January: what's happening where!

ATLANTA

* Atlanta Symphony Orchestra tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 13.

* Salute to Greatness Awards Dinner sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Jan. 14.

* The Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Commemorative Service. Ebenezer Baptist Church. Jan. 16.

BALTIMORE

* Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration parade. Noon. Jan. 16.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

* Reflect and Rejoice: A Community Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A musical gala presented by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute featuring the Alabama Symphony Orchestra at the Alys Stephens Center. Jan. 15.

* Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast. Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. Jan. 16.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

* 25th Annual Martin Luther King Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast. Sheraton Imperial Hotel. Jan. 16.

* 1st Annual Martin Luther King Community Day of Service. Various locations in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. Jan. 16

CHICAGO

* Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast. Sponsored by the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Chicago Hilton Hotel. Jan. 16.

* Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah. Chicago premiere in honor of the King holiday. Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Jan. 14-15.

* Fisk Jubilee Singers. Art Institute of Chicago concert. RuNoff Auditorium. Jan 27

CLEVELAND

* Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast Celebration. Marriott Hotel at Key Center. Jan. 16.

COLUMBUS, Ohio

* Martin Luther King Jr. Day Open House. The King Arts Complex. Jan. 16.

DENVER

* Martin Luther King Jr. Marade (March & Parade). Participants gather at City Park and march to Civic Center Park. Jan. 16.

DETROIT

* Martin Luther King Jr. Program. Wayne State University campus. McGregor Conference Center. Jan. 12.

EATONVILLE, Fla.

* 17th Annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities. Various sites Jan. 21-29.

JACKSON, Miss.

* Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration and Parade. Begins at "Freedom Corner"--the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Medgar Evers Boulevard. Jan. 14.

* 14th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Banquet. Jackson State University. Jan. 16.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

* Martin Luther King Jr. Day. National Civil Rights Museum. Jan. 16.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

* 13th annual Let Freedom Sing! Concert by the Nashville Symphony to celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Jan. 15.

NEW YORK CITY

* Detroit: Motor City Jazz. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and guests Ron Carter and Marcus Belgrave. Rose Theater. Jan. 12-14.

* 33nd Annual International Association for Jazz Education Conference. New York Hilton & Towers. Jan 1114

ORLANDO

* Martin Luther King Jr. Bay of Service. Sites across Central Florida. Jan. 16.

RALEIGH, N.C.

* 1st Annual Martin Luther King Community Day of Service. Sites across Raleigh. Jan. 16.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.

* Annual Martin Luther King Memonal March. Assembly begins 10 a.m. State Capitol Building. Jan. 16.

ST. LOUIS

* Minority Scientists Showcase. Explorer Dome Exhibit Hall. St. Louis Science Center in Forest Park. Jan. 15-17.

* Martin Luther King Celebration. Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at University of Missouri-St. Louis. Jan. 16.

SAN FRANCISCO

* 2006 Martin Luther King Annual celebrations. Citywide. Jan. 16.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* Black Boy. Richard Wright's landmark autobiography adapted for the stage. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Jan. 13-15.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS:

BARBADOS

* The Barbados Jazz Festival. Featuring Jill Scott, Lionel Richie, Norman Brown, Boney James, Roy Hargrove and others. Various venues. Jan. 9-15.

JAMAICA

* Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival. Montego Bay. Rose Hall Resort & Country Club. Scheduled are Shaggy, John Legend, Al Green, James Ingrain, Kern and a 50-year anniversary tribute to Byron Lee. Jan. 26-28.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

* Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Jan. 16.

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