Art exhibit opening in the Malaspina Theatre lobby with artist Happy Amarkah (a VIU Visual Art alum) and DJ Dr. Paul Watkins (VIU English Professor and author of Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship. The art exhibit will be up in the theatre lobby all month.
Thank you to Dr. Sonnet L’Abbé and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities for organizing Black History Month events at VIU. More Black History Month events:
Tuesday, February 3, 12:30 to 2 pm:
My Black History is Poetry, is Jazz. Join Dr. Sonnet L’Abbé and Nick Peck at the View Gallery for a braiding of poetry, Afro-diasporic music and history. Nick plays jazz piano as Sonnet tells their story of Black expression, performing both covers and their own work.
Thursday February 12, 7 pm:
Author Ruby Diaz Smith on her book, Searching for Seraphim. Co-presented with the Nanaimo Historical Society and Nanaimo Community Archives. In Building 180, Room 134 (lecture theatre).
Thursday February 19, 12 to 2 pm:
Black History Month Book Club. Let’s read and discuss The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole. In the Malaspina Theatre lobby.
Monday, February 23, 2:30 to 4 pm:
Speaking Black Voices: A BHM Open Mic in the Malaspina Theatre. Come read anything by a Black author!
Friday, February 27, 10:30 am:
A Pan-African Feminist Blueprint for Peace in Sudan. Join Dr. Amel Aldehaib in conversation with Dr. Magnolia Pauker. Event is online. Register.
