Lafayette Celebrates Black History Month

Students shop and eat during last year's African Market.

Lafayette will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with poetry, food, music, discussions, performances, and a fashion show.

Through the theme of “Beats, Rhymes, & Life,” the month’s events will explore the past, present, and future of black artistry. The celebration’s keynote performance will be Brooklyn-based poet and spoken word artist Brook Yung 8 p.m. Feb. 11 in Farinon College Center Snack Bar.

The month’s events are coordinated by the Office of Intercultural Development and are sponsored by the Africana studies program; the Association of Black Collegians, the Office of Religious Life, and the Williams Center for the Arts. For more information about the College’s Black History Month celebration, contact intercultural development at (610) 330-5580.

Schedule of events:

• Feb. 3, 8 p.m., Williams Center for the Arts-Lar Lubovitch Dance Company performance and discussion
• Feb. 4, 5 p.m., Lehigh University (bus transportation provided)-Step Afrika! dance troupe
• Feb. 6, 3 p.m., Williams Center for the Arts-Saxophone Summit performs music of John Coltrane
• Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Williams Center for the Arts-Ethos Percussion Group
• Feb. 9, 8 a.m., Marlo Room Farinon College Center-Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Breakfast
• Feb. 9, 8 p.m., Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104- Association of Black Collegians Black History Game Night
• Feb. 11, 8 p.m., Farinon Snack Bar-Poet Brook Yung
• Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m., Portlock Black Cultural Center-All That Jazz Listening Party with Skip Wilkins, associate professor of music
• Feb. 23, noon, Landis Atrium Farinon College Center-African Market
• Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Marlo Room Farinon College Center-Black History Month Finale and Fashion Show