Ebony travel guide: June
Joy Bennett KinnonTRAVEL GUIDE JUNE WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE! ATLANTA * African Gold from the Glassell Collection. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Exhibit. High Museum of Art. Through Sept. 19,2004. BALTIMORE * The Zora Neale Hurston Society 20th anniversary conference. Hyatt Regency Hotel. June 17-19. * African-American Heritage Festival. Camden Yards Stadium. June 18-20. * Father's Day Jazz Concert & Banquet. Great Blacks in Wax Museum. June 18. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. * African Shields: Art Power and Identity. Exhibit Birmingham Museum of Art. Through June 20. CHICAGO * 20th Annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival. Grant Park. June 4-6. * 21stAnnual Chicago Blues Festival. Grant Park. June 10-13. * 24th Annual Taste of Chicago. Grant Park. June 25-July 4. * Real Men Cook for Charity. South Side YMCA. June 20. * Modern Free and Accepted Masons of the World convention. Holiday Inn-O'Hare Airport. June 20-27. * Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Convention. Sheraton-Chicago Hotel & Towers. June 28-July 1. CLEVELAND * Power Networking 3rd Annual Networking Training Conference. Building Bridges. Businesses. Prosperity. Cleveland Convention Center, June 24-27. COLUMBUS, Ohio * Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival. Creekside Park. June 18-20. DETROIT * Dawoud Bey: Detroit Portraits. Exhibit. Detroit Institute of Arts. Through Aug. 1. * Detroit Festival of the Arts. Midtown Detroit's Cultural District and Wayne State University Campus. June 11-13. * Fireworks Day. Hart Plaza. June 23. HOUSTON * Top Ladies of Distinction 40th Anniversary celebration Hotel Intercontinental. June 24-27. INDIANAPOLlS * Black Coaches Association convention. Hyatt Regency Hotel. June 3-5. LAS VEGAS, Nev. * Juneteenth Community Celebration. West Las Vegas Arts Center. June 4. LOS ANGELES * Real Men Cook for Charity. Las Angeles Exposition Park Intergenerational Community Center. June 20. * Hollywood Black Film Festival. Various venues. June 22-27. * Long Beach Bayou Festival. Queen Mary Events Park, Long Beach. June 25-27. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. * 100 Black Men of America annual national conference. Loews Hotel, Miami Beach. June 9-13 MILWAUKEE * Summerfest. Henry Maier Festival Park. June 24-July 4. NEW ORLEANS * International Arts Festival. Formerly known as the Reggae Riddums Festival. Marconi Meadows, City Park, June 11-13. * National Newspaper Publishers Association convention. Wyndham New Orleans Hotel. June 16-20. NEW YORK CITY * The Music of Lionel Hampton and Milt Jackson. Jazz at Lincoln Center. Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. June 3-5. * Real Men Cook for Charity. Minisink Townhouse. June 20. PHILADELPHIA Odunde Afrikan American Street Festival. Now in its 29th year, this festival celebrates the Yoruba New Year. June 13. * National Association of Minority Contractors convention. Loews Hotel. June 15-18. * Sigma Pi Phi (Boule) Centennial Grand Boule. Marriott Hotel. June 26-30. ST. LOUIS * U.S. Bank Saint Louis Jazz Festival. Shaw Park in Clayton, Missouri. June 25-26. SAN FRANCISCO * San Francisco Black Film Festival. BRAVA Theater and other various venues. June 9-13. WASHINGTON, D.C. * 12th Annual Capital Jazz Fest. New location this year, Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, Md. June 4-6. * National Juneteenth Holiday Observance. Various venues. June 16-20. * Safeway's 12th Annual National Capital Barbecue Battle. Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. June 26-27. CANADA * 25th Anniversary-Montreal International Jazz Festival. Various sites. June 30-July 11. ISLAND DESTINATIONS: CAYMAN ISLANDS * Some Kind of Blue Festival. June 13-15. JAMAICA * Ocho Rios Jazz Festival 2004. Various island venues. June 13-20. ST. KITTS * 8th Annual St. Kitts International Music Festival. Historic Fort Thomas grounds. June 24-27. U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS * R&B, Reggae & Calypso Festival. St. John. June 26. NOTE: Sponsors may change dates or locations after the magazine has been published. Travelers should verify event information with local sponsors.
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