San Antonio College is celebrating Black History Month with a series of events that are free and open to the public. For more details, contact Carolyn Foster at (210) 733-2806, Wynette Keller at (210) 733-2760, or Judi Clark at 733-2641.  The calendar of events follows:
 
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. ­ "A Taste of New Orleans," a Fat Tuesda y Celebration, with music, food and party favors, Loftin Student Center ­ Round.
 
Thursday, Feb. 7 ­ Friday, Feb. 8, 1:30 ­ 4:30 p.m. ­Talent Show Tryouts.
All students are invited to try out for scholarships for the top three winners, Loftin Student Center ­ Round.
(Contact Judi Clark at 733-2641.)
 
Friday, Feb. 8,
National Black AIDS Awareness:
11:30 a.m. ­ 12:30 p.m. HIV/AIDS presentation, Loftin Student Center Craft Room
 
12:30 ­ 3 p.m.   Free HIV/AIDS testing, Chance Academic Center, Room # 119
 
7 p.m.  Gospel Concert, featuring Gary Thompson and DeWayne Woods and his band.  Woods is a representative of World Vision:  Building a Better World for Children.  The concert will be in McAllister Auditorium (corner of San Pedro and Courtland Pl.).
 
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m. ­ 1 p.m. ‹ Gospel Show, featuring NuDestiny with Chris Spivey of Austin, Loftin Student Center ­ Round.
 
Thursday, Feb. 14,
10:50-12:05   Dr. Tani D. Sanchez, Lecture, McAllister Auditorium.  Sanchez is a professor from the University of Arizona.  (For details, contact Wanda-Lee Smith at 733-2550.)
 
Noon ­ 1 p.m.   Dating Game ­ Students win a date! Loftin Student Center AD Round
(for details, contact Barbara Knotts at 733-2118).
 
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 9:25 a.m.-10:40 a.m.  "Aaron Douglas:  African American Modernist ", a talk by Associate Professor Marleen Hoover, Visual Arts & Technology.  The artist Aaron Douglas, who was part of the Harlem Renaissance movement, is credited with having developed an abstracted narrative style that is consistent with early 20th Century modernism in art and appropriate for bridging African and American styles and themes.
(Hoover has given previous talks for Black History Month on African Masks, the Art of the Harlem Renaissance, and on Jacob Lawrence.)  The talk will be held in the Visual Arts & Technology Center (VATC), Room 120.
 
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 11 a.m. ­ 1 p.m. ­Talent Show.  Talented students will compete for $1,000 in scholarships,
Loftin Student Center ­ Round.
 
Thursday, Feb. 21   Patróns Motorcycle Club will display their apparel and motorcycles and be available for questions, in the Loftin Student Center mall and lawn area.