A June jam - Travel Guide - events calendar

Ebony, June, 2002

A Father's Day fiesta, local festivals and jamborees, picnics, graduations and weddings--June is all that and much more. For summer excitement, it's difficult to beat this month. So fire up the grill and gas up the car, it's time to head to the great outdoors, or just the backyard for some "back in the day" summer fun. Take Dad to one of the following festivals and attractions. And this time, you spring for the refreshments.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE

ATLANTA

* In the Blood. Jomandi Productions play. 14th Street Playhouse. May 25-June 16.

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Georgia Railroad Depot. June 16.

BALTIMORE

* National Association of Minority Contractors annual convention. Hyatt Regency Hotel-Inner Harbor. June 19-22.

CHICAGO

* 19th Annual Chicago Blues Festival. The largest free blues festival in the world will honor Muddy Waters this year, Grant Park. May 30-June 2.

* 18th Annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival. Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park. June 7-9.

* Unity Day Picnic. Washington Park. June 9.

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Father's Day charity event. South Shore Cultural Center. June 16.

* 22nd Annual Taste of Chicago. Grant Park. June 28-July 7.

CLEVELAND

* Third Annual Culturefest. Various locations. June 26-30.

COLUMBUS, Ohio

* 2002 Bar-B-Q Blues & Jazz Creekside Festival. Creekside Gahanna, Mill Street. June 15.

DALLAS

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Father's Day Charity event. Park Lane Ranch. June 16.

DENVER

* Juneteenth Celebrations. Five Points neighborhood. June 14-16.

DETROIT

* Bal Africain. Annual gala. Special guest, Sidney Poitier. Detroit Institute of Arts. June 8.

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Father's Day benefit event. Focus: HOPE, 400 Oakman Blvd. June 16.

HOUSTON

* National Soles Network Annual Conference. Hyatt Regency-Downtown. June 6-8.

* Juneteenth Freedom Festival. Miller Outdoor Theater. June 19.

INDIANAPOLIS

* Indy Jazz Fest. Various Sites. June 14-16.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

* National Newspaper Publishers Association Annual Convention. Omni Hotel. June 12-15.

LAS VEGAS

* Modern Free and Accepted Masons of the World convention. Tropicana Hotel. June 24-29.

LOS ANGELES

* Playboy Jazz Festival. Hollywood Bowl. June 15-16.

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Father's Day benefit event. Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. June 16.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

* Juneteenth Freedom & Heritage Festival. Various locations. June 15-17.

MIAMI

* Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival. Coconut Grove. June 7-9.

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Florida Memorial College. June 16.

* 6th Annual American Black Film Festival. Event formerly held in Acapulco relocates to U.S. this year. South Beach. June 26-30.

MILWAUKEE

* Summerfest. Henry Maier Festival Park. June 27-July 7.

NEW ORLEANS

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Father's Day event. Morris FX Jeff Auditorium. June 16.

NEW YORK

* Pathmark Multicultural Arts Festival. South Street Seaport. June 1-2, 9.

* McDonald's Gospelfest 2002. Hammerstein Ballroom. June 2.

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Father's Day event. Aaron Davis Hall. June 16.

* JVC Jazz Festival. Citywide locations. June 21-29.

ORLANDO

* 100 Black Men of America National Conference. Wyndham Palace Resort & Spa. June 5-9.

PHILADELPHIA

* 17th Annual Mellon Jazz Festival. Various venues. June 20-June 23.

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Liacouras Center/Temple University, Broad & Montgomery. June 16.

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. * National Insurance Association Annual Convention. Fantasy Cruise Ship. June 13-16.

ST. LOUIS

* Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival. Various locations. June 19-23.

* Bubbling Brown Sugar. St. Louis Black Repertory Company. Grandel Theatre in Grand Center. Through June 29.

SAN FRANCISCO

* San Francisco Black Film Festival. Delancy Street Theatre and Zeum. June 12-16.

* Juneteenth Celebration. Golden Gate Park, Kimball Park and Fillmore Street. June 15-16.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* 10th Annual Capital Jazz Fest. Warner Theatre in D.C. and Bull Run Park, Fairfax, Va. June 6-9.

* Real Men Cook for Charity. Father's Day benefit event. Prince George's Community College. June 16.

* 3rd Annual Juneteenth National Holiday Observance. National Mall. June 13-19.

CANADA

* Montreal International Jazz Festival. Various sites. June 27-July 7.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS:

ARUBA

* Aruba Jazz & Latin Music Festival. June 28-29.

BAHAMAS

* 15th Annual Eleuthera Pineapple Festival, June 7-10.

JAMAICA

* Ocho Rios Jazz Festival. Jazz concerts in Ocho Rios, Kingston and Montego Bay. June 8-15.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

* Father's Day Trailwalk and Picnic Supper. St. Croix. June 16.