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Milwaukee Film
mkefilm.org/bhm/films-2
u Though February
Oriental Theater
Black History Film:
Films include Renaissance:
A Film by Beyonce, The 50,
Boomerang, Invisible Beauty,
Girl, and Gaining Ground: The
Fight for Black Land.
American Black
Holocaust Museum
abhmuseum.org
u Feb. 17, 10am-2pm
American Black Holocaust
Museum, MIAD
Growing Resistance Gallery
Tour and Zine-Making Event:
Participants meet at the ABHM
and take a bus to the Brooks
Stevens Gallery, where they
tour Growing Resistance, an
exhibit featuring stories from
residents of Milwaukee's north
side neighborhoods including
Lindsay Heights, Washington
Park, Midtown, and Sherman
Park. The exhibit illustrates how
these neighborhoods cope with
challenges including systemic
racism, and how they are thriv-
ing despite these challenges.
Marcus Performing
Arts Center
marcuscenter.org
u Feb. 9, 7:30pm
Black Violin: Brought to life by
Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste,
Black Violin, a two-time GRAM-
MY-nominated duo, invokes
a musical fusion of exquisite
classical sounds and exhilarat-
ing hip-hop beats.
u Feb. 14, 7:30pm
Dance Theatre of Harlem:
A singular
presence
in the ballet
world, the
Dance Theatre
of Harlem
presents a
powerful
vision for ballet
in the 21st
century.
u Feb. 14, 7:30pm
Delfeayo Marsalis: Delfeayo
Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Or-
chestra are a highly entertaining
ensemble, focused on main-
taining important jazz traditions
such as riff playing, New Orleans
polyphony and spontaneous
arrangements.
Milwaukee
Public Museum
mpm.edu
u Though February
Visitors can learn about Mil-
waukee's colorful and turbulent
history of struggles for racial
justice and visit the home of
the Watsons, a family which
played a key role in establishing
Milwaukee's Black middle class
in the mid-nineteenth century,
in the museum's Streets of Old
Milwaukee exhibit.
Milwaukee
Art Museum
mam.org
u Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2-3pm
Drop-In Tour: Art by Artists of
the African Diaspora: Celebrate
The Milwaukee area commemorates Black History Month with many cultural,
educational, and community-centered activities at these area locations.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
