BLACK DEFINED
Black History Month at Yale
Fortieth Anniversary
2009
Saturday, January 31; 8 p.m.
Yale Gospel Choir Annual Alumni Concert
Afro-American Cultural Center, Multi-Purpose Room
$2.00 for students and adults.
Sunday, February 1; 11 a.m.
Black Church at Yale University
37th Anniversary Service and Brunch
Afro-American Cultural Center (AfAm House)
211 Park Street
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Tuesday, February 3, 7 p.m.
Black Defined: Biraciality, Hybridity, and Multiculturalism
Af-Am House
In the midst of the historical moment of the United States first Black president, our country has almost completely ignored the fact that President Barack Obama is biracial. In what way does this reflect the current status of people of mixed heritage?
========================================
Wednesday, February 4; 7 p.m.
Terrie Williams
Black Pain - It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting
Af-Am House,
Legendary PR guru, Williams, profiled in the PBS documentary "Depression: Out of the Shadows," and author of Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting, speaks about her battle with clinical depression, and offers real solutions to the problem of depression in the African-American community, and the workplace.
==========================================
Thursday, February 5, 4:15 p.m.
Abebe Zegeye, Yale University, "The Magical Universe of Art: Zerihun Yetmgeta, an Ethiopian Artist."
Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave
r.
------
Thursday, February 5; 7 p.m.
"Lighting a PHIre,"
a candid discussion session focused on the black family, its definitions, its current state, and its future.
Af-Am House
--------
Thursday, February 5, 7:00 pm
African Film World Premiere: DAKAR TO PORT LOKO: PERSPECTIVES FROM WEST AFRICA (2009) (Director: Nathaniel Cogley).
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street.
For information see http://www.dakartoportloko.com/.
==========================================
Friday, February 6, 9 p.m. (Reception at 7 p.m.)
"VIHDA Means Life"
Davenport College Dining Hall
A Fashion Fundraiser for AIDS Interfaith Network, SMART, and Liberty Community Services 7:00-8:30pm-Reception for Photo Exhibit, "American Beauty: The Women and Men Behind the Pandemic
9:00pm- VIHDA Means Life
For more information or to reserve tickets by February 4th, please contact vihdameanslife09@gmail.com
==========================================
Saturday, February 7; 10 p.m.
"Jump, Wave,and Masquerade!Bacchanal! It's Carnival!"
[UOFC 5K event]
Davenport College Dining Hall
===========================================
Monday, February 9, 5:30 p.m.
LIFE AFTER YALE
Af-Am House
The Business of Show: A Nuts and Bolts Workshop on Succeeding in the Entertainment Industry.
Entertainment attorney and literary agent Nicholas Roman Lewis’93 provides a no-nonsense overview of the legal, business and networking basics every burgeoning entertainment professional should know before embarking on their journey to fame and fortune.
==========================================
Tuesday, February 10, 7 p.m.
Debate: Is Black History Month Still Relevant?
Af-Am House,
==========================================
Wednesday February 11; 7 p.m.
Deborah Willis
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840-Present plus a special presentation from her new book Obama-The Historic Campaign in Photographs
AF-AM HOUSE
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TENTATIVE: Thursday, February 12 or Friday, February 13
5:30 p.m.
Place, TBA
Annual Black History Month Dinner/AfAm 40th Anniversary Kick-off and Black Male Appreciation in Honor of House Founders
======================================================
Friday, February 13 – Wednesday, February 18, 8 p.m.
JELLY'S LAST JAM , A Yale School of Drama Production
(no performance on the 15th and only 2 p.m. on the 14th)
University Theatre
222 York Street
======================================================
Saturday, February 14, 11:55 p.m.
Silliman College Dining Hall
A MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR
SHADES Annual VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT
======================================================
Monday, February 16; 7 p.m.
Roger Guenveur Smith
WORKSHOP SERIES: Performing History
An "open rehearsal" on February 16 in the Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park St.
Through a rigorous collaborative investigation led by Mr. Smith, workshop participants will devise an original text and a physicalized strategy for playing it on the stage, based on their independently researched "archival materials."
======================================================
Tuesday, February 17, 7 p.m.
African Film Screening: Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (Producer/Director: Katrina Browne).
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave
==============================================
Tuesday, February 17, 7 p.m.
Film Screening: Rosewood
Af-Am House,
=====================================================
Wednesday February 18; 7 p.m.
Lena Williams It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions that Anger, Annoy and Divide the Races
Af-Am House
===================================================
Thursday, Feb. 19, 6 p.m.
16 Bars//Soundtrack of our minds
Af-Am House
Written and performed by Kevin Daniels ’10, Yale School of Drama
===================================================
Friday, February 20; 7 p.m.
LunaFest Film Festival
Short films, by for and about women
LC, Room 102
S
Student ID: $5.00; General Admission: $10.00
==================================================
Friday, February 20, 10 p.m. until
BLACKOUT
Af-Am House
An intercultural game and movie late night event
AfAm, Asian, Latino and Native American Cultural Centers
===================================================
Saturday, February 21, 6 p.m. Dinner, Show at 7 p.m.
“PIECES OF HERITAGE”
The Annual YASA/Y-WISO Cultural Show
WLH - Sudler Hall
Tickets are $5.00
Monday February 23; 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
LIFE AFTER YALE -- Alumni Dinner and Career Panel
Af-Am House
======================================================
Wednesday February 25; 7 p.m.
Hank Willis Thomas
PITCH BLACKNESS: Unraveling the Myth of Race in Media & Popular Culture
Af-Am House
==============================================
Saturday February 27-March 1
Black Solidarity Conference
BEYOND BLACK: OUR IDENTITY IN TECHNICOLOR
Keynote: Prof. Manning Marable
=========================================================
Wednesday, March 4, 4 p.m.
Saybrook College
Master’s Tea w/
JACQUELINE WOODSON
Jacqueline Woodson is an American author who writes books for children and adolescents.
============================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The Afro-American Cultural Center is celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary from
January 2009 – October 2009 (Anniversary Weekend, October 16-18, 2009)
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
For questions: email, HYPERLINK "mailto:afam.house@yale.edu" afam.house@yale.edu or call, 203.432-4131, 211 Park Street.
Black History Month at Yale
Fortieth Anniversary
2009
Saturday, January 31; 8 p.m.
Yale Gospel Choir Annual Alumni Concert
Afro-American Cultural Center, Multi-Purpose Room
$2.00 for students and adults.
Sunday, February 1; 11 a.m.
Black Church at Yale University
37th Anniversary Service and Brunch
Afro-American Cultural Center (AfAm House)
211 Park Street
========================================
Tuesday, February 3, 7 p.m.
Black Defined: Biraciality, Hybridity, and Multiculturalism
Af-Am House
In the midst of the historical moment of the United States first Black president, our country has almost completely ignored the fact that President Barack Obama is biracial. In what way does this reflect the current status of people of mixed heritage?
========================================
Wednesday, February 4; 7 p.m.
Terrie Williams
Black Pain - It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting
Af-Am House,
Legendary PR guru, Williams, profiled in the PBS documentary "Depression: Out of the Shadows," and author of Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting, speaks about her battle with clinical depression, and offers real solutions to the problem of depression in the African-American community, and the workplace.
==========================================
Thursday, February 5, 4:15 p.m.
Abebe Zegeye, Yale University, "The Magical Universe of Art: Zerihun Yetmgeta, an Ethiopian Artist."
Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave
r.
------
Thursday, February 5; 7 p.m.
"Lighting a PHIre,"
a candid discussion session focused on the black family, its definitions, its current state, and its future.
Af-Am House
--------
Thursday, February 5, 7:00 pm
African Film World Premiere: DAKAR TO PORT LOKO: PERSPECTIVES FROM WEST AFRICA (2009) (Director: Nathaniel Cogley).
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street.
For information see http://www.dakartoportloko.com/.
==========================================
Friday, February 6, 9 p.m. (Reception at 7 p.m.)
"VIHDA Means Life"
Davenport College Dining Hall
A Fashion Fundraiser for AIDS Interfaith Network, SMART, and Liberty Community Services 7:00-8:30pm-Reception for Photo Exhibit, "American Beauty: The Women and Men Behind the Pandemic
9:00pm- VIHDA Means Life
For more information or to reserve tickets by February 4th, please contact vihdameanslife09@gmail.com
==========================================
Saturday, February 7; 10 p.m.
"Jump, Wave,and Masquerade!Bacchanal! It's Carnival!"
[UOFC 5K event]
Davenport College Dining Hall
===========================================
Monday, February 9, 5:30 p.m.
LIFE AFTER YALE
Af-Am House
The Business of Show: A Nuts and Bolts Workshop on Succeeding in the Entertainment Industry.
Entertainment attorney and literary agent Nicholas Roman Lewis’93 provides a no-nonsense overview of the legal, business and networking basics every burgeoning entertainment professional should know before embarking on their journey to fame and fortune.
==========================================
Tuesday, February 10, 7 p.m.
Debate: Is Black History Month Still Relevant?
Af-Am House,
==========================================
Wednesday February 11; 7 p.m.
Deborah Willis
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840-Present plus a special presentation from her new book Obama-The Historic Campaign in Photographs
AF-AM HOUSE
================================================
TENTATIVE: Thursday, February 12 or Friday, February 13
5:30 p.m.
Place, TBA
Annual Black History Month Dinner/AfAm 40th Anniversary Kick-off and Black Male Appreciation in Honor of House Founders
======================================================
Friday, February 13 – Wednesday, February 18, 8 p.m.
JELLY'S LAST JAM , A Yale School of Drama Production
(no performance on the 15th and only 2 p.m. on the 14th)
University Theatre
222 York Street
======================================================
Saturday, February 14, 11:55 p.m.
Silliman College Dining Hall
A MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR
SHADES Annual VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT
======================================================
Monday, February 16; 7 p.m.
Roger Guenveur Smith
WORKSHOP SERIES: Performing History
An "open rehearsal" on February 16 in the Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park St.
Through a rigorous collaborative investigation led by Mr. Smith, workshop participants will devise an original text and a physicalized strategy for playing it on the stage, based on their independently researched "archival materials."
======================================================
Tuesday, February 17, 7 p.m.
African Film Screening: Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (Producer/Director: Katrina Browne).
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave
==============================================
Tuesday, February 17, 7 p.m.
Film Screening: Rosewood
Af-Am House,
=====================================================
Wednesday February 18; 7 p.m.
Lena Williams It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions that Anger, Annoy and Divide the Races
Af-Am House
===================================================
Thursday, Feb. 19, 6 p.m.
16 Bars//Soundtrack of our minds
Af-Am House
Written and performed by Kevin Daniels ’10, Yale School of Drama
===================================================
Friday, February 20; 7 p.m.
LunaFest Film Festival
Short films, by for and about women
LC, Room 102
S
Student ID: $5.00; General Admission: $10.00
==================================================
Friday, February 20, 10 p.m. until
BLACKOUT
Af-Am House
An intercultural game and movie late night event
AfAm, Asian, Latino and Native American Cultural Centers
===================================================
Saturday, February 21, 6 p.m. Dinner, Show at 7 p.m.
“PIECES OF HERITAGE”
The Annual YASA/Y-WISO Cultural Show
WLH - Sudler Hall
Tickets are $5.00
Monday February 23; 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
LIFE AFTER YALE -- Alumni Dinner and Career Panel
Af-Am House
======================================================
Wednesday February 25; 7 p.m.
Hank Willis Thomas
PITCH BLACKNESS: Unraveling the Myth of Race in Media & Popular Culture
Af-Am House
==============================================
Saturday February 27-March 1
Black Solidarity Conference
BEYOND BLACK: OUR IDENTITY IN TECHNICOLOR
Keynote: Prof. Manning Marable
=========================================================
Wednesday, March 4, 4 p.m.
Saybrook College
Master’s Tea w/
JACQUELINE WOODSON
Jacqueline Woodson is an American author who writes books for children and adolescents.
============================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The Afro-American Cultural Center is celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary from
January 2009 – October 2009 (Anniversary Weekend, October 16-18, 2009)
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
For questions: email, HYPERLINK "mailto:afam.house@yale.edu" afam.house@yale.edu or call, 203.432-4131, 211 Park Street.
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