Exhibition of regional African-American artists -- "Culture of the Mind & Spirit," runs Feb. 5-28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road. Reception, Fri., Feb. 5, 7-9 p.m. Featured artists with a common heritage and profound links to the center: John Beckley, Jacqueline Lee, Alonzo Davis, Henry Elliott, Clarence Page, Kenneth Shepherd, Thomas Gomillion, Cheryl Dyer, Angela Mathis, Roland Richardson and Rushern Baker IV. 301-377-7800, Montpelier.arts@pgparks.com.

Black History Month concert -- Sat., Feb. 6, 2 p.m., (rescheduled from Jan. 30 because of snow), Montpelier Mansion, 9650 Muirkirk Road. The Society for the Preservation of African American Arts teaches the audience about African- Americans' rich history through reenactments, song, spirituals, and theater based on plantation life in the 1800s. Program funded in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area. Friends of Montpelier members $10, non-members $15. Reservations required. 301-377-7817. www.pgparks.com.

Black history walk --Sponsored by the Freestate Happy Wanderers Walking Club, Sat., Feb. 20, start between 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., finish by 4 p.m., Vansville Neighborhood Recreation Center, 11733 Old Baltimore Pike, Beltsville. A memorabilia collection of Blacks in history will feature U.S. stamps, Baseball Negro Leaguers, Black athletes on cereal boxes and Blacks on U.S. currency, coins and stamps on display. Brochure, 301-572-5574 before 9 p.m., or wahasse@ix.netcom.com. www.ava.org/clubs/freestate.

Black History celebration -- Thu., Feb. 25, mini-concert by the Oxon Hill High School Choir, 6:30 p.m., and play on the life of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, 7 p.m., Bowie State University's Meyers Auditorium inside the Martin Luther King, Jr. Communications Center, 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie. Sponsored by Bowie University's Performing Fine Arts Center and The Elder Theodore L. Barber Scholarship Foundation Inc., a Laurel-based, nonprofit organization that has given scholarships to several Prince George's County high school students. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend will make opening remarks. The play will feature a cast of judges from Maryland and Washington, D.C. Thurgood Marshall will be played by Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert Bell and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown will play the role of Spottswood Robinson, Marshall's colleague. Tickets are $20 for general admission; $10 for students with identification. Marilyn, 301-442-2166.

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