March 29, 2024
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AACC has full schedule for February’s Black History Month

Joan Trumbauer, seated, second from left, was a student at Tougaloo College when she participated in the sit-in at the luncheon counter of the Woolworth store in Jackson, Miss. Trumbauer, now Joan Trumbauer Mulholland, and Michael O’Brien, who took the photo and later wrote about all the participants that day in the book, “We Shall Not Be Moved,” will speak about the sit-in and the impact it had on the participants, the community and the Civil Rights Movement as part of Anne Arundel Community College’s recognition of Black History Month. The event, “We Shall Not Be Moved” is at 1 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Robert E. Kauffman Theater in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts on AACC’s Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway. For information about this and other Black History Month events, visit http://www.aacc.edu/blackhistorymonth Joan Trumbauer, seated, second from left, was a student at Tougaloo College when she participated in the sit-in at the luncheon counter of the Woolworth store in Jackson, Miss. Trumbauer, now Joan Trumbauer Mulholland, and Michael O’Brien, who took the photo and later wrote about all the participants that day in the book, “We Shall Not Be Moved,” will speak about the sit-in and the impact it had on the participants, the community and the Civil Rights Movement as part of Anne Arundel Community College’s recognition of Black History Month. The event, “We Shall Not Be Moved” is at 1 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Robert E. Kauffman Theater in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts on AACC’s Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway. For information about this and other Black History Month events, visit http://www.aacc.edu/blackhistorymonth%5B/caption%5D

Anne Arundel Community College offers many events open to the community that are organized or hosted by various college departments or programs. Occasionally, times, dates or places of the events change. For the most up-to-date information, visit the website listed with the event or http://www.aacc.edu/events

AACC CLASSES

Feb. 1 – 13-week session of spring credit classes begins; to register, call 410-777-2243 or visit http://www.aacc.edu/recreg/register.cfm

COMMUNITY

Feb. 117 p.m. Discussion, Chesapeake Civil War Round Table, featuring Dr. Wayne Hsieh, a history professor who won recognition for his work with the U.S. Department of Defense and State Department in Iraq; also, author of “West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace,” winner of the New York Military Affairs Symposium Civil War Book Award.; Cade Center for Fine Arts Room 219, AACC Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway; http://www.aacc.edu/history/ccwr.cfm

Feb. 13 – 7:30 p.m. Astronomy club meeting; 8:30-10 p.m. Stargazing, “Community Observing Night,” family event sponsored by the AACC Astronomy Club, weather permitting; bring your own telescope and binoculars or use one of the eight AACC telescopes to view planets, stars and moon; park in the back of Arnold parking lots A and B beside the Resource Management Building, facing headlights toward campus; AACC Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway; free; for information, contact John Kline [email protected], or 410-777-2260; www.aacc.edu/science/observatory.

Feb. 23- 6 p.m. Board of Trustees meeting; Cade Center for Fine Arts Room 219, AACC Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway; 410-777-1177; http://www.aacc.edu 

Feb. 24 – 1 p.m. Event, “We Shall Not Be Moved,” featuring speakers Michael J. O’Brien and Joan Trumpauer (now Mulholland), as part of Anne Arundel Community College’s celebration of Black History Month; O’Brien wrote the book, “We Shall Not Be Moved,” based on the sit-in at the luncheon counter of the Woolworth’s store in Jackson, Miss., and the subsequent Civil Rights movement in Jackson, writing about both the protesters and the group surrounding them; Trumpauer, who is white, was one of the participants of the sit-in as a student at Tougaloo College; free; Robert E. Kauffman Theater in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts on AACC’s Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway; 

Feb. 29-March 4 Future Day Celebration, activities are being developed to showcase ideas of the future; in the spring, visit http://www.aacc.edu/future for details.

PERFORMANCES

Feb. 19 – 7:30 p.m. Performance, “Honoring Black History Month,” Anna Binneweg, D.M., associate professor of performing arts, will conduct the AACC Symphony Orchestra in a program comprised entirely of works by African American Composers;  highlight will be a special multi-media presentation by Chris Ballengee, Ph.D., assistant professor of performing arts; for information, visit http://www.aacc.edu/music/orchestra.cfm; tickets cost $10 general admission; $7 for AACC employees, active military, senior citizens, groups, non-AACC students and children under 10 years old; $5 for students with valid AACC ID; for tickets, contact the AACC Box Office at 410-777-2457 or [email protected] or purchase tickets for this concert through AACC’s Arts Pass, http://www.aacc.edu/performingarts/artspass.cfm

VISUAL ARTS

Through March 2 Exhibit, “Questioning Beauty,” regional curated show; reception Feb. 3 – 6-8 p.m., including curator’s talk at 7 p.m., Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College’s Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway; free; http://www.aacc.edu/cadegallery/exhibitschedule.cfm

Feb. 1-26 Exhibit, “Peril and Progress – Civil Rights in America,” featuring works by African American artists, including pieces that depict civil rights and voting, from Just Looking’ Art Gallery in Hagerstown, Md., in recognition of Black History Month, Pascal Center for Performing Arts Gallery, AACC Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway; free; gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday; for information, visit http://www.aacc.edu/studentengagement 

Feb. 3-27 Off-campus Exhibit, “Self Portraits by Fine Arts Students at Anne Arundel Community College,” curated by Matthew Moore, AACC assistant professor of visual arts, and Matt Klos, AACC associate professor of visual arts, Kent Island Federation of Arts Inc., 405 Main St., Stevensville, Md.; opening reception to be announced; gallery hours are Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays-Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. http://www.aacc.edu/visualarts/newsevents.cfm

Feb. 16 – noon Film and Discussion, “Cinema’s Difficult Beauty,” a look at filmmakers whose work taps into a truth that is visually and emotionally provocative yet difficult to label as beautiful or appealing; coordinated by Dawn Bond, associate professor of visual arts; Cade Center for Fine Arts, room to be announced, AACC Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway; free; http://www.aacc.edu/visualarts/newsevents.cfm

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