September: what's happening where! - Travel Guide

ATLANTA

* Urban-American Filmmakers Workshop. Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center. Sept. 5-7.

* How Dare You Dream: Images of African Americans in Advertising from the Joyce Eubanks McGlory Collection. Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art. Through Dec. 14.

CHARLESTON, S.C.

* Joe Turner Classic. Savannah State vs. South Carolina State. Sept. 13.

CHICAGO

* Fashion Flappers 'n All That Jazz. Exhibit. Chicago Historical Society. Through Sept. 30.

CLEVELAND

* Taste of Cleveland. Tower City Amphitheater. Aug. 30-Sept. 1.

* National African American Speakers Association convention. Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center. Sept. 5-7.

* Procter & Gamble Ohio Classic. Tuskegee University vs. Hampton University. Sept. 20.

COLA, S.C.

* Palmetto Capital City Classic. South Carolina State vs. Benedict College. Sept. 27.

COLUMBUS, Ohio

* Black Doll Collections. Exhibit. King Arts Complex. Sept. 7. Aug. 6-10.

DETROIT

* Detroit Festival of the Arts. University Cultural Center. Sept. 12-14.

HARTFORD, Conn.

* The Many Colors of a Woman. 18th Annual Free Jazz Concert. Bushnell's Belding Theatre. Sept. 13.

JACKSON, Miss.

* Farish Street Heritage Festival. Farish Street Historic District. Sept. 6.

KANSAS CITY, Kan.

* National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. convention, Kansas City Convention Center, Sept. 8-12.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.

* 21st Annual Night of Joy. Yolanda Adams and Kirk Franklin lead a top lineup of gospel and Christian entertainers. Magic Kingdom. Sept. 5-6.

LAS VEGAS

* Las Vegas Classic. Southern University vs. North Carolina A&T State University. Sept. 13.

LOS ANGELES

* Los Angeles Black Business Expo & Trade Show. Los Angeles Convention Center Sept. 12-14.

* 31st Anniversary Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc. conference. Beverly Hilton Hotel Sept. 24-27.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

* Southern Heritage Classic. Tennessee State University vs. Jackson State University. Sept. 12-13.

MOBILE, Ala.

* Gulf Coast Classic, Alcorn State University vs. Alabama State University. Sept. 13.

MONTEREY, Calif.

* 46th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Fairgrounds. Sept 19-21.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

* 21st Annual African Street Festival Tennessee State University, main campus Sept. 12-14.

NORFOLK, Va.

* International Black women's Congress convention. Sheraton-Norfolk-Waterside Hotel. Sept. 26-28.

NEW YORK CITY

* West Indian American Parade. New York's Caribbean Carnival/Mardi Gras. Parade route begins at Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. Sept. 1.

PHILADELPHIA

* National Black MBA Association convention. Pennsylvania Convention Center. Sept. 23-28.

RICHMOND, Va.

* Masonic Classic Virginia Union University vs. Shepherd College. Sept. 13.

ST. LOUIS

* St. Louis Gateway Classic. University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Kentucky State University. Sept. 28.

SAN FRANCISCO

* San Francisco Blues Festival Great Meadow at Fort Mason Sept. 27-28.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* Demonstrating for Civil Rights in DC: The March on Washington and Beyond. Exhibit. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Sept. 15-Nov. 30.

* Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. Annual Legislative Conference. Washington Convention Center. Sept. 24-27.

* The Art of Romare Bearden. Exhibit of more than 130 of the artist's works touted as the most comprehensive Bearden retrospective ever. National Gallery of Art. Sept. 14-Jan. 4, 2004.

CANADA

* Toronto International Film Festival, Various sites. Sept. 4-13.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS:

ARUBA

* BMW Golf Tournament, Sept. 10-11.

ST. KITTS

* Independence Day. Sept. 19.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

* Labor Day. Holiday. Sept. 1.

NOTE: Sponsors may change dates or locations after the magazine has been published, Travelers should verify event information with local sponsors.

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