A Black History Month Community Celebration of African-American Music & Culture Saturday, March 3, 2018 11am-3pm (Family Activities) and 6pm-10pm (Music) Gospel!
R&B! Millicent Crawford
Motown! R Style
Blues! The CONFIDENTIALS
Jazz!
Kids Activities! Big Wade & Ed Archibald
Live Theater! Great Plains Exhibit
Please see back for more details: Daytime & Evening Activities Saturday, March 3, 2018 A Black History Month Community Celebration of African-American Music & Culture
Daytime Family Activities: (11 am to 3 pm) • Free Live Band (Songs of the Struggle) and Movie Premiere at Love’s Jazz & Arts Center Visit Table Displays and Learn the History of African-Americans in Omaha – 11 am “Songs of the Struggle” – Hear the Music of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s – 11 am – 3 pm Free Movie - Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities” – 1 pm • Free Movie & Popcorn at Family Housing – Lake Point Building – Noon – 3 pm • Black Sports Hall of Fame Exhibit and $.99 cent Children’s Meals – RJ’s - Noon – 3 pm • Free Black Inventors Exhibit and Free Cotton Candy – OSBN – Noon – 3 pm • “Black City Hall” and 24th & Lake History Discussions at Fair Deal Village – 11 am – 2 pm Michael Maroney, Brenda Council, Ben Gray, Preston Love, Vickie Young (NAACP), Patrick Jones and others • Free Exhibits at Great Plains Black History Museum - 11 am – 3 pm • The DePorres Club and the Omaha Civil Rights Movement at the Omaha Star – 11 am - 3 pm • Food Available for Purchase from Local Restaurants and Vendors – 11 am – 3 pm • Please support local businesses in the Village and along N. 24th Street
Evening Activities: (6 pm to 10 pm)
Mt. Moriah Heritage Center Millicent Crawford 7 pm – 9 pm
Fair Deal Village Marketplace The CONFIDENTIALS 6 pm – 7:15 pm R Style 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Love’s Jazz and Arts Center Big Wade & Ed Archibald 7 pm – 10 pm
The Union for Contemporary Art** Theatre Performance 7 pm – 10 pm “Centering the Margins”
Great Plains Black History Museum Exhibits & Reggae 6 pm – 10 pm
RJ’s Event Center* Comedy Show & DJ 8 pm
Jesse’s Blues 8 pm – 10 pm
*Ticketed Event. Purchase tickets in advance or at the door **Free Admission, but please reserve your seat