GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — West Michigan organizations are hosting events throughout the month of February to honor Black History Month.

WOOD TV8 will have a series of special coverage of Black History Month throughout February, ending with a half-hour special on Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. That special will air on WOOD TV8 and stream on WOODTV.com.

Below, find a list of both virtual and in-person events in West Michigan:

VIRTUAL

  • Grand Rapids Public Library | Black History Month storytimes | Saturdays in February | Details
  • Grand Rapids Public Library | Music (NOT) in the Stacks | Wednesdays in February | Details
  • GVSU | Black History Celebration: Changing the narrative of Black men in higher education | Feb. 3 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. | Details
  • Grand Rapids Public Library | It’s Not All Downhill From Here: Change at Any Age: An Evening with Terry McMillan | Feb. 3 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. | Details
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | ARTbreak: Africa, Imagined with Chief Curator Rehema Barber | Feb. 8 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Details
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | An Evening with Conrad Egyir | Dec. 10 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Details
  • GRCC | LaTosha Brown: Black History Month keynote address | Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. | Details
  • GVSU | Black History Celebration: Conversations of color | Feb. 16 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Details
  • Grand Rapids Public Library | An Evening with Author Nikki Grimes | Feb. 17 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. | Details
  • WMU Cooley Law School | Black History Month Community Conversation | Feb. 18 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Details
  • Grand Rapids Public Library | Taste of Soul Sunday | Feb. 20 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Details
  • GRAAMA | The History of Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives | Feb. 20 from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Details
  • GVSU | Black History Celebration: Don’t box me in | Feb. 21 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Details
  • GVSU | 12 pieces from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59 recital | Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. | Details
  • WOOD TV8 | Black History Month half-hour special | Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. | Watch live

IN-PERSON

Grand Rapids

  • World of Winter | Black History Mural Tour | Various dates | Details
  • Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation | #BlackHistoryMonth Winter Walking Tours | Various dates | Details
  • Grand Rapids Public Library | Black History Month Craft Kits | Throughout February | Details
  • Grand Rapids Public Library | Black History Month Mindfulness Kits | Throughout February | Details
  • Black Wallstreet Grand Rapids | Winter on Wallstreet | Feb. 2 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Details

Calhoun County

  • KCC | Black History Month/Art Exhibit Opening Reception | Jan. 31 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Details
  • KCC | Jaziel Pugh Art Exhibit: “Solo” | Jan. 31 through Feb. 28 | Details
  • KCC | Hustle Dance Class with Crystal Hall | Feb. 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Details
  • KCC | Panel Discussion: “Sharing the Black Experience” | Feb. 3 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Details
  • KCC | Hymns and Spirituals Community Sing | Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. | Details
  • KCC | Minor Element Concert | Feb. 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Details
  • KCC | Soul Food Cooking Demonstration with Kimberly Bennett | Feb. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Details
  • KCC | Soul Food Luncheon | Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Details

Kalamazoo County

  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | Africa, Imagined: Reflections on Modern and Contemporary Art | Jan. 22 through May 1 | Details
  • City of Portage | Ten Little Known Facts – A City Hall Exhibition | Feb. 1 through Feb. 26 | Details
  • City of Portage | Black History Month Celebration with Shoshana Johnson | Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. | Details
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | ARTbreak: Africa, Imagined with Chief Curator Rehema Barber | Feb. 8 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Details
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | Art Detectives: Me and Uncle Romie | Feb. 12 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Details
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | Book Discussion: Things Fall Apart | Feb. 16 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Details
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | ARTbreak: Hidden Women of Color with Jerome and Delma Washington | Feb. 22 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Details
  • Kalamazoo Public Library | National African American Read-In | Feb. 28 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Details

Muskegon County

  • Hackley Public Library | Take and Make Quilt Squares | Throughout February | Details
  • Hackley Public Library | BHM Scavenger Hunt | Throughout February | Details
  • Hackley Public Library | BHM Gospel Kickoff Event | Feb. 1 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Details
  • Hackley Public Library | BHM Trivia Contest | Feb. 5 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Details
  • Hackley Public Library | BHM Open Mic Poetry Night | Feb. 7 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Details
  • Hackley Public Library | BHM Sweet Soul Food Dessert Contest | Feb. 12 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Details
  • Hackley Public Library | BHM Upcycled Poetry for Teens | Feb. 19 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Details
  • Hackley Public Library | BHM Black Hair Care Clinic | Feb. 28 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Details

Ottawa County

  • Hope College | “Black History Month: Honoring Experience from Past and Present” art exhibition | Jan. 14 through Feb. 26 | Details
  • Hope College | “Coded Bias” documentary showing | Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m. | Details
  • Hope College | Address to explore “Black Liberation through the Marketplace” | Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. | Details
  • GVSU | Black History Celebration: Talk Back Tuesday: The Invisibility of Black Women | Feb. 8 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Details
  • Hope College | Black Student Union and Pan African Student Association talent night | Feb. 18 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Details
  • Holland Museum | Extraordinary Black Inventors – Family STEAM Program | Feb. 19 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Details

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