What's happening where!

Ebony, Feb, 2005 by Joy Bennett Kinnon

ATLANTA

* Alvin Alley Dance Theatre. Fox Theatre. Feb. 5-8.

* Engaging the Camera: African Women, Portraits and the Photography of Hecto Acebes. Exhibit. Spelman College: Museum of Fine Art. Through Feb. 21.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

* Fourth Annual Mardi Gras Celebration. Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Feb. 8.

CHICAGO

* Chicago Winter Delights. Celebrations and special activities for the entire family. Citywide. Through March 13.

CLEVELAND

* Black History Month Celebrations. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Various entertainment throughout the month.

COLUMBUS, Ohio

* Columbus Jazz Orchestra: A Night in New Orleans. Southern Theatre. Feb. 16-20.

* 1st Annual Soul Food Festival. Veterans memorial. Feb. 25-27.

DETROIT

* Rock My Soul: The Black Legacy of Rock and Roll. Exhibition the Bank One Gallery. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Through March 14.

HOUSTON

* Mardi Gras! Galveston 2005. Carnival season includes three weeks of carnival activities starting on "King's Day," Jan. 6, and building up to Fat Tuesday, Feb. 8.

* African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection. Exhibit celebrates the art of Africa today. Museum of Fine Arts. Through May 8.

LOS ANGELES

* Pan African Film and Arts Festival. Magic Johnson Theatres and the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza and other sites. Feb. 10-21.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

* Black History Month events. National Civil Rights Museum. Throughout February.

MINNEAPOLIS

* Beauford Delaney: From New York to Paris. Exhibit featuring the colorful work of the African-American artist. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Through Feb. 20.

MOBILE, Ala.

* Mardi Gras 2005. Parades begin Jan. 8 leading up to Mardi Gras on Feb. 8.

NEW ORLEANS

* Mardi Gras 2005 Parade Schedule begins Jan. 1 with parades and events leading up to Mardi Gras on Feb. 8.

NEW YORK CITY

* Sunday Morning Breakfast: Inside the Art of Romare Bearden. The Children's Museum of Manhattan. Through May 1.

* A Tribute to Donald Byrd. Larry Ridley and the Jazz Legacy Ensemble Tribute Series present a tribute to the musical great Donald Byrd. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Feb. 27.

* Fifth Annual Pathmark Gospel Choir Competition. Annual Black History Month event. Grand Central Terminal. Feb. 19.

OAKLAND, Calif.

* The 2005 Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now/Malonga Vasquelourd Center for the Arts. Feb. 4-6. Also Feb. 1113 at Project Artaud Theater in San Francisco.

PHILADELPHIA

* 13th Annual African American Children's Book Fair. Sponsored by the Literary. Community College of Philadelphia, the Gymnasium. Feb. 5.

ST. LOUIS

* Soulard Mardi Gras in St. Louis. Jan. 29-Feb. 8.

VAIL, Colo.

* National Brotherhood of Skiers Summit. Feb. 5-12.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* African American Artists in the Collection: Special Tour. Smithsonian American Art Museum. In honor of Black History Month, this special docent-led tour highlights the artworks by Black artists in the museum's permanent collection: Renwick Gallery. Feb. 9-16.

* Sweet Chariot. Play. National Theatre, Feb. 12.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS:

BERMUDA

* 2005 Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts. Various venues. Jan. 13-Feb. 26.

ST. LUCIA

* Independence Day. Feb. 22.

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

* Trinidad Carnival 2005. Carnival season begins Jan. 11 through Ash Wednesday, Feb. 9.

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