KENTUCKY

Louisville

• Third Annual Juneteenth Festival of New Works: A Cultural Celebration of Emancipation! June 13 - 22, 1999 Staged Readings of twelve new works 8:00p.m. in the Thrust Theatre, University of Louisville, corner of Warnock & Floyd, Louisville, KY 40299. Box Office information at 502-852-7682.  June 13 Faded Quilt by Carridder Jones Kindler Genter Nation by Lorna Littleway June 14 House of Goodies by Cedric Turner June 15 Here Am I, Send Me by Bernard Cummings June 16 Sunbeam by John Henry Redwood June 17 Still Such a Thing As Love by Vanessa Spencer & Audrey Jackson June 18 The Color of Justice by Cheryl L Davis June 19 Mother of Civil Rights* by Be Boyd June 20 August Revival by Samuel Kelley June 21 A Lady & A Woman by Shirlene Holmes June 22 Passages by Kwame Davis *Performance part of Juneteenth Day in the Park, 11:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. Shawnee Park, Louisville KY. Also scheduled a re-enactment of the Galvston reading of the Proclamation of Emancipation, scene painting and make up workshops.

Lexington

• JUNETEENTH OBSERVANCE PRESENTATION BY JERRY GORE & MS. PEGGY OVERLY FOUNDERS OF THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM,INC. COME SHARE IN THE CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH-JUNE 19,1865 THE DATE WHEN THE LAST SLAVES IN AMERICA WERE FREED! DATE: JUNE 23, 1999 TIME: 11:30 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. PLACE:HEALTH SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER ROOM (ALSO KNOWN AS THE COLLEGE OF NURSING BUILDING) LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY, For Information Contact: Laverne R. Carter 606/257-5196 Refreshments will be served and All ARE WELCOMED Sponsored by Medical Center Minority Affairs University of Kentucky-Lexington, Kentucky

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