March: what's happening where!

Ebony, March, 2005 by Joy Bennett Kinnon

ATLANTA

* The Piano Lesson. Play, Theatre in the Square. March 16-April 24.

BALTIMORE

* Inner Harbor Easter Celebration. Inner Harbor Amphitheater. March 27.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

* One True Thing: Meditations on Black Aesthetics. Exhibit by Kerry James Marshall Birmingham Museum of Art, Jemison Galleries. Now through April 24.

BOSTON

* National Society of Black Engineers 31st annual convention. Hynes Convention Center. March 23-27.

CHICAGO

* Runaway Home. Play. ETA Creative Arts Foundation, March 10-April 23.

* March Mosaic Spring Gala. Chicago Youth Centers benefit. Drake Hotel. March 12.

CLEVELAND

* The Genius of Ray Charles. Exhibit. Rock & Roll Hail of Fame Museum. March 1-April 30.

COLUMBUS, Ohio

* The Legacy of Romare Bearden. Exhibit. The King Arts Complex. March 10-April 16.

DALLAS

* Something All Our Own. The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art. Exhibit. Dallas Museum of Art. Now through April 17.

DENVER

* National Black Law Students Association convention. Inverness Hotel & Conference Center. March 30-April 3.

DETROIT

* Intimate Apparel. Play takes place at the dawn of the 20th century and follows a Black woman with a gift for sewing exquisite lingerie. Detroit Repertory Theatre. Through March 20,

* Smokey Joe's Cafe. Theatre. Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts. March 11-12.

INDIANAPOLIS

* A Woman Called Truth. Play. Indiana Repertory Theatre. Through March 5,

JACKSON, Miss.

* Easter Sunrise Service. Mississippi Agriculture and forestry Museum. 7 a.m. March 27.

LAKE CHARLES, La.

* Black Heritage Festival of Louisiana. Civic Center. March 5-6.

LOS ANGELES

* Women in the Global Struggle Against Apartheid. South African Consul-General Jeanette T. Ndhlovu speaks as part of South Africa's National Human Rights Month. March 12.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

* The Quilts of Gee's Bend. Exhibit. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Through May&

NEW ORLEANS

* Black Heritage Program. 0ld U.S, Mint. March 10.

NEW YORK CITY

* 8th Annual International Film Festival, African American Women in Cinema. Manhattan. March 24-26.

* San Francisco Jazz Collective. Sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Rose Theater. March 25-26.

* Harlem YMCA Salute to Black Achievers. Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers. March 31.

PHILADELPHIA

* Fences, Play. Bristol Riverside Theatre. March 15-April 3.

ST. LOUIS

* Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas. Exhibit, The History Museum in Forest Park. Now through Aug. 14.

SAN FRANCISCO

* SFJAZZ Spring Season 2005. Various venues. March 12-June 26.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* National Association of Black-0wned Broadcasters (NABOB) 21st Annual Communications Awards Dinner. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. March 11.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS

BARBADOS

* Holder's Season. A celebration of opera, music and theatre. Holder's House. St. James. March 1-19.

* Congaline Music Festival. Various venues. March 24-27.

* Good Friday. National holiday. March 25.

BERMUDA

* Bermuda International Film Festival 2005. Various sites and times. March 18-24.

JAMAICA

* Spring Break 2005. Negril, Montego Bay. March 28-April 30.

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