Tributes to “The Great Emancipator,” free admission to the Museum of the African Diaspora for the entire month of February and the premiere of a new documentary on African American prisoners on Alcatraz Island are all part of Black History month in San Francisco. Times and locations may be subject to change: please telephone or visit Web sites listed for complete details. 

Public transit is highly recommended when visiting San Francisco. For bus schedules and information on San Francisco’s cable cars, historic streetcars and light rail system visit www.sfmta.org or call 311 (San Francisco) or 415-701-2311 if calling from outside area code 415. The new 74X-CultureBus offers express service to many of the city’s major museums. For information visit www.sfculturebus.org. 

Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
685 Mission St. For information call 415-358-7200 or visit www.moadsf.org.
Media contact: Michael F. McCauley, 415-318-7152
In addition to its ongoing exhibits program and permanent installations celebrating the global influence of the African Diaspora on art and culture, MoAD is collaborating this month with a number of organizations to produce a series of events. Free admission to MoAD during Black History month is sponsored by Bank of America. 

Decoding Identity: I Do It for My People Through March 8
This thought-provoking exhibition explores the complexities of individual and group identity. Artists probe the essential questions of identity: “Who am I?” “Who are you?” “Who are we?” The multidimensional works by 20 diverse artists challenge cultural and ethnic prejudices, question issues of religion, sexuality, race, and gender and explore the ways individuals transform and are transformed by their environments. 

Conversations That Matter – The Future of Hip Hop
Saturday, Feb. 7
2-4 p.m., MoAD Salon
This exclusive conversation features premier hip hop scholar and activist, Davey D, and entertainment lawyer Michael Ashburne. Learn what these two experts have to say and join in the conversation. 

Davey D, Hip Hop journalist, historian and community activist, has been a DJ on KMEL, KALX, and KPFA, a cofounder of the Bay Area Hip Hop Coalition, and a member of the Bay Area Black Journalist Association. Source magazine counts him among the Top 10 Most Influential People nationwide when it comes to hip hop and politics. 

Michael Ashburne currently represents, among others, hip hop artists Souls of Mischief and Del the Funky Homosapien and specializes in the legal guidance and mentoring of artists in the entertainment industry. His diverse clients range from Danny Glover to Ice Cube. 

Lunchtime Artist Talk – Deciphering the Perpetrator
Wednesday, Feb. 11
Noon-1 p.m., MoAD Salon
Sculptor Lorraine Bonner decodes her challenging, thought-provoking work in the Perpetrator series. Find out how the portrayal of the “blackness” and/or “whiteness” of physical features – eyes, ears, hands and mouths – can influence and perpetuate the representation of oppressive conditions. And be sure to see Bonner’s sculptures in Decoding Identity, on view through March 8. 

Family Day – Soundtrack to Revolution, Part 1
Saturday, Feb. 14
11 a.m.- 4 p.m. MoAD Salon
Join MoAD for the first of two Family Days in February dedicated to exploring music of resistance performed by some of the best musical talent in the Bay Area. Artists in the Education Center will also work with the audience to create an original work of art inspired by the exhibition, Decoding Identity: I Do It for My People. 

Lunchtime Artist Talk – Psychological Imprints on Tangible Objects
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Noon-1 p.m. MoAD Salon
Through his conceptual art pieces, Clint Imboden connects his own creative art-making process with his work as a mental health practitioner. Learn how he incorporates reclaimed tangible objects (shoes, X- rays and family photographs) to add a haunting psychological dimension to his work. Then check out his work among the pieces in Decoding Identity. Through his conceptual art pieces, Clint Imboden connects his own creative art-making process with his work as a mental health practitioner. Learn how he incorporates reclaimed tangible objects (shoes, X- rays and family photographs) to add a haunting psychological dimension to his work. Then check out his work among the pieces in Decoding Identity.
 

Family Day
Saturday, Feb. 21
11 a.m.–4 p.m. MoAD Education Center
For this family-friendly, engaging opportunity to explore children’s literature of the Diaspora, kids of all ages will have a chance to work with talented local artists to create original artwork. 

Lunchtime Artist Talk – Power of the Unspokn
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Noon–1p.m., MoAD Salon
What if all the terms used to demoralize and dehumanize African Americans throughout history no longer had the power they once did? Join artist Kelly Marshall for a provocative look at contemporary perceptions of blackness through her works that re-appropriate racial slurs, exposing the powerful role terminology plays in defining culture. 

Family Day – Soundtrack to Revolution, Part 2
Saturday, Feb. 28
11 a.m.–4 p.m., MoAD Salon
Join MoAD for Part 2 of the February Family Days dedicated to exploring music of resistance performed by some of the best musical talent in the Bay Area. Visitors will also have a chance to work with local artists in the Education Center to create an original work of art inspired by the exhibition, Decoding Identity: I Do It for My People. 

Lunchtime Artist Talk – Viewer’s Guide to Traumanauts
Wednesday, March 4
Noon–1 p.m. MoAD Salon
Painter David Huffman reveals the behind-the-scenes development of his African American astronauts, Traumanauts, the link to his social, political, and science fiction influences. Join Huffman when he explores the “outsider” symbols he uses in many of his newer works. Huffman is currently a drawing and painting professor at California College of the Arts. 

San Francisco Public Library
For information call 415-557-4400 or visit www.sfpl.org.
Media contact: Michelle Jeffers, 415-557-4282
A number of special events, exhibits and programs specifically for children are planned at San Francisco’s Main Library and various branches: 

Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Time, A Man for All Times
Feb. 4-March 5
Skylight Gallery, Main Library, 100 Larkin St.
This national traveling exhibition examines Abraham Lincoln’s life, accomplishments and legacy. Lincoln’s path from a self-educated, rough-hewn lawyer with virtually no administrative experience, to the president who guided a divided nation through the crises of slavery, secession and Civil War is depicted. To accompany this exhibition, the library is displaying a selection of materials from its own collections, representing Lincoln’s life, career and legacy, as well as other significant persons and events of the Civil War era. The diverse range of materials includes an 1852 edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Carleton Watkins’ photographs of Lincoln obsequies in San Francisco; and, a lithograph commemorating California’s ratification of the 13th Amendment. The influence of the Civil War on California and specifically, San Francisco, is also spotlighted, with the activities of Thomas Starr King. More contemporary items focus on the visible reminders in San Francisco of the 16th president. Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Time, A Man for All Times is a national traveling exhibition organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The traveling exhibition has been made possible in part through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of human experience and cultural heritage. 

Related programs:
Thursdays at Noon: Film Series on Abraham Lincoln
Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26, Noon, Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Lower Level, Koret Auditorium 

Lincoln and San Francisco
Sunday, Feb. 8, 2-4 p.m.
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Lower Level, Koret Auditorium
Historian and author John William Templeton recounts the many links between Lincoln and San Francisco, including the tribute to Lincoln embedded in the sanctuary of Third Baptist Church and the San Francisco painter whose murals are in the Lincoln Memorial, as well as other paintings in the Main Library and other sites locally.

Mary: A Novel
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Lower Level, Koret Auditorium
Author Janis Cooke Newman discusses her book; book sale and signing to follow. 

Lincoln, Thomas Starr King, San Francisco, and the Civil War
Feb. 24, 6 p.m.
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Lower Level, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room
Historian Charles Fracchia will discuss the role of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War in California, with a focus on the contributions of Thomas Starr King. 

Andrew Ward reads from his book, “The Slaves’ War”
Thursday, Feb. 26, 6-7 p.m.
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Lower Level, Koret Auditorium
The African American Center presents acclaimed historian and author of The Slaves’ War, Andrew Ward, who will discuss how he crafted the book, which is the first comprehensive narrative of the Civil War told entirely from the perspective of those whose destiny it decided: the slaves. 

Children’s programs: 

Celebrate African American History Month with Yolanda Rhodes
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4 p.m.
Western Addition Branch Library,1550 Scott St.
Yolanda Rhodes weaves music and movement into her lively folk tale stories from Africa. For children ages 3-6. Space limited; call 415-355-5727 for reservations. 

Family Night
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.
Parkside Branch Library, 1200 Taraval St.
Harpist from the Hood Destiny Muhammad brings her wonderful harp music to Parkside. 

Craft Program: African American Quilts
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 4 p.m.
Western Addition Branch Library, 1550 Scott St.
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art presents this program in celebration of African American History Month. Learn about African American quilt-making through a short slideshow presentation and a hands-on group quilt-making activity. Fun for children six and older. 

Celebrate African American History Month with Yolanda Rhodes
Saturday, Feb. 7, 11:30 a.m.
Excelsior Branch Library, 4400 Mission St.
An interactive performance of story, rhythm, music, and movement for children of all ages. 

Stories and Tales from the African-American Experience
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m.
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Second Floor, Fisher Children’s Center
Oakland-based master storyteller Mary J. Kelly is known for her interactive storytelling performances. Her rich and varied repertoire of stories makes her one of the Bay Area’s most sought after performance artists for all ages. She also serves as Education Director of the Young Audiences of Northern California, which is sponsoring this performance. 

Marijo, Storyteller
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 10:30–11:30 a.m.,
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Second Floor, Fisher Children’s Center
Stories from The Drinking Gourd, in celebration of African American History Month. Call Tim Troy for class reservations at 415-557-4554. 

S. Kwaku Daddy
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 3:30 p.m.
Marina Branch Library, 1890 Chestnut St.
In honor of African American History Month, internationally known Master Drummer and folklorist, S. Kwaku Daddy, introduces traditional culture, music, dance and stories of Ghana, as well as other African countries. 

African American Visionary Arts Program presented by Museum of Craft and Folk Arts
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 4:30 p.m.,
Ocean View Branch Library, 345 Randolph St.
In celebration of African American History Month, children will create chalk pastel masterpieces depicting their personal “dreams, visions and imaginations” in the style of notable African-American artists.

Make Your Own Silhouette Craft Program
Saturday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m.
Ortega Branch Library, 3223 Ortega St.
Honor Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday by making silhouette self portraits just as they did during Lincoln’s time. For ages five and older. Space limited; call 415-355-5760 for reservations. 

J.P. Myrick, Storyteller
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 10:30-1:30 a.m.
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Fisher Children’s Center,
In recognition of African American History Month, renowned storyteller J. P. Myrick will present Harriet Tubman, famed African American abolitionist and humanitarian. Call Tim Troy for class reservations at 415- 557-4554. 

Celebrate African American History Month with Yolanda Rhodes
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m.
North Beach Branch Library, 2000 Mason St.
A journey through stories, music, movement and more for ages three to five. 

Harpist from the Hood
Thursday, Feb.19, 10:30 a.m.
St. Teresa’s Church, 390 Missouri St.
Celebrate African American History Month with the beautiful music of internationally acclaimed harpist, Destiny Muhammad. 

Celebrate African American History Month with Yolanda Rhodes
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 10:15 a.m.
Golden Gate Valley Branch Library, 1801 Green St.
Stories, music and movement for ages five and younger. Meeting room is not accessible by elevator. 

Celebrate African American History Month: Folklore and Fun
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m.
Ocean View Branch Library, 345 Randolph St.
Come listen to traditional folklore and create individual masterpieces in celebration of African American history. 

Writing What Writes You: The Poem/Story Lives Inside You
Saturday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Bayview Branch Library, 5075 Third St.
Saturday, Feb. 7, 3–5 p.m.
Western Addition Branch Library, 1550 Scott St.
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2–4 p.m.
Ocean View Branch Library, 345 Randolph St.
Author, poet, storyteller and teacher Opal Palmer Adisa will be offering free writing workshops for adults. Through a series of exercises that help to release fears, Dr. Adisa will lead participants to discover the ideas they have been incubating and how to retrieve, translate and write them. 

Reachout for the Rainbow Afterschool and Museum of African
American Technology (MAAT) Science Festival
Sunday, Feb. 8, 1-4 p.m.
Bayview Branch Library, 5075 Third St.
Interactive science projects, Black inventions, living food demonstrations, dental screening, fitness demonstrations and much more. 

San Francisco Black Independent Film Festival
Film screenings of films by local black, independent filmmakers.
Sunday, Feb. 14, 1-4:30 p.m.
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Lower Level, Koret Auditorium
I Am POTUS: A Star Studded Black Gay Inaugural Read
Thursday, Feb. 19, 6–7:45 p.m.
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Lower Level, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room
This reading celebrates the shifting of race, private candidacies and political office running, personal and public calls to service from the outer edges of hope to the center podium, and ultimately to the center stage through theater, poetry, essay and prose. Featuring Bay Area and nationally known writers: Brian Freeman, Alan Miller, Jay Frazier, Marvin K. White and Terry Tapplehead. 

The San Francisco Black Panther Party
Through March 12
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Third Floor, African American Center
An exhibit of photos, newspapers and memorabilia that explores the personal and historical significance of the San Francisco Black Panther Party that came into existence in 1968 in the Fillmore district.

The African American Concert Singer 1900-1960
Feb. 9-April 9
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Third Floor, General Collections and Humanities Center
The history of African Americans in the vocal arts in the world of classical music and opera has a long and rich tradition. Yet, it is a history that has too often been a footnote in the larger text on concert and opera singers in the 20th Century. During this most historic Black History Month of 2009, the library pays homage to the careers of many well-known and forgotten singers through the medium of rare advertising, concert programs, posters and historic recordings. Highlights include rare San Francisco Bay Area and West Coast memorabilia of pioneering singers Roland Hayes, Marian Anderson, Dorothy Maynor, Paul Robeson, William Warfield and Leontyne Price. Also showcased are the less well-known names/careers: Carol Brice, Kenneth Spencer, Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams and Adele Addison. 

Andrew Jackson Foster: The Father of Deaf Eduction in Africa
Through Feb. 28
Main Library, 100 Larkin St., First Floor, Deaf Service Center
This display is in celebration of Black Deaf History Month. The late Andrew J. Foster (1925-1987) established more than 30 schools for the deaf in Africa. This creation of the life-size Andrew J. Foster wax figure was a collaborative effort between DeafWax Studio and Farnan Studios located in San Francisco. 

2009 Black History Month Kickoff Program and Reception
Friday, Feb. 6
Noon-2 p.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, www.sfaahcs.org
Mayor Gavin Newsom, Supervisors Sophie Maxwell and Ross Mirkarimi will participate in this program that marks the beginning of Black History Month and also celebrates the centennial of the NAACP. The keynote speaker will be The Honorable Judge Teri Jackson. The program is presented by the San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society and the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services. 

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is located at the west end of Fisherman’s Wharf, in San Francisco. The park includes a magnificent fleet of historic ships, Visitor Center, WPA-era Bathhouse Building (closed for renovation) and library. For more information about the park or its public programs, call 415-447-5000 or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/safr. Media contact: Lynn Cullivan, 415-561-7006. 

African American Seafaring Heritage
African Americans have played a major role in our maritime history. From the earliest days of the United States to modern times, African Americans have built, crewed, and captained ships, fought in wars, invented shipboard tools, and helped develop maritime music. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park celebrates Black History Month throughout February with programs for the whole family. 

African Americans in the Maritime Trades: A Photographic Exhibition.
Daily throughout February, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Visitor Center, 499 Jefferson St.
View rare photographs and learn about African American officers, sailors, cooks, longshoremen and shipbuilders. 

The Saga of Captain William Shorey
Sundays, Feb. 8 and 22, 3 p.m.
Hyde Street Pier.
Ranger Carol Kiser presents an audiovisual program on the extraordinary life of William Shorey, the only Black whaling ship captain on the West Coast. 

Maritime Routes of the Underground Railroad
Sundays, Feb. 8 and 22, 1:30 p.m.
Hyde Street Pier. Free. Call the Visitor Center for exact location at 415-447-5000.
Learn about African enslavement, the Middle Passage, the slave trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas, and stories of escapes by ships as routes to freedom in this ranger-led presentation. 

Chanteys: The African American and Caribbean
Connection
Saturday, Feb 28, 1-2 p.m., aboard Eureka, Hyde Street Pier
Ships admission applies: $5 adults; free ages 15 and under.
Discover African American and Caribbean-based maritime work songs. Park Ranger Peter Kasin and park volunteer Richard Adrianowicz sing chanteys of sailors, stevedores and fishermen. The choruses to these songs are easy to sing and everyone is encouraged to sing along. 

Magic Theatre
Tough Titty
Through Feb. 22
Fort Mason Center, Northside Theatre, Bldg. D
Tickets are $25-$45 (with student rates at $15) and are available at 415-441-8822 or www.magictheatre.org.
Media contact: David Perry, 415- 693-0583
The African American community’s battle with breast cancer is explored in Tough Titty at the Magic Theatre. Written by Oni Faida Lampley and directed by Robert O’Hara, the play profiles a woman who cannot keep breast cancer at bay. She must learn to face the disease, her family, and her community with equal doses of tenacity and humor. Lampley lived for 13 years after a diagnosis of breast cancer. During those years she raised her two sons, auditioned and performed in a number of plays and television shows and continued to teach and write. Among the pieces she wrote during that period is Tough Titty, a play that puts a picture of a black woman with breast cancer in front of people as no one has ever done before. After looking at all the pamphlets of white women in her doctor’s office, Oni said of her play: “Here is my pamphlet.” The cast stars Bay Area favorites Jeri-Lynn Cohen and Adrian Roberts and debuts Kimberly Gregory of New York and Michele Shay of Los Angeles. Obie-Award winning director Robert O’Hara makes his long awaited return to Magic Theatre.

Jazz Heritage Center
Harlem of the West … Revisited
Through March 7
Jazz Heritage Center, 1330 Fillmore St., www.jazzheritagecenter.org, 415-255-7745
Media contact: Peter Fitzsimmons, 415-255-7745
The exhibit celebrates a unique and rediscovered chapter in jazz history and the African American experience on the West Coast. The exhibition includes two components: 

Harlem of the West marks the return of the popular exhibit, originally organized by the Museum of Performance & Design (MPD) and displayed there in 2006 in conjunction with the publication of the book of the same title. Curated by the book’s authors, Elizabeth Pepin and Lewis Watts, the exhibition features nearly 60 rare archival photographs of the Fillmore at its height in 1940s and 1950s. Harlem of the West Revisited, displayed at the Jazz Heritage Center’s Lush Life Gallery, 1320 Fillmore St., features original paintings from San Francisco’s golden era of jazz, including a rare impressionistic painting of the exterior of nightclub Jimbo’s BopCity by master African-American painter, Joe Overstreet. Additionally, original murals that hung in the Texas Playhouse Bar (formerly 1836 Fillmore St., will be on display). These paintings haven’t been displayed on Fillmore Street in nearly 40 years. The gallery exhibit also includes photographs of the Fillmore by three prominent local photographers: David Johnson and Gerald Ratto (both of whom studied under Ansel Adams), and Mars Breslow. 

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
Feb. 12-March 2
For ticket and venue information call 415-474-8800 or visit: www.lhtsf.org.
Media contact: Marc Paquette, 415-345-3980 or Quentin Easter, 415-345-3980 Waitn’2 End Hell by William Parker is presented by the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at the PG&E Auditorium, 77 Beale St. The provocative comedy-drama explores African-American male-female relationships. 

Black Choreographers Festival (BCF)
Feb. 6-21 (weekends only)
Tickets may be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com or by phone for the following locations: Laney College Theatre Box Office: 888-819-9106; San Francisco’s Dance Mission Box Office: 415-273-4633. For information visit www.bcfhereandnow.com.
Media contact: David Perry, 415-693-0583
The eagerly anticipated showcase continues its trans-Bay celebration of black dance in its many forms. For three weekends, BCF’s Next Wave Choreographers Showcase will present emerging and mid-career artists from Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles. From Feb. 6-8 the festival brings traditional dance, ballet, modern, jazz and hip hop to Oakland’s Laney College Theatre, 900 Fallon St., followed by two weekends (Feb. 13-15 and 20-21) at San Francisco’s Dance Mission Theatre, 3316 24th St. The annual Black Choreographer’s Festival is a co-production of African and African-American Performing Arts Coalition and K*Star*Productions. San Francisco performances are co-sponsored by Dance Mission Theater. 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Art in the Atrium: Kerry James Marshall
Feb. 9-23

151 Third St., 415-357-4000, www.sfmoma.org
Media contact: Libby Garrison, 415-357-4177
Over the course of two weeks renowned artist Kerry James Marshall will work with painters from San Francisco’s celebrated Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center to create two murals for the Haas Atrium, the museum’s primary public space. Marshall is the first artist commissioned to create works for this space and his two murals will be on view until 2010. Marshall’s rich and varied body of work includes large-scale paintings, installations, and public projects that explore issues of racial identity and black history. For these new commissioned works, Marshall will be utilizing two large midair surfaces in the museum’s Haas Atrium. The artist’s murals will depict Mount Vernon and Monticello, the respective estates of founding fathers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The murals will be on display indefinitely. 

Presidio of San Francisco
www.nps.gov/prsf/index.htm
Buffalo Soldiers
Feb. 15
1-3 p.m.
This walking tour focuses on the story of the elite African-American 9th Cavalry and their moral dilemma of serving in a segregated military while living in San Francisco during the turn of the century. Participants should meet Ranger Rik Penn at the Presidio Officers Club, Moraga Avenue and Arguello Boulevard. For reservations (required), call 415-561-4323.

Charles Young, the Buffalo Soldiers and the Fight for Equality
Feb. 21
1-2 p.m.
Hear the story of the hardships faced by the third African-American officer in the U.S. Army during this illustrated presentation. Meet Ranger Will Elder at the Visitor Center, 50 Moraga Ave. For information call 415-561-4323. 

Alcatraz Island
The Black Rock
Feb. 17
For information visit www.theblackrockpremiere.com
Media contact: Ozola Cody, 415-561-4734 or Jewell Sparks, 415-568-5700
On Feb. 17, 300 guests will be invited to Alcatraz Island for the highly anticipated premiere of The Black Rock, by filmmaker Kevin Epps. Epps is partnering with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area on the premiere of this film that will take place in the actual dining hall of Alcatraz. The Black Rock is a documentary feature chronicling the role of African-Americans in the first super-maximum security prison from the 1930s to the 1960s. Interviews with historians, archived documentation, re-enactments, visual imagery and multi-format digital technology were used to create the film. In 1962, 77 of the individuals imprisoned at Alcatraz were African-American. No one under 18 will be admitted to the premiere. 

“Call Mr. Robeson”
Feb. 20-22
8 p.m.
The Phoenix Theatre, 414 Mason St., Fourth Floor, 800-838-3006, www.callmrrobeson.com
Written and performed by Tayo Aluko, the play Call Mr. Robeson, takes a journey through the remarkable life of actor Paul Robeson, highlighting how his activism caused him to be disowned and branded as a traitor. The play features some of his famous songs and speeches, including a dramatic rendition of Ol’ Man River. 

1300 on Fillmore
1300 Fillmore St.
415-771-7100, www.1300fillmore.com
Media contact: Cynthia Traina, 415-775-3330
During the month of February, 1300 on Fillmore will offer a prix fixe menu honoring the contributions of African-Americans to modern day cuisine, in addition to the regular dinner menu. On Feb. 24, esteemed African-American owned wineries Black Coyote and Vision Cellars will host a special Winemaker Dinner at 1300. Throughout the month a series of community events will be held including book signings by well-known local authors. 

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