6:00 pm

Lloyd Hall, Room 133

Join University Programs as we welcome renowned speaker,

Dr. Timothy Askew, from Clark Atlanta University. Dr. askew will share his 25 years of research of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also referred to as the "Black National Anthem." 

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Lobby of the Center for Community-Based Partnerships (CCBP) 900 Anna Avenue - by Newks

Students and faculty connect with community at Global Cafe.  Our special guest for this evening is Pamela Williamson of the Tuscaloosa Public Library who will show everybody how to access free opportunities (like language software) on the TPL website.  Come and learn about free resources for people of all ages.  Refreshments will be served.  Free and open to the public.

We eat at 5 p.m.  Program starts at 5:30 p.m.  Games and activities begin at 6 p.m. 

For more information, please contact: Beverly Hawk, beverly.hawk@ua.edu, 205-348-7392

7:00 pm

Gorgas Library, Room 205

Lecture presented by Shaul Magid, Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University/Bloomington. Like other minorities in America, Jews have benefited from multiculturalism. As a collective, they hvae largely given up on religion as their primary anchor of identity and held fast to ethnic affiliation articulated in many cultural ways.But what if multiculturalism has ended as we have entered a postethnic period in America? How can Judaism and Jewishness survive this postethnic turn? This lecture will discuss the changing contours of American religion and the challenges Jews and Judaism face in the first part otf the twenty-first century.

For more information, please contact Merinda Simmons at merinda.simmons@ua.edu, 348-9911.

7:30 pm

Morgan Hall Auditorium

Pinetop Aerial Music includes Anthony Braxton (reeds), Taylor Bynum (brass), Ingrid Laubrock (reeds), Andrew Raffo Dewar (reeds), Anne Rhodes (voice), Melanie Maar (movement), Rachel Bernsen (movement) and also UA dancers we be involved.

The University of Alabama's Sonic Frontiers concert series, organized by the University's New College, is proud to host saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton, an NEA Jazz Master and MacArthur "genius" fellow, for a landmark one-week residency in advance of his 70th birthday. 

"Mr. Braxton, the saxophonist and composer, [is a] rebel abstractionist, a builder of original languages combining composition and improvisation."

-New York Times

All events are free and open to the public. 

http://sonicfrontiers.ua.edu/upcoming-events.html

12:00 pm

Location TBD

This event is offered to graduate students, faculty, and staff. The cost is $12. Please RSVP to 348-5040.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

7:00 pm

Farrah Hall, Room 214

'Bama Girl follows a charismatic black woman's quest to

become the 2005 Homecoming Queen at the University of Alabama, one of the great Deep South institutions. Homecoming has a rich history there, tied into centuries of privilege, old money, and racial exclusivity. We follow Jessica Thomas' campaign for Queen, running against not only 15 other co-eds, but a strictly segregated Greek system, internal black politics, and, most ominously, a secret all-white association called 'The Machine' that has been controlling politics at the University for most of the past century. This is a film about the light and the dark sides of tradition - and a fascinating parable for the electoral politics that affect our country everyday. 

Friday, February 27, 2015

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

121 B.B. Comer Hall

Throughout the academic year (August through May), Capstone International Services and Capstone International Center host a weekly event, Capstone International Coffee Hour.

All international and American students, scholars, faculty, staff and friends are welcome to join.

Capstone International Coffee Hour is held on each Friday during fall and spring semesters, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM in Room 121 B.B. Comer Hall. Come and enjoy free coffee, tea, snacks, and conversation with our friends from around the world.

Capstone International Services, international@ua.edu, 

348-5402

Saturday, February 28, 2015

8:30 - 11:00 pm

Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center - Downtown Tuscaloosa

Join us in this multi-faceted event as we welcome Charles Mauldin, former student leader of Selma marches and survivor of Bloody Sunday and Voting Rights March, as the keynote speaker. Students, faculty and adults from the University of Washington, Bellevue College and Utah State University will join together with Alabama students, faculty and staff on a pilgrimage to Selma. 

For more information, contact: Meredith Bagley, mbagley@ua.edu, 205-348-1926

Saturday, February 28, 2015

1:00 - 6:00 pm

Ferguson Center Plaza

Hands on Tuscaloosa is a service day where UA students go into the community to make a difference. It's an effort for students to initiate long-term service relationships with community partners and areas of the community.

This event is in conjunction with UA LEADS! Sign up for a full day of Leadership & Service at http://leadership.ua.edu

Worth 3 Panhellic Points & 5 SLPro Hours 

http://volunteer.ua.edu

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, February 24-26, 2015

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Center for Community-Based Partnerships, Lobby

900 Anna Avenue

Tuscaloosa, 35405

Students and faculty connect with community at Global Cafe.  Afternoons at Global Cafe offer exciting possibilities for people to meet, enjoy conversation, and make friends.  Free coffee and tea.  Open to the public.

Contact: Beverly Hawk, beverly.hawk@ua.edu, 205-348-7392

February 9 - March 13, 2015

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Gorgas Library - Pearce Foyer, 2nd Floor

African American cookbooks, scrapbooks, letters, photographs, and funeral programs collected by Rev. Wylheme H. Ragland from Decatur, Alabama will be shown in the Pearce Foyer in Gorgas Library. The collection is comprised of artifacts from the Schaudies, Banks, and Ragland families and is housed in the University Libraries Division of Special Collections.
 

Throughout the month of February

McLure Education Library

Exhibit will be located throughout the building.