Black love & Black history - Travel Guide - Brief Article

Ebony, Feb, 2002 by Joy Bennett Kinnon

Durable, like diamonds, and just as resilient, comforting and sustaining like home cookin', Black love and Black history have trod the path together, hands intertwined. Black travel began with a flight toward freedom, an enduring pursuit that continues today. February's short month is long on opportunities for celebrating Black History Month activities, Carnival and Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. Cheek your city's list of special events and take time to celebrate this season of love.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE

ATLANTA

* The Color Yellow: Beauford Delaney. One of the first solo exhibitions by this internationally acclaimed artist since his death in 1979. High Museum of Art. Feb. 9-May 5.

* Jar the Floor. Play featuring four generations of Black women who face a surprise guest while reuniting for a 90th birthday celebration. Alliance Theatre Company. Through March 3.

* Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers. Features traditional and contemporary spirituals. Spivey Hall. Feb. 8.

* Black History Month Concert. Performing Arts Center. Feb. 15.

BALTIMORE

* Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Billed as the first and only wax museum of African-American history, the museum features more than 100 life-sized wax figures in dramatic historical scenes. February.

CHICAGO

* The Last Apple. The play's plot concentrates on the heated passions that erupt over the future of the family's cab. ETA Creative Arts Foundation. Through Feb. 24.

CLEVELAND

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

DETROIT

* The Glow of Reflected Light. Black History Month play by the Plowshares Theatre Co. Through Feb. 24.

* Jacob Lawrence and the Story of John Brown. Exhibit with a series of serigraphs that explores the legend of John Brown and his attack on Harper's Ferry. Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History. Through March 3.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.

* "100 Years of Magic" celebrations daily in all four Walt Disney World theme parks, featuring special events, new attractions and new live entertainment.

LOS ANGELES

* Pan African Film Festival. Showcasing documentaries, feature and short films portraying the complexity of Black cinema from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Canada and U.S. Magic Johnson Theatres. Feb. 7-18.

* Annual Black History Festival. Live entertainment, food and exhibits. Jackie Robinson Park. Feb. 16.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

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

MIAMI

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

* 15th Annual Jazz Under the Stars. Metrozoo Concert Meadow. Feb. 2.

* Bob Marley Festival. Day-long celebration of honoring the reggae legend. AT&T Amphitheater. Feb. 9.

* Three Mo' Tenors. A theatrically staged concert that mixes opera, Broadway, jazz, gospel and spirituals. South Dade High School Auditorium. Feb. 9.

* Pan-African Heritage Celebration. Week-long event celebrating Pan-Africanism. Florida International University, University Park Campus. Feb. 11-21.

NEW ORLEANS

* Mardi Gras. The greater New Orleans area celebrates the culmination of Carnival season. Feb. 12.

* Super Bowl XXXVI. The NFL's biggest game of the season. Louisiana Superdome. Feb. 3.

NEW YORK CITY

* "Jazz far Young People: Who is John Coltrane?" Jazz at Lincoln Center. Alice Tully Hall. Feb. 16.

* "A Love Supreme: The Music of John Coltrane." Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Alice Tully Hall. Feb. 14 & 16.

* Pathmark Gospel Choir Competition. Grand Central Terminal. Feb. 16.

PHILADELPHIA

* 10th Annual African-American Children's Book Fair. Winnet Student Life Building at Community College of Philadelphia. 1-3 p.m. Feb. 2.

ST. LOUIS

* African-American Heritage Month. Month-long celebrations at various venues, including the Old Courthouse. Feb. 1-28.

SAN FRANCISCO

* Black History Month celebrations. The city celebrates diversity with a month-long schedule of events citywide. Feb. 1-28.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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

ISLAND DESTINATIONS

ARUBA

* 48th Carnival Parade Celebration. Carnival's main event culminates with a grand parade that begins before noon and continues into the evening in the city streets. Feb. 10.

CURACAO

* Grand Farewell Parade. Closes the six-week Carnival season. Feb. 12.

JAMAICA

* Bob Marley Lecture Series. Social Sciences Lecture Theatre. University of the West Indies-Kingston. Feb. 8.

* Jamaica Dental Association 38th Convention. Kingston. Feb. 13-17.