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Category: Reading
8feb@7:30PM ~ It’s Been Said All Along: Voices of Rage, Hope & Empowerment $
In collaboration with the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the O.B. Hardison Poetry series will create a poetic mixtape in response to the exhibition It’s Been Said All Along: Voices of Rage, […]
Autumn Leaves: An improvisation in poetry and jazz
Acclaimed jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut joins poets Kyle Dargan and Lenard D. Moore for an intimate improvisation on words and music. Together they explore the magic that materializes when artists collaborate. Part reading, part concert, […]
Join the Library for a special story time celebrating Black History Month on the Library’s Facebook page 15 February, 10:30AM
21feb – Ebenezer AME Church Poetry, 6 – 9pm
Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Room 303 7707 Allentown Road Fort Washington, MD 20745 We are blessed and excited that the Ebenezer Social Conscious Ministry will staff a voter registration table at this Black History celebration. Please let friends and family members know […]
1feb – Read Africa Festival 2020
Join us on Saturday, Feb. 1 to celebrate 2020’s Read Africa Week, a literary initiative to showcase young people’s literature with realistic depictions of African life. Featuring: ·Storytelling ·Crafts ·African food ·Book giveaways All ages are welcome, […]
2Feb Read Africa Week Festival
Join us to celebrate Read Africa Week, a literary initiative to showcase juvenile literature with realistic depictions of African life. 11:00 a.m.- Recycled art project with visual artist Karen O. Brown. 12:30 p.m.- Adinkra symbol […]
Songs & Stories of Freedom & Peace 19jan 10:30am
Did you know that words and music have the power to agitate, motivate, encourage and comfort people? Join us for a special musical story time and art activity honoring voluntary African-American migration and social justice movements […]
DC Emancipation Day: 16April
African American Civil War Museum and Memorial 1925 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Join us for the 3rd Annual Reading of the names of the First Freed under the DC Compensated Emancipation Act in […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 