Events scheduled to honor
Black History Month

Lectures, musical performances and a student talent show are among the events marking Black History Month at the UI.

The events and activities:

• Through Feb. 28: "The African Encounter Exhibit," World Heritage Museum. Museum hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; 2 to 5 p.m., Sunday.
  
  
• Feb. 9: C-U African-American AIDS Project Gospelfest, 4 p.m. Salem Baptist Church, 500 E. Park Ave., Champaign.
  
  
• Feb. 10: "Packaging Fog in the Heart of America: The Story of Project 500," Clarence Shelley, UI associate vice chancellor for student affairs, Afro-American Studies and Research Program Brown Bag Lecture Series, noon, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana. ("Project 500" refers to an early effort to recruit African-American students to the UI.)
  
  
• Feb. 10 to 14: "Know Your Heritage," university residential halls; sponsored by the Central Black Student Union and the Residential Hall Association.
  
  
• Feb. 13 : Awadagin Pratt, award-winning pianist and guest conductor performing the music of Bach and Beethoven with the Sinfonia da Camera, 8 p.m., Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Admission charge.
  
  
• Feb. 15 to 22: "Unity Week," a series of events sponsored by the UI's black student unions.
• Feb. 15: "Cotton Club," Central Black Student Union talent show, 3 and 8 p.m., Foellinger Auditorium; admission charge.
  
  
• Feb. 16: "Movie Night," 9 p.m., Allen Hall Main Lounge; sponsored by Eusa Nia.
  
  
• Feb. 17: "Soul Food Dinner," 5 to 7 p.m., Pennsylvania Avenue Residence East Dining Room; sponsored by Salongo.
  
  
• Feb. 19: "NIA Raps," 7 to 9 p.m., African-American Cultural Center, 708 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana; sponsored by Ma'at/NIA.
  
  
• Feb. 21: "Fashion Show," Beautiful and Together Sisters, 7 to 10 p.m., Illini Union Ballroom; admission charge.
  
  
• Feb. 21: "A Tribute to Malcolm X," 9 to 11 p.m., Clark Hall North Lounge; sponsored by NIA.
  
  
• Feb. 22: "Founders Day," National Society of Black Engineers, 1 p.m., 151 Everitt Lab.
  
  
• Feb. 22: "Unity Week Rap Up," 3 p.m., Illinois Street Residence Multi-Purpose Room; sponsored by Ebony Umoja.
  
  
• Feb. 23: "Know Your Heritage Competition," Central Black Student Union, 7 to 9 p.m., Florida Avenue Residence Multi-Purpose Room, 1001 W. College Court, Urbana.
  
  
• Feb. 25: "Legacy Part II: The History of African-American Music," Maggie Brown, Chicago-based music historian, a continuation of Brown's 1996 lecture on the same theme, 7 p.m., Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union; sponsored by the African-American Cultural Program.
  
  
• Feb. 25: "Career Opportunities," 7:30 to 9 p.m., Saunders Hall Lounge; sponsored by Salongo.
  
  
• Feb. 27: "Closing Ceremonies," Central Black Student Union, keynote speech by Chicago activist Hannibal Afrik, 7 to 9 p.m., Colonial Room, Illini Union.
  
  
• Feb. 28: "When is a Mammie not a Mammie? Some Positive Readings of an American Icon," Alice Deck, UI professor of English, 12:15 p.m., Friday Forum Lecture Series, University YMCA, Latzer Hall.

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