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Uploaded: Monday, February 4, 2013, 7:06 AM
Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 6:45 AM
Museum honors Black History Month
Lecture series to present 'An Evening from a Grandmother's Perspective'
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by Dolores Fox Ciardelli
Pleasanton Weekly Staff
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 | The Museum on Main celebrates February as Black History Month in a special performance of "An Evening from A Grandmother's Perspective" by Ann Collins at the Firehouse Arts Center at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12.
Collins, whose brother was one of the groundbreaking Tuskegee Airmen, became interested in history and the Tuskegee Airmen story at a young age.
"My brother was a fighter pilot who flew over 50 missions before his plane caught on fire and he was burned," Collins said. "Naturally I became interested in them at an early age."
Collins will take the stage as three separate characters in vignettes to examine life and experiences of women during the Civil War through World War II, including the Tuskegee Airmen. With a degree in speech and theater, Collins enjoys giving presentations to Bay Area audiences year-round.
The event is part of the museum's Ed Kinney Lecture Series, which is all general seating at the Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., in Pleasanton. Tickets are $10 general admission; $5 Museum on Main members and seniors; and $3 students and teachers. Buy tickets at the museum, 603 Main St., or by calling 462-2766, or go to the theater box office.
Hours at the Museum on Main are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. For more information about current exhibits and programs, visit www.museumonmain.org or call 462-2776.
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Posted by William Tell, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 1:29 pm Nice to see someone with a theater degree having gainful employment. I guess I should start charging for my Black History lessons
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Posted by Washington, et al, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 3:17 pm I'm from the past when classrooms were filled with Presidential information during February, and February was called "President's" month...I don't remember voting to remove those dates.
My son was born on Feb 22, George Washington's birthday, so his BD was always a holiday. But we can't honor Washington, Lincoln, or president's MONTH anymore. When is president's month now ??? Right, our kids don't even know the names, or faces, if Jay Leno were to stop young adults with these questions. Sad all our presidents have pretty much all been dumped on the trashheap of history. Some push to add new people to replace. And so many new PC subjects added, there is little time for reading, writing, and arithmetic, much less fully understanding what our founders invisioned for our new America.
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Posted by Watch your back, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 3:32 pm Careful, 'Washington', lest you be branded for not upholding the politically correct dogma. Feel good, guilt riddance is high on the liberal agenda, but rewriting history may be a close second.
Either way, we must not look back to our wayward past when all our ancestors did was find new ways to oppress the ignorant. We must mend our ways for wrongs we had no bearing on, including colonization, slavery and genocide.
Our past presidents were all part of this history, so they must all be very bad and not worthy of recognition, like the Africans sold into slavery by their own people.
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Posted by Cindy, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 5:37 pm Guilt riddance? Wrongs we had no bearing on?
You just can't make this stuff up!
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Posted by Sammy, a resident of Dublin, on Feb 4, 2013 at 6:47 pm Are there any black people in Pleasanton?
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Posted by Cindy, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 7:54 pm (Post deemed inappropriate by Pleasanton Weekly Online staff)
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Posted by Slave master, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 8:30 pm Cindy, you personally owned slaves? Then, why the guilt, hand wringing and bleeding heart? Surely, you must be guilty of some heinous offense, so say the lobs....please, feel your guilt in your own way and don't inflict it upon the rest of us.
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Posted by nancy s., a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 8:34 pm Wow, between this article and the post from the german woman, i am beginning to think Ptown is reverting to the dark ages. It is 2013 people. Let go of the juvenile racism.
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Posted by Cindy, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 8:56 pm (Post deemed inappropriate by Pleasanton Weekly Online staff)
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Posted by Cholo, a resident of Livermore, on Feb 4, 2013 at 9:12 pm Looking forward to experiencing the production!
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