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Come and join the Woods Hole community in its annual celebration of ! For 2025, we honor the vital role of African Americans in labor history. From enslavement to leading labor movements, their resilience and innovation have transformed societies worldwide. Events are open to the public, and free unless indicated. .

View the event flyer here.

MBLthe 2025 theme, from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History:

The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people. Indeed, work is at the very center of much of Black history and culture. Be it the traditional agricultural labor of enslaved Africans that fed Low Country colonies, debates among Black educators on the importance of vocational training, self-help strategies and entrepreneurship in Black communities, or organized labor’s role in fighting both economic and social injustice, Black people’s work has been transformational throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora. The 2025 Black History Month theme, “African Americans and Labor,” sets out to highlight and celebrate the potent impact of this work. We encourage you to .

2025 Black History Month Events

Advanced registration is suggested for some events. Details for each event are below.

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Falmouth Academy, Simon Center for the Arts, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA

Glorious Mezzo-Soprano Andrea Baker in collaboration with award-winning international composer Howard Moody and artistic director John Paul McGroarty will present their original work, Tales of Transatlantic Freedom. Combining gentle movement, poetry excerpts, performance, piano, and song, Baker and Moody accompany audiences on an emotional journey that lays bare the interconnectedness of our musical heritage and our potential for reconciliation while celebrating African diasporic narratives from our living musical cultures of folk, blues, jazz, psalm-singing, and opera. 

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Woods Hole Film Festival “Dinner & A Movie” Series Screening
Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
WHOI, Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole

Restaurant discounts come with ticket purchases, and a limited number of discounted tickets are available. 

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Trivia and Food Truck

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 PM
Falmouth Cape Verdean Club (CVC), 126 Sandwich Rd, Teaticket

(Plenty of parking, but carpooling is still encouraged!)

An evening of good food and good fun with specially curated Black History Month trivia, prizes, and soulful comfort food provided by Falmouth’s own THE KTCHN food truck. Families are welcome, and minors must be accompanied by an adult.

Trivia is free. Food and beverages are available for purchase.

Registration by Sunday, February 1, 2025, is requested.  For registration, 

“Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod”

Author talk with Dr. Michael Pregot
Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Highfield Hall and Gardens, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth

Dr. Michael Pregot discusses his book, Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod, exploring Cape Cod’s ties to the slave trade, abolitionist efforts, and the lives of notable Black individuals in Massachusetts. This event is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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Harambee Community Celebration

with Musical Guest  & Friends
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
MBLSwope Center, 11 North Street, Woods Hole

Join us for a celebration of unity, culture, and community. Enjoy food, fellowship, and uplifting music by Naomi Westwater & Friends as we honor the contributions of African Americans as change-makers and celebrate the spirit of “pulling together” for a brighter future.  of Hyannis will also be on hand with a pop-up bookstore.

Naomi Westwater (they/she) is a queer, Black-multiracial singer-songwriter from Massachusetts. Their work combines folk music, poetry, and spirituality. They hope that through ritual and storytelling, they can aid nature in the end of capitalism and the return of community, creativity, and collective joy. 

Woods Hole Black History Month events are sponsored by the ; the , the , the , the ,  and . All events are free and open to the public.