Friday, March 12, 2010  (new date)
Lakeland Dinner Dance
Holiday Inn Washington-College Park
10000 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD

  • Come celebrate Lakeland “Good Times”, its social clubs and tavern nights with the Lakeland Dinner Dance at the College Park Holiday Inn.

Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30 PM Book Signing
Barnes and Noble, Bethesda
4801 Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda, MD 2814

  • In honor of Black History Month Barnes and Noble will be hosting a book signing featuring LCHP and a few other local authors with books from Arcadia Publishers. This will be a great opportunity to purchase a signed copy of Lakeland: African Americans in College Park. For more information see their website http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/3026799

May

Saturday, May 1, 2010     11:30 AM
Reginald F. Lewis Museum Book Presentations and Signing

830 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-4403

  • This is a joint event with the Baltimore Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS). Authors of the Lakeland book and other Arcadia books will present followed by a joint book signing.

Sunday, May 16, 2010, 3:30 PM
LCHP Festival of Music
Memorial Chapel, University of Maryland-College Park

  • This celebration of Lakeland’s musical tradition will be reminiscent of a similar event held in the community on the same date more than 50 years ago. In the words of Bernice Johnson Reagon (Sweet Honey in the Rock): “I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day, I don’t understand how people think they can bring anybody together without a song.”

September

Saturday, September 18 & Sunday, September 19, 2010    – Date change
Lakeland Heritage Weekend 2010

  • Look forward to more details soon on this exciting celebration of Lakeland’s 120th anniversary.

Past Events

August

Sunday, August 23
Kick Off Reception
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Embry AME Church
101 Lakeland Rd, College Park, MD

  • Join LCHP members and friends in a celebration of the publication of the Publication of Lakeland: African Americans in College Park. Authors will be on hand to sign copies.

September

Saturday, September 5
Emancipation Day
Emancipation Park
8th and West Streets
Laurel, MD

  • Join friends and family in Muirkirk for this time honored event. Copies of Lakeland: African Americas in College Park will be sold and signed.

Saturday, September 12
Berwyn Day
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Berwyn Neighborhood Park
College Park, MD

  • Spend the afternoon with Lakeland’s neighbors at their traditional event. Authors of Lakeland: African Americas in College Park be there to sign and sell the book.

Saturday, September 19th
Heritage Weekend 2009: Always Meetn’ n’ Eatn’ in Lakeland
College Park Community Center, 5051 Pierce Avenue, College Park, MD 20740
9:00 AM | Heritage Weekend begins with day-long exhibits an book Sales.
10:00 AM | Discussion: Always Meetin’ ‘n Eatin’

  • Bob Catlin, Moderator, will invite attendees to join a discussion about the role that foods play at different types of community and family gatherings such as holidays, athletic events, picnics, funerals, etc. Stories and types of special foods will help us identify meanings attributed to these occasions. Slides depicting feasts and foods at Lakeland events will be shown as background to the discussion. This event will be recorded.

12:00 PM | Lunch on your own
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Creating Family Trees

  • Violetta Sharps-Jones will present approaches to collecting and organizing family genealogies. Helpers will assist with problems or concerns; discussions are encouraged. Due to limited space, people are askedto register early by emailing the number of attendees in your party and their names to violettajb@aol.comor call 301-464-5113.

6:00 PM | Pot Luck Dinner

  • Psyche Williams-Forson, PhD, a nationally recognized Food Ways specialist, will provide a short talk onthe cultural history and meaning of foods. Following her talk, Motown era classics will provide backgroundmusic as we enjoy our potluck dinner. Everyone is welcome. A special acknowledgement will begiven to the first 50 who reserve early. Please call (301) 345-3692 or email the names, numbers of peoplein your party, and type(s) of dishes you will bring (enough to feed 6 people please) to fstyler@verizon.net. Please email or bring with you the recipe of your dish and related story. All recipes will be collectedinto a book to help tell this part of Lakeland’s story.

 

Sunday, September 20th
Heritage Weekend 2009: Always Meetn’ n’ Eatn’ in Lakeland
First Baptist and Embry AME Churches
5000 block of Lakeland Road
College Park, MD 20740
11:00 AM | Joint Church Services, Community Churches
1:00 PM | Antique Car Parade followed by Lunch

  • Afternoon Exhibits, Collections for Archives, Book Sales, Face Painting, Balloon Man, Music, Free Ices, and More

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
LCHP Fundraiser at Franklin’s Restaurant and General Store
5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
11:00 AM – 8:30 PM

  • Friends and neighbors are meetn’ n’ eatn’ at Franklin’s Restaurant and General Store. Just tell your server you would like to be a part of the fundraiser and Franklin’s will contribute 20% of your bill to the Lakeland Community Heritage Project (LCHP). Members of the LCHP book committee will also be on hand to sell and sign copies of their new book Lakeland: African Americans in College Park.

October

Friday, October 9
College Park Arts Exchange
Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park, MD
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

  • Listen to a presentation with audio excerpts of oral histories from LCHP President, Maxine Gross then purchase your own copy of Lakeland: African Americans in College Park.

November

Saturday, November 14
Howard County Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 2104
1 to 5 PM

  • In recognition of Maryland Emancipation Day, the Howard County Center for African American Culture  is sponsoring an Open House at the Howard County Community College including the chance to meet the authors of Lakeland: African Americans in College Park and purchase a signed copy.

Saturday November 21
Preserving Lakeland’s Heritage: A History Book For Everyone
Oxon Hill Branch Library
6200 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745
2:30 PM

  • Highlights of the memories and photographs in Lakeland: African Americans in College Park will be shared by members of the Lakeland Community Heritage Project. Sponsored by the Prince George’s County Truth Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and the Sojourner Truth African American Research Collection.

January

Saturday, January 16, 2010 2 PM
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of College Park

  • Come view an exhibit on Lakeland. The theme for this year’s program is “A testament of Hope”.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:30 PM
Multipurpose Room, 201 Greenbelt Community Center
15 Crescent Road Greenbelt MD 20770

  • The Greenbelt Museum sponsors a free bi-monthly lecture series in the Greenbelt Community Center. Members of the LCHP will be presenting a lecture on the history of the community and the production of our new book.

Saturday, January 23, 2010 2 PM

LCHPAnnual Meeting College Park Community Center 5051 Pierce Avenue, College Park, MD 20740

  • All are welcome to attend this public meeting. At that time LCHP members will elect new officers and make decisions about future programs and policies.

Sunday, January 31, 2010 3:30 PM A Celebration of Black History at the Historic Lakeland High School (A Rosenwald School)
Washington Brazilian Seventh Day Adventist Church
8208 54th Avenue, College Park, MD

  • The Washington Brazilian Seventh Day Adventist Church  has graciously invited us to share their historic building for this event. The program will include presentations on the history of Lakeland by LCHP and University of Maryland graduate students in American Studies and Historic Preservation. A potluck reception will follow. There will also be an exhibit on the school’s history and tours of the building.

February

Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM
ASALH Black History Month Luncheon
Renaissance Washington Hotel,   999 9th Street, NW,  Washington, DC 

  • LCHP will celebrate Black History Month with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Volunteers will be selling and signing copies of our book, Lakeland: African Americans in College Park at the ASALH 84th Annual Black History Month Luncheon.  For tickets  and information contact ASALH at 202 865 0053 or see their website www.asalh.org.