Around AACC: Week of Feb. 21

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If you are pressed for time for earning college credit, you can enroll in Anne Arundel Community College’s eight-week term that begins mid-March. Courses offered for eight weeks or less cover the same depth of material as in a regular term, but the work is compressed into a shorter time period. More than 140 courses are offered. And for those who work during the day, you can choose courses offered after school hours, on Saturdays and online. View the schedule and register online at www.aacc.edu. 

On Thurs., Feb. 24, at 2 p.m., the “Writers Reading @ AACC,” series is featuring a reading and booksigning by Jehanne Dubrow, poet, author of three poetry collections and an award-winning book, “The Hardship Post” (2009). Dubrow is an assistant professor in creative writing and literature at Washington College. The event is free. For location and other information, contact Susan Cohen at 410-777-2545 or sachohen3@aacc.edu.

On Fri., Feb. 25, at  11 a.m., a free “Afro-Puerto Rican Dance Workshop” featuring the performing group Bomblé of Philadelphia will be held in the Student Union dining hall. The group will also perform that day from noon-2 p.m. in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts. Go to www.aacc.edu/blackhistorymonth for more information.

The AACC Improvisational Music Committee presents an IMCC Small Jazz Combo Concert on Fri., Feb. 25, 8 p.m., in the HUM 112 Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for AACC students and $10 general admission. Call the box office at 410-777-2457 for more info.

Local families should make sure and check out the AACC Kids in College and EXPLORE summer camps and summer classes open house this Sat., Feb. 26, from 9-11 a.m. in the Center for Applied Learning and Technology Room on the Arnold campus. The event is free. Click here for a list of instructors that will be available. Call 410-777-2325 for more information or go to www.aacc.edu/kic.

On Sun., Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. in the Pascal Center for the Performing Arts, AACC is presenting a Black History Month event titled, “Project Run-a-Way,” an interactive, multimedia theatrical production that dramatizes the lives of real people who ran away from slavery in search of freedom. The event is sponsored by the Black Student Union and presented by Historic Annapolis Foundation. This is a free event. For more information, call 410-777-1955.