Feb 26: A Few of My Favorite Things
Blessed be the mutha-f-ing weekend eh?
Friday
Magnolia Independent Film Festival
I see the south still got something to say, huh? Held mostly online, this independent film festival has a little something for everyone: documentaries, horror, comedy, and family-friendly fare streaming. A one-day-online drive-in theater event with even more films, follows on March 6th. Streaming online. $10+
Drunk Black History
Black historical figures get there due in this online show that’s pretty similar to the tv show, but only with Black comedians. And your imagination. 8pm CST. $15 USD
Saturday
Do the Right Thing Film Discussion
Fancy some intellectual discussion on a Saturday morning? The Harriet Beecher Stowe House invites you to this virtual discussion of the classic Spike Lee Joint, Do the Right Thing. If you’ve never seen this film (have you been living under a rock for the last few decades?), they suggest viewing it before, um, tomorrow? 11am CST
Hips Don’t Lie Movement Workshop
The last class in the Philadelphia School of Burlesque’s Black History Month Masterclass series, is all about the hips. Explore different ways to shake and shimmy through drills and short movement combinations. Free for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color.) 12:00pm CST. $25 USD for everybody else.
Hood Feminism: Mikki Kendall in conversation with Jalessah Jackson
Join Mikki Kendell for a special discussion on Hood Feminism, a collection of essays that critiques modern-day feminism and the movements shortcomings regarding Black and other marginalized women. 6:30pm CST. Free
The Black Esthetics Comedy Show
Black comedy show, extra Black this month cause, well, you know. The show finishes out with a panel discussion on working as a Black artist in comedy. 9pm EST. $5.00 USD
Back to Black Burlesque Show
An online burlesque show honoring Black Hollywood greats like: Josephine Baker, Lottie the Body, and Dorothy Dandridge. 7pm CST. $10 USD
Sunday
Black History Game Night
I love trivia, yes I do. I love trivia how about you? Finish your Sunday off with an evening of family-friendly Black history trivia. 7pm CST. Sliding scale fee.
But Wait. There’s More!
Yet, She is Advancing: New Orleans Women and the Right to Vote-1878-1970. A retrospective on the suffrage movement in New Orleans during the first and second waves.
Speaking of my favorite American city, check out Dawn Richard’s latest single, Bussifame, off her forthcoming EP, Second Line.
You know the tipping system is racist, right? Don’t believe me, take a listen.
Ooooh, a remote-ish marketing job for someone in the Chicago area, who is also into making the world a better place and stuff.
Black love is on full display in this Huffington Post, old-school photo gallery.
Were you even really a teenager girl in the late 90’s and early 2000’s if you weren’t a Britney Spears fan? Tavi Gevinson writes about Britney Spears and beauty capital for The Cut.
And oh yeah, #freebritney
