Posted February 8, 2015 by Editorial Staff in 2015

Bay Area Black History Month Events 2015

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BERKELEY
2/7	Black History Month Mixer
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EAST PALO ALTO
2/21	Celebrate African American History Month with Midpen
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FAIRFIELD
2/21	“THE MEETING”: A One-Act Play by Jeff Stetson; Directed by Terrence Tyrie Ivory
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HEALDSBURG
2/28	Esterlina Black History Month Wine, Arts and Food Celebration 2015
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MARIN / SAN RAFAEL
2/18	Black History Month Business Mixer
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OAKLAND
1/23 – 3/28	Black Artists on Art: The Legacy Exhibit
2/1-28	Black History Month at Mills College
2/1	Steppin-Line Dancin-Salsa Black History Month Kick Off
2/1, 2/8, 2/15	South African Township Theater and Dance Workshop Series
2/6	Grand Opening: Black Artists on Art: The Legacy Exhibit
2/6 – 3/31	Black Hands and Black Labor
2/7	Black Arts Movement West
2/8	Ancient Egyptian Tools for Successful Daily Living
2/10	Celebration of Black History Month with Historian John William Templeton
2/11	African American Oakland: a historical overview
2/13	A Love Supreme: Through A Lens Darkly – film, poetry, jazz
2/15	Black History Month Special: Belle (film)
2/15, 2/20	Coffee & Canvas: A Fundraiser and Black History Month Celebration
2/15-20	Oakland is Hellzapoppin’ #4
2/20	Black History Month After-Work Happy Hour Celebration
2/20	Speeches of A Dream” A Night of Poetry, Art, and Music celebrating Black History Month
2/21	Black Power: Black Panther Legacy Tours
2/21	Black History Month Blood Drive
2/21	Black & White 2015 Scholarship Gala
2/21-22	Johnny’s Journey – South African Experience
2/21-22	The Art of Living Black—Open Studios Art Fair
2/22	Ancient Egyptian Tools for Successful Daily Living
2/25	sf\|noir: Shrimp, Grits & Greens
2/25	Health Care Rights in America
2/27	Celebrate Black History Month
2/28	If These Walls Could Talk
3/1	sf\|noir: The Oakland Jazz Brunch
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PALO ALTO / STANFORD
2/21	Getting Played: The First Annual Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards
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PETALUMA
2/6	The doRiaN Mode – Jazz Concert
2/15	A Tribute to Dr. Maya Angelou
2/27	Annual Black History Program
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RICHMOND
1/10 – 2/27	The Art of Living Black (Reception 2/7)
2/25	Black History Month Breakfast with the Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr.
2/28	Celebrating Black Women of Excellence Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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SACRAMENTO
2/2	NAACP Legacy Hall of Fame: Art Exhibit & Symposium
2/7	A Quest for Freedom – Sojourner Truth African American Museum Black History Festival
2/7	Young, Gifted and Black
2/15	Black History Month Celebration and Free Family Festival
2/22	Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC) Annual Black History Month program

SAN FRANCISCO
2/1-2/28	San Francisco Public Library Celebrates Black History Month
Thru 2/28	African Americans in the Maritime Trades: A Photographic Exhibition
Thru 4/5	The Art of Elizabeth Catlett
2/1	Racism and all that Jazz
2/1, 2/8, 2/15	The Great Migration in Alaska: African Americans, the Alaska Packers Association, and the Politics of Race at Sea, 1896-1929
2/1-28	Black History Scavenger Hunt
2/3	NoViolet Bulawayo: We Need New Names
2/4 – 4/12	Marie Johnson Calloway: Legacy of Color
2/6	2015 Black History Month Kickoff (12p, SF City Hall)
2/7	GOLDEN Kicks off Black History Month
2/7	Lorraine Hansberry Theatre presents a reading of The Final Version by Ishmael Reed
2/7	Chanteys: The African American and Caribbean Connection
2/8	Did Black Lives Ever Matter? with Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright
2/10	Sips with Soul
2/10	Black Women in the West
2/11 – 3/1	Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical
2/12	1968 Bayview Hunter’s Point Uprising Part 2
2/12	Black History Month Roundtable
2/12	Celebrating Diversity Through Black History
2/12	Opale Noire (Black Stone) Runway Show
2/13	Black History Month Reception for SF Black Elected Officials, Commissioners and City Department Heads
2/14	UNCF Masked Ball
2/14	African American Genealogy
2/14, 2/22	The Saga of Whaler Captain William Shorey
2/15	Marcus Shelby live at the Black Hawk
2/17	We Need New Names
2/18	Meet the Authors: Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin!
2/19	Celebrating Black Excellence & Leadership in the Bay
2/20	Issa Rae and Justin Simien
2/21	Capoeira Black History Celebration
2/21-22	Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now
2/22	Black History and Hiking on San Francisco’s Coast
2/23	San Francisco Black History Month Cultural Experience
2/24	Celebrating Diversity Through Black History
2/25	Point of Pride: The People’s View of Bayview/Hunter’s Point
2/25	Macy’s Black History Month “The Soul Era”
2/26	sf\|noir: In Defense of Food: A Spoken Word Affair
2/26	African Americans in Mathematics & Science
2/26	Film and Discussion with Bill Duke
2/27	sf\|noir: In The Kitchen
2/28	Tell Me More: Scholarly Voices Across the African Diaspora with Dr. Justin Hansford
2/28 – 3/1	Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now

SAN JOSE
1/31	A Celebration of Black Pride and Talent
2/4	Political Prisoners in the U.S.: Film – MUMIA Long Distance Revolutionary
2/6	Flag Raising Ceremony & Reception
2/8	The Barbershop Diaries World Premiere Gala
2/9 – 3/21	The Art of Living Black (Reception: Feb 21, 6-9PM)
2/11	Race & Identity: Film – Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism
2/18	Land & Freedom: Film – African Independence with Prof. Tukufu Zuberi
2/22	‘Best-in-Class’ Black History Month Mixer
2/25	Police Brutality & Mass Incarceration: Film – Throwaways
2/26	I Shall Not Be Silent
2/27-3/1	Before It Hits Home
2/28	19th Annual Harambee
2/28	African and African American Cultural Unity Day
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STOCKTON
2/1-28	Black History Month at University of the Pacific
2/17	Lecture: Dr. Angela Davis
2/27	Black History Month 2015 Gospelfest