Heart To Heart - special February 2001 events scheduled for various cities and islands - Brief Article

Ebony, Feb, 2001 by Joy Bennett Kinnon

February is a short month that is long on possibilities. Not only a celebration of Black love and Black history, the entire month is devoted to carnival activities around the globe, climaxing with Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, on Feb. 27 this year. So before the somber season of Lent descends, gather your mate or your date and toast the resiliency of our people. Check your city for special events to celebrate this season of love.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE

ATLANTA

* Sweat. Play on Apartheid and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 7 States theatre. Feb. 3-25.

* My One Good Nerve. Jomandi Productions' play by Ruby Dee. 14th Street Playhouse. Feb. 7-11.

BALTIMORE

* Barbara Chase-Riboud: The Monument Drawings. Her first exhibit in the U.S. since 1973. Walters Art Gallery. Through Feb. 18.

* Sweet Honey in the Rock. Grammy Award-winning a cappella group performs. Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20.

CHICAGO

* The Black Inventions Museum. Exhibit details the creations of Black inventors. The DuSable Museum of African American History. Through March 1.

* Spirituals to Swing. Ameritech Jazz at Symphony Center. Feb. 23.

CLEVELAND

* Black History Month. Western Reserve Historical Society. Feb. 1-28.

* Blues for an Alabama Sky. Pearl Cleage's play set during the Harlem Renaissance. Cleveland Play House. Feb. 6-March 11.

* When Freedom Cum. An original music drama based on slave stories in their own words. Playhouse Square Center. Feb. 9.

DALLAS

* Malcolm, Martin, Medgar. Presented by the Black Academy of Arts & Letters. Dallas Convention Center-Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre. Feb. 2-4.

DETROIT

* Moms Mabley: The Naked Truth. Detroit Repertory Theatre. Through March 18.

HAMPTON, Va.

* Saint Paul's College Alumni Association's Mid-Winter Conference. Radisson Hotel. Feb. 9-11.

INDIANAPOLIS

* Unforgettable--The Nat King Cole Story. Pike Performing Arts Center. Feb. 17.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.

* Mardi Gras at Downtown Disney Pleasure Island. Feb. 23-27.

LOS ANGELES

* The 9th Annual Pan African Film Festival. Magic Johnson Theatres. Feb. 8-19.

* Annual Black Doll Exhibit. William Grant Still Arts Center. Through Feb. 28.

* Black History Month. Museum of Television and Radio. Feb. 1-28.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

* African-American History Month. National Civil Rights Museum. Feb. 1-28.

MIAMI

* Black Heritage Month Celebration. Various venues. Feb. 1-28.

* 14th Annual Jazz Under the Stars. Concert Meadow at Miami Metrozoo. Feb. 3.

NEW ORLEANS

* Mardi Gras. Carnival season ends with New Orleans' favorite holiday. Feb. 27.

NEW YORK CITY

* Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers. Brooklyn Museum of Art. Exhibit depicts 190 works by 95 photographers. Feb. 2-April 15.

* Africana Age: African and African Diasporan Transformations in the 20th Century. Schomburg Center. February-June 2001.

* Pathmark Gospel Choir Competition. National Gospel Choir competition finals. Apollo Theatre. Feb. 17.

PHILADELPHIA

* The 9th Annual African American Children's Book Fair. Winnet Student Life Building at Community College of Philadelphia. 1-3 p.m. Feb. 3.

RALEIGH, N.C.

* 2001 CIAA Basketball Tournament. Raleigh's Entertainment and Sports Arena. Feb. 26-March 3.

ST. LOUIS

* African-American Heritage Month. Month-long program at the Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch Museum of Westward expansion. Feb. 3-28.

* Celebrate Black History. Films that celebrate African-American heritage are featured during Black History Month. Feb. 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25.

SAN FRANCISCO

* Lift Every Voice--A Celebration of African American History Month. The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre presents a series of performance pieces by leading African-American artists. Feb. 1-25.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* Black History Month at the Smithsonian Institution museums. February.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS:

ARUBA

* 47th Carnival Parade Celebration. The main event of the annual carnival festivities, the parade starts at 11 a.m. in Oranjestad and continues into the evening. Feb. 25.

* Old Mask Parade and Burning of King Momo. Carnival's official end with the burning of King Momo, a symbol of the flesh. Feb. 27.

BARBADOS

* Holetown Festival. The 25th annual event features streetfairs, music festivals and beauty contests. February.

BERMUDA

* Bermuda Festival of Performing Arts 2001. Presents the best in classical music, dance, jazz, drama and popular entertainment. Through Feb. 24.

CURACAO

* Carnival festivities. Through "Fat Tuesday" Feb. 27.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

* Afternoon on the Green 2001--A Taste Odyssey. A culinary festival featuring local cooks preparing food and drink specialties. University of the Virgin Islands' Herman E. Moore Golf Course. Feb. 25.