FEBRUARY 20
Creative Expressions
12:00–1:00PM
Price Center Plaza
Please join TMC in celebrating Black History Month with Bomani Drummers, Step Show and spoken work from UCSD Alumnus Vejea Jennings. Free.
Contact: Lisa Garcia at L5garcia@ucsd.edu/858-534-0643.
Sponsored by Thurgood Marshall Dean’s Office
2nd Annual African American Studies Film Series:
Black Documentary Films
6:00–8:00PM
Student Services Center Multipurpose Room
In celebration of Black History Month, we will be screening tow documentary films, directed by contemporary African American Directors. Featured films are “No (The Rape Documentary)” and “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes.”
Contact: Jessica Heredia at jmheredia@ucsd.edu/858-534-0613
Sponsored by African American Studies Minor
FEBRUARY 21
ArtPower! Presents:
Tentacle Sessions, featuring DBR + DJ Scientific
8:00 and 10:00PM
The Stage at Porter's Pub
ArtPower! presents Tentacle Sessions, our new series featuring performance that grabs you and won't let go! Pop-culture musical mastermind Daniel Bernard Roumain teams up with laptop artist DJ Scientific for a staggering hybrid of electronica, hip-hop, and classical music that captures you off-guard, then enraptures you. Amplified violin and impressive beat-boxing sounds battle, sing, and rhyme together in an interweaving exchange of styles and genres. This is music that bamboozles and awakens your ears with its unquestionable virtuosity and sonic power. Adult: $12; UCSD Faculty/Staff: $9, UCSD Students: Pay as You Can!
Purchase: Call 858.534.TIXS or visit www.artpower.ucsd.edu
Sponsored by ArtPower! at UC San Diego
Gene Perry African Drumming and Dance Workshop
3:30–5:00PM
SSB#101
Drumming and dance instruction by percussive artist Gene Perry.
Contact: Bennetta Jules-Rosette at bjulesro@ucsd.edu/858-822-0265
Sponsored by African and African-American Studies Research Project
Author and Speaker, Maria D. Dowd Discusses Books
Journey to a Blissful Life and Journey to Empowerment
12:00PM
UC San Diego Bookstore
Author and motivational speaker, Maria D. Dowd, will discuss and sign her books, Journey to a Blissful Life and Journey to Empowerment. These books are a soul-stirring collection of real-life wisdom from women from all walks of life. Free.
Sponsored by UC San Diego Bookstore
FEBRUARY 23
6th Annual BHM Celebration and Scholarship Brunch
with Keynote Speaker Clifton Davis
10:30AM–1:00PM
Faculty Club
Davis-actor, singer, composer, and producer. Clifton Davis is best
known for his 5-year stint as Reverend Reuben Gregory on the popular television series, Amen. Most recently, Davis appeared in the Disney film, Halloweentown High and the soon-to-be released independent film, Bagels, Lox and Hamhocks. He portrayed Mayor Smalls in the Al Pacino film, Any Given Sunday and received a Grammy nomination for his hit song, Never Can Say Goodbye. His other television appearances includes That's My Mama, The Melba Moore and Clifton Davis Show with appearances on The Love Boat, Police Story, Oprah, and the
Today Show, on Broadway in Hello Dolly, Jimmy Shine and in his Tony Award nomination for Best Actor, the Musical Two Gentleman of Verona.
Event highlights includes a soul food brunch, performances by local community choirs, and a Silent Auction with proceeds to directly benefit undergraduate scholarships. Additionally, outstanding African American undergraduate and graduate students will be recognized for stellar academic achievement.
Tickets may be purchased at the UCSD Box Office (located on the 1st floor of the Price Center or by calling 534-TIXS).
UCSD Department Recharges accepted.
Prices are as follows:
$50 Per Person ($55 day of the event)
$45 UCSD Faculty/Staff/Alumni
$5 UCSD Student (Student ID required/limit one ticket per student) --Subsidized by the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
$35 Students (Non-UCSD)
$360 Per Table (Seating for 8)
Contact: UCSD Box Office at boxoffice@ucsd.edu or 858.534.TIXS