August: what's happening where - Travel Guide - Calendar

Ebony, August, 2002

ANNAPOLIS, MD.

* Kunte Kinte Commemoration & Heritage Festival. St. John's College-Lower Campus. Aug. 10-11.

ATLANTA

* The Organization of Black Airline Pilots Convention. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Aug. 13-18.

* Tuskegee Airmen Annual Convention. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Aug. 13-18.

* Blacks in Government (BIG) Convention. Atlanta Hilton. Aug. 26-30.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.

* National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association Convention. Sheraton Convention Center Hotel. Aug. 3-7.

* National Alliance of Postal & Federal Employees Convention. Sheraton Convention Center Hotel. Aug. 12-16.

BALTIMORE

* Association for the Improvement of Minorities in the Internal Revenue Service (AIM-IRS) Convention. Wyndham Hotel & Resort. Aug. 12-17.

* African-American Women in Business Conference. Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel. Aug. 15-17.

BUFFALO, N.Y.

* The International Association of Black Professional Firefighters. Adams Mark Hotel. Aug. 11-16.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

* Birmingham Heritage Festival. Downtown. Aug. 2-4.

CHICAGO

* 47th Annual Charlie Parker Month. Jazz Showcase, 59 W. Grand Ave. July 30-Sept. 1.

* Tuskegee University Alumni-Biennial Convention. Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. Aug. 1-3.

* Black Harvest International Film and Video Festival. Gene Siskel Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Aug. 2-11.

* International Association of Black Yoga Teachers Summit. Saint Mary of the Lake Resort, Mundelein. Aug. 7-11.

* Bud Billiken Parade. One of the oldest (since 1945) and largest African-American parades in the country. Begins at 39th Street and King Drive. Aug. 10.

* Association of Black Sociologists Convention. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Aug. 14-17.

* 24th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival. Grant Park. Aug. 29-Sept. 1.

* National Black Catholic Conference. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Aug. 29-Sept. 1.

DETROIT

* African World Festival. Hart Plaza Riverfront. Aug. 16-18.

* Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival. Hart Plaza Riverfront. Aug. 30-Sept. 2.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.

* Black Caucus of the American Library Association Convention. Marina Marriott Hotel. Aug. 13-16.

HOUSTON

* Houston International Jazz Festival. Aerial Theater and Bayou Place. Aug. 2-4.

HONOLULU

* National Medical Association Convention. Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel. Aug. 3-8.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.

* Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of ELKS of the World Convention. Galt House. Aug. 2-9.

LAS VEGAS

* Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Economic Development Conference. Bally's Hotel. Aug. 1-4.

LOS ANGELES

* National Black Prosecutors Association Convention. Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Aug. 4-10.

* 17th Annual Midsummer Night's Magic Johnson Weekend. Sony Studios and Staples Center. Aug. 8-11.

* The National Black Police Association Convention. Wilshire Grand Hotel. Aug. 19-25.

MILWAUKEE

* National Black Chamber of Commerce Convention. Pfister Hotel. Aug. 1-3.

* African World Festival. Henry Maier Festival Park. Aug. 1-3.

NEW ORLEANS

* Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong Summer Fest. French Quarter. Aug. 2-4.

NEW YORK

* Harlem Week/Harlem Jazz & Music Festival. Various Harlem sites. Aug. 1-18.

* Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. Tompkins Square Park. Free festival. Aug. 24-25.

* Arthur Ashe Foundation/National Junior Tennis League Kids Day 2002. USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadow-Corona Park. Aug. 24.

ORLANDO, Fla.

* Black Data Processing Association Annual National Conference. Disney's Contemporary Resort. Aug. 7-11.

PHILADELPHIA

* National Association of University Women Convention. Loews Hotel. Aug. 1-7.

ST. LOUIS

* Progressive National Baptist Church Convention. America's Center. Aug. 4-10.

* National Primitive Baptist Convention USA. Millennium Hotel & America's Center. Aug. 17-24.

* 11th Annual Missouri Black Expo. America's Center. Aug. 17-18.

SAN DIEGO

* Association of Black Psychologists Convention. Four Points Sheraton Hotel. Aug. 4-11.

SAN FRANCISCO

* Afro Solo Arts Festival 2002. Yerba Buena Center of the Arts and other locations. Aug. 11-31.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* The Knights of Peter Claver National Convention. Grand Hyatt Hotel. Aug. 2-7.

* The Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of the Nobles Mystic Shrine Annual Convention. Renaissance Hotel and Washington Convention Center. Aug. 17-25.

* Association of African-American Museums Convention. Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel. Aug. 22-24.

CANADA

* International Black Summit. Toronto's Colony Hotel-Down-town City Hall. Aug. 1-4.

* Caribana. Toronto. July 27-Aug. 4.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS:

BAHAMAS

* Emancipation Day. Aug. 5.

JAMAICA

* Reggae Sumfest. Montego Bay. Aug. 4-10.

Note: Sponsors may change dates or locations after the magazine has been published. Travelers should verify event information with local sponsors.