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The Blacks in                                 * Mo'Nique's new
Government                                    reality-TV show,
Annual Conference                             Fat Chance, airs
takes place                                   on Oxygen, August
August 1-5 in                                 6. Watch ten
Orlando, Florida;                             full-figured
bignet.org.                                   contestants
                                              undergo boot
                                              camp. Check your
                                              local listings.
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This Woman's
Work: Black
Work:
Choreographers
of the Next
Generation is
at the Alvin
Ailey Citigroup
Theater in New
York City,
August 12-14;
(212) 561-1757.

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                                              Sister, if
                                              you're * raising
                                              your son solo,
                                              attend the Single
                                              Moms Raising Boys
                                              seminar at the
                                              International Center
                                              for Traditional
                                              Childbearing in
                                              Portland, Oregon,
                                              August 18; (503)
                                              460-9324.

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                                              * Marshall Field's
                                              Glamorama fund-
                                              raising event is all
                                              about fashion
                                              and compassion.
                                              Purchases help the
                                              Children's Cancer
                                              Research Fund;
                                              (952) 893-9355
                                              or fieids.com.

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Be sure to check        If you missed
out the new             the hilarious
hip-hop album           comedy Beauty
Too Hoot to             Shop, starring
Handle by The           Queen Latifah
Hootz, with             and Keshia
danceable beats         Knight Pulliam,
and educational         buy the DVD in
lyrics kids and         stores this month.
their parents can
enjoy together. In
stores now.

WEDNESDAY               THURSDAY              FRIDAY

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The National            Woman, thou
Association of          art invited! The
Black Journalists       Bishop T .D.
Annual Convention       Jakes MegaFest, a
convenes in Atlanta     powerful spiritual
today and runs          seminar, happens
through August 7;       in the Atlanta
nabj.org.               area, August 3-6;
                        tdjakes.com.

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* The Boa Morte         Bon voyage! The *
Festival in Salvador    8th Annual Black
deBahia,Brazil,         Boaters Summit
celebrates the          sets sail for
country's African       partying and
ancestors               adventure today
August 12-20;           through August 21
soulplanettravel.       in the United
com.                    States and British
                        Virgin Islands
                        honeyletstravel.
                        com

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                                              Our favorite
                                              African-American TV
                                              family, the
                                              Huxtables, comes to
                                              DVDthis month. Add
                                              the entire first
                                              season of The Cosby
                                              Show to your
                                              home collection.
                                              In stores now.

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Head to the Museum *                          Happy Birthday
of African American                           to Valerie Simpson,
Cinema for the                                music producer
Dorothy Dandridge                             and one-half of
Exhibition & Lecture                          R & B soul group
Series at the Art                             Ashford & Simpson.
Gallery in Harlem,
New York; (212)
749-5298.

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* See all new           You won't want *
artwork by artist       to miss Common's
Glenn Tunstull at       national tour.
his exhibit August      His album Be hit
20-26 at the Cousen     number one on the
Rose Gallery in Oak     charts and is all
Bluffs,                 the rave. Catch
Massachusetts; (718)    him with John
834-8529 or             Legend in Dallas
tunstulistudio.com.     the 15th of this
                        month.

SATURDAY

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* Your mind, body
and spirits will soar
at the Re/Max
Ballunar Liftoff
Festival at the
NASA/Johnson
Space Center in
Clear Lake, Texas,
August 26-28;

ballunarfestival.com.

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