For Immediate Release
February 24, 2010

Jazz Concert, Film Series Highlight Women's History Month

Marcus Shelby Quartet will salute Harriet Tubman.

To celebrate Women’s History Month, Cañada College is sponsoring a special jazz concert and film series. The feature program is a presentation and performance titled "Harriet Tubman and Jazz" performed by the Marcus Shelby Quartet featuring Faye Carol. The event will include a presentation on the history of Harriet Tubman, negro folk music, and a discussion on jazz and social politics. The Marcus Shelby Quartet and vocalist Faye Carol will perform selections from Shelby’s Harriet Tubman recording. The event will take place Tuesday, March 2 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Cañada College Main Theater, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City. The event is free and open to the public.

The college will also present a film series highlighting the women’s suffrage movement; the history of the contraceptive “pill” and its impact on women and society; and the legacy of the princess of press, journalist Ida B. Wells. All three films will be shown in Building 2, Room 10. The films are:

Iron Jawed Angels
Tuesday, March 16
12:30 to 2:15 p.m.

The Pill
Thursday, March 18
11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Thursday, March 25
2 to 4:15 p.m.

This event series is sponsored by the Office of the President and the Associated Students of Cañada College. For more information on the Office of Student Activities and upcoming events please visit the following website http://canadacollege.edu/student/studentlife.html or contact Aja Butler at (650) 306-3373 or butlera@smccd.edu.

For more information, contact Robert Hood, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, at hoodr@smccd.edu or 306-3340