This Valentine’s Day, join Deacon Izzy & The Congregation as they present “So N Luv Wit U”. Love and music will always find a way. Millennium Stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the […]
DC Black History happens EveryDay…
“Celebrations, Found Truths, Sheroes, Heroes, Events and Programs” which recognize and celebrate the contributions in art, literature, politics and education of the African American community throughout the year in the DC Metropolitan area.
14Feb Chisholm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed 12pm
In conjunction with the Featured Document display in the East Rotunda Gallery (on display until April 9th, we present the 2004 documentary that takes an in-depth look at the 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, […]
13Feb We Dance to Survive! African Dancing and Drumming with Tyrone Woods and Company 7pm
C. R. Gibbs African American History and Culture Lecture Series Woodridge Library 1801 Hamlin Street NE Washington, D.C. 20018 202-541-6226 Learned experts will guide the audience into an exploration of the roots and techniques of African dancing […]
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 […]
Live Jazz from Akua Allrich + The Tribe $ Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center (CHACC) 3200 MLK Ave SE Washington DC 20032 AKWAABA returns this February to Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center (CHACC) and NationHouse […]
12Feb What Was, What Is, and What Will Be: A Cross-Genre Look at Afrofuturism 7:30pm $
Tananarive Due, N.K. Jemisin, & Airea D. Matthews Folger Theatre $ 201 East Capitol St SE Washington, DC 20003 Main (202) 544-4600 Box Office (202) 544-7077 Cultural critic Mark Dery coined the term “Afrofuturism” in […]
12Feb 30th Annual Black Film Festival 6pm
30th Annual Black Film Festival at Georgetown Library BlacKkKlansman A Black detective sets out to infiltrate the Colorado chapter of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his Jewish colleague. Starring John David Washington and Adam […]
