The M. Athalie Range Cultural Arts Foundation presents its 15th Gala: A Musical Celebration of Life on January 21, 2012. This signature fundraising event commemorates M. Athalie Range’s lifelong commitment to the arts. During the event the MARCAF will honor select individuals for their exemplary lifetime achievements and contributions to South Florida. In addition, there will be a special concert that reflects the foundations commitment to inspiring youth in the arts.
The M. Athalie Range Cultural Arts Foundation was created to enhance and expand community awareness and appreciation for the performing arts. The fundraising event provides support to talented young African Americans in Miami-Dade County who are pursuing professional careers in entertainment. Additionally, the foundation ded ... Go to event
Designed to complement the African American Iconic Images Mural Tour, this family-friendly workshop invites participants to delve further into themes highlighted along the mural tour. Participants will have an opportunity to learn to create art in response to the murals they see along the tour. Tour participation not required for workshop participation.
For more information on the African American Iconic Images Mural Tour, visit http://iconic.muralarts.org/.
When: March 31, 2012
Time: Noon-1 pm
Where: African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Ticket: FREE! with museum admission. Also Included in African American Iconic Images Mural Trolley Tour fare.
Phone: 215-574-0380
Stick Fly follows the LeVays, an affluent African-American family who come together to spend a summer weekend at their Martha’s Vineyard home. The adult sons, aspiring novelist Kent and golden boy plastic surgeon Flip, have each brought their respective ladies (one black and one white) to meet the parents. Food, drink and Trivial Pursuit tangle with class, race and identity politics in this contemporary comedy of manners.
Produced by Alicia Keys
Written by Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by Kenny Leon (Mountaintop, Fences)
When: On going till May 27, 2012
Where: Cort Theatre
138 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036
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The Queer Women of Color Film Festival is held every year in June in San Francisco and features films that address the vital social justice issues that concern women of color and our communities, authentically reflect our life stories, and build community through art and activism. Enjoy the creativity of emerging media atrists who are Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Chicana/Latina, Native American and Mixed-Race lesbians, bisexual, queer and questioning women in the Bay Area. The festival started in June 2003 in one room at the San Franciscos LGBT Center with a free screening that drew standing-room-only crowds. In 2005, the packed annual screenings expanded into the 1st Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival. The festival is still free, thanks to generous grants, donors ... 
This years festival takes place on June 16th & 17th on the Fillmore. We have lots of community events and something for everybody. We will have live entertainment, movie screenings (brought by the San Francisco Black Film Festival), events for children and seniors, and a great place to bring the family.
The biggest Juneteenth on the West Coast!
When: June 16 – 17, 2012
Where: Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
For more info click here.
State Representative Dawnna Dukes and Women In Jazz invite you to attend the 14th Annual African American Community Heritage Festival (AACHF), on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Last year’s festivities were highly successful with over 60 vendors, nearly 3,000 in attendance and fundraising efforts that granted $20,000.00 to the Huston-Tillotson University Scholarship Fund!
We extend special thanks to our generous sponsors, hard-working volunteers and service providers, without whom this wonderful event could not have been possible in 2012.
Our 14th Annual Festival, scheduled on Saturday, February 23rd, will again be held on the beautiful grounds of Huston Tillotson University, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM. Huston-Tillotson is located at 900 East Chicon Street in central east Austin. With a purp ... 
African-American Heritage Month film series: Their Eyes Were Watching God
February is African-American Heritage Month so please join us as we’re showing a variety of films to celebrate at the library.
OnFebruary 25, Their Eyes Were Watching God will be shown. This film is based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston and stars Halle Berry who, four years earlier, became the first African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. The setting is a small Florida town in the early 1900s and follows the romantic life of free-spirited Janie Starks. Starring Halle Berry, Terrance Howard, Michael Ealy, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
Central Library
Monday, February 25, 2013
05:30 PM – 07:30 PM
Where:
Central Library
266 Roswell Street
Marietta, GA 30060
C ... 
June 19 – July 31, 2013
Wednesdays, 7 pm (Adult)
(Youth 1 pm starting July 10)
Newark Museum welcomes the 37th annual Newark Black Film Festival, a month-long event
Since its inception in 1974, the Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF) has become known among its peers as the longest running black film festival in the United States. Throughout the years, it has continued to provide a progressive public forum for hundreds of emerging writers, directors, producers, performers and film buffs who enjoy African American and African Diaspora cinema. Screening in the summer months, the films that are shown reflect the full diversity of the black experience in America, both past and present. Each film selection encompasses a wide range of cinematic forms and formulas, from documentary to the av ... 
