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Title: DFW Juneteenth and other events Post by: Oshun Auset on June 16, 2006, 01:21:46 PM DFW Juneteenth and other events
Juneteenth Film Festival Opening Night Reception Brooklyn Jazz Café, 1701 South Lamar 6 pm to 8 pm 214-428-0025 Merge: 2006 The Black Expo The largest exhibition of African American owned businesses in the state of Texas with Seminars, Live Performances and fun for the entire family Automobile Building (Fair Park), 1111 First Avenue FREE 214-827-7977 Ivory Coast Association Children Day This year's event will convene in a safe neighborhood in a relaxed atmosphere for an afternoon of fun with the children.This will be a good opportunity for parents to get the afternoon off as a team of young men and women will supervise the children. Katie Jackson Park, 4901 Haverwood Lane pyapo@hotmail.com 817-931-0369 Juneteenth Celebration at MLK Center “Celebrate Freedom” is the theme for this year’s celebration. Visitors can enjoy the fun-filled family festival Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard 1-6 pm Juneteenth Film Festival Emancipation Series Presentation Hyatt at Reunion Arena – The Cotton Bowl Room, 300 Reunion Boulevard 12 pm to 2 pm $10.00 214-651-1234 The Sankofa Experience Juneteenth Celebration A re-enactment of Africans forced journey to American through chattel slavery. Participants will be taken through the experience in groups, every hour and half to two hours. Act of Change, Inc. Institute of Cultural Arts , 3200 S. Lancaster Rd., Suite 320 1 pm $10; free for children 12 and under 214-372-3500 Juneteenth Film Festival Special Short Film Presentations (As Quiet As It’s Kept by writer/director Charles Burnett, Jesus Children of America by director/producer Spike Lee) Hyatt at Reunion Arena – The Cotton Bowl Room, 300 Reunion Boulevard 2 pm to 5 pm $10.00 214-651-1234 Juneteenth Celebration at Mountainview Prayers, African drummin&dancing, children&adult games Performance Hall of Mountain View Community College Dallas Baha’ 4pm-7pm FREE Juneteenth Celebration at MLK Center “Celebrate Freedom” is the theme for this year’s celebration. The festival will have something for everyone. Highlights of the festival include:Food, Vendor Booths, Live Music: rap groups, R&B soloists and gospel groups, TeCo Theatrical Production, K104.5 radio personalities, KHVN Heaven 97 AM radio personalities, Games and Bounce Houses MLK Jr. Community Center, located at 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard 1-6 pm 214-670-8418 http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm (http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm) Title: National and International Juneteenth celebrations Post by: Oshun Auset on June 16, 2006, 04:18:21 PM A National celebration listing of Juneteenth festivals.
http://www.juneteenth.com/worldwide.htm (http://www.juneteenth.com/worldwide.htm) A international listing of Juneteenth celebrations http://www.juneteenth.com/international.htm (http://www.juneteenth.com/international.htm) |