WHAT'S HAPPENING.Stars, filmmakers and film lovers make their way to the annual Acapulco Black Film Fest (800-559-3898; www.abff) June 5-10. Registration is $475 per person, festival pass only. * The third jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes Belmont Stakes Oldest of the three U.S. horse races that constitute the Triple Crown. The Belmont originated in 1867 and is named after August Belmont (see Belmont family). The stakes is held in early June at Belmont Park, near Garden City, Long Island; the course is 1.5 mi (2,400 m). (516-488-6000; www.nyracing.com/belmont), will be run June 10 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York Elmont is a hamlet (and census-designated place) as well as suburb of New York City in Long Island, Nassau County, New York, in the Town of Hempstead. The population was 32,657 at the 2000 census. . Tickets are $2 or $5 for the grandstand and $5 or $10 for the clubhouse, plus $2 for parking. A "Finish Line" package for $75 includes tickets every weekend to the raceway from May to October. * San Francisco's June-teenth Film Festival (415- 346-0199), June 16-18, at several venues citywide. Tickets are $25 for opening night, $5 per film afterwards and $30-$40 for day passes. * Debuting on HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy in June (check your local TV listings), Michael Wilkerson's documentary, The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story, chronicles the infamous race riot that left hundreds of black Oklahomans dead at the hands of angry whites. * The 19th Annual Detroit Grand Prix Detroit Grand Prix may refer to:
Belle Isle is a 982 acre (3.9 km²; 2.42 sq mi) island park in the Detroit River managed by the Detroit Recreation Department. Raceway. Tickets are $22-$105. * The Hilton Health Club & Spa (617-568-6882) at the Hilton Boston Logan Airport now offers a one-time "Freshen Up" pass (steam room, sauna, pool, whirlpool) for $9. Massages are $90 for an hour and a half, $70 for an hour and $40 for a half-hour. * Under Chairman Leroy Barnes, the California Endowment, with $3.56 billion in assets, recently became the 10th largest U.S. foundation, ahead of the Rockefeller Foundation. Barnes is the first African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. to run the organization. |
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