Washington
Muslim's Contributions to American Music America’s Islamic Heritage Museum
2315 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, SE
Now through We, Jul 31, $

Emancipation USA: Juneteenth in Texas & Emancipation in the DMV
Deanwood Library
1350 49th St, NE
CR Gibbs
Thu, Jun 20, 7p, free

DC Black Theatre Festival
THEARC
1901 Mississippi Ave, SE
Fri, Jun 21- Sun, Jul 7, $

African American Children’s Book Fair
Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe Street
Sat, Jun 22, noon-4p, free

Songs of Resistance: the Great Labor Arts Exchange 40th Anniversary Concert
Tommy Douglas Conference Center
10000 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD
Sat, Jun 22, 7:30p, free

Iyanla Vanzant
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD
Wed, Jun 26, 8p, $38-$90

Senior Fest
Oxon Hill Park
900 Wheeler Road and Valley Ave, SE
Fri, Jun 28, 10a-2p, free

Sandy Spring Community Day
Sandy Spring Slave Museum
Ross J. Boddy Community Center
18529 Brooke Rd
Sandy Spring, MD
Sat, Jun 29, 12p-5p, free

African Fashion Show and Culture Expo
Frank D. Reeves Center
2000 14th Street, NW
Sat, Jun 29, 3p-7p, free

Tendencies (mature audiences)
staged reading play by Steve Langley
Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC)
1901 Mississippi Ave, SE
Sat, Jun 29, 4p, free

Dom Flemons presents Black Cowboys
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
921 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Sun, Jun 30, 4p-5:30p, $18

Abuja
Let's go Hiking
Arab Road Hills
Call 08144654289 for inquiries
Sat, Jun 29, 9a-1p, free

Baltimore/Washington
Transform Lexington Market
Town Hall Meeting
Lexington Market
Wed, Jun 26, 6p-8p, free

Baltimore
Summer Solstice Yoga Celebration
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway
Jim Rouse Visionary Center Plaza
Sun, Jun 23, 10a-11a, free

Gary/Chicago
These 2 Painters: James Jankowiak and Cole Piece
Indiana University Northwest - Savannah Center
Gallery for Contemporary Art
3400 Broadway
Gary
Now through Fri, Aug 9

Hike the Freedom Trail Underground Railroad - Night Hike
Beaubien Woods boat launch Chicago
Fri, Jun 21, 7p-9p, free

PopUp SCIENCE "Go Green!"
Homewood Science Center
18022 Dixie Highway   
Homewood, IL
Sat, Jun 22, 10a-1p, free

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African American Children’s Book Fair
Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe Street
Sat, Jun 22, noon-4p, free

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Detroit
National Rhythm and Blues Hall Of Fame Weekend 
Fri, Jun 21-Sun, Jun 23, $

New York
Gay Men’s Health Crisis’
29th Annual Latex Ball
Terminal 5
610 West 56th Street
Sat, Jun 22, 6p-2a, free

African American Book Expo-New York
Medina Hall
76-15 101 Ave
Ozone Park, New York
Sat, Jun 29, 1p-6p, free

Lagos
Women Entrepreneurs: Breaking The Myth
Sheba Centre
Maryland, Lagos
Thu, Jun 20, 10a, free

Montreal 
The 40th Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 
Thu,Jun 27-Sat,Jul 6,

World
Observance: Ayuba Suleiman Diallo was set free to return home to the Gambia July 1, 1734

Coming
Washington
Family Trees, Tribes & Genetics …
Using DNA to Find African Roots and Replenish Identities
with Dr. Gina Paige of AfricanAncestry.com
Ebenezer AME Church
7707 Allentown Rd
Fort Washington, MD
Sat, Jul 13, 11a-3p, free
for $269 (save $30) DNA Testing

Baltimore/Washington
Daley’s Destinations
All Things Jamaica
Travel Tip Discussion and light meal
Flavors of India
7185 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite A
Columbia, Maryland
Tue, Jul 16, 6p-8p, free

2019 Summer Spirit Festival +
BZB Marketplace
Merriweather Post Pavilion 
Sat, Aug 3, parks opens at 1p, $

Gary/Chicago
2019 Gary Car Show
(in conjunction with the staging for the Chicago Air and Water Show)
Sat, Aug 17 and Sun, Aug 18, 9a-3p, $5, under 8, free

Banjul
West Africa Youth Internet Governance
Kairaba Beach Hotel
Wed, Jul 24, 7a, free