Black History Month
- Original A liberal dose article: Black History Month
There is a lot on which to recommend the Dallas Opera's production of George Gerswhin's masterpiece Porgy and Bess. For one, it's a co-production with the Houston Grand Opera, Cleveland Opera, Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Greater Miami Opera, San Diego Opera, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera and Boston's Wang Center for the Performing Arts. For two, it features Indira Mahajan as Bess (she won the Dallas Opera's Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year award in 2004) and acclaimed baritone Gordon Hawkins as Porgy. For three, it features dancers from the Dallas Black Dance Theatre. And finally, some proceeds from Thursday's performance benefit the United Negro College Fund.
Porgy and Bess
7:30 p.m. Friday, Tuesday, Thursday and March 1; and 2 p.m. Sunday
Fair Park Music Hall
909 First Ave
Dallas
$25-$199
214-443-1000
www.dallasopera.org
Other happenings include:
The 'Calvin Littlejohn Photographic Archive,' which features photographs of key leaders of the civil rights movement as they visited North Texas, runs through Feb. 29 at the Fort Worth Central Library, 500 W. Third St. 817-871-7701; www.fortworthlibrary.org
'Service & Grace Amid a Class Struggle: The Story of the Pullman Porter,' which offers insight into the civil rights movement and the rise of the African-American middle class, runs through April 30 at the Museum of the American Railroad, 1105 Washington St., Dallas. $5; $2.50 for ages 3-12. 214-428-0101; www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com
Jubilee Theatre presents Romulus Linney's adaptation of the Ernest Gaines novel A Lesson Before Dying, about a black man on Death Row in 1940s Louisiana. Through Feb. 24 at 506 Main St., Fort Worth. $14-$20. 817-338-4411; www.jubileetheatre.org
Dallas Theater Center presents Ella, a musical about Ella Fitzgerald. Through Sunday, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd., Dallas. $16-$60. 214-522-8499; www.dallastheatercenter.org
The Dallas Children's Theater presents Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, based on John Steptoe's book about an African king looking for a wife. Through Sunday at El Centro College Performance Hall, 801 N. Main St., Dallas. $14-$21. 214-740-0051; www.dct.org.
A documentary about the Tuskegee Airmen screens at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Tarrant Count College Southeast Campus in the North Ballroom, at 2100 Southeast Parkway, Arlington. Free. 817-515-3595.
Wendi Joy Franklin plays Lena Horne in A Song For You ... The Civil Rights Journey of a Negro Woman: Lena Calhoun Horne. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre, 605 S. Griffin St, Dallas. $15. 214-743-2400; www.tbaal.org.
The Fine Arts Chamber Players perform classical music pieces by African-American composers. 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1816 Routh St., Dallas. Free. 214-520-2219; www.fineartschamberplayers.org.
The program 'Remembering Malcolm X' is presented at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center, 612 E. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas. Free. 214-943-8262.
Act of Change performs music, drumming and dancing of African heritage, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Tarrant Count College Southeast Campus in the North Ballroom, at 2100 Southeast Parkway, Arlington. Free. 817-515-3595.
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