Local arts organizations are honoring Black History Month with a powerful series of performances, conversations and visual art.
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February 2-27
American Stage
American Stage presents School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh, a funny and touching story about the need to feel like you belong. Details here.
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February 3-13
The Studio@620
The Studio@620 & Outcast Theatre Collective present a collaborative theatrical production of Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu, a provocative riff on Waiting for Godot. Details here.
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February 4-28
The Studio@620
SEEN is a free exhibit of work by visual artist Nick Davis. This collection gives a glimpse into his creative life and world, and a preview of what his solo exhibition will offer in the the fall. Details here.
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February 7
The Studio@620
The Studio@620 and American Stage present Speak the Dream: A Legacy of Lessons and Blessings – a conversation between Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Jennifer Leigh Warren and Bob Devin Jones, hosted by American Stage’s Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. Free. RSVP here.
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February 15
Today’s Church Tampa Bay, St. Pete
American Stage hosts a free reading of The Mountaintop, Katori Hall‘s award-winning play about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Details here.
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February 19
The Studio@620
Never Had a Friend is a one-man memoir performance delivering an unprecedented view of urban poverty through the eyes of a child. Details here.
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February 21
American Stage
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney shares an evening of conscious comedy, spoken word and song. Details here.
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Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum
The Woodson Museum and the Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association celebrate Black History Month with Jazz Plays the Blues, a live concert by the Scotty Wright Quintet – blues seen and heard and felt from a jazz perspective. Details here.
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February 28
American Stage
American Stages hosts the premiere of Rise: An African American Word Quilt by Producing Artistic Director and Resident Playwright Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, a work inspired by August Wilson’s The Ground on Which I Stand. Details here.
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