#black-history-month

#black-history-month

The people carrying the heaviest weight are often the ones least likely to speak up. They're balancing Q1 deliverables with questions that never make it to a staff meeting: Does anyone see what's happening? Will anyone acknowledge it? If I speak up, what does it cost me?

Black History Month is personal for me. It's about honoring resilience, creativity, leadership; in my position, it's about creating opportunities for the local community and opening doors for local businesses, said Sam Martinez, General Manager of The George.

Students across the Greater Toronto Area are recognizing inspiring Black professionals in a variety of fields in a new exhibit to mark Black History Month. The We Are Canada exhibit opened Saturday to celebrate the essays and photos taken by students showcasing leaders of the Black community in different areas of work. "We Are Canada gives students the opportunity careers, career progression and become inspired by what they see," said Angela Henry, director of communications for the Lifelong Leadership Institute. "And also gain the understanding that Black people have been involved in areas of work across many positions in Canada."

Celebrate Black History Month (and a little bit more) with live stand-up in Uptown Oakland, featuring rotating lineups of rising Black comedians alongside standout Bay Area pros and special guests. Each show features 4 to 5 comedians delivering a 70+ minute comedy show with credits including Cobb's Comedy Club, Punch Line SF, SF Sketchfest, Don't Tell Comedy, The Improv, San Francisco Comedy Competition, and more.

Celebrate Black History Month with live stand-up at San Francisco's first Black-owned comedy club. Featuring the Bay Area's best rising Black comedians, rotating lineups with credits like Cobb's, Punch Line, SF Sketchfest, Cheaper Than Therapy, and often surprise drop-in sets from touring comics. Each show features 4 to 5 pro comedians performing 70 to 90 minutes of stand-up in an intimate clubhouse-style venue on Market Street.

is not distinct from American history.

To be Black in the U.S. has such an expansive meaning that traces back to Europeans deciding who got to be "white." While some people, like the Italians and Irish, earned their way into "white-ness," those with even a drop of Black in their heritage were relegated to the lower rungs of the racial ladder.

This is one of the biggest holiday weekends of the year, as celebrations of Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day overlap and blur. (Sadly, no one organized our dream soiree with a brass band performing for singles dressed as Babe-raham Lincoln and other sexy presidents.) We have separate lists for the area's best Mardi Gras parties, Black History Month events, Lunar New Year celebrations,

February is Black History Month, and we've put together a list of ways to commemorate the occasion. From new exhibits and films, to history tours and Black-owned tastings, there are a number of ways to celebrate Black culture this month.

Discover the history of five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the museum's recently opened "At the Vanguard" exhibit throughout the month. This week, there's a curator tour about American military history on Wednesday, and a Harlem Renaissance book talk with writer A'Lelia Bundles on Thursday (exhibit closes July 19 , free, events require registration, Smithsonian NMAAHC).

Five young Black women choreographers came together for two evenings of Draft Works marking The Royal Ballet's association with Black History Month; and the first thing to note is the sheer abundance of ideas on show. That, and the obvious talent of these young women, most of them barely past 20-years-old. In his introduction, Royal Ballet Principal Marcelino Sambe, who curated the programme, described the women's voices as simultaneously powerful and vulnerable, adding that, in his view, they were the future of dance.

For this year's Black History Month, the theme is Standing Firm in Power and Pride, honouring the resilience, innovation and fortitude of Black people in the UK and beyond. It celebrates the community's contributions across many fields, including the arts and culture, as reflected in a selection of brilliant new exhibitions. These range from explorations into the artists and groups