port of harlem magazine
 
champion services travel - group travel
 
MLK Jr. Programs, Moms as Entrepreneurs to Urban Hike in Lagos
 
January 16 – January 29, 2020
 
black and gold affair - chicago



Washington
Pilgrims Musa & Sheri: In The New World
Mosaic Theater@ Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street, NE
Thu, Jan 16-Sun, Feb 16, $

Poetry from Behind Bars
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Avenue
Thu, Jan 16, 7:30p-9p, free

Meet an Olympian: Dinner & Cultural Celebration
with Dalilah Muhammad
Prince George's Community College
301 Largo Road
Largo Student Center
Fri, Jan 17, 6p-7:30p, $50

21st Jazz Night Anniversary
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St, SW
Fri, Jan 17, 6p, $20

Women’s March 2020
Sat, Jan 18

MLK Jr. Family Program
Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum
1901 Fort Place, SE  
Sat, Jan 18, 11a-12:30p, free

Kankouran West African Dance 
Dance Place
3225 8th Street, NE
Sat, Jan 18, 8p and Sun, Jan 19, 4p, $15-$30

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
with Author Amy Nathan
DC Public Library
1990 K St NW, Washington D.C. 20006
Sat, Jan 18, 4p-5p, free

The Memorial Foundation Hosts
9th Annual Wreath Laying, Day of Reflection, Reconciliation
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Mon, Jan 20, 9a, free

Film: The First Rainbow Coalition
Busboys & Poets ? 14th & V
2021 14th Street NW
Wed, Jan 22, 6p-8p, free

Blueprint for Justice: The Global Impact of Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.
CR Gibbs
Woodridge Library
1801 Hamlin St NE
Wed, Jan 22, 7p

One Woman, One Vote: 25th Anniversary Screening
National Archives Foundation
William G. McGowan Theater
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Thu, Jan 23-7p-9p, Reservation

Manual Cinema
No Blue Memories
The Life Of Gwendolyn Brooks
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD
Fri, Jan 24, 8p, $35 in advance, $40 at the door

Opening Reception Annual Black History Month Exhibition: Black Women & Politics: To the Ballot and Beyond
Harmony Hall Arts Center
10701 Livingston Rd.
Fort Washington
Sun, Jan 26, 2p-5p, free

Film: Aunt Betty and Fort Stevens
Marvin Tupper Jones
Woodridge Public Library
1801 Hamlin St, NE
Sun, Jan 26, 3p, free

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G St., NW
Wed, Jan 29, 6:30p
March to Epiphany Starts at The Wilson Bldg at 5:30p

Atlanta
Something Over Something Else: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St NE
Now through Feb 2, $14.50

Baltimore
Moms as Entrepreneurs Expo
Morgan State University
Student Center Ballroom
Sat, Jan 18, 11a-2p, free

Baltimore’s Civil Rights Heritage:
Shaping the National Movement
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St
Mon, Jan 27, 6:30p-8p, free

Boston
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
Mon, Jan 20, 10a-5p, free

Black Histories, Black Futures
(teen curated exhibition)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
Mon, Jan 20-Sat, Jun 20, free-$25

Capetown
Yoga, Food & Wine Cape Town
Bodhi Khaya Retreat
R43, WC
Fri, Jan 24, 2:30p-Fri, Jan 31, 12:30p

Gary/Chicago

Black & Gold Affair
(Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae, Old School House, AfroBeats)
The Promontory
5311 South Lake Park Avenue West
Sat, Jan 18, 10p–Sun, Jan 19,3a, $5-$30

Film: The Bridges of Tok-Ri
The Aquatorium Society
613 S Lake Street
Sun, Jan 26, 3p, $10

Capoeira Classes
Philly Art Collective
253 North 3rd Street,
Mondays until Oct 12, 6p,
free

The Gambia
The First Writers' Association of The Gambia
Joint Book Launch Event of 2020
Moses Hotel
Lower River Region
Jarra Soma
Sat, Jan 25, 1p-5p, free

Kubuneh Cultural Festival
Kubuneh-Cultural Museum
Kubuneh
Sat, Feb 1, 4:30p, free

Lagos
Urban Hike
Lagos Island
First Bank
Sat, Jan 25, 10a-1p, free

London/Birmingham
RuPaul's DragCon UK
Olympia London
Hammersmith Road
Kensington, London
Sat, Jan 18-Sun, Jan 19, $

Lest we forget? – Britain’s Internment Camps of the Great War
Aston University / G11
Aston Triangle
Aston Express Way
Birmingham
Tue, Jan 21, 6p-8p, free

Minneapolis/St. Paul
Minnesota Home Expo
Target Field - Enter via Ramp A
Fri, Jan 17-Sun, Jan 19, times varies, free

New York
The Color of Power: Heroes, Sheroes, & Their Creators
An Exhibition Featuring the work of Comic Book Artists of the African Diaspora
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
120 E 125th Street
Through Sat, Jun 13, free

From Harlem & Russia with Love: Ilya Lushtack & Friends!
Lenox Coffee
60 West 129th Street
between Lenox and 5th Avenue
Sun, Jan 19-Sun, Jan 26, free

Philadelphia
Capoeira Classes
Philly Art Collective
253 North 3rd Street,
Mondays until Oct 12, 6p, free

World
Women’s March and
Sister Marches Across the Globe 2020

Sat, Jan 18

Coming
Washington
Read Africa
Francis Gregory Library
3660 Alabama Ave, SE
Sat, Feb 1, 2p-4p, free

Shipwreck: A History Play About 2017
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
641 D Street, NW
Mon, Feb 10-Sun, Mar 8

Baltimore
Black Memorabilia Show & Sale
with the Prince Hall Mason Black History Month Program
Murphy Fine Arts Center
Morgan State University
2201 Argonne Dr
Sun, Feb 23, 11a-6p, free

Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum
Something Over Something Else: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series
953 Eden Park Drive
Feb 28–May 24, free-$16

 
 
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