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Black History Month 2005 at the Five Colleges

Amherst College

2/5/05, 8 p.m., Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music Center
Howard University Chorale
Conducted by J. Weldon Norris since 1973, the Howard University Chorale is a traditional classically oriented ensemble that flexibly blends in the Afro-American repertoire, both historical and modern.

2/8/05, 8 p.m., Johnson Chapel
Ellis Cose
The author of many books, including most recently Bone to Pick: Of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation, and Revenge (2004), Cose is a columnist and contributing editor for Newsweek magazine and former editorial page editor of the New York Daily News. He began his journalism career as a weekly columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times becoming, at the age of 19, the youngest editorial page columnist ever employed by a Chicago daily.

2/13/05, 2 p.m., Johnson Chapel
Annual Interfaith Service
The featured speakers will be Henry and Ella Mitchell, educators and authors of numerous books on preaching and the American religious experience. Henry Mitchell is the author of Black Preaching, The Recovery of Preaching and Celebration of Experience in Preaching. The founding director of the Ecumenical Center for Black Church Studies in Los Angeles, he was also dean and professor at the Proctor School of Theology (Virginia Union University). Ella Mitchell was a dean at Spelman College and professor at the Proctor School. The Mitchells have taught together in the doctor of ministry program for United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, as well as for seminaries in Pennsylvania, California, England, Russia and the Congo. Married for 58 years, the Mitchells have led seminars on marriage and written an autobiography, Together for Good.

2/16/05, 4 p.m., Converse Hall, Cole Assembly Hall
Five College Learning in Retirement 2005 Memorial Series, Slavery and Its Legacy: Keynote
Featuring Anthony W. Marx, President of Amherst College and author of Making Race and Nation speaking on the topic of "Making Race and Nation; and Lucas Wison, Professor of Economics and Chair of African American and African Studies at Mount Holyoke College speaking on the topic of "Challenges on the Road to Racial Justice in Higher Education." This series runs through April 7, 2005. For a printed schedule of events, please contact Five Colleges, Incorporated at (413) 256-8316.

Hampshire College (Black History Month page)

2/26/05, 10 a.m., Main Lecture Hall of Franklin Patterson Hall
Five College Learning in Retirement 2005 Memorial Series, Slavery and Its Legacy: Slavery above the Mason-Dixon Line - The North, Massachusetts, and the Pioneer Valley
Three Learning in Retirement members, Chuck Gillies, Frank Heston, and Robert Romer, share their learning in retirement and other research. This series runs through April 7, 2005. For a printed schedule of events, please contact Five Colleges, Incorporated at (413) 256-8316.

More events to come. Please check back soon.

Mount Holyoke College

2/2/05
Keynote speaker Francis Bok
“Twenty-First-Century Slavery: Living Proof”
Gamble Auditorium, Art Building
7 pm

2/7/05
Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed
The first-ever run by a woman and person of color for presidential nomination
Documentary
Blanchard Great Room
10 pm

2/8/05
Race: The Power of an Illusion - Part I (of III)
Documentary and discussion
Blanchard Great Room
7-9 pm

2/15/05
Dialogue among people of color
Blanchard Lounge – refreshments provided
4-6 pm

Race: The Power of an Illusion - Part II (of III)
Documentary and discussion
Blanchard Great Room
7-9 pm

2/16/05
White Privilege Awareness Dialogue
Blanchard Lounge
4-6pm

Slavery and the Making of America
PBS broadcast
Blanchard Great Room
Time TBA

2/17/05
Exhibit: Institute of Black Invention and Technology
Blanchard Campus Center
Noon-3pm

Coming Together Dialogue
Blanchard Lounge
4-6 pm

2/18/05
GIMME a BEAT
Old School Hip-Hop Party
Blanchard Great Room
10 pm-2 am

2/20/05
Faith That the Past Has Brought Us
Play and choreographed production
Chapin Auditorium, Mary Woolley Hall
7:30 pm

2/22/05
Race: The Power of an Illusion - Part III (of III)
Documentary and discussion
Blanchard Great Room
7-9 pm

2/23/05
“Spirituals and the Blues”
Discussion with Professor John Grayson
Eliot House
7-8:30 pm

2/28/05
Celebration Rally
Blanchard Campus Center
4 pm

Smith College

Events to come. Please check back soon.

UMass Amherst

2/1/05, 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Jazz History: The Easy Street Six
Student Union
Performance by the Department of Music and Dance.

2/1/05, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Raising the Black Heritage Flag
New Africa House
Come observe the start of Black History Month with the Raising of the Black Heritage Flag.

2/2/05, 5:30 p.m.
Teach for America
Campus Center
CNN documentary explores challenges of our education system.

2/2/05, 7:00 p.m.
Movie: Sankofa
Malcolm X Cultural Center
Film highlightiing the experience of a young African-American model as she learns about her heritage through a firsthand encounter.

2/3/05, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Public Forum on Campus Diversity
Campus Center Auditorium
The commission will hear from a number of groups and individuals on this important campus topic.

2/3/05, 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Movie: Eyes on the Prize
Campus Center
The PBS documentary "Eyes on the Prize" will be followed by the Black Student Union's first General Body Meeting of 2005.

2/3/05, 8:00 p.m.
Meditations with the Goddess
Northampton Center for the Arts
What do a psychotic rapper, a bible thumpin’ stripper and a Shiite Muslim soccer mom have in common?

2/4/05, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
A Panel Discussion of Black Culture and Politics
Bowker Auditorium
This special program for Black History Month will discuss topics such as black culture, black politics and the black experience in American society.

2/7/05, 7:00 p.m.
Stonewall Center Reception for LBGT people of color
Stonewall Center
A chance to network and build an LBGT ALANA group.

2/7/05, 7:30 p.m.
Soweto Gospel Choir
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Direct from South Africa, the Soweto Gospel Choir sings, sways, and swoops through a concert of traditional African gospel music, tunes by Otis Redding and the soul-styled reggae of Jimmy Cliff.

2/8/05, 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Jazz History: Graduate Jazz Chambers Players
Student Union
Performance by the Department of Music and Dance.

2/10/05, 7:00 p.m.
Mix It Up With Swing
Student Union Ballroom
The UMass Ballroom Dance Club offers swing lessons. No partners needed!

2/15/05, 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Jazz History: The Jon Bean Ensemble
Student Union
Performance by the Department of Music and Dance.

2/17/05, 8:00 p.m.
Spike Lee
Curry Hicks Cage
As a writer-director, actor, producer, author, and philanthropist, Spike Lee has revolutionized the role of black talent in cinema.

2/18/05, 9:00 p.m.
Brother to Brother
Campus Center
A feature-length drama which invokes the glory days of the Harlem Renaissance.

2/19/05, 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
The Harlem Renaissance Ball
Campus Center Auditorium
Relive the Harlem Renaissance right here at UMass Amherst.

2/22/05, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Jazz History: Jazz Ensemble I
Student Union
Performance by the Department of Music and Dance.

2/22/05, 7:00 p.m.
Elaine Bartlett: Life on the Outside
Student Union Ballroom
Elaine Bartlett, the subject of the prize winning “Life on the Outside,” will tell the story of her release from prison after serving 16 years for a single sale of cocaine.
2/23/05, 7:00 p.m.
I AM A MAN: Black Masculinity in America
Malcolm X Cultural Center
Links men and women from various socio-economic backgrounds with some of Black America's most progressive academics, social critics and authors.
2/24/05
Braid-a-thon
Malcolm X Cultural Center
Students compete to win Malcolm X Cultural Center's annual hairbraiding competition.

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