December: what's happening where?

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ATLANTA

* The 81st Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert. Martin Luther King Jr. Interdenominational Chapel, Nov. 30 & Dec. 2; Sisters Chapel, Dec. 1.

* Annual Holiday Tours of Dr. King's birth home decorated for Christmas during the 1930s-40s. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Monthlong.

* Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art: Featuring the Bernard and Patricia Wagner Collection. Exhibit. High Museum of Art. Dec. 22-April 20.

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* Annual Peach Drop. Underground Atlanta. Dec. 31.

BALTIMORE

* Kwanzaa Family Day Celebration. Reginald E Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture. Dec. 29.

* Textural Rhythms: Constructing Jazz Tradition Contemporary African-American Quilts. Exhibit features 64 quilts representing the relationship between art and jazz. Reginald E Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture. Through March 30, 2008.

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* Baltimore's New Year's Eve Spectacular. Inner Harbor. Dec. 31.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

* Family Kwanzaa Program. Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. At 7 p.m., Dec. 27.

CHICAGO

* Kwanzaa Karamu. Family program to learn about Kwanzaa features music and dance productions. DuSable Museum of African American History. Dec. 27.

* Bourbon at the Border. Pearl Cleage play directed by Ron OJ Parson concludes the Eclipse Theatre Company's 2007 Pearl Cleage season. Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater. Through Dec. 16.

* Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light 2007. Features more than 50 dazzling trees and displays decorated by members of Chicago's ethnic community that celebrate holiday customs around the world. Museum of Science and Industry. Through Jan. 6, 2008.

* New Year's Eve Fireworks. Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park. Dec. 31.

CLEVELAND

* Black Nativity. Gospel musical written by Langston Hughes. Karamu Performing Arts Theatre. Dec. 7-30.

COLUMBUS, OHIO

* Kwanzaa Winter Academy. The King Arts Complex. Dec. 26-Jan. 4, 2008.

DETROIT

* Kwanzaa Celebrations. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Dec. 26-Jan. 1, 2008.

HOUSTON

* The Twelve Ways of Christmas. Play by Carlton Leake. The Ensemble Theatre. Through Dec. 30.

* Lessons From Below: Otabenga Jones & Associates. Exhibition. The Menil Collection. Through 9.

JACKSON, Miss.

* Kwanzaa Celebrations. Various Jackson venues. Dec. 26-Jan. 1, 2008.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.

* Epcot Presents Holidays Around the World/Candlelight Processional. Features international holiday celebrations around the world. The showcase includes a nightly tree-lighting ceremony and Kwanzaa observances. Through Dec. 30.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

* National Black Caucus of State Legislatures annual conference. The Peabody Hotel. Dec. 12-16.

LOS ANGELES

* Los Angeles Music Week. Special events for children. Various venues. Dec. 2-9.

* Lula Washington Dance Theatre Kwanzaa Celebration. 3773 S. Crenshaw Blvd. Dec. 27-29.

NEW ORLEANS

* Christmas New Orleans Style. Monthlong celebration of uniquely New Orleans holiday activities. Throughout December.

NEW YORK CITY

* African Diaspora Film Festival. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Dec. 6.

* Black Art: Treasures from the Schomburg. Exhibit. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Through Dec. 31.

* Ghana at 50. Photographic exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of Ghana's independence and the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Through Dec. 30.

* Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary. Exhibit of sculptural masterpieces from the heart of Africa's equatorial rainforest. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Through March 2.

ST. LOUIS

* Kwanzaa: Festival of the First Fruits. Missouri Botanical Garden Ridgeway. Dec. 27.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* Kwanzaa Celebrations. Smithsonian Museums, National Museum of African American Art, National Museum of Natural History. Monthlong.

* Greater Washington, D.C., Black Memorabilia Art & Doll Show & Sale. Washington, D.C., Convention Center. Dec. 7-8.

* East of the River: Continuity and Change. The Anacostia Community Museum's 40th Anniversary Exhibition. Through November 2008.

* Kwanzaa Family Programs. Anacostia Community Museum. Dec. 26-29.

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ISLAND DESTINATIONS

THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN

* Christmas Day. Dec. 25.

* Boxing Day. Dec. 26.

BAHAMAS

* Junior Junkanoo Parade. The Abacas. Dec. 7.

* Bahamas International Film Festival. Atlantis Paradise Island Resort. Dec. 6-13.

BERMUDA

* St. George's Annual New Year's Eve Celebration. King's Square, Town of St. George. Highlights include a fireworks display and the lowering of the onion. Dec. 31.

CURACAO

* St. Nicholas Day. Dec. 5.

JAMAICA

* Harbour Fest and Fireworks on the Waterfront. Dec. 31.

ST. KITTS & NEVIS

* National Carnival. Dec. 15-Jan. 2, 2008.

ST. LUCIA

* National Day. Festival of Lights & Renewal. Dec. 13.