6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Dépanneur Sylvestre, 9 Rue Fortier, Gatineau, QC J8Y 4P4
Connecting the Dots Community Engagement Session. The Connecting the Dots team, along with Black History Ottawa would like to invite you to attend a CtD community engagement session in Gatineau, Quebec on January 12, 2019. It’s been six months since we started our nation-wide tour in Nova Scotia, seeking to connect the dots through our unique lived experiences and perspectives as members of the African, Caribbean and Black community in Canada. Through your effort and engagement as a key community stakeholder, we hope to highlight promising practices as we continue this timely movement. Free admission, but registration required:
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Sunday, January 20, 2019
10:30am
Parkdale United Church, 429 Parkdale Ave., Ottawa, ON K1Y 1H3
19th Annual Dr Martin Luther King Jr Gospel Service. We will welcome once again the dynamic Imani Gospel Singers from Montreal, under the direction of Marcia Bailey. Spread the word, and plan to come and celebrate Dr King’s vision of a global beloved community of love, peace, joy and justice.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
10:45am
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Fourth Ave. Baptist Church, 109A Fourth Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2L3
Worship Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King. The Academy Choir is joining us in worship, providing sacred music to honor and celebrate the life and legacy of the late Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 22 - February 10, 2019
Show Times: Tuesday - Friday: 8pm; Saturday: 4pm and 8:30pm; Sunday: 2pm
Great Canadian Theatre Company, 300 - 1227 Wellington St. W.
The Mountaintop. A Black Theatre Workshop and Neptune Theatre Production By Katori Hall. After delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted Dr. Martin Luther King retires to his motel amidst a raging thunderstorm. When a mysterious maid arrives at his door, political discussion ensues and Dr. King is forced to confront his legacy in a poetic reimagining of the events taking place on the night before his assassination.
Tickets and additional information available on the GCTC site: https://www.gctc.ca/shows/the-mountaintop
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5W1
Towards a New World: Poetry and Change 50 Years after the Congress of Black Writers, with David Austin. FREE ADMISSION
Join CBC Ottawa's Adrian Harewood for a conversation with David Austin, the author of Moving Against the System: The 1968 Congress of Black Writers and the Shaping of Global Black Consciousness and Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution. Moving Against the System: The 1968 Congress of Black Writers and the Shaping of Global Black Consciousness
In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their black comrades all over the world. Against a backdrop of widespread racism in the West and ongoing colonialism and imperialism in the Global South, this group of activists, writers, and political figures gathered to discuss the history and struggles of people of African descent and the meaning of black power.
For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of black radicals of the era. With never-before-seen texts from Stokely Carmichael, Walter Rodney, and C. L. R. James, these documents will prove invaluable to anyone interested in black radical thought and political activism of the 1960s.
Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
In the 1970s and ’80s, Linton Kwesi Johnson was fighting neo-fascism and promoting socialism, and putting pen to paper to refute W. H. Auden’s claim that “poetry makes nothing happen.” Dread Poetry and Freedom explores Johnson’s work through the radical political and poetic traditions he engaged, reflecting poetry’s potential to bring about social transformation.
Through an examination of the violence, musicality, and revolution of his poetry, David Austin brings Johnson’s cultural and philosophical influences alive. Probing the juncture at which Johnson’s poetry meets his politics, Dread Poetry and Freedom shows the significant role art can play in bringing about social change in times of dread.
Saturday, January 26, 2019
2pm-5pm
Ottawa City Hall,110, Laurier Ave. West
Official Black History Month Official Launch for the City of Ottawa. Theme for 2018 is: "Our Canadian Story: "Our Canadian Story: Nothing about us, without us!" Highlights of the event include: a proclamation by the Mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson; the unveiling of the Canada Post 2019 Black History Month stamps; the presentation of various leadership awards as well as the RBC Black History Month Student Essay Competition? cheque; and entertainment by local performers. Admission: free, but donations to BHO gratefully accepted. Contact: Black History Ottawa, [email protected]
January 31 & February 1, 2019
7 p.m.
Canadian Museum of History, 100 Laurier St., Gatineau QC
Tickets: $20; $15 for students
historymuseum.ca or 819-776-7000
Once: Africville Stories. The Canadian Museum of History is celebrating Black History Month this year by presenting the award-winning theatrical production Once: Africville Stories. Performed by Nova Scotia’s Voices Black Theatre Ensemble, this groundbreaking play gives voice to the people of Africville — the African-Nova Scotian community in Halifax — who were moved and dispersed in the 1960s.There are two performances; one taking place on January 31 and one on February 1. Note that Friday’s performance includes a post-show reception and an opportunity to meet the cast.
Info at www.historymuseum.ca/event/once-africville-stories