Banquets and Dinners
Eastern Stars Banquet
Feb 22nd 3 pm
Lee Lockwood Library and Museum
2801 W. Waco Drive
Tickets: $25, $40 for couples
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: Eastern Stars
NAACP Annual Scholarship Banquet
Feb 22nd 6 pm
Lee Lockwood Library and Museum
2801 W. Waco Drive
Tickets: $50, (Table $400)
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: NAACP
Black Heritage Banquet
Feb 2th 7 pm
Cashion Hall, Baylor University
Celebrating the vast history of excellence of African-Americanos on Baylor’s Campus
Tickets: $20, $10 for Baylor Students
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: Baylor Department of Multi-Cultural Affairs
Business
For the Love of Business Vendor Market
Feb. 8th 3:00 pm
The Center
1115 Columbus Avenue
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: Diamond Elite Magazine
Black Business Networking
Feb. 20th 5:30 pm
Tru Jamaica restaurant
937 Taylor St
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce
Business Over Breakfast
Featuring Larry D. Kemp
Feb 27th 8:30 am
Brazos Event Center
520 Elm Avenue
Tickets:$15, Tables $200
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Celebration
MCC Black History Month Concert
Feb 6 -7th 7 pm
Ball Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $8 adults, $5 non-students and free for MCC staff and students.
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: McLennan Community College
16TH ANNUAL STEP SHOW — BATTLE OF THE BURNING SANDS
Feb. 8, 6 pm
Waco Hall
624 Speight Ave
Family friendly. Step Show celebrating black culture and renaissance. Groups from Texas and Louisiana. Hosted by Desi Banks, comedian.
TICKETS: $10.
Contact: www.bayloralphas.com/tickets for more information
SPONSORED BY: Baylor Alphas
UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
Feb. 15, 6 pm
Antioch Baptist Church
2814 S 12th St
Free concert highlighting award-nominated artist Titus Showers, also featuring the Waco Community Choir.
Contact: 254.292.0056 for more information
Sponsored by: 94.5 the Beat
Heroes of Black History Costume Party
Feb 29th, 7-9 pm
Brazos Event Center
520 Elm Avenue
This event will be a way to engage young people in black history where they would pick an iconic person from history to emulate for the day.
Tickets: $10 Adults $5 Age 4-12, Age 3 and under No Cost
Contact: [email protected], 254.717.8333 for more information
Sponsored by: Indige Leaders
Educational Opportunities
Free People of Color in Texas Prior to the Civil War
Feb 3rd 12:00 pm
West Waco Library - Genealogy
Join speaker Mic Barnette to learn about Free People of Color in Texas. This group was present from the time of the Spanish up to the end of the Civil War--even though it was illegal for them to be here! Whether they were born free or born a slave and emancipated, they might have been your ancestors. Find out about this group and how you might use the info in your family history research.
Contact: https://calendar.wacolibrary.org/event/6154885 for more information
The Truth about Race
Feb 3rd - Feb 20th Monday & Thursday 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
MCC Continuing Education - on MCC campus
Cost: $29
Are you curious about where prejudice and hatred come from, and want to do something about it? This course, in partnership with the Community Race Relations Coalition, will cover how many races there are in humanity, how to define racism and prejudice, and how we learn racism. You will become familiar with internalized oppression, and how we can effect change within ourselves. This course will help you explore what it means to behave as an ally, and eliminate "us against them" attitudes. People of all ages and backgrounds are welcome to attend this course. Cost: $29
Contact: MCC Continuing Education or call 254-299-8888 for more information or to register.
Larry "S1" Griffin Jr. Book Signing
Feb, 11am-2pm
Location: Dichotomy Coffee and Spirits (508 Austin Ave.)
Cost: free
Larry “Symbolic One” Griffin Jr. will be doing a free book signing and discussion of his new book, “Plan. Focus. Pray. Execute.” at Dichotomy Coffee and Spirits this weekend. Griffin Jr. is originally from Waco, and he is “so excited to be coming back to his hometown.” The discussion will be hosted by his son, Vohn Griffin. There will be door prizes and raffles and books will be available for purchase.
Contact https://www.facebook.com/events/128316895130403/ for more information.
Film and Theater
Rasheeda Speaking
Feb 3rd 6:30 pm
Pinewood Coffee
2223 Austin Avenue
Come out for a staged reading concerning race in the workplace followed by a community discussion
Contact: WildImaginingsWaco.com for more information
Sponsored by: Wild Imaginings
Family & Faith Film Festival
Feb 6-8th
2-day event that highlights seventy (70) faith and family movies; excludes sex, cursing and are family or spiritually based films. Objective is to show the narratives of black excellence, family and faith in films. Movies to be shown at Hippodrome and numerous churches throughout the city. Movies will be free at all locations, except the Hippodrome ($5 per movie, or purchase a pass).
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: L.A.I Communications
Movies that Matter Documentary Series
13th
Feb 18th 6 pm
Hippodrome
724 Austin Avenue
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: Baylor University
Tell Them We Are Rising
Feb 19th 6 pm
Hippodrome
724 Austin Avenue
The history of black colleges and universities in America, which have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field.
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: Rapaport Academy, Baylor University
Blood, Sweat & Beats
The Waco Hip-Hop Story
Feb 22nd 7 pm
Hippodrome
724 Austin Avenue
Tickets: $15
Contact: https://wacohippodrometheatre.thundertix.com for more information
Unfinished Business: From the Great Migration to Black Lives Matter
February 24th 7 pm
The Good Neighbor House
2301 Colcord
Musical documentary and discussion. Performance, film and research by Dr. Stephanie Clintonia Boddie
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Good Hair
Feb 25th 6 pm
Hippodrome
724 Austin Avenue
Prompted by a question from his young daughter, comic Chris Rock sets out to explore the importance of hair in black culture. Rock interviews celebrities such as Ice-T and Raven Symone, and visits hair salons, stylist competitions and even an Indian temple to learn about hair culture.
Contact: [email protected] for more information
Sponsored by: Motions Hair Salon, Roc My Style Barbershop, Baylor University
Health
Move East Waco
Feb 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, and 20th, 6-7 pm
Join us as we work to improve health outcomes in East Waco through free physical fitness and health education classes. Classes will be held at Carver Middle School.
For more info: [email protected]
Sponsored by: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Baylor University, Grassroots Community Development, Live Well Waco, McClennan County Public Health District, Waco Foundation
Fitness Pop Up
Free Hip-Aerobics and Line Dance
Feb. 29th6 pm
Doris Miller YMCA
1020 Elm Avenue
Contact: [email protected] for more information
School Celebrations
Brook Avenue Elementary School
Feb 4th 5:30 pm
720 Brook Avenue
Crestview Elementary School
Feb 11th 5:00 pm
1120 North New Road
Waco High School
Feb 12th 1:30 & 7:00 pm
2020 N.42nd Street
Tickets: $3
J.H. Hines Elementary School
Feb 20th 5:30 pm
301 Garrison
Indian Springs Middle School
Feb 25th 6:00 pm
500 North University Parks
