Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Millennium Arts Salon Reminder: Art Events for your Calendar

--Howard University Presents its Symposium on the Black Arts Movement on Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24, 2006 at the Blackburn Center. This most important conference includes panels on: "Women Writers on the Black Arts Movement"; "Revolutionary Nationalism": "The Global Influence of the Black Arts Movement"; The Honorable Rex Nettleford's Lecture on "The Black Arts Movement and the Diaspora"; "Black Publications of the 60s and 70s"; and others. The registration fee for the conference covering the two days is $15.00. Pre-registration at the conference is through Dr. Dana Williams at d_williams@howard.edu.

--Howard University is also presenting a conference on Black British Aesthetics the weekend of April 7, 8, and 9, 2006. For more information, contact Howard's Department of English, at 202.806.6730.

--Millennium Arts Salon in keeping with its 2005-2006 theme "Showing Up and Showing Out--Music Theater, Dance, Poetry" and in co-sponsorship with the Driskell Center ( www.driskellcenter.edu) and the Clarice Smith Center (claricesmithcenter.umd.edu) announce the Concert Version of a New Musical: KLUB KA - - A Blues Legend. This play by James V. Hatch et al, will be performed with the African Continuum Theater on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 5:30 PM at the Lab Theater at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at U Md, College Park. A reception and post-show discussion with the authors James Hatch and Suzanne Noguere, and composer Christa Victoria will follow. Drawings by Camille Billops which illustrate the story, will be on view.

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