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  • Conversations for Change - Of Equity and Education
    Conversations for Change - Of Equity and Education
    Conversations for Change - Of Equity and Education
    Thu, Feb 29
    Virtual Event
    Feb 29, 2024, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PST
    Virtual Event
    Feb 29, 2024, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PST
    Virtual Event
    Join United Way of King County for an afternoon of learning about pressing community issues from experts and how you can help make a difference!
  • Last Tuesday Happy Hour Seattle | February '24
    Last Tuesday Happy Hour Seattle | February '24
    Last Tuesday Happy Hour Seattle | February '24
    Tue, Feb 27
    Belltown Provisions
    Feb 27, 2024, 6:00 PM PST
    Belltown Provisions, 2137 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
    Feb 27, 2024, 6:00 PM PST
    Belltown Provisions, 2137 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
    Join us for a Happy Hour event celebrating Black History Month, where we'll be supporting a local black-owned bar - Belltown Provisions. In true Young Professionals of Seattle fashion, you’ll network in a super casual setting: no name-tags, just show up whenever, meet whomever...
  • Seattle Black Film Festival
    Seattle Black Film Festival
    Seattle Black Film Festival
    Sun, Feb 25
    Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
    Feb 25, 2024, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
    Feb 25, 2024, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
    LANGSTON is proud to bring its Seattle Black Film Festival to BIMA for an afternoon of thought provoking short films, one feature length film, and a post screening discussion.
  • 2nd Annual Black Makers & Creatives Exhibit
    2nd Annual Black Makers & Creatives Exhibit
    2nd Annual Black Makers & Creatives Exhibit
    Sat, Feb 24
    Hyatt Regency Lake Washington | Renton
    Feb 24, 2024, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST
    Hyatt Regency Lake Washington | Renton, 1053 Lake Washington Blvd N, Renton, WA 98056, USA
    Feb 24, 2024, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST
    Hyatt Regency Lake Washington | Renton, 1053 Lake Washington Blvd N, Renton, WA 98056, USA
    Join an evening of fashion, poetry and thoughtfully curated art as we showcase some of Western Washington's most talented Black artists and creatives. This year's theme, Royalty, aims to focus on the remarkable history of our African American ancestors, their cultural legacies and...
  • Opera Talk: Thulani Davis on the Emancipation Circuit
    Opera Talk: Thulani Davis on the Emancipation Circuit
    Opera Talk: Thulani Davis on the Emancipation Circuit
    Sat, Feb 24
    Tagney Jones Hall | The Opera Center
    Feb 24, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Tagney Jones Hall | The Opera Center, 363 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    Feb 24, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Tagney Jones Hall | The Opera Center, 363 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    A special talk featuring Thulani Davis, librettist of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, as she discusses her recent book The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom. Honored with the 2023 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award, this book reveals...
  • X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X
    X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X
    X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X
    Sat, Feb 24
    McCaw Hall
    Feb 24, 2024, 11:00 AM PST – Mar 04, 2024, 8:00 PM PST
    McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    Feb 24, 2024, 11:00 AM PST – Mar 04, 2024, 8:00 PM PST
    McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    Activist. Orator. Husband. Leader. One of the most misunderstood figures in US history, Malcolm X was an icon of the civil rights movement. Get to know the man through a series of biographical vignettes that follow Malcolm X from his interrupted childhood in Lansing, Michigan to...
  • Black History Month Soirée
    Black History Month Soirée
    Black History Month Soirée
    Sat, Feb 17
    Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
    Feb 17, 2024, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST
    Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
    Feb 17, 2024, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST
    Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
    The Black History Month Soirée is a time to come and celebrate Black culture at a night filled with music, art, & black owned businesses
  • Black History Month Keynote with Dr. Doretha Williams
    Black History Month Keynote with Dr. Doretha Williams
    Black History Month Keynote with Dr. Doretha Williams
    Thu, Feb 15
    Northwest African American Museum
    Feb 15, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Northwest African American Museum, 2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle, WA 98144, USA
    Feb 15, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Northwest African American Museum, 2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle, WA 98144, USA
    Join Northwest African American Museum for a Black History Keynote with Dr. Doretha Williams and her family history team from the Smithsonian Museum. Dr. Doretha Williams will be NAAM's keynote speaker in honor of Black History Month where she will discuss Black family history and genealogy.
  • Advancing Racial Equity: Revisiting Dr. King's Lost Speech
    Advancing Racial Equity: Revisiting Dr. King's Lost Speech
    Advancing Racial Equity: Revisiting Dr. King's Lost Speech
    Tue, Feb 13
    Rainier Arts Center
    Feb 13, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST
    Rainier Arts Center, 3515 S Alaska St, Seattle, WA 98118, USA
    Feb 13, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST
    Rainier Arts Center, 3515 S Alaska St, Seattle, WA 98118, USA
    Celebrate Black History Month and for an evening of advancing racial equity in King County. Come, listen, learn, and take action!
  • The National Black Anthem
    The National Black Anthem
    The National Black Anthem
    Tue, Feb 13
    West Seattle YMCA
    Feb 13, 2024, 12:00 PM PST
    West Seattle YMCA, 3622 SW Snoqualmie St, Seattle, WA 98126, USA
    Feb 13, 2024, 12:00 PM PST
    West Seattle YMCA, 3622 SW Snoqualmie St, Seattle, WA 98126, USA
    Learn more about this important piece of Black history and its significance today. Gain valuable insights and engage in a thoughtful discussion about the Anthem's origins and evolution.
  • The Soul of Seattle
    The Soul of Seattle
    The Soul of Seattle
    Sat, Feb 10
    Block 41
    Feb 10, 2024, 5:15 PM – 10:00 PM PST
    Block 41 , 115 Bell St, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
    Feb 10, 2024, 5:15 PM – 10:00 PM PST
    Block 41 , 115 Bell St, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
    The Soul of Seattle was created as a fundraiser to help foster relationships and empower the community through food. The Goal is to shed light on the diverse food and Black-owned businesses within Seattle, and raise funds to support...
  • Ijeoma Oluo with Michele Storms: Be a Revolution
    Ijeoma Oluo with Michele Storms: Be a Revolution
    Ijeoma Oluo with Michele Storms: Be a Revolution
    Fri, Feb 09
    The Great Hall
    Feb 09, 2024, 7:30 PM – 7:35 PM PST
    The Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Feb 09, 2024, 7:30 PM – 7:35 PM PST
    The Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Ijeoma Oluo’s #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race (2019) offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in society.
  • An Evening with Tina Campt: Black Feminist Visual Culture
    An Evening with Tina Campt: Black Feminist Visual Culture
    An Evening with Tina Campt: Black Feminist Visual Culture
    Thu, Feb 08
    The Wyncote NW Forum
    Feb 08, 2024, 6:30 PM – 6:35 PM PST
    The Wyncote NW Forum, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Feb 08, 2024, 6:30 PM – 6:35 PM PST
    The Wyncote NW Forum, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Dr. Tina Campt is a black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art and lead convener of the Practicing Refusal Collective and the Sojourner Project...
  • Black Tech Night
    Black Tech Night
    Black Tech Night
    Thu, Feb 08
    Columbia City Theater
    Feb 08, 2024, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST
    Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118, USA
    Feb 08, 2024, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST
    Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118, USA
    A celebration of Black History Month and Black Tech Night’s one-year anniversary! This Black Tech Night will feature a multigenerational discussion on tech leadership, lessons learned in navigating the tech industry, and the importance of community and education
  • Tamara Payne: The Life and Legacy of Malcolm X
    Tamara Payne: The Life and Legacy of Malcolm X
    Tamara Payne: The Life and Legacy of Malcolm X
    Wed, Feb 07
    The Wyncote NW Forum
    Feb 07, 2024, 7:30 PM – 7:35 PM PST
    The Wyncote NW Forum, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Feb 07, 2024, 7:30 PM – 7:35 PM PST
    The Wyncote NW Forum, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    In 1990, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Les Payne embarked on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X.
  • Tell Them We Are Rising
    Tell Them We Are Rising
    Tell Them We Are Rising
    Wed, Feb 07
    Franke Tobey Jones - Bristol Building
    Feb 07, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    Franke Tobey Jones - Bristol Building, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA
    Feb 07, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    Franke Tobey Jones - Bristol Building, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA
    Join in person, or virtually, for this must-see slice of history. Mark your calendars and be part of this meaningful event honoring and magnifying Black history month...
  • 2024 Call to Conscience Black History Month Museum
    2024 Call to Conscience Black History Month Museum
    2024 Call to Conscience Black History Month Museum
    Thu, Feb 01
    Columbia City Theater
    Feb 01, 2024, 11:00 AM PST – Feb 29, 2024, 7:00 PM PST
    Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118, USA
    Feb 01, 2024, 11:00 AM PST – Feb 29, 2024, 7:00 PM PST
    Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118, USA
    For Black History Month, Rainier Avenue Radio has converted the Columbia City Theater into a museum for the entire month of February!

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