Capital Jazz Festival Preview | Washington D.C.
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It’s time once again for the largest contemporary jazz and soul festival in the country, the 18th Annual Capital Jazz Fest continuing its long-standing, highly anticipated 3-day music showcase June 4-6, 2010 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. A “weekend of cool jazz & soul”, this year’s lineup is sure to electrify audiences, [...]
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
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To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Harlem’s Apollo Theater, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is proud to be opening a new exhibition on April 23: Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment. Organized by the Museum in collaboration with the Apollo Theater Foundation, this fascinating, [...]
Harriet Tubman Collection Unveiled by NMAAHC
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Photo: A photograph from the 1880s of Harriet Tubman (left) with some she helped to escape from slavery, along with members of their families. Portrait photo in frameby Tarby Photo, Auburn, NY, n.d. Photo: Michael Barnes, Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired a collection of artifacts documenting [...]
The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present | Anacostia Community Museum, Washington D.C.
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The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum presents “The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present, November 9, 2009–July 4, 2010. This traveling exhibition sponsored by the National Hispanic Cultural Civic Center spans five centuries of Mexico’s “third root,” people of African Descent. The early African presence in the Americas is normally associated with the [...]
2010 Martin Luther King Day Events | Washington, DC
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Photo: March on Washington, August 28, 2963. Shows civil rights and union leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., Joseph L. Rauh Jr., Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, and Walter Reuther. 2009 Annual Civil Rights “Film Festival” - January 15-18, 2010, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday viewing [...]
