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BLACK HISTORY

MONTH 2010EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2010EVENTS AT A GLANCE

OCTOBER 2010 EVENT VENUE

Friday 1st 4pm Launch Event St. Augustine’s Centre, Halifax

Friday 1 - Sunday 31 Masks Exhibition Marble Gallery, Halifax

Friday 1 - Sunday 31 Upper Valley Youth Services TBC

Friday 1 - Sunday 31 Black History Classes The POD, Halifax

Friday 1 - Sunday 31 Mixenden Past and Present 103 Mixenden Road

Friday 1 - Sunday 31 Black History Month Display Heath Training & Development Centre, Halifax

Saturday 2 - Sunday 31 ‘Making It’ Exhibition Halifax Visitor Centre, Halifax

Monday 4 - Monday 18 Black History Classes Eastfield Jubilee Centre, Hipperholme

Friday 15 7:30pm Maximum Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Victoria Theatre, Halifax The Manfreds and Special Guests

Saturday 16 1:00pm See, Hear and Taste the Culture Arden Road Social Club, Halifax

Monday 18 - 24 Pioneers, Past Masters and Todmorden Sports Centre, Future Challenges Exhibition Todmorden

Wednesday 20 7:30pm The Rat Pack Victoria Theatre, Halifax Vegas Spectacular

Thursday 21 8:00pm SAMAY: Eclectic Victoria Theatre, Halifax Indo-European Music

Thursday 21 8:00pm Balbir Singh Dance Company Square Chapel, Halifax Decreasing Infinity

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2010EVENTS AT A GLANCE

OCTOBER 2010 EVENT VENUE

Saturday 23 7:30pm Sandi Russell Square Chapel, Halifax

Monday 25 11:00am The Princess and The Frog (U) Central Library, Halifax

Monday 25 1:30pm Guess Who’s Coming Central Library, Halifax to Dinner (PG) Monday 25 4:00pm Watermelon Man (15) Central Library, Halifax

Monday 25 7:00pm Ray (15) Central Library, Halifax

Wednesday 27 12:30pm Carmen Jones (U) Central Library, Halifax

Wednesday 27 3:00pm The Colour Purple (15) Central Library, Halifax

Thursday 28 7:30pm Do The Right Thing (18) Central Library, Halifax

Monday 25 -29 North and East Halifax The Shay Stadium, Halifax Youth Service Monday 25 - 29 Lower Valley Youth Service TBC

Tuesday 26 1:00 The Big Draw Halifax Visitor Centre & Art Gallery, Halifax Tuesday 26 7:30pm Robeson Re-Explored Victoria Theatre, Halifax with Sir Willard White Wednesday 27 Sparks! Bankfield Museum, Halifax10:00 & 1:00pm

Thursday 28 5:30pm Halifax and the Slave Trade: Meeting Room 1 The Sinners - An illustrated Central Library, Halifax talk on a little known subject

Please see inside for further details.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2010MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR

This October Calderdale Council and some of its partners will be celebrating Black History Month across Calderdale. There will be a vibrant and diverse programme of events including films, art, sport, music and dance. Black History Month has been celebrated across the UK every October for over 30 years growing from strength to strength each year.

We feel our commitment to Black History Month recognises that there are differences in our communities. By putting on these events and activities we can ensure that we are all aware of these differences and that they really do matter to all of us.

Black History Month is a time to look at the achievements of the black and ethnic minority communities and celebrate their cultural identity. Black History Month is open to participation by everyone and is ideally developed, delivered and managed as an educational and historical awareness experienced by Black people – African, Asian and Caribbean heritage – and should be shared by everyone as world history.

Look out for ‘Black History Month’ programmes in your local libraries, museums, local radio station, press and council offices. I am proud to give my commitment to Black History Month and I hope you do too by attending as many of the events and activities that are available during the Month.

Yours faithfully

Councillor Ann McAllisterThe Mayor of Calderdale

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2010EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Friday 1 October 2010 4pm - 6pm

St. Augustine’s Centre, Hanson Lane, Halifax, HX1 5PG

Calderdale Lord Mayor, Councillor Ann McAllister will launch Black History Month 2010. Also, in attendance will be ex-Rugby League player Wilf George.

The launch will give those attending a chance to see art work, creative writing and photography created by asylum seekers and refugees in celebration of the Month

Refreshments will be provided. Please note that spaces are limited.

To attend please contact Tee Liburd on 01422 392867or [email protected]

FREE

Masks Exhibition

Friday 1 October to Sunday 31 October 2010

10am - 5pmTuesday - Saturday1pm - 4pm Sunday

Marble Gallery, Bankfield Museum, Akroyd Park, Boothtown Road,Halifax, HX3 6HG

Black History Month has been celebrated across the UK every October for over 30 years, each year growing from strength to strength. This display of fascinating masks from Calderdale’s collections reflects that success.

For further information contact Karen Lewis on01422 352334 or email [email protected]

FREE

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Launch Event By Invitation Only

1 October to 31 October 2010 6pm - 9pm Check timings and locations before attending

Throughout the month of October the Upper Valley Youth Service will be running a range of activities for young people between the ages of 11-19 years old. These will include projects specifically designed for Black History Month. There will be quizzes, DVD’s, music, cookery, information, research projects and discussion groups. Examples include The Guardian’s ‘timeline’ which will be used to explore Black History, a ‘Who Said That’ quiz using quotes from influential black people and lots of reflection on the achievements of black people especially in politics and the arts.

For further information contact Lorraine Daber on 01706 548186 or 01422 883880 or email [email protected]

Upper Valley Youth Services

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Friday 1 October to Sunday 15 October 2010

7.30pm - 9.30pmOpen to young people aged 13-19 years old

The POD, Grantham Road, Boothtown,Halifax, HX3 6PL

On Friday evenings, throughout October West Central Youth Services will be providing young people with the opportunity to learn about: Black History, the Slave Trade, Black Icons and facts on Black Culture.

There will be DVD’s, discussions and an opportunity to ask questions about Black History.

For further information contact: Shabina Mir on01422 255003 or email [email protected]

FREE

West Central Halifax Youth Services

Black History Classes

Throughout October 2010

Ovenden and Mixenden Initiative103 Mixenden Road, Halifax, HX2 8PU

Mixenden History Group was set up in 2007 and its members have been doing extensive research into the history of the area since then. The community exhibition based on these findings provides a fascinating exploration of many aspects of Mixenden and its people, including: the beautiful countryside, local farming and industry, housing through the ages, churches, schools, sport and leisure pursuits. Alongside display panels documenting a variety of topics are items of personal memorabilia and folders containing further research.

For further information contact Heather Stout on 01422 380815 or 01422 246177 or email [email protected]

FREE

Mixenden Past & Present Exhibition

Throughout October 2010

9am – 5pm

Heath Training and Development Centre, Free School Lane, Halifax, HX1 2PT

As part of the events taking place in Black History Month the School Improvement Service will have a display in the entrance hall at Heath Training and Development Centre. The display will be in place throughout October. All visitors to Heath are invited to view the display which includes information about the origins of Black History Month, the reasons for celebrating Black history and contributions of Black and Asian groups to world history. There are posters and books on display plus a list of websites.

Any schools wishing to display materials created by children and young people in relation to Black and Asian history should contact: Rachel Barker on 01422 394060 or email [email protected]

FREE

Black History Month Display

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Friday 15 October 2010 Starts at 7.30pm

Tickets priced at £22.00, £20.00 and £18.00

Victoria Theatre, Fountain Street, Halifax, HX1 1BP

Maximum Rhythm ‘n’ Blues is back once again boasting some of the finest quality talent ever assembled on one stage.

This all-star line up features The Manfreds with original members Paul Jones, Mike D’Abo, Tom McGuinness and Mike Hugg and their special guests Alan Price and Cliff Bennett.

For further information contact the Victoria Theatre on 01422 351158 or email [email protected]

Maximum Rhythm ‘n’ Blues – The Manfreds

& Special Guests


Monday 4 October 2010 to Monday 18 October 2010

6.15pm – 8.45pm

Eastfield Jubilee Centre, Stoney Lane, Hipperholme, HX3 8TW

Throughout October, on Monday evenings, the Lower Valley Youth Service will be providing young people with the opportunity to learn about: Black History, the Slave Trade, Black Icons, and facts on Black Culture.

There will be DVD’s, discussions along with an opportunity to ask questions.

For further information contact: Gulbaz Khan on01484 404750 or email [email protected]

FREE

Lower Valley Youth ServicesBlack History Classes

Saturday 2 October to Sunday 31 October 2010

10am - 5pm Monday - Sunday

Halifax Visitor Centre and Art Gallery, Piece Hall Halifax, HX1 1RE

The ‘Making It’ exhibition is based on work carried out with refugees and asylum seekers in Calderdale. You will get the opportunity to see a colourful array of arts and crafts from different parts of the world.

For further information contact Lynn Grady on01422 3687254 or email [email protected].

FREE

‘Making It’ Exhibition

Saturday 16 October 2010

Doors open 12pm Programme starts at 1pm

Entrance fee: £2.00 Family tickets for four people £6.00

Arden Road Social Club, Arden Road, Halifax, HX1 3AG

This charitable event aims to raise money that will go towards the purchasing of a Glaucoma laser which is unique and costs £45,000. The laser will help people who might otherwise go blind. There will be an opportunity for you to experience music, food and dance from the Ukraine, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Greece, Ireland and many more countries.

For further information contact Vera Parojcic on 01422 378071 or 07894 223744 or [email protected].

Wednesday 20 October 2010Starts at 7.30pm

Tickets priced at £19.00 and £16.00 (under 16s are FREE in £16.00 seats)


Fun all the way when the ‘Purveyors of Cool’ perform their sensational show packed full of some of the greatest music of the 20th Century.

A world-wide success this amazing show features such classic songs as Come Fly with Me, Under my Skin, Mr Bojangles, Lady is a Tramp, Mack the Knife and many more. Interspersed with lots of chat and tomfoolery, this timeless soiree is a real treat for all lovers of this sensational era.

For further information contact the Victoria Theatre on 01422 351158 or email [email protected]

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See, Hear and Taste the Culture

Monday 18 October to Sunday 24 October 2010 7am - 10pm Monday - Friday7am - 6pm Saturday7am - 8pm Sunday

Todmorden Sports CentreEwood Lane, Todmorden, OL14 7DF

Monday 18 October to Sunday 24 October 2010

7am - 11pm Mon/Fri8am - 8pm Sat/Sun

North Bridge Leisure Centre, North Bridge, Halifax, HX3 6TE

The Pioneers, Past Masters and Future Challenges Exhibition records some of the triumphs and glories of sports players of black and ethnic minority origin. The exhibition seeks to put into context their achievements. For further information contact Debbie Greenwood on 01422 284415 or email [email protected]

FREE

Pioneers, Past Masters and Future Challenges

Exhibition

The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular


Thursday 21 October 2010Starts at 8pm

Tickets priced at £12.50Discounts availableUnder 16s £7.50


The band features highly accomplished musicians from India and Europe who are taking music into a timeless zone. With a unique ability to blend distinctive, modern styles with the characteristics of traditional instruments, SAMAY, have re-invented the sound of Indian music to the delight of today’s audiences.

For further information contact the Victoria Theatre on 01422 351158 or [email protected].

Produced by SAA-uk in conjunction with the Victoria Theatre

Saturday 23 October 2010Starts at 7.30pm

Tickets £10 and £8 concessions

Square Chapel, 10 Square Road, Halifax, HX1 1QG

A sassy live performance combining spirituals, blues, jazz and freedom songs with dramatic performances of prose and poetry. Celebrating the resilience and creativity of African American women from the 17th to 20th centuries, this one-woman show is an inspiring crash course in Black American culture. A must for those who enjoy the writings of Maya Angelou or Toni Morrison.

Harlem-born Sandi Russell also draws on performers Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Oscar Brown and Nina Simone, and has sung jazz with top musicians on both sides of the Atlantic.

For further details contact the Square Chapel Box Office on 01422 349422 or email [email protected]

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SAMAY: Eclectic Indo-European Music

Thursday 21 October 2010Starts at 8pm

Tickets £8 and £5 concessions

Square Chapel, 10 Square Road, Halifax, HX1 1QG

Classical Northern Indian meets Western contemporary as two male dancers take to the stage. This duet sees the two divided, as one uses Kathak and the other adopts a more modern style of dance. Gradually they come together until they blend and blur so closely you won’t be able to tell the difference. Accompanied on stage by live music this piece looks at how two very different styles of dance can combine and create something new and even more fantastic. Watch a film of the rehearsal process, see the finished result and ask questions at the end to be a part of this fascinating event. For further details contact the Square Chapel Box Office on 01422 349422 or email [email protected]

Balbir Singh Dance Company

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Sandi Russell - Render Me My Song


Central Library, Northgate, Halifax, HX1 1UN

The Halifax Central Library is putting on a series of films during Black History Month which reflect the influence black actors have made on the film industry.

Films listings and show times follow on the next few pages.

For further information contact Anna Turner on 01422 392606 or [email protected]

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Black History Month Film Club

Monday 25 October 2010

11am

97 minutes


This Walt Disney musical is an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans.

From the creators of “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin” comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.

FREE

The Princess and the Frog (U)


1.30pm

103 minutes


Joanna, the beautiful daughter of a crusading publisher, Matthew Drayton, and his patrician wife, Christina, returns home with her new fiancée, John Prentice, a distinguished black doctor. Christina accepts her daughter’s decision to marry John, but Matthew is shocked by this interracial union; and the doctor’s parents are equally dismayed. Both families must sit down face to face and examine each other’s level of intolerance.

In Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, director Stanley Kramer has created a masterful study of society’s prejudices

FREE

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (PG)


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7.00pm

146 minutes


This is a biopic of legendary soul and R n’ B singer Ray Charles. Growing up poor, black, and blindin the rural south, Charles learnsunder the tutelage of his tough-love mother to turn these handicaps into assets. With this training, Ray eventually plays hisway into a major deal with Atlantic records and earns icon status as an American legend. Along the way, the high cost of fame leads him to engage in abusive relationships, manipulative behaviour, and struggles with drug and alcohol problems. This is a dynamite film for the music alone, but is also a full-on character study: unflinching sometimes harrowing, and ultimately deeply moving.FREE

Ray (15)

Wednesday 27 October 2010

12.30pm

105 minutes


The first Hollywood film to have an all black cast, this is a screen version of the musical “Carmen Jones,” which adapted Bizet’s opera “Carmen”. Army soldierJoe (Harry Belafonte) falls in love with Carmen (Dorothy Dandridge in an Oscar nominated role), a beautiful and seductive factory worker. When he kills his sergeant during a fight, the ill-fated lovers flee to escape the police. But Carmen’s faithlessness and selfishness eventually surface, and she rejects Joe for another man. But he can’t let her go, and his obsessive love ultimately leads to tragedy.

FREE

Carmen Jones (U)


4pm 100 minutes

Jeff Gerber, an insurance agent, lives in a typical suburban neighbourhood. He is also both racist and a fitness freak. But Jeff’s bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight. As Jeff tries to come to terms with this unexplained phenomenon that has befallen him, he soon becomes the victim himself when all of his friends and neighbours suddenly shun and harass him. This puts a strain on his marriage and loyal wife Althea, who begins to crack under the pressure. When all medical attempts to change his skin back to his former colour fail, Jeff accepts that Karma has caught up with him. Jeff tries to see the light of being a persecuted black man in this cruel and segregated world with the help of some new black friends, some of whom were people he, as a white man, taunted and harassed. FREE

Watermelon Man (15)


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Thursday 28 October

7.30pm

114 minutes


The film, written by Spike Lee, follows a group of racially diverse inhabitants from Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood as they spend their day trying to avoid the oppressive heat. Lee’s film is an electric work of political entertainment that confronts sensitive racial issues head-on. He deftly blends humour and drama as well as using specific music to further amplifyhis theme (Public Enemy’s song ‘Fight the Power’ actually becomes the film’s main catalyst for action). Boldly closing the film with opposing quotes from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King on the nature of race relations, Lee leaves it up to the viewer to decide if Mookie’s actions were the correct ones.

FREE

Do the Right Thing (18)

25 to 29 October 2010

The Shay Stadium, Shaw Hill, Halifax, HX1 2YS

A group of 15 young people, from across North & East Halifax, will be attending the Shay Stadium between 25 - 29 October 2010 for five afternoons to work on the theme of black history within sport. In particular the sport of Rugby League and how it helps to contribute to a fuller integrated society. By the end of the week they will have been involved in a number of activities and produced a display which can be shown during youth work week.

For further information contact Mick Moffatt on 01422 300013 or email [email protected]

FREE

North and East Halifax Youth Service

Wednesday 27 October 2010

3pm 148 minutes


Celie is a sharecropper’s daughter living in rural Georgia. The film opens in 1909 when Celie is a young girl, a victim of incest, pregnant with her father’s child. Ugly and unloved, separated from her children and her sister, Celie’s only option is marriage to an abusive, philandering husband.

Her life changes forever when her husband brings his mistress, a beautiful blues singer named Shug into the house.

FREE

The Color Purple (15)


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Tuesday 26 October 2010

1pm – 3pm

Halifax Visitor Centre and Art Gallery, Piece Hall, Halifax, HX1 1RE

Come and take part in our big draw event linked to Black History Month by creating your own “mini me” to add to our giant collage. There will be half hourly craft activity. You can drop-in on the day and book on arrival. Play schemes may have to pay a small charge.

Please call 01422 284451 to book.

For further information contact Fiona Willats on 01422 284451 or email [email protected]

FREE TO FAMILIES

The Big Draw

Tuesday 26 October 2010Starts at 7.30pmTickets priced at £18 Discounts available


Sir Willard White explores the life of Paul Robeson, one of the major figures who raised awareness of equality and human rights in the mid - 20th century, in a moving story. This show features Neal Thornton who will lead a group of musicians including Guy Barker on trumpet with the Pavão String Quartet. Together they will play unique arrangements of more popular songs from Paul Robeson.

For further information contact the Victoria Theatre on 01422 351158 or email [email protected]. For a chance to win a FREE pair of tickets for this show check the local press and the Calderdale Council website www.calderdale.gov.uk for details.

Robeson Re-Explored with Sir Willard White

Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2010

From 6.15pm – 8.45pm

Check timings and location before attending

During Black History Month all young people’s youth centres in the Lower Valley area will be compiling equality statements with young people at youth centre forums. Eastfield Jubilee Centre will be raising awareness of Black History Month through discussions, carrying out research of slave trade and looking at iconic black people from history.

For further information on dates and venues contact Karen Brooke on 01484 404750 or email:[email protected]

FREE

The Lower Valley Youth Service


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Thursday 28 October 2010 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Entrance fee £3.50 £2.50 concessions(however donations will be accepted if unable to afford the entrance fee)

Meeting Room 1, Central Library, Northgate, Halifax, HX1 1UN

Learn about how local people benefited indirectly from the Slave Trade and about a black ex-slave who lived in Calderdale in the 1790s. The talk will be given by David C. Glover from the Halifax Antiquarian Society.

For further information please contact Elaine Duffy on 01422 392638 or email [email protected]

Halifax and the Slave Trade:

The Sinners - An illustrated talk on a little known subject

Throughout October Phoenix Radio will be broadcasting small features about famous figures in Black History with an emphasis on the contribution made by musicians and sports figures in Calderdale.

Plus features on famous visitors to Calderdale. Hopefully, this year will also include an original radio play about Paul Robeson culminating in his visit to Halifax in 1939. There will also be specialist programmes celebrating the contribution of black music within the history of popular music.

For more information contact Howard Priestley on 01422 329390 or email [email protected]

Black History Month 2010

Phoenix Radio 96.7FM

Wednesday 27 October 2010 10am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm

Bankfield Museum, Akroyd Park, Boothtown Road, Halifax HX3 6HG

Join us to make a magnificent mask linked to the current mask exhibition and Black History Month. You can also enjoy scary stories and tricky trails. Half-hourly sessions. Drop-in.

Play schemes will have to pay a small charge. Please call 01422 284451 to book.

For further information contact Fiona Willats on 01422 284451 or email: [email protected]

FREE TO FAMILIES

Sparks!


BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2010SPECIAL THANKS

We would like to thank all staff, partners and voluntary organisations for all their hard work and commitment to planning and putting on these events and activities for Black History Month.

More importantly, a big thank you goes to the St. Augustine’s Centre for allowing the use of their venue to hold the launch of Black History Month 2010.

For further information on all events or activities, or if you would like to be involved in further Black History Month events please contact:

Tee LiburdEquality OfficerNeighbourhoods and Community Engagement3rd floor Northgate HouseNorthgateHalifax HX1 1UN

Tel. No: 01422 392867email: [email protected] Website: www.calderdale.gov.uk

Please note that all details of events and activities were correct at the time of printing. Please check details before attending any of the events and activities.

All logos have been produced with the permission of the organisations taking part.

We would like to thank the following for their support:Ovenden and Mixenden Initiative, Phoenix FM, Pennine Housing, Halifax Central Initiative, Square Chapel, NHS Calderdale

If you would like this information in a different language or format please contact: Tee Liburd on 01422 392867 or e-mail: [email protected]

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