(CHARLOTTE,
NC)--Johnson
C. Smith University invites the Charlotte community to help
celebrate Black History Month with music, an original movie
showing and cultural dances in February. The following is a
complete list of activities:
 Awadagin
Pratt
Famed musician Awadagin Pratt will be featured during the first
event, Piano Virtuoso, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
February 2, 2005 in the Jane M. Smith Memorial Church located on
campus. Pratt challenges the classical music establishment and
fans alike, forcing them to rethink the way the music is
perceived and heard. The event is free.
Step Afrika!
Step Afrika! is a powerful collaboration project between young
artists from the United States and the South Africa-based Soweto
Dance Theater. Reviewers describe the company’s performance as
a “high energy brand of precision stepping” – a genre considered
by many to be the most exciting created by Americans in the 21st
century. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. inside of Brayboy
Gymnasium on February 11, 2005. Admission is free for JCSU
students, $5 for faculty and staff, and $10 for the general
public.
The Meeting
King Cosby and the Movement
is a fictional dramatic representation of a meeting with Martin
Luther King and Malcolm X in a hotel room. Dinner will be served
and the program will be a collection of speeches and poetry.
This event will be held in Grimes Lounge of the University
Memorial Union on Saturday, February 12, 2005 at 6:00pm. This
event is free to JCSU students and not open to the public.
Sponsored by the Student Government Association.
“Maxyme” Film
Screening
“Maxyme” is a short experimental narrative film. It was filmed
in Savannah, Ga. last year with the assistance of three JCSU
Communication Arts students. JCSU faculty member John Fitch III
produced the film. There will be two showings. The first will be
at 4 p.m. on Feb. 16 and the second at 7 pm. on that same day.
The film will be shown in the Newson Humanities Building in Room
108. Admission is free. For more information about the events,
contact Johnson C. Smith University Public Relations Director,
Benny Smith at 704-378-1032. Chris Thompson’s
presents, “A Journal of Dance”
This presentation features a collection of dances in honor of
black history month. Audience members will have the opportunity
to participate in this cultural celebration. The event will take
place in Grimes Lounge located in the University Memorial Union.
The free event begins at 7 p.m. on February 22, 2005.
 From Cotton Field to Concert Hall …
The Art of the Negro Spiritual
This vocal recital features Negro Spirituals performed by
soprano Randye Jones and accompanist/pianist Bruce Thompson. The
event will take place in the Jane M. Smith Memorial Church on
the JCSU campus. The event begins at 4 p.m. on February 26,
2005. For more information go to the following website:
www.artofthenegrospiritual.com
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