Washington
Shame 2.0
Mosaic Theater@The Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street, NE
Wed, Jan 30-Sun, Feb 17, $

Opening Reception- Posing Beauty in African American Culture
The David C. Driskell Center
1214 Cole Student Activities Bldg
College Park, MD
Fri, Jan 31, 5p-7p, free
Exhibition through Sat, Apr 27

Assessing The Recent Elections in The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Fri, Feb 1,10a-11:30a, free

Read Africa Week Festival @ Francis Gregory Library
(co-sponsored by Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership)
Francis Gregory Library
3660 Alabama Ave, SE
Sat, Feb 2,11a-3p, free

Going for Freedom: True Accounts of Flight Told in Verse (short video)
Marcia Cole
Lamond Riggs Library
5401 South Dakota Ave, NE
Sat, Feb 2, 2:30p, free

African American Stories for Adults
Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe Street
Sat, Feb 2, 6p, $5

Civil War Stories for Families With Dylan Pritchett
Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe Street
Sun, Feb 3, 2p, $5

Conversation on the Omar Ibn Said Collection at the Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building, first floor, LJ-119
10 First St, SE
Feb 5,10a-3p, free

An Army of Educators - How the North Brought Education to the South
During and After the Civil War
Marvin T. Jones
Shepherd Park Public Library
7420 Georgia Ave, NW
Tue, Feb 5, 7p, free

A Visit With Miss Harriet
Surratt House Museum
9118 Brandywine Road
Clinton, MD
Sat, Feb 9, 4p-5:30p, free

We Dance To Survive! African Dancing & Drumming w/Tyrone Woods & Co
Woodridge Library
1801 Hamlin St, NE
CR Gibbs
Wed, Feb 13, 7p, free

Baltimore
Canva For Beginners w/ Charlotte James
Impact Hub Baltimore
10 East North Avenue
Tue, Feb 5, 12p-1p, free

Birmingham
A.G. Gaston Conference -2019
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex
2101 Richard Arrington Jr., Blvd
Tue, Feb 12-Wed, Feb 13, $

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Read Africa Week Festival @ Francis Gregory Library
(co-sponsored by Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership)
Francis Gregory Library
3660 Alabama Ave, SE
Sat, Feb 2,11a-3p, free

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Gary/Chicago
The Evolving Legacy of Black Business and Entrepreneurship in Chicagoland
DuSable Museum of African American History
740 East 56th Place
Fri, Feb  1, 6p-9p, $25

HipHop Cardio
Hudson-Campbell Sports Center
455 Massachusetts Street
Tue, Feb 5, 7p-8p, free

Kampala, Uganda
Techstars Startup Weekend
Ujamaa Tribe
Nyangweso Close, Muyenga
Thu, Jan 31, 5:30p–Sat, Feb 2, 9p, free

Kubuneh, The Gambia
Kubuneh Cultural Festivals
Kubuneh Primary School
Kubuneh, The Gambia
Fri, Feb 8 - Sat, Feb 9, $2/D100

Nairobi, Kenya
Azure Student Dev Day
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Juja, Kiambu County
Sat, Feb 2, 8a-4p, free

New York
Book Launch: The Hundred Wells of Salaga
The Africa Center
1280 5th Ave
Tue, Feb 5, 7p-9p, free

Apollo Music Café:
Harlem to Hollywood Featuring Malik Yoba
253 West 125th Street
Directed by Kevin Ramsey
Fri, Feb 8, 10p, $

The First Deep Breath
National Black Theater Company
2031-33 National Black Theatre Way
Wed, Feb 13-Sun, Feb 17, $

Harlem Fine Arts Show
The Historic Riverside Church
490 Riverside Dr
Thu, Feb 14-Sun, Feb 17, $10-$75

Coming
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration For The Queen Of Soul
CBS-TV
Sun, Mar 10

Langton Hughes Book Fair
Empowerment Temple AME Church
4217 Primrose Avenue
Sun, Feb 24, 8a-2p, free