With a rich musical score, period costumes, and imaginative sets, this show is sure to delight. For tickets call the Central Ticket Office at East Carolina University. The African American Arts Festival is currently running in Greensboro through March 17, 2001. This two-month festival, which coincides with Black History Month in February, acknowledges outstanding contributions that African American artists have made to U.S. culture in the areas of music, theater, dance, and visual arts. For further information, please call the Greensboro United Arts Council.
Admission is free and open to the public.
An opening reception will take place February 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. For additional information, please contact Director of Exhibitions J. Chris Wilson at Barton College Museum in Wilson. The Ackland Art Musuem will mount a major exhibition of French art from its permanent collection. In conjunction with a joint meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies and the Institute Fran ais de Washington, March 8-12, 2001. On view through March 25, 2001. This exhibition presents approximately 70 hand-painted manuscript pages from medieval religious texts and features over 50 pages from the Book of Hours, the sumptuous devotional picture book produced for aristocratic patrons of the later middle ages.