritus
and former member of School District 65 (Evanston); Michael Powell,
director of Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action
and Labor Relations; Arin Reeves, principal consultant, The Athens
Group, Chicago, and faculty, African American Studies; and Dorothy
Roberts, professor, Northwestern University School of Law and
the Institute for Policy Research. A question-and-answer period
follows the discussion.
• 7
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, African American Student Affairs,
1914 Sheridan Road. “The Written Word: Understanding
The Keys To Success in Publishing Your Own Literary Works.” Pameshia
Jones, sales and marketing assistant for Northwestern University
Press, and Tonika Johnson, editor and publisher of Earthtone
magazine, will share their expertise on how to navigate through
the world of publishing.
• Feb.
12 through March 17, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Norris University
Center, 1999 Campus Drive, ”Views of
the American Food Chain” exhibition. Chicago food
and restaurant photographer Eric Futran presents a series of
black and white photos documenting scenes and people involved
in the business of bringing America’s food to the table.
Chicago locations include Gladys’ Restaurant on West Madison
and Taste of Chicago. For gallery hours, call (847) 491-2300.
• 7
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, Annenberg Hall, 2120 Campus Drive,
Room G21, Talk by Haki Madhubuti, “Running
Toward Fear: A Poet’s Response to War & The Black Situation.” Born
in Detroit, Haki Madhubuti, chief executive office and founder
of Third World Press, founded Third World Press in 1967. Located
on the south side of Chicago, Third World Press has become a
major publisher of African and African American poetry. Madhubut,
a poet and author of 22 books, also is director of the Gwendolyn
Books Center and professor of English at Chicago State University.
• 7
p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, McCormick Tribune Center, 1870 Campus
Drive, 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. Whether it
is becoming the first Puerto Rican news anchor on network television
or sharing with audiences his adept oratorical skills through
spoken word and rap as a member of the original Last Poets, Luciano
is always on the cusp of the cutting-edge trends.
• 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 v. The Board of Education
50 Years Later” as part of the Crain Lecture Series. 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 of Thurgood Marshall, “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. For information,
call (847) 491-5401.
• 6
to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Norris
University Center, 1999 Campus Drive, “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. Northwestern 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 --
a University of Michigan professor who has appeared as soloist
with the New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra and others
-- she will perform three works featured on their recent compact
disc, “Music for Cello and Piano by African American Composers.” The
duo will also play Rachmaninoff’s Sonata in G minor. Tickets
$4 to $8.50.
• Noon,
Thursday, Feb. 19, African American Student Affairs. 1914 Sheridan
Road, Dwight N. Hopkins, professor of
theology, University of Chicago Divinity School, “Keeping
the Dream Alive: Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. for Today.” Professor
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” (1993) and “Heart and Head: Black
Theology – Past, Present and Future” (2002). 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 19; 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20; and 8
p.m. and 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Shanley Pavilion, 2031 Sheridan
Rd., “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, $5 for students. For information, call (847) 491-36
• 7
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, Leverone Hall, Owen L. Coon Forum
Auditorium, 2001 Sheridan Road, 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 previously served as the director of the Center
for Disease Control, will talk about where the nation’s
healthcare system is heading next. He will participate in a question
and answer session.
• 7
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, Annenberg Hall, 2120 Campus Drive,
Room G21, “Model” Minority meets the “Real” Minority
Speakers Series, Diane Fujino, Professor of Asian American Studies,
University of California Santa Barbara. Professor Diane
Fujino will open the series with a presentation examining 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.
• 6 p.m. Saturday, March 6, Cahn Auditorium, 600
Emerson St., Northwestern Community Ensemble (NCE) Winter Gospel
Concert. The voices of the Northwestern Community 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 Northwestern students, faculty and staff
members with WILDcards; $5 for the general public.
For more information about all of the planned events, visit http://www.northwestern.edu/aasa/. |