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 […]
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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 […]
12Feb Phelps Brass Band Returns! 5pm
Join Woodridge Neighborhood Library as we welcome Phelps ACE High School Brass Ensemble back for a second year to help us celebrate Black History Month! Listen to the band and enjoy a post-show discussion with them about their experience as […]
10Feb Black Wall Street 6pm
The Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F St NW Washington DC 20566 Nikara Warren’s project Black Wall Street is a set of feel-good tracks designed as an […]
9Feb Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 5:30pm
The Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F St NW Washington DC 20566 THIS SHOW STARTS AT 5:30 PM! DANCE CLASS – LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE One of America’s […]
9Feb Getting Started: African American Genealogy and DNA Testing 11am
Learn about African American genealogy and DNA testing with Andre Kearns. He is a native Washingtonian, Shepherd Park resident, and genealogist who has done extensive work in researching his ancestors and his family tree. Shepherd […]