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Black history month schedule of events

Feb.1: Performance. Black Theatre Ensemble presents Peaches. 7 p.m., Morton Theatre. Free. (706) 542-8468.

Feb. 2: Second Annual Black Issues in Higher Education Conference. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. $20.

Feb. 3: Face Off 2007 Fundraiser for Leadership, Scholarship and Service. 7 p.m. Classic Center. $15 in advance, $17 at the door. (706) 542-4612.

Feb. 7: Program. “Call To Consciousness—Black HIV AIDS Day.” 7 p.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center.  (706) 542-8648.

Feb. 7: Apero Africana Brown Bag Lecture. “Focus on Morocco,” Ken Honerkamp, religion. 12:20–1:10 p.m. African-American Cultural Center (fourth floor, Memorial Hall).  fsgiles@uga.edu.

Feb. 8: Performance. Black Theatre Ensemble presents Love Jones, an evening of singing, music, a skit and monologues. 7 p.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center.

Feb. 9: Lecture. “Womanism: On Its Own: The First Quarter Century of Womanist Thought,” Layli ­Phillips. 12:20–1:10 p.m. Adinkra Hall. (706) 542-2846.

Feb. 9: International Student Coffee Hour hosted by UGA’s Intercultural Affairs Department. 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. (706) 542-2846.

Feb. 13: Film. A Girl Like Me. 12:30 p.m. Adinkra Hall. 

Feb. 14: Apero Africana Brown Bag Lecture. “Freedom on Film: New Directions in Civil Rights Research and Pedagogy,” Barbara McCaskill, Courtney Thomas, Lauren Chambers and Aggie Ebrahimi. 12:20–1:10 p.m. African-American Cultural Center (fourth floor, Memorial Hall). fsgiles@uga.edu.

Feb. 16: Lecture. “Glenda Dickerson: Transforming through Performing,” Freda Scott-Giles. 12:20 –1:10 p.m., Adinkra Hall. (706) 542-2846.

Feb. 16–17: Performance. Black Theatrical Ensemble Spring Production, From Slavery to Freedom, 7 p.m. Fine Arts Building. $3 ($2 students). (706) 542-8468.

Feb. 18: Induction Ceremony. Abeneefoo Kuo Honor Society. 4:30 p.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center. Meal included. $10 (children 5 and younger eat free).

Feb. 18: Concert. Sweet Honey in the Rock. 3 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. $28 (front balcony) $23 (rear balcony), half price for UGA students with valid ID. (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.

Feb. 21: Apero Africana Brown Bag Lecture. “The Sociolinguistics of Love Songs: A Contrast of Cultures,” Rose Uptor, doctoral candidate in linguistics. 12:20–1:10 p.m. African-American Cultural Center, Memorial Hall, fourth floor.

Feb. 21: Program. “Continuing the Legacy,” a discussion for students about the importance of strides made by Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Hamilton Holmes and Mary Frances Early. 7 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Center.

Feb. 24: NAACP Image Awards with guest speaker Andrew Young, former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador. 7 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. $25 ($10 students). (706) 542-8468.

Feb. 24: India Nite. 7 p.m. Classic Center. $12 in advance, $14 at the door.

Feb. 28: Apero Africana Brown Bag Lecture. “Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present,” ­Harriet Washington. 12:20–1:10 p.m. ­African-American Cultural Center (fourth floor, Memorial Hall).