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Find events happening in and around the Galesburg community in the month of February for Black History Month.
Magic of Motown - February 1, 2025, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
A musical journey through Motown's best!
Coffee & Convos - February 4, 2025, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., HOPE Center Reflective Hall, Knox College
Meet Knox's new AD of Intercultural Life and Black History Month Gifts
Vision Boards - February 5, 2025, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m., HOPE Center Community Room, Knox College
Let's make your dreams a reality. Come make vision boards and manifest your future.
Day of Dialogue - February 12, 2025, 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m., Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College
Keynote Speaker Vernon A. Wall presenting "One Better World". Dialogue sessions to follow.
Unspoken Truths - February 13, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:30p.m., HOPE Center Reflection Room, Knox College
Join us for a panel discussion that highlights the experiences Black students have on campus and in the classroom.
Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad - February 15, 2025, 2:00 p.m., Galesburg Public Library
Illinois Road Scholar Connie Martin tells stories of how hidden codes in Civil War quilts guided slaves to freedom.
Glory (1989) - February 15, 2025, 7:00 p.m., The Orpheum Theatre
Watch the incredible story of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment fight for freedom.
Black History Month Lecture Series - February 18, 2025, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m., HOPE Center Reflection Room, Knox College
Guest lecturer Mr. Renatto V. Carr.
Living Room Conversations - February 19, 2025, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., HOPE Center Community Room, Knox College
"America We Want to Be: Founding Aspirations". This even requires registration.
Story Time - February 22, 2025, 11:00 a.m., Wordsmith Bookshoppe
Story Time with author Shellie Moore Guy, author of "How Little Billy Learned to Play" and "Family Tree".
Celebrating Black Voices in Classical Music - February 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
A conversation and concert with music by the Knox Galesburg Symphony.
GospelFest - February 23, 2025, 4:00 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church
Live spiritual selections followed by tasty refreshments.
We Gon' Rest - February 23-28, 2025
Practicing rest as resistance. No events planned for this week at Knox College. We will engage wtih self-care this week.
Follow the Drinking Gourd - February 28, 2025, 6:00 p.m., Lakeside Nature Center
An Underground Railroad Experience - Learn how people on their journey to freedom found their way north using natural clues.
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Printed on Friday, February 21, 2025
