Feb 5, 2024
Black History Month: Week 2
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Portland
Feb 2-March 2 / Cascade Festival of African American films
Feb 6 / "What It Takes to Bloom" author Raquel Willis in conversation with Úmi Vera at Powell’s Books
Feb 9 / Tomorrow Theater shows “Memphis” with live music from Yawa
Feb 17, / “Black Girl You Are Atlas” author Renée Watson speaks at Powell’s Books
Feb 16-March 2 / Biamp Portland Jazz Festival
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Los Angeles
Feb 6 / Dia de Lemanja: Drumming and Dance Workshop at Bahia Reverb presented by California African American Museum
Feb 6-19 / Pan Africa Film and Arts Festival
Feb 13 / The Wiz
Feb 18 / LA Black History Month Festival
Feb - Sept / Hip Hop America: the Mixtape Exhibit
Feb 1 - Feb 25 / “This Light of Ours” Civil Rights photography exhibit
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New York City
Feb 2-29 / Chaos Theory: the spectrum of black abstraction
Feb 9 / Unsung Symphony
Feb 10-July 7 / Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
Feb 12-18 / The Rhythms and Movements of African American Culture Festival
Jan 26-March 2 / NYPL Black History Month programming
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Seattle
Feb 1-11 / “To Sleep With Anger” at Northwest Film Forum
Feb 2-15 / “Coolie High” at Northwest Film Forum
Feb 1 - 29 / BHM Programming at Wa Na Wari
Feb 7 / Town Hall Seattle - Tamara Payne: The Life and Legacy of Malcom X
Feb 11 / Candle Pouring with Noir Lux at MOHAI
All Month / BHM Programming at Northwest African American Museum
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Las Vegas
Feb 9 and 10 / Black Weekend: Kemet in the Desert at West Las Vegas Library / Learn More →
Philadelphia
All Month / BHM at the Free Library of Philadelphia / Learn More →