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Roots & Heritage Photos by: Ed Roller, Jim Wilkins, Malcolm Stallons,
and Brian Dennis
2010 Roots & Heritage Festival
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| SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2009 |
 Heritage Football Classic
Kentucky State University v. Lane College
Contact: Scherer Boyd @ 859.333.8153 7:00 pm
Kentucky State University
Frankfort
Tailgating starts at noon
| THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 |
 Consolidated Baptist District Laymen
Men in White Service
7:00 pm
Shiloh Baptist Church
237 E. Fifth Street
| AFFRILACHIAN POET'S REUNION |
| September 4 |
September 5 |
September 6 |
7:00 pm
Affrilachian Poet New Member Induction Reading
Carnegie Center
251 W. Second Street |
7:00 pm
Affrilachian Poet Reunion Reading
featuring First and Second Generation Members
Al’s Bar
Limestone and Sixth Street |
Noon - 5:00 pm
Poetry and Prose Workshops
led by Dr. Kelly Ellis (poetry)
and Crystal Wilkinson
author of Blackberries, Blackberries (prose)
Central Library
140 E. Main Street |
13th Annual
African-American and Hispanic/ Latino
Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS
Contact: Beverly Mitchell @ 800.420.7431 or
visit our Website @ www.aahlc.com
| SATURDAY/SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 & 7, 2009 |
Camp Nelson Civil War Days Event
Contact: Michael Crutcher @ 859.797.9700
or visit our Website @ www.campnelson.org
Gates open Saturday & Sunday at 9:00 am
Golf Tournament -- Lexington Swingers
Lakeside & Tates Creek Golf Courses
Contact: Marty McKee @ 396.8032
or visit our Website @ www.lsgolfclub.org
7:30 am Shotgun Start
| September 11 - October 5, 2009 |
 Play: Constant Star
by Tazewell Thompson
Contact: 859.225.0370
or visit our Website @ www.actorsguildoflexington.org
Ticket Available through the LexArts Box Office 859.225.0370
or at www.tix.com
Ticket Price: Adult $25, Seniors 65+ $18, & Students $15
Group Rates and Student Rush Tickets Available
Showtimes: Friday & Saturday 8:00 pm; Sunday Matinee 3:00 pm
(Thursday Preview at 7:30 pm)
Pay-What-You-Can Performances
are the final Thursday Preview and first Matinee
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 |
 Body and Soulfest Health Fair
Contact: Camille Watson @ 859.288.2332
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Douglass Park
726 Georgetown Street
Health and Wellness information, screenings,
exercise demonstrations, door prizes,etc.
| September 19 |
September 20 |
Noon - 5:00 pm
Portfino
249 East Main Street
Reservations are $50.
Velma Maia Thomas, historian,
author and curator of the
Black Holocaust Museum in Atlanta.
She will be ‘singing’ and signing her book -
Lest We Forget: From Africa to Slavery and Emancipation.
5:00 8:00 pm
Central Library
140 E. Main Street
Forever Free:
Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation
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10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Emancipation Celebration
Lexington History Center and
Cheapside Park
215 W. Main Street
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