A list of activities in the Pittsburgh area that mark the celebration of Martin Luther King Day tomorrow:
Today
The Hill House Association will hold a Martin Luther King Celebration at 5 p.m. in the Kaufmann Auditorium, 1835 Centre Ave., Hill District. It features performances from the Hill House arts department, African storyteller Bob Gore, poet Marcia Jones Washington and guest speaker Edwin Jackson, Hill House coordinator. Donations are welcome. Call 412-392-4433.
South Hills Interfaith Ministries and the Bridgeville Area Ministerial Association will sponsor the annual Martin Luther King Jr. South Hills Unity Celebration at 7 p.m. at Southminster Presbyterian Church, 799 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon. Storyteller Temujin Ekunfeo and the WIND band will highlight the family activities. Call 412-854-9120.
The Star-Spangled Blues Gathering honoring King will continue from 10 a.m.-10 p.m., at the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum, 7310 Frankstown Ave., Homewood. It features a gospel brunch and the music of Johnnie Marshall, Eddie Kirkland. A closing ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m. with the music of Bobby Rush. Call 412-241-7855.
A community ecumenical service features the Rev. Angela Lewis of Simpson United Methodist Church and the MLK Memorial Choir performs "In the Garden" at the Second Baptist Church, 717 Adams St., Steubenville, Ohio. Program begins at 6 p.m. Call 740-264-5591.
Tomorrow
The Greater Pittsburgh Alliance of Black School Educators will host a "Keep the Dream Alive" youth conference at Westinghouse High School, 1101 N. Murtland St., Homewood, from 8 a.m. -noon. The conference will feature workshops and musical presentations. John Thompson, superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, will attend. Call 412-665-2237 or 412-661-5397.
The Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, with the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania and St. Francis Medical Center, presents "Martin: the Mentor, the Man." The celebration will include songs, performances, refreshments and an essay contest. It will be at the BGC's community center, 113 N. Pacific Ave., Garfield, from 2-6 p.m. Call 412-441-6955.
The National Conference for Community and Justice holds its 17th observance of King Day at Trinity Cathedral, Sixth Avenue, Downtown beginning at noon. The theme is "We Must Learn to Live Together as Brothers or Die Together as Fools." It will include addresses from Catholic, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders. Call 412-281-1237.
The YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh, in collaboration with the North Hills Multicultural Consortium, will hold the second Unity Breakfast at 7:45 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, 4859 McKnight Road, Ross. The theme is putting "Unity in the Community." Speakers will include Karen Feinstein of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and the Rev. Harold Lewis, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church. Cost: $15 for adults and $7.50 for students. Call 412-255-1231.
The Community Empowerment Association presents "The East End Job Initiative," a town meeting from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum, 7310 Frankstown Ave., Homewood. The meeting will share information on the development planned for the East End neighborhoods and job opportunities. There will job training and employment applications on hand. Call 412-371-0792.
Carnegie Mellon University plans a full afternoon and evening of programs. President Jared L. Cohon will give an address on the school's diversity at 12:30 p.m.; a writing awards program for area high school and CMU students will feature their narratives on racial difference and discrimination, 1:30 p.m.; a keynote address by black historian Manning Marable, "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and His Vision of Freedom," 5 p.m. All events take place in University Center on Forbes Avenue. Call 412-268-2900.
Bach Choir of Pittsburgh will present a program featuring South African freedom songs by Stephen P. Barnicle and American spirituals by Brazeal W. Dennard, Hall Johnson and H.T. Burleigh, and a choral medley, "His Light Still Shines," with soloist Charlene Canty. Rangos Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, 7 p.m. Call 412-454-0800.
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., North Side, presents two exhibits: Photographs by Charles Moore, "Pictures That Made a Difference: The Civil Rights Movement"; and movement and master drum maker and sculptor Frank Giorgini's display of his clay Udu drum creations. Exhibited along with Moore's photographs will be the work of MCG students. Through Feb. 22. 412-322-2773.
The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, is showing its exhibit on lynching, "Without Sanctuary," for the final day. Also at the Warhol:
Noon: A modern dance performance by artist Kyle Abraham and a film of the Rev. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, which will played continuously in the museum theater. Both begin at noon.
1 p.m.: African drumming by musician Price Bennett.
2 p.m.: A dialogue facilitated by museum artist/educators and a dance performance by artist Kyle Abraham.
3 p.m. Closing ceremony featuring Thomas Sokolowski, director of The Warhol, and Betty Pickett, executive director of National Conference for Community and Justice, and a ceremony for the mailing of the "Postcards for Tolerance."
4 p.m.: Gospel music by Soulful Journey (with Rev. Deryck Tines, Demarius Cooper and Neal Huguley), followed by performances and readings by Creative and Performing Arts High School students. Also: public dialogues facilitated by museum artist/educators.
The Warhol has free gallery admission all day. Call 412-237-8300.
The African American Families Committee of the Pittsburgh NAACP holds the Kingian Project 2002. The daylong workshop will introduce the six principles of nonviolence espoused by King. It will be held at the Hill House Association's Kaufmann Auditorium, 1835 Centre Ave., Hill District. Call 412-471-1024.
The Rev. Jason Barr, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church, Hill District, is the keynote speaker at the Homer Brown Law Association's free breakfast and awards presentation at 7:30 a.m. at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, 271 Paulson Ave., Lincoln-Lemington. Hill District native, New York University Law School professor and author Derrick Bell gets the drum major for justice award. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m.; program at 8:30 a.m.
The Older Adult Service and Information System holds its annual celebration at 1 p.m. The event will be in the Pennsylvania Room of the Ramada Plaza Suites, One Bigelow Square, Downtown. The Rev. Wanda Sawyer of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Rankin, will speak. Lamont and Mary Shields will provide the music. Bernice Austin will be mistress of ceremonies.
Bryan H. Barrows III of Texas A&M University will present "Who Was Martin Luther King?" a one-man, multimedia program, at 2 p.m., in the auditorium of the Study Learning Center, Penn State Beaver Campus, Brodhead Road, Center.
Duncan + Porter House of Hospitality and Resistance, a homeless shelter, will hold a rally at noon at Morewood and Forbes avenues in Oakland to mark King's philosophy of nonviolence and protest CMU's contracting for software used in smart bombs. At 9 p.m., it will hold a concert to benefit the shelter and Afghan refugees at the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern.
The Pittsburgh Children's Museum presents "The Rosa Parks Show." Actor and writer Gregory Gibson Kinney of Educate Us Productions performs this monologue about the woman who became the heroine of the civil rights movement. The show begins at 1 p.m. The museum is at 10 Children's Way, Allegheny Square, North Side. Call 412-322-5058.
Robert Morris University's Moon campus will have a lunchtime discussion at noon on why people celebrate the King holiday. It takes place in the Student Center private dining room. At 5 p.m., professor Rex Crawley will present the "Cultural Politics of Difference" in the Sewell Center, third floor. At 9 p.m., "Skin Deep: A Focus on Racial Diversity" will be discussed in the Student Center TV Lounge; and King's "I Have a Dream" speech will be shown at noon, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the Student Center Market Place. The "Dream" speech will be shown at noon, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
St. Benedict the Moor Parish and Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi will host "Peace in Troubled Times," a celebration of Martin Luther King, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the church, 1500 Centre Ave., Hill District. The service will include song, dance, readings from the work of Dr. King and prayer. In addition, Sudanese and Liberian refugees now living in Pittsburgh will share some of their experiences of living in the United States. The event is co-sponsored by the Thomas Merton Center and the Association of Pittsburgh priests. Call 412-761-4319.
A community march begins at 11 a.m. at 905 Market St., Steubenville, Ohio, and ends at Steubenville High School. There, the celebration will feature choirs, multimedia presentations and comments by community leaders. Call 740-264-5591.
-- Compiled by Ervin Dyer
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