King Celebration to Peer Into the Millennium The eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in Leesburg will begin at 10 a.m. Jan. 17 on the courthouse lawn at King and Market streets with a performance by the Baha'i Chorale and an invocation by the Rev. Kent Jeter.

At 10:30 a.m., participants will march to the Douglass Community Center for refreshments and an 11:30 a.m. ceremony featuring several speakers. This year's theme is "Realizing the Dream in the New Millennium."

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MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION, sponsored by the City of Alexandria's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Planning Committee. A youth tribute to King, 7:30 p.m., the Departmental Progressive Club, 411 Gibbon St., Alexandria; Richard Wright, language and social-issues professor at Howard University, speaks at a memorial program, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oakland Baptist Church, 3408 King St., Alexandria; the Alexandria Baha'i Assembly's Step Towards Race Unity Fair, with displays and musical performances, noon-4 p.m., Landmark Mall, Center Court Atrium, 5801 Duke St., Alexandria; a media presentation of posters and other art work by Alexandria schoolchildren, Alexandria Black History Resource Center, 638 N. Alfred St., Alexandria. Free; donations accepted for charity. 703-838-4800.

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