4—The Daily Collegian Friday, April 15, 1983
Black Arts Festival spotlights education, cultural expression
BY . ANNE McDONOUGH
Collegian Staff Writer
The weeklong Black Arts Festival, spon
sored by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center
and Black Caucus, will begin tomorrow with a
Cultural Bazaar featuring a dance show by
members of black fraternities and sororities.
-The show is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m.
in the Pollock Halls quad.
The theme of this year's festival is "Retro
spective on the '6os Prospects for the '9os."
The festival is an opportunity for campus
wide participation in the expression of black
culture, director of the center Larry Young
said.
- Most of the programs will be educational,
but some cultural and social activities are
also planned, he said. The festival will be of
value to the majority of students who would
have to travel to foreign countries to experi
ence some of the festival's offerings, he said.
-At 2 tomorrow afternoon, visitors to the
Paul Robeson Cultural Center in Walnut
Building will be able to sample black cuisine
labeled a "Taste of Soul," for $l.
At 8:30 tomorrow night in Eisenhower Audi
torium, "Pieces of a Dream," a jazz group
froin Philadelphia, will perform. Tickets are
on sale at Eisenhower and at the HUB Desk.
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An after-the-concert dance will take place
at the center beginning at 11 tomorrow night.
Admission is free with a concert ticket stub.
Sunday's events will begin at 1:30 p.m. with
a performance by the University's Gospel
Choir, the United Soul Ensemble, in Schwab
Auditorium.
After the concert, the Malcolm X-Fannie
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The winner will receive a plaque and $lOO
donated by the members of the selection
committee, said committee member Venus
Young. The center will also receive a plaque,
she said.
The nominees . are selected from those stu
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The festival's theme will be discussed by
keynote speaker, the Rev. Benjamin Charvis,
at 3 Sunday afternoon in Schwab Auditorium.
Charvis, one of 10 defendants in the Wil
nilngton 10 trial in 1971, was indicted and
convicted on charges of conspiracy and fire
bombing a white-owned grocery store. He
was originally sentenced to 34 years in prison,
but served 4'/2 years. The convictions of the
defendents were overturned in 1980. -
. Young said Charvis will give his perspec
tive of events that shaped the '6os and '7os and
current events that may shape the '9os.
Charvis combines his religious training and
desire for social justice, which in turn makes
him a political speaker, Larry Young said.
Also on Sunday, festival visitors will be able
to sample Caribbean food, entertainment and
music at 6 p.m. in the HUB ballroom. The
Trinidad Star Steel Band. from Philadelphia
will perform. Tickets are $5 and for more
information, call 237-5950 or 238-6668.
On Monday, the Black Film Festival begins
at 7 p.m. at the the center with the films,
"Malcolm X" and "Blue Collar."
The , first film follows the life of the civil
rights activist with the use of film clips and
based on information from his book written
with Alex Haley, author of "Roots," said
Larry Young.
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"Blue Collar," starring Richard Pryor,
involves the life of one white and two black
auto workers as they fight the automobile
Anyone who does not understand labor
should see this film, Larry Young said. The
film points out problems that affect blacks
and whites in the labor,force, he said.
At 7 Tuesday night, the film "Putney
Swope" will be shown at the center. The film
concerns the only black employee in a New
York City advertising agency. The black
employee eventually becomes the chairman
of .the board and recreates the agency in his
own image. .
"The agency . goes from Blarney and Smith
to Truth and Soul advertising," Larry Young
said. • •
After the film, students and faculty will
discuss "Where will we be in 1993?" said
Venus Young.
At 8 Wednesday night, Nigerian tribal chief
Jomo Logan will speak about his experiences
as a tribal chief and American citizen to the
festival in the HUB fishbowl lounge.
A Gong Show, presented by the Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity, is tentatively scheduled for
7:30 Thursday night.
Poet Haki Madhubuti will speak about the
future of black America at 8 p.m. next Friday
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Also next Friday, a dance will take place at
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The Self Destruct Band from Philadelphia
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Saturday at the center. Admission is free.
Participants in the festival will be able to
fill out evaluation forms and recommend any
suggestions for future festivals, Young said.
A Black Arts Festival, dedicated to the class
of 1983 will be available, he said.
The festival will continue through May 10
with an African and Afro-American Art Ex
hibit at the center. The exhibit features the
works in ebony, ivory, leather and wood of
Nigerian artist O'dy Maduka. Also featured
will be the works of State College artists
Robert Wilder and Forrest Wortham. '
For more information, call the center at .
865-1779 or 865-3776.
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By MICHAEL NEWNAM
Collegian Staff Writer
A.W. & Sons Enterprise, 340 E. Beaver Ave., has broken
ground for construction of a 67-unit apartment building, at
the corner of Locust Lane and Beaver Avenue.
The building, to be named Alexander Court, will have 53
two-bedroom apartments and 14 one-bedroom apart
ments. All units will be furnished and will have draperies,
wall-to-wall carpeting, air conditioning and fully equipped
kitchens.
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Aug. 15, barring unforeseen delays such as poor weather.
"We still expect to meet the August 15 deadline,"
Williams said. The builders "are working days and
weekends."
Although plans to accommodate renter parking have not
yet been affirmed, she said she expects no problems.
"We always seem to have enough parking," she said.
Thirty-four units have already been rented and applica
tions are still being accepted at the main office of A.W. &
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"Two-bedroom apartments are $6BO to $695 per month
and large one-bedroom apartments are $495 per month,"
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