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01:00 AM EST on Thursday, February 10, 2005
MORE BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS
THROUGH FEB. 28
Negro Baseball League Exhibit, Rhode Island College, Adams Library, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence. 456-8144; www.ric.edu. Marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Negro National League.
--FREE-- Lifespan Corporate Services, Coro Building, 167 Point St., Providence. 444-5341. Photographic exhibit of Rhode Island African-American doctors. Lobby.
--FREE-- Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence. 444-5341. African-American Women in Medicine, exhibit of women physicians and nurses since 1860. Lobby.
--FREE-- Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy St., Providence. 444-5341.
THROUGH MARCH 4
Here From Timbuktu, Providence City Hall, 25 Dorrance St., Providence. 421-2489 ext. 752. Exhibit of art objects from the collection of Ibrahima Diakite, including masks, carvings and textiles. 8:30 am-4:30 pm.
THURSDAY
Bristol Community College, 777 Elsbree St., Fall River. (508) 678-2811.
--FREE-- Readings from Black History, Providence Public Library, South Providence Branch. 441 Prairie Ave. 455-8107. All the Magic in the World by Wendy Hartman, followed by an arts and crafts activity. 3:30 pm.
Soweto Gospel Choir, Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence, Roberts Hall. Part of the performing arts series. 8 pm. $28, $6 with RIC student ID.
FRIDAY
AFSCME Local 1350, Eleanor Slater Hospital, 111 Howard Ave., Cranston. 462-3655. Second annual Black History Month Celebration in the Regan Building. 10 am-3 pm.
Poem Emcees, Brown University, Rites and Reason Theatre, 155 Angell St. 7-9 pm. Contact Sage [at] brown.edu.
--FREE-- Reader's Theatre Performance, Providence Public Library, South Providence Branch, 441 Prairie Ave. 455-8107. Presenting Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold, featuring the Children of South Providence Library. 4 pm.
--FREE-- Slavery and African-American Culture, First Unitarian Church of Providence, 1 Benevolent St., Providence. 232-6235. Lecture by Prof. Rhett S. Jones of Brown University, contrasting the evolution of African- and European-American cultures. 7:45 pm.
--FREE-- Travels, Trials & Triumphs: The Black Experience. Janikies Theatre and Koffler Rotunda, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield. 232-6946. Presentation by Rhode Island Black Heritage Society director Joaquina Bela Teixeira. Soul food buffet to follow. 6-8 pm.
SATURDAY
Life and Debt, Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence, Unity Center. Movie night and discussion of Jamaica and the International Monetary Fund. 7 pm.
SUNDAY
--FREE-- Books on the Square, 471 Angell St., Providence. 331-9097. Megan Dewees reads classic black works, including Tar Beach and The Freedom Quilt. 2 pm.
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