A One-Woman Performance by Cortenia Smith Please join us for “The Legacy of Harriet Tubman” featuring the brilliant actress Cortenia Kay Smith. This one-woman performance reveals the true spirit of Harriet Tubman, a legendary former […]
Category: Plays & Performances
13Feb Play Reading/Discussion: Black Pearl Sings:Playwright Frank Higgins 12pm
Frank Higgins’ play is set in Depression-era Texas and, while based on some of the early musicologists’ collecting folk songs, imagines a meeting between a White musicologist from the Library of Congress and a jailed […]
8Feb COLLAGE DANCE COLLECTIVE RISE 2019 7:30pm $
THEARC 1901 Mississippi Ave SE Washington DC Collage honors the legacy and contributions of giants and pioneers, from past to present. RISE showcases the company’s sheer athleticism and emotional conviction through powerful, historically inspired performances. […]
7Feb The Black LGBTQ Experience with Rayceen Pendarvis 6pm
The Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library and Team Rayceen Presents The Black LGBTQ Experience with Rayceen Pendarvis Celebrate Black History Month with an evening of live music, poetry, comedy, and more with co-hosts Larry Miller (WUSA 9) […]
2Feb Going for Freedom: True Accounts of Flight in Verse 2:30pm
Celebrate Black History Month at the Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library! In costume and using monologue and original poetry, Marcia E. Cole will recount dramatic and imaginative escapes on the Underground Railroad with her performance, ‘Going for […]
2Feb Black History Hall of Fame 2pm
So many amazing Americans and so little time to meet them all! Follow us on this amazing journey through Black History as we meet Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, Mae Jemison, the Buffalo Soldiers and more. […]
12May – 5th Annual FUNK PARADE
Funk Parade is a one-of-a-kind day fair, parade and music festival, celebrating Washington DC’s vibrant music, culture, and arts, the U Street neighborhood, and the Spirit of Funk that brings us all together. 2018 EVENT SCHEDULE […]
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