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Here is the list of events that might be interesting to anyone who likes music, poetry or history.
The college is celebrating African American History Month with:

Saturday, February 23
4:00–11:00 p.m.
4th Annual Black History Month Lecture Series Theater, Scibelli Hall STCC Campus; tickets available at the door
This series is sponsored by WTCC 90.7 FM; the STCC Diversity Council; and Roots and Branches, a multi-cultural entertainment network and subsidiary of Lindsay Entertainment Network. Masters of ceremony for the event are Andrew Cade of WTCC-FM and Kari Njiiri of WFCR-FM. Tickets are $20 for the general public and $15 for students, and will be available at the door. The program is supported in part by a grant from the Springfield Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Followed by a musical presentation, the lectures will focus on “the lives of three prominent black international historical figures whose inspiring work has helped to shape our world culturally, politically, and artistically,” said Maurice Lindsay, president of Lindsay Entertainment Network.

4:00-5:30 p.m.
Dr. Touissant King Hill, a cousin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will speak on behalf of the King family, examining the contrast between the dream that Dr. King envisioned for America’s race relations and the status of race relations in today’s American society

5:30-7:00 p.m.
A personal journey into the life and times of the Honorable Marcus M. Garvey will be highlighted by his youngest son, Dr. Julius Garvey, and will review Marcus Garvey’s historical legacy in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean.

7:00-9:00 p.m.
Bob Marley’s biographer Roger Steffens will present a two-hour film and lecture on the life and works of musician Bob Marley.

9:30-11:00 p.m.
The 15-member Bob Marley Ensemble of the Berklee College of Music will close out the day’s events with a live performance of Bob Marley music.

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Thursday, February 28
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Presentation by Olympian Gail A. Marquis, member of the U.S. silver medal basketball team, and featured analyst for the Women’s National Basketball Association on the NBA Entertainment Network. Sponsored by the STCC Diversity Council; for more information call 755-4414. Theater, Scibelli Hall STCC Campus

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Friday February 29th:
Soul Food luncheon on February 29. Scibelli Hall Gym 11-food runs out. Tickets are $2.00 in advance. Call 755-4414 for more information.

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Thursday, March 6
Time and Place TBA
The Langston Hughes Project
Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz. This multimedia concert, based on a 1961 12-part poetic suite by poet/writer/playwright Langston Hughes, is created by and performed by Dr. Ron McCurdy, professor and chairman of jazz studies at the University of Southern California.
For more information call 755-4414.

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Saturday, March 8
3:30 p.m.
23rd Western Massachusetts Regional History Day Competition awards ceremony
Theater, Scibelli Hall, STCC Campus

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Permanent exhibit Tuesday-Friday
1:00-4:00 p.m.
African American Heritage Project at
PAHMUSA 2nd floor, Tower Square, Springfield, MA

The STCC Black History Month celebration is sponsored by the STCC Department of History/Social Sciences and the STCC Diversity Council, in partnership with the American Pluralism Project, the Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, PAHMUSA (Pan-African Heritage museum in Tower Square), the Springfield Armory Museum, the Springfield Museums Association, and the Western Mass. Council for the Social Studies.