Black History Month Seasons of Love - Brunch & Theater

February 14, 2026 @ 11:00AM — 1:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar

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“Where History Takes the Stage: A Black History Month Brunch & Theatre Experience”

“Where History Takes the Stage: A Black History Month Brunch & Theatre Experience” Love as Resistance, Love as Art, Love as History Join us for a very Special Valentine's Day Theater and Brunch with Linda Parris-Bailey. Seasons of Love brings Black history off the page and onto the stage through extraordinary performers, actors, storytellers, and musicians who carry generations of courage, faith, brilliance, struggle, and joy. This is more than a performance. It is living memory. It is testimony. It is community. Here, history is not just remembered, it is felt.

This Valentine’s Day, join us for a moving celebration where love is honored not only as romance, but as resistance, as art, and as history.

At the heart of this Black History Month Brunch & Theatre Experience are extraordinary performing artists who will bring our history and culture to life on stage. These gifted actors, storytellers, musicians, and creatives do more than entertain; they preserve memory, give voice to the silenced, and embody the courage, brilliance, and beauty of the Black experience. Their work ensures that Black history is not just remembered, but felt, in real time, in living color, and in community.

Special Host: Linda Parris-Bailey

A visionary force in American theater, Linda Parris-Bailey is an award-winning playwright and cultural leader whose five-decade career has shaped Black and Southern theater. President & CEO of Parris-Bailey Arts and former Executive/Artistic Director of The Carpetbag Theatre, she is a Creative Capital Awardee and a Doris Duke Artist Award recipient. Her celebrated works — including Dark Cowgirls and Prairie Queens, Speed Killed My Cousin, Between A Ballad and A Blues, and her newest work Yankee Bajan- center on transformation, identity, and empowerment through story and music. Under her guidance, the stage becomes sacred ground.

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Catered Brunch Included
Tickets: $10 Beck Members | $20 Non-Members

BECK MEMBERS ONLY: Order your Tickets and use Promo Code: "BECKMEMBER" TO RECEIVE DISCOUNT
Each guest purchasing a ticket at the Beck Member rate must be a current Beck member as of the event date.

Limited Tickets Available - While Supplies Last

CATERED BRUNCH BY B.A.D. - BRUNCH ALL DAY WITH CHEF LADAWN MCCOY

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