Feb 5, 2024

Black History Month: Week 2

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

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

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

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

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 →

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