DIVERSITY AND RACE UNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE LEXINGTON AREA

1998 ACTIVITIES

• January 1998
  
  
  • 7 (Wednesday)---Irish dance sessions begin. Arts Place, 161 N. Mill St. Call 268-8878 for information and cost. (Information from 1/7/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 9 (Friday)---Contra dance with the music of Atcher, Beck and Kahl, Arts Place, 161 N. Mill St., 269-2713. (Information from 1/7/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 15 (Thursday)---U.K. Medical Center's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. Noon, Room 115, U.K. Nursing/Health Sciences Learning Center. Free. Keynote speaker: Steven Reed, Assistant U.S. Attorney and member of U.K.'s Board of Trustees. Members of the Medical Center faculty and staff will perform as a choral group to open the ceremony. For information call 323-6363. (Information from poster and 1/15/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 15 (Thursday)---Jazz and the African American Struggle for Freedom. 7-9 pm, Black and Williams Center, 498 Georgetown St. (Information from 1/7/98 Ace Magazine and 1/13/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 15 (Thursday)---Race Unity Alliance Meeting. 7:30 pm, Central Library Conference Room C. For information, call 269-6120.
    
    
  • 16 (Friday)---A Dance Celebration of Spain. 8 pm, John L. Hill Chapel, Georgetown College. Featuring Pascual Olivera and Angela Del Moral. Tickets $10 adults, $8 senior citizens, $5 students, available at the door. Call (502)-863-8112 for information. (Information from 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 17 (Saturday)---Make Art and March '98. Activities for children, 11 am - 2 pm, YWCA's Phillis Wheatley Center, 647 Chestnut St. Information: 254-2786. (Information from poster and 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 17 (Saturday)---Fifth African-American Ball. 8 pm - 2 am, Continental Inn, Halls 1, 2, and 3. Tickets $25; reserved tables $300. Information or reservations: 255-2653. Sold out. (Information from poster and 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 17 (Saturday)---The Huaxia Ensemble of China will perform at 8 pm at Bradford Hall at Kentucky State University, 400 East Main St., Frankfort. Admission: $10 adults, $5 children and college students with ID. Information: (502)-875-4278 or (502)-223-4435. (Information from 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 18 (Sunday)---Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration. Hands on learning activities about Martin Luther King Jr. with Cameron Shoaf. 2-4 pm at the Lexington Children's Museum. For further information call the museum at 258-3256.
    
    
  • 18 (Sunday)---Panoramas of Passage--Changing Landscapes of South Africa. 2 pm, lecture and reception with Ezra Mtshontshi, South African cultural counselor, and Nancy Matthews, vice president of Meridian International, featuring a lecture by Salah Hassan or Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Rose and Euclid, (606)-257-5716. "From January 18th through March 8th this major traveling exhibition will be at the University Art Museum. This exhibition uses a broad interpretation of landscape as a theme and features some 80 South African artists working in a variety of media. This exhibit is sponsored by Graham and Rhona Beck and the Kentucky Arts Council." Museum open noon - 5 pm, Tuesday-Sunday. (Information from 1/16/98 Herald-Leader and poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 18 (Sunday)---Gospel Extravaganza, 4 pm, First Baptist Church, South Main St., Versailles. Features gospel choirs and soloists from the Central Kentucky area. (Information from 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 18 (Sunday)---Unity Through Diversity: Central Christian Church Unity Service. 6 pm, Central Christian Church, 205 East Short Street. Dr. Bill McDonald, Crestwood Christian Church, a European-American self-described recovering racist, and Lois Artis-Murray, an African-American who has helped integrate schools, will share their experiences. Also present: the ethnically diverse Community Choir. Free. Sponsored by Central Christian Church. For information, call Tanya Tyler at 277-2992, or 233-1551. (Information from poster and 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 18 (Sunday)---A Celebration of the Works and Contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sst. Stephen Baptist Church, 1008 S 15th St., Louisville, (502)-584-7777. (Information from 1/7/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 19 (Monday)---Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Unity Breakfast. 7:30 am, Patterson Ballroom, Hyatt Regency. Tickets $10. Reservations: 367-8790 or 293-2816. (Information from poster and 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 19 (Monday)---Kentucky Chautauqua performance of Miss Dinnie Thompson, No Ordinary Woman, 9 am, Midway College, Marrs Hall, Midway. Performed by Emma Bush. Free, but bring a canned food item donation. Information: 846-5321. (Information from 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 19 (Monday)---Downtown Freedom March for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 10 am, Heritage Hall, Lexington Center. Main Program, 11 am - 12:30 pm, Heritage Hall, Lexington Center, Civil Rights Movement. Music by Dr. Richard Davis and members of the Lexington Jazz Artist Residency Workshop Ensemble. Free. (Information from poster, 1/13/98 Herald-Leader, and 1/14/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 19 (Monday)---March in Cynthiana for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 11 am. Assembly at the Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 209 North Locust St., and proceed to the Macedonia Baptist Church for program. (Information from 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 19 (Monday)---March in Versailles for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 5:30 pm. From the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Clifton Rd. proceeding to First Baptist Church, South Main St. Program features Darrick Briscoe. Information: 873-1891. (Information from 1/16/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 20 (Tuesday)---Cosmopolitan Club meeting, 7 pm, basement lounge, Bradley Hall, University of Kentucky.
    
    
  • 20 (Tuesday) - 21 (Wednesday)---Swan Lake, St. Petersburg Ice Ballet, Opera House, 401 W. Short St., 233-3535. (Information from 1/7/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 27 (Tuesday)---"A.A. Burleigh--Berea's First Black Graduate," living history presentation by Hasan Davis, 7 pm, Student Center Theater, U.K., free, followed by reception for Hasan Davis at the Martin Luther King Center. Presented by the Martin Luther King Cultural Center and the Department of African-American Studies and Research. (Information from 1/26/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 28 (Wednesday)---Sigma Delta Phi Spanish Honorary U.K. Faculty Lecture Series presents Dr. Susan de Carvalho, U.K. Department of Spanish and Italian, "I'm Argentina: The Myth of Evita," 4 pm, Room 228, U.K. Student Center, free. (Information from 1/26/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 28 (Wednesday)---U.K. Latino Student Organization invites students, faculty, and staff to come to their first organizational meeting, 7 pm, room 111, U.K. Student Center. (Information from 1/26/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 30 (Friday)---Franklin Gilliam, UCLA, "Prime Suspects: The Effects of Local News on the Viewing Public," 3 pm, 230 New Student Center, U.K. "Professor Franklin Gilliam (Center for African American Studies, and Dept. of Political Science, UCLA) has published widely on race, politics, and prejudice and is completing a book with Shanto Iyengar entitled "Race, Crime and Broadcast News." Heralded as a path-breaking work in the study of political communications and prejudice, the book reports on a series of innovative experiments examining viewers' reactions to television news stories on violent crime where the race and other characteristics of the perpetrator in the news stories in manipulated. The study promises to shed important light on the reactions of blacks as well as whites to racially biased news portrayals of violent crime." UK Series on Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Public Policy. Supported by the Commonwealth Distinguished Visiting Scholar Awards, Political Science, Psychology, the Martin School, African American Studies, Sociology, and Social Theory. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 31 (Saturday)---U.K. SAB Next Stage Series presents Urban Bush Women, dance, 8 pm, U.K. Singletary Center, Concert Hall, $9-$19, call 257-8427 for ticket information. Urban Bush Women is "an ensemble of African-American artists that explores the struggle of the human spirit through movement, live music, a cappella vocalizations and the spoken word..." (Information from 1/25/98 Herald-Leader and 1/26/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 31 (Saturday)---"Collecting African-American Art: A Personal Experience," Walter O. Evans, 7 pm, Huntington Museum of Art, 2033 McCoy Rd., Huntington, WV. "Walter O. Evans is a surgeon and staff physician at two Detroit hospitals and an instructor at Wayne State University's department of surgery. He is also, according to Art and Antiques magazine, one of America's top 100 art collectors. A selection of 79 works from his extensive collection of African-American art opens at the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia on February 1.... They will remain on view through April 26. For information, call (304)-529-2701." (Information from 1/25/98 Herald-Leader.)
  
  
• February 1998
  
  
  • Black History Month
    
    
  • 1 (Sunday) - March 31 (Tuesday)---"In celebration of Black History Month, U.K. has brought a collection of Shona Sculptures to campus. The sculptures will be displayed from February 1 to March 31 in the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center." "From February 1st through March 31st, this exhibit will be at the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center (Room 124 Student Center) as part of its observance of African American History Month. Shona stone sculpture from Zimbabwe has, since the fall of Apartheid, earned recognition and acclaim from arts patrons and critics worldwide. Exhibit hours are from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday, and admission is free. Call 257-4130 for more information." (Information from 2/2/98 Kernel and poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 2 (Monday) - 9 (Monday)---TV program on the History Channel February 2-6 and concludes February 9: Movies In Time: Roots (10 am ET/ 7 am PT; repeats 3 pm ET/ 12 pm PT): The epic mini-series based on the Alex Haley book that traces his family history from slavery to freedom during the first 100 years of the United States. John Amos, Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams and Sandy Duncan join Sander Vanocur for a discussion about the making of one of the most watched mini-series in TV history.
    
    
  • 2 (Monday)---AWARE meeting: Race Relations Discussion, 7-8:30 pm, Room 359 Student Center, U.K. "Racism is a problem that continues to perforate the very fabric that hems our society's cultures together. If we are committed to growing together as a campus, community, and nation, we must first grow as individuals. As a means toward that end, you are cordially invited, along with your peers and colleagues, to join A.W.A.R.E. in an evening of inward examination of our own beliefs, actions, and thought processes. Participants will be asked to engage in a self-assessment exercise, analyzing their own responses to questions concerning race relations. If you are honest with yourself, you will probably find at least a few areas of your heart that need some attention. Everyone will be encouraged to take part in an open dialogue to explore these issues. An honest evaluation and discussion will go along way toward discerning the areas of concentration needed for effective change, culminating in a substantive strategy for individual action."
    
    
  • 2 (Monday)---Talk by Georgia Powers, "I Shared the Dream: Politics and Civil Rights in Kentucky." 8 pm, Worsham Theater, New Student Center, U.K. Georgia Powers is the first female and first black to serve in the Kentucky State Senate. For more information call 257-3593. (Information from 1/15/98 Kernel and poster.)
    
    
  • 2 (Monday)---"The Morgan Choir: A Silver Celebration," 8 pm; "Sing Out for Freedom," 9 pm; "Words Like Freedom / Sturdy Black Bridges," 10 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 3 (Tuesday)---TV program on the History Channel. History Showcase: The Spirit of Allensworth (9 am ET/ 6 am PT): Colonial Allensworth made effort to create a place where black Americans could work, get an education and live with dignity. The tiny town of Allensworth, California became a thriving agricultural community. But a series of misfortune let the town go to waste. In the mid 1960s, Cornelius Pope who lived there as a child wanted to save the town when he learned it would be plowed over and sold to private land developers. He succeeded in saving Allensworth as a historic landmark preserving black history. Civil War Journal: The 54th Massachusetts (11 pm ET/ 8 pm PT): The truth behind the first black fighting unit to be assembled in the North after the Emancipation Proclamation and its heroic but fateful assault on Ft. Wagner, South Carolina. The subject of the film Glory.
    
    
  • 4 (Wednesday)---"The Prophets of Rage: The Legacy of the Black Panther Party," Daniel Crowe, Graduate Student in History. Noon (or 12:30 pm?), 230 New Student Center, U.K. For more information call 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 4 (Wednesday)---"M&M Smith: For Posterity's Sake," TV program, 10 pm, Channel 12 (KET).
    
    
  • 5 (Thursday)---"Great Leaders: The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson," 8 pm; "You Don't Have to Ride Jim Crow," 10 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 6 (Friday)---TV program on the History Channel. History Showcase: Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad (9 am ET/ 6 am PT): Re-creates the actions of famous abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Abbey Kelly and William Lloyd Garrison, and the stories of runaway slaves, not all with happy endings.
    
    
  • 6 (Friday)---"Rap, Race, and Equality," video presentation, noon, M.L. King, Jr. Cultural Center, 124 Student Center, U.K. For more information call 257-3593. (Information from U.K. poster.)
    
    
  • 6 (Friday)---Today is the deadline for submissions for "Celebrating Our Diversity: A Community Reading," to be held March 5 at 6:30 pm at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 251 West Second Street, 254-4175. Manuscripts may be poetry or prose, not to exceed five pages in length or 1,800 words. (Information from 1/25/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 6 (Friday)---"Vaudeville: An American Masters Special," TV program, 8 pm, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 8 (Sunday)---"God's Gonna Trouble the Water: Leaving Slavery Behind: Music & Other Sources of Strength of the Gullah Culture," TV program, 10 pm, Channel 12 (KET).
    
    
  • 9 (Monday)---TV program on the History Channel. History Showcase: Black Georgetown Remembered (9 am ET/ 6 am PT): Based on oral interviews to preserve the historical context, this is the Georgetown remembered by its black citizens who once lived there and those who still worship in their churches within the community boundaries -- the Georgetown with a rich African-American history and presence.
    
    
  • 9 (Monday)---"Down Freedom's Main Line: A Black Englishman's Journey through the Deep South," Gary Younge (The Guardian, London), noon, 305 Whitehall Classroom Building, U.K. Some background information: Journalist Gary Younge grew up in the South. Stevenage, Hertfordshire in the south of England, to be precise. But as a young black Briton in a suburban new town there were very few vehicles for him to seek out his racial identity. So he became transfixed by the culture, landscape and especially the politics of the American South. Drawing on material from his forthcoming book, Younge's talk will retrace the route of the Freedom Riders, a group of integreated civil rights campaigners who fought to desegregate interstate travel, from Washington DC to New Orleans. He chronicles how the South has changed, why much of it has stayed the same and shows how Southerners, both black and white, react to a man who "looks local but sounds foreign". Gary Younge is a journalist with the British newspaper, The Guardian. He has also worked for the Washington Post as the Lawrence Stern Fellow, and is currently on sabbatical to write a commissioned book in which he travels the route of the Freedom Riders. Sponsored by the Department of Geography, African American Student Affairs, and African American Studies and Research.
    
    
  • 9 (Monday)---Talk by Dr. Clayborne Carson: "Martin and Malcolm and the Missed Opportunity for a Common Solution." 8 pm, Center Theater, Old Student Center, U.K. "Carson is the foremost authority on King.... He is a history professor at Stanford University, and is serving as the senior editor of a 14-volume series of King's papers. He has recently published the third volume of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, consisting of some of King's speeches, papers, articles and annotations. It is one of only a few large-scale documentary research ventures on a black person. He is also working on a book about the Black Panther party and a biography of King." For more information call 257-3593. (Information from 1/15/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 9 (Monday)---"Struggles in Steel: A Story of African-American Steelworkers," TV program, 10 pm, Channel 12 (KET). An informative and moving one-hour documentary chronicling the little known history of African-American steelworkers from 1875 to the present. The workers' enlightened struggle and bittersweet victory is told through the emotional stories of candid witnesses, detailing decades of injustice and determination. Combining archival footage and frank interviews with dozens of men and women from Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Birmingham, the program gives a voice and face to those who participated in the battle on two fronts - against all-white union leadership as well as steel company management.
    
    
  • 10 (Tuesday)---"The Two Nations of Black America," TV program, 9 pm, Channel 12 (KET).
    
    
  • 10 (Tuesday) - 13 (Friday)---TV program on the History Channel. History Showcase: African Burial Ground (9 am ET/ 6 am PT): Four-part mini-series focusing on Manhattan's Burial Ground, recently unearthed in an archaeological dig. The site sheds light on the African-American presence in the New World and slavery in the north.
    
    
  • 11 (Wednesday)---TV program on the History Channel. Movies In Time: For Us, The Living (10 am ET/ 7 am PT; repeats 3 pm ET/ 12 pm PT) The story of Medgar Evers, whose fight for civil rights would cost him his life, and the struggle to bring his killer to justice. Harold E. Rollins, Jr. stars.
    
    
  • 11 (Wednesday)---"The Long-Term Effects of Exposure to Violence on African American Adult Psychological Distress," Carol Bunch, Graduate Student in Counseling Psychology. Noon (or 12:30 pm?), 230 New Student Center, U.K. For more information call 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 12 (Thursday)---"Reflecting B(l)ackward: The 1968 Black Student Union Movement at the University of Kentucky." 1 pm, Center Theater, Old Student Center, U.K. Moderator: Dr. William "Bill" Turner. Panelists: Dr. Doris Wilkinson, Mr. Chester Grundy, Mr. Theodore Berry, Mr. Guy Mendes. For more information call 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 12 (Thursday)---"Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History," 8 pm; "Richard Wright: Black Boy," 9:30 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 12 (Thursday)---"African-American Artists: Affirmation Today," TV program, 10:30 pm, Channel 12 (KET).
    
    
  • 13 (Friday)---"A Question of Color: Color Consciousness in Black America," video presentation, noon, M.L. King, Jr. Cultural Center, 124 Student Center, U.K. For more information call 257-3593. (Information from U.K. poster.)
    
    
  • 13 (Friday)---Margo Monteith (Psychology, University of Kentucky), "Beyond Good Intentions: The Challenge of Prejudice Reduction," 3 pm, 106 Whitehall Classroom Building, U.K. UK Series on Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Public Policy. Supported by the Commonwealth Distinguished Visiting Scholar Awards, Political Science, Psychology, the Martin School, African American Studies, Sociology, and Social Theory. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 13 (Friday)---Cosmopolitan Club Valentine Party. "Join Cosmo Club and the Latino Student Association at the UK Faculty Club, 9 pm - 1 am. Tickets $5, available at the door."
    
    
  • 13 (Friday)---"Flight to Freedom," 8 pm; "Martin's Lament: Religion and Race in America," 10 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 14 (Saturday)---TV program on the History Channel. The History Channel Traveler: Don't Get Weary: African-Americans in 18th Century Alexandria: (8 am ET/ 5 am PT): A community of free blacks resided in Alexandria. There, merchant John Carlyle allowed slaves to live in his house and taught them trades, which permitted them to work in various occupations.
    
    
  • 14 (Saturday)---"Frontline: The Two Nations of Black America," 8 pm; "African-American Artists: Affirmation Today," 10:30 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 16 (Monday)---Film "The Color of Fear," 5:30-7:30 pm, Hospital Auditorium (HA 116), U.K. Medical Center. Followed by discussion facilitated by Mildred Bailey, Director of the MCAP Program, Office Of Minority Affairs.
    
    
  • 16 (Monday)---"Porgy & Bess: An American Voice," TV program, 8 pm, Channel 15 (KET2). The inspiring saga of George and Ira Gershwin's great American folk opera, from controversial novel to heart-breaking premiere to ultimate triumph, is recounted in GREAT PERFORMANCES "Porgy and Bess: An American Voice." Narrated by Ruby Dee, the one-hour telecast features many illustrious Porgy and Bess alumni, including Leontyne Price, William Warfield, Maya Angelou, Diahann Carroll, Grace Bumbry and Willard White, in interviews and performance clips. Also sharing insights and memories are Kitty Carlisle Hart, Francis Gershwin Godowsky and a number of scholars who address the still-sensitive racial aspects of the work.
    
    
  • 17 (Tuesday)---AWARE meeting, 7-8:30 pm, Room 363 Student Center, U.K. "Confronting Stereotypes In Real World Situations." "Sandra Cairo will lead this program which will address how to confront stereotypes in real world situations. How to navigate your way when dealing with stereotypes creates inner conflict. Much of the program will focus on exploratory exercises that will be both informative and entertaining. As always, the purpose of AWARE meetings is to engage men and women of all races in educated and constructive discussions. Everyone will have a chance to speak if they so choose."
    
    
  • 17 (Tuesday)---"Black America: Facing the Millennium," TV program, 10 pm, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 17 (Tuesday)---TV program on the History Channel. Special Presentation: Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage (11 pm ET/ 8 pm PT): Narrated by Debbie Allen and featuring an introduction by Steven Spielberg (director of the acclaimed movie Amistad), this documentary examines the little known story of the transatlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were captured and forced into squalid slave ships to be sold into servitude in the New World.
    
    
  • 18 (Wednesday)---"Blacks' Attitudes Toward Whites," C. Vincent Spicer, Graduate Student in Psychology, 12:30 pm, 230 New Student Center, U.K. For more information call 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 18? (Wednesday) - 28 (Saturday)---"Ali." "Actor's Theatre of Louisville presents Ali, a biographical play based on the sports icon. Muhammad Ali (portrayed by David Robertson) celebrates his second heavyweight title in the production, which is recommended for ages 10 and up. Ali runs through February 28th, for more information call 502-584-1205." (Information from 2/18/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 19 (Thursday)---"Lexington Public Library, Central Branch, 140 E. Main St., 231-5530, February 19 Public Forum: "History of African-American Music."" (Information from 2/18/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 19 (Thursday)---Film "The Color of Fear," 5:30-7:30 pm, Hospital Auditorium (HA 116), U.K. Medical Center. Followed by discussion facilitated by Mildred Bailey, Director of the MCAP Program, Office Of Minority Affairs.
    
    
  • 19 (Thursday)---History of African American Music, 7-9 pm, Lexington Public Library. (Information from 1/13/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 19 (Thursday)---Race Unity Alliance meeting, 7:30 pm, Conference Room C, downtown public library.
    
    
  • 19 (Thursday)---Cosmopolitan Club meeting, 7:30 pm, Bradley Hall Basement Lounge (Room 16), U.K.
    
    
  • 19 (Thursday)---"God's Gonna Trouble the Waters: Leaving Slavery Behind: Music & Other Sources of Strength of the Gullah Culture," 8 pm; "W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices," 9 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 20 (Friday)---"Proudly We Served: The Men of the U.S.S. Mason," TV program, 10 pm, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 21 (Saturday)---"Lexington Children's Museum, Victorian Square, 258-3253, African-American History Month." (Information from 2/18/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 21 (Saturday)---"Taft Museum, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati, 513-241-0343, February 21, "African American Heritage Celebration" featuring storyteller Omope Carter Daboiku." (Information from 2/18/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 21 (Saturday)---TV program on the History Channel. The History Makers: Rorke's Drift (11 am ET/ 8 am PT): Depicts the Battle of Isandhlwana, one of Britain's few proud moments of its 1879 invasion of Zululand in South Africa. Three hundred Englishmen, vastly outnumbered by Zulu warriors, successfully drove off six full-scale attacks, paving the way for the British annexation of Zululand.
    
    
  • 21 (Saturday)---Annual Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice Dinner and Resource Fair, 5-8:30 pm, Hunter Presbyterian Church, 109 Rosemont Garden, Lexington. At 7:00 pm Sr. Marge Eilerman, who has been involved in protests at the School of the Americas at Fort Benning, GA, will speak on the topic "Living Out Peace and Justice."
    
    
  • 21 (Saturday)---"Record Row: Cradle of Rhythm & Blues," 9 pm; "Buddy Guy Live -- The Real Deal," 10 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 21 (Saturday) - 22 (Sunday)---TV program on the History Channel. History for Kids: Civil Rights Landmarks (10 am ET/ 7 am PT): Travel to some of the most important sights in the history of civil rights, including: Mount Vernon; the Smith Robertson Museum; Tuskegee University; the 16th Street Baptist Church; the Civil Rights Institute and the Amistad Memorial.
    
    
  • 22 (Sunday)---"Brent Kelley and Chicago American Giants 1st Baseman, Thomas "High Pockets" Turner will be signing copies of Kelley's new book "Voices from the Negro League," Sunday, February 22nd at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in the Lexington Green. Here, in their own words, 52 former Negro League players--including such legendary stars such as Buck Leonard and Max Manning--reminisce about the great teams and players, the relentless travel and the often terrible Jim Crow conditions they encountered. The signing is from 4-5:30 pm, call 273-2911 for more information." (Information from 2/18/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 22 (Sunday)---"Signature: George C. Wolfe (Native of Frankfort, KY)," TV program, 10 pm, Channel 12 (KET).
    
    
  • 22 (Sunday)---TV program on the History Channel. History Sunday: America's Black Warriors: Two Wars To Win (11 pm ET/ 8 pm PT): The story of African-Americans in the U.S. military during World War II and the integration of the army. These vets discuss the separate wars they fought against racism and foreign enemies. In the early days of the war, African-Americans made up the bulk of the laborer, driver and stevedore battalions, but it wasn't until the urgent need for more manpower that blacks were allowed to take up arms. Once in the action, they were among the most effective and bravest fighting units. WWII initiated the integration of the military services. Today, African-Americans make up more than a quarter of the military. Colin Powell and other prominent black military figures offer commentary. A World Premiere presentation.
    
    
  • 23 (Monday)---"Lexington Public Library, Northside Branch, 231-5590, February 23, "Learn About Japan."" (Information from 2/18/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 23 (Monday)---"Great Performances: The Story of Gospel Music," 8 pm; "Conjure Women," 9:30 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 23 (Monday) - 27 (Friday)--- European Pastry Cafe, Student Center, U.K. "The Pastry Cafe is sponsored each year by UK's Cosmopolitan Club and International Hospitality Program and it will run from February 23rd through February 27th (10:00 am to 4:00 pm). Room 245 of the Student Center receives a magical transformation from multipurpose meeting room to a lovely European style eatery. Among the traditional items sold are tortes, eclairs, grenache, and quiche. For info call 257-4067 extension 238." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 23 (Monday) - 27 (Friday)---TV program on the History Channel. The History Channel Classroom: Black History Month Week (8 am ET/ 5 am PT): A week of documentaries about African-American heritage including: "Buffalo Soldiers; "Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage;" the Declaration of Independence slavery debate on "Freedom's Road: Slavery & Opposition;" "John Brown's War," and "The 54th Massachusetts."
    
    
  • 24 (Tuesday)---Martin Gilens (Political Science, Yale University), "Why Americans Hate Welfare: Prejudice, Misperception, and the Politics of the Welfare State," 3 pm, 230 New Student Center, U.K. UK Series on Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Public Policy. Supported by the Commonwealth Distinguished Visiting Scholar Awards, Political Science, Psychology, the Martin School, African American Studies, Sociology, and Social Theory. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 24 (Tuesday)---A Lecture by Ilyasah Shabazz, Daughter of Malcolm X, and Dr. Betty Shabazz. "Ms. Shabazz will speak on Tuesday, February 24th, at 7:30 pm in Memorial Hall [UK]. (A reception will follow immediately at the Rasdell Gallery in the Student Center.) There is no charge for students and all others are $5.00. For more information, call 257-TICS. This lecture is sponsored by the Student Activities Board." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 24 (Tuesday)---"No Dreams Deferred," TV program, 10 pm, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 24 (Tuesday)---TV program on the History Channel. Civil War Journal: John Brown's War (11 pm ET/ 8 pm PT): Radical abolitionist John Brown becomes a martyr to anti-slavery forces -- and pushes the country closer to war -- when his ill-advised raid on a federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859 leads to his arrest and execution.
    
    
  • 25 (Wednesday)---"The First Time I Noticed." "Enthusiastic students from area middle schools will come to the University [UK] campus for "A Taste of Our World" and a special program focusing on the value of diversity on a college campus. Derrick Ramsey and Mildred M. Bailey will host two presentations on Wednesday, February 25th, (11:00 am to 12:00 pm and 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm) in the Student Center Theatre. They will also be joined by former UK athletes and current Americor volunteers. The film "The Color of Friendship" will also be a part of the program. The University community is invited to join these presentations as they are free and open to the public." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 25 (Wednesday)---"A Taste of Our World: Festival Kickoff." "The University of Kentucky is invited to share in the celebration of our collective diversity as we kickoff the 1998 Cultural Diversity Festival from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm on Wednesday, February 25th. The celebration will feature a diverse menu of culturally-rich food items representing six continents. Tickets will be sold for 25 cents each to purchase individual samples or servings of the dishes (Diner and Plus accounts accepted). Also, there will be opportunity to learn (through the various cultural and diversity-theme exhibits) about the various organizations and groups on campus that offer further multicultural opportunities. The "Festival" atmosphere will be enhanced by the rich ethnic sounds of local and student musicians. For more information call 257-8242." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 25 (Wednesday)---"The Presence of African Religion in Afro-Caribbean Literature," Thomas Edison, Graduate Student in Spanish and Italian, 12:30 pm, 230 New Student Center, U.K. For more information call 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 25 (Wednesday)---"JB Speed Art Museum, 2035 South 3rd Street, Louisville, 502-636-2893, February 25, Wednesday Film Series, "Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African-American Artists," a tribute to such artists as Maya Angelou, John Biggers, Bessie Harvey, Louis Mailou Jones." (Information from 2/18/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 25 (Wednesday) - March 1 (Sunday)---"The multiphonic singers of the Drepung Loseling Monastery will perform a show of their tour, Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music, Sacred Dance.... A mandala sand painting lecture and demonstration will be held in Worsham Theatre [UK]. They will start working Wednesday afternoon through Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm, and will be available for viewing except on Sunday. (Information from 2/26/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 26 (Thursday)---"Living in a Diverse World: Voices of Poetry". "Join UK student poets, the "Working Class Kitchen," and the "Afrolachian Poets" in an evening of poetry reading, listening, and contemplating focusing on diverse traditions in poetry. This special poetry night at the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center [UK] will begin at 7:00 pm on Thursday, February 26th. The event is free and open to the public." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 26 (Thursday)---"A Philip Randolph: For Jobs & Freedom," 8 pm; "Struggles in Steel: A Story of African-American Steelworkers," 9:30 pm, TV program, Channel 15 (KET2) An informative and moving one-hour documentary chronicling the little known history of African-American steelworkers from 1875 to the present. The workers' enlightened struggle and bittersweet victory is told through the emotional stories of candid witnesses, detailing decades of injustice and determination. Combining archival footage and frank interviews with dozens of men and women from Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Birmingham, the program gives a voice and face to those who participated in the battle on two fronts - against all-white union leadership as well as steel company management.
    
    
  • 26 (Thursday)---"The Carver Promise," 10:30 pm, TV program, Channel 15 (KET2).
    
    
  • 26 (Thursday)---"A Lynching in Marion," TV program, 10:30 pm, Channel 12 (KET). James Cameron tells the compelling story of how, as a 16-year-old African-American in 1930, he survived a lynching that took the lives of two of his friends in Marion, Indiana.
    
    
  • 27 (Friday)---International Night, Memorial Hall, U.K. "International Night will once again feature an evening of international student talent. This event traditionally features ethnic dance, fashion, and musical performances from a variety of cultures represented on the UK campus. This year's event will begin at 7:00 pm on Friday, February 27th. Tickets are $3.00 in advance and $4.00 at the door and the proceeds benefit international student programs. Call 257-4067 extension 228 for more information." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 27 (Friday)---TV program on the History Channel. Our Century: America's Black Warriors: Two Wars To Win (2 pm ET/ 11 am PT; repeats 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT): The story of African-Americans in the U.S. military during World War II and the integration of the army. These vets discuss the separate wars they fought against racism and foreign enemies. In the early days of the war, African-Americans made up the bulk of the laborer, driver and stevedore battalions, but it wasn't until the urgent need for more manpower that blacks were allowed to take up arms. Once in the action, they were among the most effective and bravest fighting units. WWII initiated the integration of the military services. Today, African-Americans make up more than a quarter of the military. Colin Powell and other prominent black military figures offer commentary. A World Premiere presentation.
    
    
  • 27 (Friday)---"Chestnut Street YMCA Black Achievers Awards," 8 pm; "First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin," 9 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2). This documentary is a personal account of the life of octogenarian John Hope Franklin, one of America's leading historians, emeritus professor at both the University of Chicago and Duke University, and recipient of the Medal of Freedom and 105 honorary degrees. Franklin leads viewers from a tiny black hamlet in Oklahoma where he was born, through Tulsa's race riots, his decision to pursue a doctorate at Harvard, and a life spent teaching, writing trailblazing studies of the realities of African-American and Southern history, and participating in the civil rights revolution. Charles Kuralt narrates.
    
    
  • 28 (Saturday)---Cross Cultural Workshop. 9 am - 4 pm, Spindletop Hall, Lexington, $5. Pick up applications in Room 203, Bradley Hall, U.K. Application deadline is February 16. Sponsored by: Office of International Affairs (OIA), UK Women's Club, and Office of Residence Life. For more information, please contact: Carolyn Holmes, Foreign Student Advisor, 204 Bradley Hall, (606)-257-4067 ext. 237, holmes@pop.uky.edu. "For 20 years, OIA has sponsored Cross-Cultural Workshops to improve communication and increase understanding between UK students from different cultures. Each workshop offers competitively selected participants the opportunity to join in games, discussions, role playing, and leisure activities designed to help them appreciate differences among people, communicate effectively with those from other countries, and further prepare for life in an increasingly international world."
    
    
  • 28 (Saturday)---African Dance Workshop. "Sandra Cairo, Director of UK's Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, will offer an African Dance Workshop on Saturday, February 28th from 11:15 am to 12:45 pm in Barker Hall. Admission is $5.00 for students and $8.00 for the general public. Call 257-4130 for additional information." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 28 (Saturday)---Performing Artist Keith Hennesey. "As part of the Next Stage Series, artist and Aids activist Keith Hennesey will perform on Saturday, February 28th, at 8:00 pm in Memorial Hall [UK]. Tickets are $7.00 for students, $10.00 for faculty/staff, and $13.00 for the general public. The Next Stage Series is sponsored by the Student Activities Board. For additional information call 257-TICS." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 28 (Saturday)---"A Lynching in Marion," 10:30 pm; "Sessions at West 54th: Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields," 11 pm, TV programs, Channel 15 (KET2). James Cameron tells the compelling story of how, as a 16-year-old African-American in 1930, he survived a lynching that took the lives of two of his friends in Marion, Indiana.
  
  
• March 1998
  
  
  • 1 (Sunday)---"The multiphonic singers of the Drepung Loseling Monastery will perform a show of their tour, Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music, Sacred Dance.... Tickets for the...performance are $15 for the public and $10 for students. The show will be held on Sunday, at 5 pm in Memorial Hall [UK]." (Information from 2/26/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 2 (Monday)---AWARE meeting, 7-8:30 pm, Room 359 Student Center, U.K. The doors will open at 6:45. College campuses across the country have a unique mix of students with their hometowns ranging from huge cosmopolitan cities with a great diversity of people to small towns where race diversity is something you read in an elementary school social studies textbook. Such a variety of multicultural experiences (or non-experiences) can create a climate that can be felt by many people. What is the race relations climate at the University of Kentucky? This evening we will challenge ourselves with this question and others as we examine our experiences at the University of Kentucky. As always, the purpose of AWARE meetings is to engage men and women of all races in educated and constructive discussions. Everyone will have a chance to speak if they so choose.
    
    
  • 3 (Tuesday)---South African videos, 12:15-1:45 pm, U.K. Art Museum. (Information from 3/2/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 3 (Tuesday)---U.K. Art Museum Interpretive Dance Performance for the Cultural Diversity Festival: Sandra Cairo of the M.L. King Jr. Cultural Center and students from her African-American Forms class, 2:30 pm, Art Museum. (Information from 3/2/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 3 (Tuesday)---"Set it Off", Women in Film Series, 7 pm, Old Student Center Theatre, U.K. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 4 (Wednesday)---U.K. Religious Advisors Staff Campus Ministry Fair, 11 am - 3 pm, 245 Student Center, U.K. (Information from 3/2/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 4 (Wednesday)---"Women's Words," Lulamae Fragd, Ph.D., Room 230, U.K. New Student Center, 12:30 pm
    
    
  • 4 (Wednesday)---Jewell Residence Hall International Fair & Food Festival. "Join the residents of Jewell Hall [UK] as they offer a taste of their collective international backgrounds. This special residence hall will open its doors for two hours beginning at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, March 4th. The entire University community is invited to come and admission is free of charge. Call 323-9327 or 257-4783 for more information. This program is part of Diversity Week in the Residence Halls." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 5 (Thursday)---"Celebrating Our Diversity: A Community Reading" will be held at 6:30 pm at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 251 West Second Street, 254-4175. Deadline for submissions is February 6. Manuscripts may be poetry or prose, not to exceed five pages in length or 1,800 words. (Information from 1/25/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 6 (Friday)---John F. Dovidio (Psychology, Colgate University), "On the Nature of Prejudice: Automatic and Controlled Processes," 3 pm, 106 Whitehall Classroom Building, U.K. UK Series on Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Public Policy. Supported by the Commonwealth Distinguished Visiting Scholar Awards, Political Science, Psychology, the Martin School, African American Studies, Sociology, and Social Theory. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 7 (Saturday)---"Music from Around the World: A Concert by the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble." "The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble has been "on the scene" for almost 20 years. Their music fuses traditional African rhythmic, and melodic sensibilities with popular African American musical expression. The Ensemble's unique instrumentation (incorporating trap drums, African and Latin hand-percussion, saxophone, trombone, digeridoo, bass clarinet, and kalimba) endow their music with a warm textural richness and depth. This concert will begin at 8:00 pm on Saturday, March 7th, in the Worsham Theatre [UK]. Tickets are $5.00 for general admission. For ticket information call 257-TICS. This event is sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center and the Student Activities Board." (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 9 (Monday)---ML King Cultural Center, U.K., Creative Writing Workshop with the Affrilachian Poets, 6 pm (through 4/24). (Information from 3/9/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 10 (Tuesday)---Black Women's Conference at U.K.: "Sisters in the Struggle: Women and the Civil Rights Movement." 6-8 pm, Village Potluck Dinner, Phillis Wheatley YWCA, 647 Chestnut St., Lexington, music by Perfect Circle, Film on the Million Woman March. Free and open to the public. (Information from brochure.)
    
    
  • 11 (Wednesday)---Black Women's Conference at U.K.: "Sisters in the Struggle: Women and the Civil Rights Movement." U.K. Student Center. All events are open to the public, and all are free except for the luncheon below.
    • 8:30 am, Registration.
    • 9:15 am, Welcome and Greetings, Student Center Small Ballroom, Dr. Gerald Smith, Associate Professor of History and Director of the African American Studies and Research Program, Dr. Lauretta Byars, Vice Chancellor for Minority Affairs.
    • 9:30-11 am, Plenary Session I: "Women in Their Own Words: Reflections of the Civil Rights Movement." Moderator: Mr. George Brown, First District Councilman, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Panelists: Dr. Doris Wilkinson, UK Professor of Sociology; Ms. Audrey Grevious, President of the Lexington NAACP in the 1960's; Dr. Abby Marlatt, former UK Professor of Human Environmental Sciences; Ms. Crystal Spruill, UK graduate student.
    • 11-11:45 am, Book Signings, by Dr. Stephanie Shaw and many of UK's African American women faculty, March 11, Small Ballroom, Student Center, U.K. The UK Bookstore will offer these authors' works for sale, along with other books of related interests, at a 20% discount.
    • 12-1:45 pm, Mary McLeod Bethune Lecture and Luncheon, President's Room, Singletary Center. Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Shaw, Associate Professor of History and Black Studies, The Ohio State University, "Creating Consciousness: The Other Work of Black Women Activists." Dr. Shaw is the author of the acclaimed "What a Woman Ought To Be and To Do: Black Professional Women Workers During the Jim Crow Era" (1996). Tickets are $12. To purchase tickets (checks made payable to UK), contact the African American Studies and Research Program at 257-3593.
    • 2-4 pm, Plenary Session II: "African American Women and the Affirmative Action Debate," Moderator: Mr. Stephen Jones, Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children. Panelists: Ms. Michele Cammers-Goodwin, Attorney-at-Law; Professor Darlene Goring, UK College of Law; Secretary Laura Douglas, Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet.
    (Information from brochure.)
    
    
  • 12 (Thursday)---Black Women's Conference at U.K.: "Sisters in the Struggle: Women and the Civil Rights Movement." U.K. Student Center. Free and open to the public.
    • 10-11:45 am, Plenary Session III: "Equity in Education," Moderator: Mr. P.G. Peeples, President, Lexington Urban League; Presenter: Dr. Betty Griffin, Kentucky State University; Respondents: Ms. Diane Woods, Principal, Henry Clay High School; Ms. Merlene Davis, Columnist, Lexington Herald-Leader.
    • 12-1:45 pm, Brown Bag Luncheon, Film: Cultural Criticism and Transformation, by bell hooks. Small Ballroom, Student Center, UK. Box lunches may be purchased from UK Catering at the registration tables Wednesday or Thursday morning for $6.00.
    • 2-3:30 pm, Workshops (held concurrently).
      • Session I: "Songs of the Civil Rights Movement", Workshop Leader: Ms. Ann Grundy, Fayette County Health Department, Bluegrass Aspendale Teen Center.
      • Session II: "Dance as a Healing Art," Workshop Leader: Ms. Sandra Cairo, Director, UK Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center.
    • 7 pm, Anna J. Cooper Address, Center Theatre, Old Student Center, Speaker: Dean Retia Walker, UK College of Human Environmental Sciences. Reception to follow Cooper Address in the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center.
    (Information from brochure.)
    
    
  • 12 (Thursday)---Diversity Workshop, presented by Mildred Bailey, Minority Affairs, University of Kentucky, 12:30-1:45 pm, "Looking Through Our Cultural Lenses," 118 Classroom Building. "This session will provide you the opportunity to change your cultural lenses and the way we see others around us." (Information from 3/5/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 19 (Thursday)---Race Unity Alliance meeting, 7:30 pm, Conference Room C, downtown public library.
    
    
  • 25 (Wednesday)---"Voices of Tradition," featuring Nataska Hasan & Co., a program of songs, stories and dance, in celebraiton with the Black Women's Conference, 8 pm, Student Center Theater, U.K. Presented by the ML King Cultural Center. (Information from 3/23/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 27 (Friday)---Donald Green (Political Science, Yale University), "Hate Crimes in America," 3 pm, 359 New Student Center, U.K. UK Series on Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Public Policy. Supported by the Commonwealth Distinguished Visiting Scholar Awards, Political Science, Psychology, the Martin School, African American Studies, Sociology, and Social Theory. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 27 (Friday)---Poetry and Talent Night, ML King Cultural Center, UK., 7 pm. (Information from 3/23/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 31 (Tuesday)---AWARE meeting, 7-8 pm, Room 359 or 364 Student Center, U.K.
  
  
• April 1998
  
  
  • 2 (Thursday)---"Equity Pedagogy in Classroom Instruction for Public Schools," Deneese Jones, Ph.D., Room 230, U.K. New Student Center, 12:30 pm.
    
    
  • 2 (Thursday)---National Conference Annual Dinner.
    
    
  • 3 (Friday)---Jennifer Crocker (Psychology, University of Michigan), "Social Stigma: Devalued Identities and Self-Esteem," 3 pm, 106 Whitehall Classroom Building. UK Series on Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Public Policy. Supported by the Commonwealth Distinguished Visiting Scholar Awards, Political Science, Psychology, the Martin School, African American Studies, Sociology, and Social Theory. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 4 (Saturday)---30-year observance of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
    
    
  • 6 (Monday)---Creative Writing Workshop with the Affrilachian Poets, 6 pm, M.L. King Cultural Center, U.K. (Information from 4/6/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 7 (Tuesday)---"Africa in Diaspora, presentations and culinary sharing: Australia and South America," 6:30 pm, M.L. King Cultural Center, U.K. (Information from 4/6/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 7 (Tuesday)---"Eat, Drink, Man, Woman," Women in Film Series, 7 pm, Olde Student Center Theatre, U.K. Discussion will follow the film; guest: Miko Pattie, U.K. Librarian. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 7 (Tuesday) and 9 (Thursday)---"The Student Government Association, Student Activities Board and A.W.A.R.E. are proud to announce sponsorship of guest speaker Samuel H. Pieh. Mr. Pieh is the great-great grandson of Sengbeh Pieh, who led the slave ship revolt on which the Steven Spielberg movie Amistad was based. We will show the movie at 6:30 pm on April 7 in the Worsham Theater [UK] (located in the Student Center annex). Mr. Pieh will be speaking on Thursday April 9 at 8:00 in 230 Student Center. Admission to both events is free and we are all invited to participate. For more info, contact me in the SGA office at (606)-257-3191. Joe Schuler, SGA Executive Director of Academic Affairs, 257-3191, jpschu0@pop.uky.edu." (Information from email announcement.)
    
    
  • 13 (Monday)---Creative Writing Workshop with the Affrilachian Poets, 6 pm, M.L. King Cultural Center, U.K. (Information from 4/6/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 13 (Monday)---AWARE meeting, 7 pm, Room 357 Student Center, U.K. Speaker: Horace Bartilow, College of Political Science. "White supremacy is systematically imbedded in our culture--in our politics, religion, education, media experiences--in sum, in our socialization and acculturation. Institutional racism, a product of all these, is as natural in this "land of the free" as the sunrise. It is experienced at a subliminal level of consciousness. It is perhaps the most insidious and most dangerous form of racism, and yet most of us are blissfully unaware of its influence in our lives, our values, our assumptions. Those values and assumptions, however, help shape public policy and affect our ability to relate to each other when one of us is "the other." So what exactly is institutional racism? How can we recognize it and fight it? Join us for AWAREness of these and other issues surrounding this most troubling and most discreetly pervasive kind of racism."
    
    
  • 16 (Thursday)---Race Unity Alliance meeting, 7:30 pm, Conference Room B, downtown public library.
    
    
  • 17 (Friday)---Lawrence Bobo (Sociology, Harvard University), "Contemporary Stereotypes and Theories of Modern Racism," 3 pm, 122 Whitehall Classroom Building, U.K. UK Series on Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Public Policy. Supported by the Commonwealth Distinguished Visiting Scholar Awards, Political Science, Psychology, the Martin School, African American Studies, Sociology, and Social Theory. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 20 (Monday)---Creative Writing Workshop with the Affrilachian Poets, 6 pm, M.L. King Cultural Center, U.K. (Information from 4/6/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 23 (Thursday)---Lexington Jazz Artist Residency: Richard Davis, bass, Part IV of a six-part series celebrating America's jazz legacy presents "Elements of Music and Concert Preview," a Public Forum, 7-9 pm, Lafayette High School, free, sponsored by the U.K. College of Fine Arts and the Office of African-American Student Affairs. (Information from 4/20/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 24 (Friday)---Lexington Jazz Artist Residency: Richard Davis, bass, Part IV of a six-part series celebrating America's jazz legacy presents "Jazz and Social Protest Movements," a teleconference, 3-4 pm, U.K. Student Center, Center Theatre, free, sponsored by the U.K. College of Fine Arts and the Office of African-American Student Affairs. (Information from 4/20/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 24 (Friday)---Poetry and Talent Night, 7 pm, U.K. M.L. King Cultural Center. (Information from 4/20/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 24-26 (Friday-Sunday)---Traditional Pow-Wow---ANIC (All Nations Intertribal Council) Traditional Pow-Wow School Day. Where: Simpsonville, KY (12 minutes east of Louisville on I-64 at the Shelby County Flea Market -- Exit 28). Activities: Music, Traditional & Fancy Dancers, Story Telling, Native American Crafts, Hoop Dancers, Cultural Exhibits, Native American Food. Times: Grand Entry 1 pm. Friday 9 am - 10 pm. Saturday 1 pm - 10 pm. Sunday 1 pm - 6 pm. Cost: Friday -- Students $1.00, Chaperones Free; Adults $4.00; Youth/Children 16 and under $2.00. Saturday/Sunday -- Children/Youth $2.00; Adults $4.00. For more information: Call Frank Luna at 502-231-23541 or 502-752-2618 (digital pager). (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 25 (Saturday)---Lexington Jazz Artist Residency: Richard Davis, bass, Part IV of a six-part series celebrating America's jazz legacy presents "Freedom Movement of the '60's," a concert, 8 pm, Kentucky Theatre, $15, $13, $10, 606-257-4929 for tickets. Sponsored by the U.K. College of Fine Arts and the Office of African-American Student Affairs. (Information from 4/20/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 26 (Sunday)---Lexington Jazz Artist Residency: Richard Davis, bass, Part IV of a six-part series celebrating America's jazz legacy presents a Musician Workshop, 2-5 pm, Artsplace, free, 606-257-5641. Sponsored by the U.K. College of Fine Arts and the Office of African-American Student Affairs. (Information from 4/20/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 27 (Monday)---Journey to Enlightenment, works created by victor L. Hagans, U.K. Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center, Opening reception 12:30 am. Exhibit through May 1.
    
    
  • 30 (Thursday)---National Hate Test, TV program, 7 pm EST, USA network. Host Gregory Hines will present exercises to help viewers explore possible biases.
  
  
• May 1998
  
  
  • 8 (Friday)---"In recognition of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Louisville's first Asian Film Festival will be screened beginning May 8th. The festival, which includes films from India, Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong and Canada, is presented by Crane House and Baxter Avenue Theatres. Highlights of the festival include India's Fire, Japan's Gonin, and Hong Kong's Chungking Express. Call (502)-635-2240 for complete listings." (Information from 4/29/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 8-9 (Friday-Saturday)---Kentucky Scottish Weekend, General Butler State Resort Park, Carrollton. Features Scottish bagpipes and pipe bands and a British car show. (502)-732-4384. (Information from 5/8/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 11 (Monday)---Unity Day in the Lexington Fayette County public schools.
    
    
  • 13 (Wednesday)---First United Methodist Church is having a dialogue in response to the film "Color of Fear" at 6:30 pm. (Information from DIALOG.)
    
    
  • 16 (Saturday)---Freedom Train: The Harriet Tubman Story, 2 pm, Kentucky Horse Center Theatre for Children. Tickets are $8 per person, $4.75 per person for groups of 10 or more. Call (606)-293-1853 or write 3380 Paris Pike, Lexington, KY 40511. (Information from poster at U.K.)
    
    
  • 21 (Thursday)---Race Unity Alliance Meeting, 7:30 pm, Downtown Lexington Public Library, Conference Room B.
  
  
• June 1998
  
  
  • 1 (Monday)---"Come one, Come all !!!!!! To the Race Unity/Diversity Celbration at the UK College of Law Library lobby June 1st, 9am to 4pm. Join the Law Library Diversity Group for Food, Fun and Facts. Check out the 100 Years of History/African-Amercian Librarians in Kentucky Timeline and the Diversity Web. We look forward to seeing you today. The time line will be displayed all month but the food is only for today! Carol J. Parris, Reference & Research Services Librarian, University of Kentucky School of Law Library, 606-257-1081, carol@pop.uky.edu.
    
    
  • 6 (Thursday)---Race Unity Alliance Meeting, 6:00 pm, at the home of Kathy Moore. Email kmoore@pop.uky.edu for directions.
    
    
  • 6 (Saturday)---Irish Roots and Rivers, Locuts Grove Historic Home, Louisville, (502)-897-9845. This joint program with the riverboat Spirit of Jefferson explores Major William Croghan's Irish heritage and immigrations historic link to the Ohio River. (Information from Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 7 (Sunday) - 13 (Saturday)---Anytown Camp, at the Cathedral Domain, Crystal, Kentucky. "What would it be like to live in a world without oppression? Anytown, a one-week residential summer program helps high school students not only imagine such a world, it empowers them to create it.... At Anytown you will have the opportunity to live and interact with a diverse group of people from all over Central Kentucky. Working with other high school students from different ethnic, religious, cultural, and socio-economic groups as well as with leaders from Central Kentucky's cultural, business, professional, educational and religious institutions, you will have the chance to create a new community--one based on inclusivity, respect and understanding. And one that will serve as a model to the larger Bluegrass community." "The Anytown experience costs $200 per delegate which includes all meals, transportation, lodging, insurance, educational materials and camp photo. Full and partial scholarships are available to delegates based on need. For information, contact The National Conference, 2029 Bellefonte Dr., Lexington, KY 40503, phone (606)-277-4434, fax (606)-278-4435. (Information from brochure.)
    
    
  • 13 (Saturday)---Race Unity Day. Fun Run, University of Kentucky Arboretum, off Alumni Drive near the big blue water tower. Check in and packet pick up begin at 8 am. Run and walk begin at 9 am. $12 in advance, $14 day of race (includes Race Unity Alliance T-shirt. After the Run/Walk, join us for a Race Unity Celebration at Jacobson Park Shelter #7 beginning at noon, with entertainment and games. Bring food!
    
    
  • 13 (Saturday)---Peace Camp, Unitarian Universalist Church.
  
  
• July 1998
  
  
  • "`Race Film' Festival to showcase early black stars. `Race movies'--films from early this century featuring all-black casts and made by black filmmakers--will be the subject of a film festival in July on TCM. Race films ran the gamut of genres, from musicals to crime dramas, from comedies to westerns. But the images remained largely the same: A variety of intelligent, dignified black men and women who were a reflection of the audiences that the movies targeted. Race films were a response to such bigoted fare as 1915's The Birth of a Nation--recently named by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 greatest movies ever made--where blacks were portrayed in an unfavorable light and the Ku Klux Klan was the "hero" of the day. Almost 30 race films spanning more than 30 years will be shown Wednesdays at 8 pm through July on Turner Classic Movies. On coming Wednesdays, the series will focus on Paul Robeson (July 8), Josephine Baker (July 15), crime stories (July 22) and sports films and musicals (July 29)." (Information from 7/2/98 Herald-Leader.)
  
  
• August 1998
  
  
  • 13 (Thursday)---Convocation of the Lexington Fayette County public school system, 9 am, Rupp Arena. Samuel Betonzas will speak. Open to the public.
    
    
  • 23 (Sunday)---Opening night of the King Cafe, 8 pm, Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, Room 124 UK Student Center, 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
  
  
• September 1998
  
  
  • 2 (Wednesday)---Welcome Back, King Cafe, 7 pm, Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, Room 124 UK Student Center, 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 10 (Thursday)---Public forum, Jazz Roots in Gospel Music, Quinn Chapel, AME Church. For more information call 257-4929. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 11 (Friday)---Teleconference, Jazz and the Spiritual Experience, UK Student Center Theatre. For more information call 257-4929. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 11 (Friday)---Khandro Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist nun, will speak on "The Heart Teachings of the Buddha," 7 pm, U.K. Worsham Theatre. Call 255-4183 or 277-3409 for information. (Information from 9/11/98 Kernel and 9/2/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 11-12 (Friday-Saturday)---Roots and Heritage Festival. Street fairs on both days on Elm Tree Lane (north Rose Street). Parade 10 am Saturday. Lots of displays, vendors, and activities. Call 258-3014 for information. (Information from 9/11/98 Kernel and 9/2/98 Ace Magazine.)
    
    
  • 12? (Saturday?)---Spike Lee speaks at the Norton Center at Centre College.
    
    
  • 13 (Sunday)---Concert, Feeling the Spirit: Celebrating Jazz and Gospel Music. Featuring Richard Davis, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Barron, Art Baron, Carl Allen, and a Lexington gospel choir. Haggin Auditorium, Transylvania University. For more information call 257-4929. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 16 (Wednesday)---"The Hispanic Community of Lexington: Problems and Prospects," 4:30-6:00 pm, President's Room, U.K. Singletary Center. Sponsored by the U.K. Latin American Studies Program. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 17 (Thursday)---"The African American Studies and Research Program's Carter G. Woodson Lecture Series presents Vicki P. Hines-Martin, Ph.D., University of Louisville School of Nursing, `African American Health--The Impact of Perception, Culture, and Community,' Room 230, [UK] New Student Center, 12:30 pm. All are welcome." (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 18 (Friday)---"`King Cafe' night at the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, presenting Affrilachian Poets; come for entertainment, music, coffee, and good company, 7:00 pm, Room 124 [UK] Student Center." (Information from 9/14/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 18 (Friday)---"International Night: Come for food, fun, and entertainment; 7:30 pm, [UK] Bradley Hall Courtyard." (Information from 9/14/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 18-20 (Friday-Sunday)---Shadow of the Buffalo Native American Gathering, 9 am - 9 pm Friday and Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm Sunday, Clear Creek Park, Lake Shelby, Shelbyville, $3 adults, (502)-454-3186, (502)-451-0381. (Information from 9/18 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 19 (Saturday)---The UK India Students Association "in collaboration with the Gujarati Samaj of Bluegrass and the Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society is organizing a RAAS-GARBA night. Raj Pandya will provide live music for the evening. There is no admission charge, however, donations are welcome." 7 pm, UK Student Center Ballroom. (Information from ISA website.)
    
    
  • 19-20 (Saturday-Sunday)---Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, 11 am - 11 pm Saturday, 11 am - 9 pm Sunday, Cincinnati. Call 513-579-3191 for information. (Information from 9/18 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 25--27 (Friday-Sunday)---Native American Powwow Association (Richmond, KY) will host its 4th Annual Powwow. This is a big event that has grown each year. Native Americans will come from all over the country! It will be held at the Irvine McDowell Park starting at 5pm on Friday, 10 am on Saturday and Sunday. The cost is $4.00 for adults and $1.00 for children. For more information call 623-6076. (Information from a friend.)
    
    
  • 26 (Saturday)---The Association of United Hispanics---A Day of Fun for All Families. Contests, Music, Food and Games. 2:00-7:00 pm at Cardinal Valley Park, 2077 Cambridge Drive. (Information from a friend.)
    
    
  • 26--27 (Saturday-Sunday)---"The International Student Office will sponsor its fall semester Cross-Cultural Awareness Workshop.... The event brings students from different countries together to interact with each other. The purpose is to increase understanding and appreciation of cultural differences and improve communication skills. The workshop will be held at Natural Bridge State Park in Powell County. For more information, call Foreign Student Advisor Carolyn Holmes or graduate assistant Lily Arasaratnam at 257-4067." "$10 application fee." "Please pick up applications in 203 Bradley Hall (International Affairs) 257-4067x238 or www.oia/IntlAffairs/. Application deadline: September 14, 1998. (Limited enrollment.)" (Information from 9/14/98 Kernel.)
  
  
• October 1998
  
  
  • 1 (Thursday)---"Pathways to Manhood: Young Black Males Struggle for Identity," Dr. Janet Mancini Billson, Professor of Sociology, The George Washington University and Director, Group Dimensions Research. 4-5 pm, Room 230, UK New Student Center. Part of the 1998-1999 Sociology Colloquia Series. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 6 (Tuesday)---"The Inclusive Learning Committee is invited to a news conference on Tuesday, October 6 at 10:00am Eastern Time. The National Press Club will host a news conference to announce the results of a national poll assessing American attitudes on the value of diversity in our colleges and universities. AAC&U invites you to join with the Ford Foundation's Campus Diversity Initiative (CDI) and our own Racial Legacies and Learning: An American Dialogue project to promote the results of the poll. The news conference will be held at the Student Center Theatre from 10:00am to 11:00am." (Information from DIALOG.)
    
    
  • 7 (Wednesday)---Japanese Cultural Performance, 12 pm, UK Student Center Theatre. (Information from 10/5/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 7 (Wednesday)---King Cafe Series--International Night, 7 pm, U.K. King Cultural Center. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 7 (Wednesday)---The Labyrinth of Race Relations in America, Roger Wilkins, Jonathan Coleman, 7:30 pm, Haggin Auditorium, Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Transylvania University, William R. Kenan Jr. Lecture Series. "Though differing by face and separated by a generation, Roger Wilkins and Jonathan Coleman share an important trait--a passionate devotion to improving race relations in America. Wilkins has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as government official, educator, and journalist. He held civil rights positions in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations in the 1960s, then took up journalism in the 1970s and early '80s, sharing a Pulitzer Prize for his Watergate editorials in the Washington Post. A graduate of the University of Michigan law school, Wilkins has held the Clarence J. Robinson Chair in History and American Culture at George Mason University since 1988. Coleman is the author of Long Way to Go: Black & White in America, a much-praised book in which he appeals to his own race for a change in attitude. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and a former book editor and broadcast journalist with CBS News. Coleman has been a contributing writer to Time magazine and The New York Times Book Review and has lectured at universities around the country." (Information from mailing.)
    
    
  • 8 (Thursday)---"50 Years of Segregation: Black Higher Education in Kentucky," noon-1 pm, 109 Dickey Hall, U.K. (Information from 10/5/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 8 (Thursday)---6 pm, "University of Kentucky basketball coach Orlando "Tubby" Smith will give the keynote address at the Eighth Annual Homecoming Awards Banquet sponsored by the UK Lyman T. Johnson Alumni Oct. 8 in the UK Student Center Grand Ballroom. The annual homecoming event honors and celebrates the accomplishments of UK African-American faculty, staff and alumni who, through hard work and determination, have achieved many goals and positively affected the lives of others. Six UK individuals will be honored at the event for their success on "Wings of Eagles."... Tickets for the banquet are $20 per person and can be purchased through the UK Alumni Association. The student fee is $15. For tickets or more information, call 606-257-8700 or 800-269-2586." (Information from 9/28/98 UK News.)
    
    
  • 8 (Thursday)---"Embracing the LIght" with Shashu Tucker. 7-9 pm, Room 357, UK Student Center. "These two personal development workshops are designed to assist students in the mastery of time-tested techniques which help reduce mental, emotional, and physical stress levels. The facilitator is Shashu Tucker, a massage therapist and master teacher in the Reiki Method. She is a speaker for the 1998 Essence Magazine's African American Women on Tour conference and has extensive experience in conducting meditation and stress reduction workshops throughout the region." The second workshop is on December 3. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 9-11 (Friday-Sunday)---All Nations Intertribal Council Traditional Pow-Wow, 9 am - 10 pm Friday and Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm Sunday. Shelby County Flea Market, Simpsonville. $4 adults. 502-231-2341. (Information from 10/9/98 Herald-Leader.)
    
    
  • 11 (Sunday)---5K Diversity Run/Walk, check in 1 pm, Green Lot of U.K. Commonwealth Stadium, Registration Fee $13. Run/Walk begins at 2 pm. (Information from 10/5/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 13 (Tuesday)---AWARE Meeting. "After Hasan Davis, UK College of Law graduate, was hired by the City of Lexington to head the Youth Violence Prevention Project, his attempts to secure living quarters were hindered by the discriminatory actions of various realtors and apartment managers throughout Lexington. Davis will recount his experiences after the showing of "True Colors" on Tuesday, October 13, at 7pm, room 357, Student Center. Length of meeting: approx. 90 minutes." (Information from AWARE mailing.)
    
    
  • 14 (Wednesday)---Bye Bye Brazil. Latin American Studies Film Series, 6:30 pm, UK Classroom Building 110, free admission. "A troop of traveling entertainers in rural Amazonian Brazil is losing its livelihood to the spread of television. A story of love and passion that also illustrates the costs of the "modernization" to Brazil." (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 15 (Thursday)---Diversity Concerns Committee, 5-6:30 pm, Room 206, UK Student Center. "My name is Iniva R. Ngaka and I am in charge of the public relations for the diversity concerns committee which has been form by the SGA for the 1998-1999 academic year. Our hope and commitment is that the community and students would work with the commitee to bring about a more diverse yet unified environment where differences will be appreciated and similarities celebrated. To see this commitment come to fruition, practical steps will be throughout the year. The first will be a general meeting on Thursday October 15th to give interested individuals an idea of what being in the diversity commitee will involve. Since the lifeline of this committee will be effective communication, we thought it would be appropriate to invite Miss Sandra Cairo, coordinator of the Martin Luther King cultural center to share some ideas on this subject with us. She will be speaking on diversity and effective ways of dialogue between people from different backgrounds. The meeting will take place in the student center from 5-6:30pm in room 206. A discussion and questions will follow and refresment will be available as well. There will also be a sign- up sheet for interested individuals. Other projects at hand are: inviting speakers, working with other student organizations and departments who are actively dealing with diversity issues. We will also have article in the Kernel regularly. Rest assured that the diversity concerns committee activities will:
    • start on time
    • be focused and not drawn out
    • use consultation as a mean of reaching decisions
    • be held in a warm, supportive and respectful environment
    • motivate, benefit, and change the campus community in its perception of and involvement in diversity issues
    We invite everyone to the meeting on Thursday the 15th in room 206 of the student center. We encourage you to come with ideas and an open mind. See you there and thank you in advance for your participation." For more information, contact irngak0@POP.UKY.EDU. (Information from email.)
    
    
  • 15 (Thursday)---"Amnesty International UK will kick off the Rights for All campaign on the United States this Thursday at 7:00 in Room 113 of the Student Center. We will be watching the Rights for All video and discussing juvenile justice and executions in the U.S. If you have any questions please contact me, or visit our website at "sac.uky.edu/~lrpear0". Please join us to support human rights. Amy Shelton, 323-9164." (Information from email.)
    
    
  • 16 (Friday)---"The Racial Politics of College Athletics: The University of Kentucky and the Southeastern Conference," Lecture by Charles Martin, 3 pm, 230 U.K. Student Center. For more information contact the African American Studies and Research Program, 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 17 (Saturday)---Afro-Caribbean Dance Workshop, 5 pm, Barker Hall, U.K. "Dance to the rhythm of the Caribbean with Sandra Cairo! Rejuvenated and inspired after training with the Urban Bush Women, Sandra Cairo will present another exciting series of Saturday dance classes." $8 general public, $5 students. Cosponsored with the UK Dance Department. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 19 (Monday)---Cross Cultural Workshop. "The International Hospitality Program is pleased to offer a special opportunity for faculty, staff and community members to learn more about Malaysia. Since the largest number of international students at UK come from Malaysia, we feel it is important to increase our sensitivity to the culture of these students. We have invited Dr. Beth Goldstein to present a workshop on Monday, October 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the PNC Bank Community Room. Check-in and international food and drinks will be available at 5:30 with the workshop beginning at 6 p.m. Dr. Goldstein, Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation, was the Academic Dean of UK's linked undergraduate program with Metropolitan College in metropolitan Kuala Lumpur. Participants in this 2/1/2 workshop of brief lecture, panel discussion and interactions will explore the four dominant cultures of Malaysia as a window on intercultural communication, learning and development. This workshop will enable participants to understand the past and present of this country's rich multiculturalism and to enhance their interactions with Malaysia as a people and a region. Registration is required and the fee is $10. To obtain a brochure with the registration form, call 257-4067 X237 or X238 or e-mail Carolyn Holmes." (Information from International Hospitality Program web site.)
    
    
  • 19 (Monday)---"Africans in America is a six-hour miniseries airing on KET at 9:30 Monday through Thursday, October 19 - 22 is the first comprehensive attempt to document both the events and the meaning of slavery on film. Leading off the first evening at 9 p.m., KET brings the slavery issue home with the KET production "Africans in Kentucky", a half-hour discussion on this state's own struggle with the controversial institution. "Africans in Kentucky" uses in-studio interviews conducted by Bill Goodman, still photographs, slave letters and stories told by historians to show the bitter debates in a state divided. The program, which features educators from the Filson Club Historical Society Library in Louisville, the University of Kentucky, Georgetown College and Kentucky State University, discusses the legacies of this conflict as well as little-known historical events in Kentucky. One of the instances that helped bring the slavery issue to light for George Rasmussen, "Africans in Kentucky" producer/director, is the story of a slave owner in Woodford County who branded his initials on his slaves' foreheads. If the slaves ran away, they could be easily identified by the brand and returned to their owner. Other stories about individuals like Free Frank, a frontier woman named Molly and an early explorer are all a part of this KET special. "Through this program, we hope to educate viewers about slavery in Kentucky and show how many enterprising African Americans contributed to the settlement of our state," per KET co-producer Renee Shaw." (Information from email.)
    
    
  • 19 (Monday)---"The Terrible Transformation," 9:30 pm, on KET. "The first African slaves arrive in the Virginia colony in 1619. Over the next several decades, a series of laws defines the form slavery will take in America. By the eve of the American Revolution, slavery is legal in all 13 colonies." Part I of Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery. (Information from KET guide.)
    
    
  • 20 (Tuesday)---"Revolution," 9:30 pm, on KET. "The Declaration of Independence, with its emphasis on equality and the "inalienable right" of liberty, raises the hpes of those who would see slavery abolished. Thousands of slaves fight in George Washington's army, believing that they will be rewarded with their freedom. But very few actually receive that reward, and America eventually adopts a constitution that sanctions and codifies slavery." Part II of Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery. (Information from KET guide.)
    
    
  • 21 (Wednesday)---"Brotherly Love," 9:30 pm, on KET. "In Philadelphia, slaves and freedmen form improvement societies and begin petitioning for the repeal of slavery. But even as the abolition movement spreads, the nation's westward expansion and the evolution of the South's cotton-based economy create increased demand for slaves. To counter moral arguments against slavery, some scientists attempt to justify it by delineating the "natural inferiorities" of blacks." Part III of Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery. (Information from KET guide.)
    
    
  • 22 (Thursday)---Film, "Paul Robeson: Portrait of an Artist" and "His Resounding Voice," 7:30 pm, U.K. King Cultural Center, 124 Student Center. Part of film festival in honor of the National Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 22 (Thursday)---"Judgment Day," 9:30 pm, on KET. "Petitions by new territories to enter the union create a series of increasingly heated political debates--and increasingly violent physical confrontations--between pro- and anti-slavery forces. Only after the bloodiest war the nation has ever known is slavery legally abolished and the U.S. Constitution amended to guarantee equal rights for all citizens." Part IV of Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery. (Information from KET guide.)
    
    
  • 23 (Friday)---"Images of Black Women in Sports," lecture by Sonja Steptoe, 3 pm, 230 Student Center, U.K. For more information contact the African-American Studies and Research Program, 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 24 (Saturday)---United Nations Day. Contact International Affairs (257-4067) for program information on the celebration of the 53rd anniversary of the United Nations. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 24 (Saturday)---Afro-Caribbean Dance Workshop, 11:15 am - 12:45 pm, Barker Hall, U.K. "Dance to the rhythm of the Caribbean with Sandra Cairo! Rejuvenated and inspired after training with the Urban Bush Women, Sandra Cairo will present another exciting series of Saturday dance classes." $8 general public, $5 students. Cosponsored with the UK Dance Department. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 24 (Saturday)---Diwali Festival featuring traditional Indian dances and music, 5:30-8:30 pm, UK Memorial Hall. Call Ranjit Shetty at 323-2407 for information. (Information from 10/19/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 25 (Sunday)---"Camp Logan," award-winning play about the 24th U.S. Infantry, an African American regiment during World War I. 4 pm, U.K. Memorial Hall. For more information call 257-8427 or 257-4130. "Camp Logan is a gripping, award-winning touring play which tells the story of the members of the 24th U.S. Infantry, an African American regiment, during World War I. When members of this regiment mutinied in August, 1917, it resulted in the largest mutiny in U.S. Armed Forces and the largest murder trial in U.S. history. Camp Logan has received the NAACP Image Award and has been described by the New York Times as "forceful...well crafted...and timely."" Advanced tickets: General admission: $8. UK students and senior citizens: $5. At the door (all patrons): $9. Sponsored by the M.L. King, Jr. Cultural Center and the Medical Center Minority Affairs Office. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 27 (Tuesday)---"What about the Children" A film showing and discussion led by Dr. Nadia Rasheed, MD about the human toll of the US-UN sanctions on Iraqi society. Tuesday Oct. 27 at 7pm MLK Cultural Center. Free of charge.
    
    
  • 29 (Thursday)---"Slavery and Social Class in the Plantation Economy: Foundations of the New Racial Ideology," lecture by Clarence R. Talley, 12:30 pm. Part of the Carter G. Woodson Lecture Series. 230 Student Center, U.K. For more information contact the African American Studies and Research Program, 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 29 (Thursday)---"Paul Robeson: The Tallest Tree in Our Forest," film, 7:30 pm, U.K. King Cultural Center. Part of film festival in honor of the National Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration. For more information cal 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 30 (Friday)---"Work That Body: African-American Women, Work, and Leisure in Atlanta and the New South," Tera Hunter, Carnegie Mellon University, 3:30 pm, Room 230, UK Student Center. Reception hosted by the African American Studies and Research Program following the presentation. "Tera Hunter's recent book, To "'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War," has drawn national and international acclaim. Robin D.G. Kelley calls it a tour de force. "Her vibrant, complex, beautifully rendered portrait of black working women's struggles at the dawn of the century will move you as surely as it will alter the way we write history." Hunter traces the lives of African-American women in Atlanta after the emancipation and shows how they built neighborhoods, churches, mutual aid groups, and leisure institutions. They also developed an array of tactics for resisting subjugation and claiming self-sufficiency." For more information, call the Women's Studies Program at 257-1388 or African American Studies and Research at 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 30 (Friday)---King Cafe Series--Affrilachian Poets, 7 pm, U.K. King Cultural Center. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 31 (Saturday)---Afro-Caribbean Dance Workshop, 11:15 am - 12:45 pm, Barker Hall, U.K. "Dance to the rhythm of the Caribbean with Sandra Cairo! Rejuvenated and inspired after training with the Urban Bush Women, Sandra Cairo will present another exciting series of Saturday dance classes." $8 general public, $5 students. Cosponsored with the UK Dance Department. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 31 (Saturday)---"The Kingfisher's Wing," 8 pm, U.K. Memorial Hall. The Kingfisher's Wing is based on the true story of the martyrdom of the youth Aqa Buzurg of the town of Nishapur in Persia (present day Iran) in the mid 1860's. His father, the elderly Haji Abdu'l Majid--aged sixty at Aqa Buzurg's birth--is a devout Baha'i, follower of this new and violently persecuted faith proclaimed by the Prophet, Baha'u'llah, whereas Aqa Buzurg holds to the family's Islamic traditions. The father and son suffer the "usual" intergenerational problems, but slightly more exaggerated and in certain instances reversed, as it is the older who has embraced The New, the younger who is still grappling with the frustrations of The Old. The Youth is eventually converted to his father's beliefs, travels to meet Baha'u'llah, and is so passionately inflamed with love for this charismatic figure he takes on the dangerous task of delivering a letter to the corrupt and all powerful King, Nasiri'd Din Shah. Aqa Buzurg, now called Badi, the Wonderful, by Baha'u'llah, travels the sixteen hundred miles on foot to deliver his Lord's letter in order to put an end to the persecutions of this new faith. In return he is himself tortured and killed.
    
    
  • 31 (Saturday)---Halloween Party, Cosmopolitan Club. "As a club to promote the friendship and cultural learning between American students and International students as the citizen of the world, we would like to invite you to join our Halloween Party. The tickets are available in Rm. 202 Bradley Hall. Please call 257-4067 ext.235 for information. When: 10/31/98. Where: [UK] Bradley Hall. Time: 8pm till late! Cost: Members - $2, Non-members - $4, At the door - $5. P.S. Dressing in costume is a prerequisite for entrance." Cosmopolitan Club, Office: (606) 257-4067 ext.235 or ext.244, http://www.uky.edu/StudentOrgs/Cosmo. (Information from email).
  
  
• November 1998
  
  
  • 2 (Monday)---UK Judaic Studies Department lecture by Julie Salamon, 8 pm, U.K. Singletary Center's President's Room. (Information from 11/2/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 4 (Wednesday)---"Race, Neutrality, and the Constitution: Colorblind or Just Blind?", Darlene C. Goring, LL.M., College of Law. 12:30 pm, Room 230, UK New Student Center. Part of the Carter G. Woodson Lecture Series. For more information, contact the African American Studies and Research Program, 1307 & 1313 Patterson Office Tower, phone 257-3593. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 5 (Thursday)---"Song of Freedom," 7:30 pm, UK Student Center Theatre. For more information call 257-4130. Part of the Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration. (Information from 11/2/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 5 (Thursday)---An Appalachian evening with Gurney Norman. Mountain stories and culture will be highlights of "An Appalachian Evening with Gurney Norman" on Thursday, November 5, at 7:30 p.m on the University of Kentucky campus. In addition to reading from his work, the Kentucky writer will show a short, dramatic film based on his story, "Fat Monroe." Norman will also tell personal stories about growing up in the Kentucky mountains. Norman is a professor of English at UK and the author of a novel, Divine Right's Trip, and a book of short stories, Kinfolks. The event, sponsored by the UK Appalachian Student Council, will be presented in the Gallery of the W.T. Young Library. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 257-4854. (Information from email.)
    
    
  • 6 (Friday)---African Luncheon, UK Baptist Union. $6 per individual. Group rate: $4 per individual.
    
    
  • 6 (Friday)---Being Persian in America, Lecture with Dr. Farnoody, 6:30-8:30 pm, auditorium, W.T. Young Library, UK. Reception will follow. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the UK Persian Student Association and the Student Activities Board Multicultural Committee. For more information call 257-8867. (Information from 11/5/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 7 (Saturday)---"The Student Activities Board - Multicultural Committee will host Dr. Nehzat Farnoody, a clinical psychologist, at the University of Kentucky. Dialogue session Saturday, November 7 at 10:00am at the Young Library Theater. Please direct all questions to the Student Activities Board, 257-8867." (Information from email.)
    
    
  • 7 (Saturday)---Afro-Caribbean Dance Workshop, 11:15 am - 12:45 pm, Barker Hall, U.K. "Dance to the rhythm of the Caribbean with Sandra Cairo! Rejuvenated and inspired after training with the Urban Bush Women, Sandra Cairo will present another exciting series of Saturday dance classes." $8 general public, $5 students. Cosponsored with the UK Dance Department. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 7 (Saturday)---John S. Hall, UK Student Center Worsham Theater, 8:00 pm, $10 Public, $7 UK Staff, $5 UK Students. "Known as the former frontman for "King Missile," Hall continues on with his career as a great loud performer of spoken word. This previous band is known for their video on MTV like "Detachable Penis," and "Martin Scorcese." Even though his words are humorous and lyrical, they also form a unique, ironical pattern with weaves, politics, gender stereotypes, and religion into a subversive dialect that makes not-so-funny issues comical. Sponsored by Student Activities Board, Next Stage Series. Please direct questions to the Student Activities Board, 257-8867." (Information from email.)
    
    
  • 10 (Tuesday)---AWARE Meeting, 7 pm, Room 357, UK Student Center, Cultural Racism. Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Powell (Georgetown).
    
    
  • 11 (Wednesday)---Faculty Night, King Cafe, 7 pm, Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, Room 124 UK Student Center, 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 12 (Thursday)---Chief Justice Fred Vinson and the Struggle for Racial Equality, William Green, UK Donovan Scholars Forum, 3:30-4:30 pm, Lexington Senior Citizens Center. (Information from UK Weekly Digest.)
    
    
  • 12 (Thurday)---"Proud Valley," 7:30 pm, UK Student Center Theatre. Part of the Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration. For more information call 257-4130. (Information 11/9/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 13 (Friday)---Slide presentation on Gambia (in French), 5-6:30 pm, French Residence, Blanding I, basement, UK, free. For information call 323-7838. (Information from UK Weekly Digest.)
    
    
  • 13 (Friday)---"Kayotic Comedy," 8 pm, UK Student Center Theater. "Through her wildly popular show, Kayotic Comedy, actress, director and "laugh therapist" Kay Lawal lets loose a unique brand of humor borne of her personal struggles. She speaks out from the heart and shoots from the hip about fat, food, sex and recovery. For two decades, she has performed around the world on stages from New York City to Edinburgh, Scotland. Kay is a dramatic as well as comedic actress and has appeared on America's Most Wanted as well as an Emmy Award-winning episode of the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Streets." $5 general admission, $3 UK Students with ID. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 14 (Saturday)---Workshop, "Healing Through Laughter" with Kay Lawal, 11:30 am, Room 357, UK Student Center. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 14 (Saturday)---Silent Games. 6:30-9pm, Kentucky School for the Deaf in Danville, Ky (Kerr Hall, lower level). "Silent Games is a great monthly silent social gathering for Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing. There will be Games, Stories, Friends, Food, Door Prizes, and the Admission is only $1.50. There's only one rule: NO VOICES! This is a completely silent event. Signing, Miming, Gesturing, Fingerspelling are all allowed, but if you get caught speaking, the Voice Police will charge you 5 cents. For more info about Silent Games, go to the Silent Games Homepage, http://members.aol.com/weirdofpa/silentgames.html." (Information from email.)
    
    
  • 16 (Monday)---Diversity Dialogue, 7:30 pm, Room 230, UK Student Center. Refreshments will be served. Also, a video will be shown throughout the day every hour on the hour in the Student Center Game Room. Sponsored by UK SGA, Minority Affairs, N.U.B.I.A.N. Council, Department of Undergraduate Studies, Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils, and the International Student Council. (Information from 11/16/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 17 (Tuesday)---Study Abroad Fair, 10 am - 2 pm, with brochures, videos, applications, and representatives from all UK Study Abroad Programs. Small Ballroom, UK Student Center. For more information call 257-4067 ext. 236. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 19 (Thursday)---Film, Song of Freedom, 7:30 pm, UK King Cultural Center. Part of film festival in honor of the National Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 19-20 (Thursday-Friday)---One World Festival. People to People conference on human relations for high school students, Friday, UK Student Center. Two multicultural dances: For youth who participate in the People to People Youth dialogues, Friday night, ArtsPlace; for adults, Friday night, Ballroom, Government Center, 200 E. Main St. Call Jim Ryder, 231-9037 for more information.
    
    
  • 20 (Friday)---Affrilachian Poets, King Cafe, 7 pm, Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, Room 124 UK Student Center, 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 21 (Saturday)---Autumn Dance, sponsored by the UK Cosmopolitan Club and the ISC. 7-12 pm, Baptist Student Center, formal dress. $12.50 per person, including a full-course buffet-style dinner. For tickets, contact (1) Lily at Bradley Hall Rm 202 , or (2) Kevin for the South Campus , or (3) Adrian for Jewell Hall and the North Campus . (Information from email.)
    
    
  • 23 (Monday)---Workshop on the history behind blacks entering the University of Kentucky. 11 am - 1 pm. For information call 257-1991. (Information from 11/12/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 24 (Tuesday)---Organizational meeting for race dialogues at UK. 6 pm, 231 UK Student Center. (Information from email.)
  
  
• December 1998
  
  
  • 2 (Wednesday)---Blacks and Latinos in Higher Education: Coalition or Competition? Live conference via satellite, 12:30-4:00 pm, viewing in University of Kentucky Student Center Room 230. For more information contact the Vice Chancellor for Minority Affairs Office, 323-6334. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 2 (Wednesday)---Closing Night, King Cafe, 7 pm, Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, Room 124 UK Student Center, 257-4130. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 2 (Wednesday)---"Get On The Bus." UK Worsham Theatre. "Released on the one-year anniversary of the Million Man March, Spike Lee's pseudo-documentary film takes viewers on a unifying cross-country bus ride from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. Lee tells of the monumental event, arguably the most important display of black male solidarity since the late '60's through an eclectic cast on a single day in October. Focusing on unity and self-discovery, Get on the Bus subtly achieves an impact similar to its historical subject. Charles Dutton and Andre Braugher star." (Information from 11/30/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 3 (Thursday)---AWARE meeting, 7-9 pm, Room 359, UK Student Center. Cultural Racism. Video: "Free Indeed." "Most white people in North America have not taken time to wonder about the rules of white privilege. Most have been taught the rules do not exist. "Free Indeed" is a video drama that challenges white viewers to think about their privileges. Rather than encouraging guilt, viewers find suggestions for examining old assumptions." (Information from AWARE webpage.)
    
    
  • 3 (Thursday)---"Embracing the LIght" with Shashu Tucker. 7-9 pm, Room 357, UK Student Center. "These two personal development workshops are designed to assist students in the mastery of time-tested techniques which help reduce mental, emotional, and physical stress levels. The facilitator is Shashu Tucker, a massage therapist and master teacher in the Reiki Method. She is a speaker for the 1998 Essence Magazine's African American Women on Tour conference and has extensive experience in conducting meditation and stress reduction workshops throughout the region." The second workshop was on October 8. (Information from poster.)
    
    
  • 4-5 (Friday-Saturday)---"Like a Winding Sheet," a play by Anne petry. "This play is being performed as part of a night of storytelling called "Shades of Love" at the [UK] Center Theatre. The show is sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center. The show will commemorate 50 years of integration at UK and highlight some of the best in minority artists from UK and the surrounding community." Friday and Saturday evening. For more information call 257-4130. (Information from 12/4/98 Kernel.)
    
    
  • 10 (Thursday)---Amnesty Vigil celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Begins at 6:00 at the UK Student Center, with a walk to the Lexington Civic Center, where the program will begin at 6:30. The program features addresses from the Lexington Fayette Human Rights Commission, City Council, Joel Pett, Tom Steiner and Kathy Moore. Music will be by Perfect Circle, and we will unveil the community Human Rights Mural. Sponsored by Amnesty International. (Information from Amy Shelton, aeshel0@pop.uky.edu.) One of the projects AMNESTY International has planned for the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10 is a mural. The mural will be made of thirty squares of cloth sewn together, each square will represent an article of the UDHR. We're asking various organizations to decorate the squares of cloth with either a picture, quote or poem to illustrate the articles. AMNESTY will provide you with fabric paints, different colored cloth pieces (for a quilt effect) and fabric markers. The cloth is going to be white or cream colored cotton, so please make the illustrations colorful. The articles are:
    • Right to equality
    • Freedom from discrimination
    • Right to life, liberty and personal security
    • Freedom from slavery
    • Freedom from torture
    • Right to recognition as a person before the law
    • Right to equality before the law
    • Right to remedy by competent tribunal
    • Freedom from arbitrary arrest and exile
    • Right to a fair public hearing
    • Right to be considered innocent until proven guilty
    • Freedom from interference with privacy, family, home and correspondence
    • Right to free movement in and out of any country
    • Right to asylum in other countries from persecution
    • Right to a nationality and freedom to change it
    • Right to marriage and family
    • Right to own property
    • Right of belief and religion
    • Freedom of opinion and information
    • Right of peaceful assembly and association
    • Right to participate in government and free elections
    • Right to social security
    • Right to desirable work and to join trade unions
    • Right to rest and leisure
    • Right to adequate living standards
    • Right to education
    • Right to participate in cultural life and community
    • Right to social order assuring human rights
    • Community duties essential to free and full development
    • Freedom from state and personal interference in the above rights
    For more information about the mural, contact Nicki Inman, 323-7262.
    
    
  
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