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.

African-Americans and Medicine, cafeteria entrance. Photos and illustrations of pioneers who helped shape medicine since 1840.

The Look of Jazz, exhibit of artwork by patients at Hasbro Children's Hospital, Davol Corridor between Rhode Island and Hasbro hospitals.

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.

African-American Music and the Birth of Rock & Roll, Farley Learning Resource Center, room A-100. Noon.

Cape Verdean Language Class, LusoCentro Center for Portuguese Studies, Hudnall Administration Building. 4-5 pm.

--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.