Local Black History month events

♟️ Discover pan-Afrikan chess, dance to hip-hop beats and get natural hair care tips at Columbus library branches offering free activities for all ages.

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📝 Get to know Black poets, a local Black newspaper and the Army's first Black general during free educational programs at the Ohio Statehouse every Tuesday at noon.

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🎨 Kickstart your imagination during art workshops honoring local art legend Aminah Robinson.

• Noon-3pm Feb. 15, King Arts Complex, 835 Mount Vernon Ave.
• Free, but registration required.

🎟️ See a powerful stage play, "The Lynched Among Us," about six wrongfully convicted Cleveland-area men and their journeys of healing and redemption.

• 7:30pm Feb. 15, Lincoln Theatre, 769 E. Long St. $11.

🎶 Listen to a popup concert by the Columbus Cultural Orchestra, a group of multigenerational musicians of color.

• 2pm Feb. 16, Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St. Free!

📸 Hear untold stories from the authors and editors of "Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories that Changed the World."

• 7pm Feb. 26, Gramercy Books, 2424 E. Main St., Bexley. $5.