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Passage for people escaping from slavery, a bowling alley below a street and a 200-mile conduit to the coast are among the underground curiosities.

Passage for escaped slaves, a bowling alley below a street and a 200-mile conduit to the coast are among the underground curiosities.

University Theatre: A painter in Harlem seeks a muse for the final segment of a work depicting Black womanhood, 3/7-17, Vilas Hall-Mitchell Theatre, at 7:30 pm Thursday-Friday, 2 & 7:30 pm Saturday and 2 pm Sunday. $26.

Collaboratory dance, theater, spoken word and more celebrating Black History Month. Free. Click through for more info on the performers.

Dance party (related to "re:mancipation" exhibit by Sanford Biggers and the MASK Consortium), 6-11 pm, 5/4, with sculpture unveiling, performances by DJ Rich Medina, Moon Medicin, Drum Power.

An 1873 sculpture by Thomas Ball is the subject of an innovative collaboration, sparking a conversation about race and history.

Multimedia exhibit by Sanford Biggers and the MASK Consortium (responding to "Emancipation Group" by Thomas Ball), 2/6-6/25 (reception 5-7 pm, 2/4)

A partially-clothed freedman kneels before an impeccably dressed Abraham Lincoln, who “heroically” breaks the chains of slavery with one out

Multimedia exhibit by Sanford Biggers and the MASK Consortium (responding to "Emancipation Group" by Thomas Ball), 2/6-6/25 (reception 5-7 pm, 2/4)

Dr. Quanda Johnson interrogates her trauma and that of her ancestors in her "Trauerspiel: Subject Into Nonbeing" exhibit at the Chazen Museum.