The 22nd annual African American Family Week, celebrating African American history and culture, will be held Monday through Friday, May 11-15, at the University of California, Davis.
No Saturday events are scheduled this year.
African American heritage, culture, issues and aspirations are the focus of the week, which includes music, lectures, a play, a fashion show and a "college motivational day."
The week's events include:
• Composer Olly Wilson with the UC Davis Contemporary Music Players.
8 p.m. Monday, May 11, Main Theatre (7 p.m. pre-performance lecture)
• Playwright and actress h. Teirrah McNair, in the one-woman show "Dirty Laundry."
8 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, Freeborn Hall
• Visiting lecturer La Francis Rodgers-Rose on "Afrocentricity and Relationships."
7 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in MU II of the Memorial Union
• The UC Davis Gospel Choir in a "gospel extravaganza."
7 p.m. Friday, May 15, in Freeborn Hall
For more information on the week's activities, call the cultural days office at 752-4938.
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Lisa Lapin, Executive administration, (530) 752-9842, lalapin@ucdavis.edu