Washington
An Evening with Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
(Kenyan novelist, scholar, and playwright)
Coolidge Auditorium
Jefferson Building
10 First Street, SE
Thu, May 9, 6p-8:30p, reception and program, free

The 2nd Annual Essence of South Africa Event
Metropolitan A.M.E. Church
1518 M Street, NW
Sat, May 11, 10a-6p, free

The N-Word: Its Origins & Evil Uses
CR Gibbs
Alexandria Black History Musueum
902 Wythe Street
Alexadria, Av
Sat, May 11, 11a, $5

DC History Center Grand Opening
(Old Carnegie Library)
801 K Street, NW
Sat , May 11, 10a-7p, free

TBS Bingo
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
4915 St. Barnabas Rd
Temple Hills, MD
Every Second Saturday, (May 11), 3p-6p, $25
To Cash Prize $500, benefits Haircuts for Homeless Veterans

Mother's Day Celebration
Guest speaker Rev. Beverly Saunders Biddle
Inner Light Ministries United Church of Christ –DC
1231 Good Hope Rd, SE
Sun, May 12, 11a-1p, free

Colors of Life
Exposure Group Exhibition
Howard University Founders Library
500 Howard Place, NW
Opens Mon, May 13, Mon–Fri, 9a-5p, free

What Happened in That House on Duke Street:
The Story of the Men Who Transformed the Domestic Slave Trade
lecture by Dr. Joshua Rothman
The Lyceum
201 S Washington St
Thu, May 16, 7p, $10

America's Islamic Heritage Museum
5th Annual Iftar and Fundraiser
Bamian Restaurant
5634 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA
Thu, May 16, 7p-10p, $50

Spring 2019 Mwalimu Teaching Community Meeting
Free Caba Books
Ralph J. Bunch International Affairs Center
2218 6th St, NW
Sat, May 18, 10:30a-12:30p, free

Baltimore
4th Charm City Tourism Awards
Forum Caterers
4210 Primrose Avenue
Fri, May 10, Panel Discussion, 6p-7p, Awards Banquet 7p-10p
$55, $65 at door

How to Catch Creation
Baltimore Center Stage
700 North Calvert Street
now through May 26, $

Gary/Chicago
Stomping Grounds  
DuSable Museum of African American History
740 East 56th Place
Chicago
Sat, May 11, 7:30-9p, free-$5

Sacred Wanderings Walk
Miller Woods
100 N Lake St
Gary, IN
Sun, May 19, 11a-1p, free

Lori Lightfoot Swearing in Ceremony
Wintrust Arena
200 E Cermak Rd
Chicago
Mon, May 20, 10:30a

Nuremberg, Germany
Latin Airport Festival OPEN
Airport Nürnberg
Sat, Jul 20, 1p-11p $ 

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The 2nd Annual Essence of South Africa Event
Metropolitan A.M.E. Church
1518 M Street, NW
Sat, May 11, 10a-6p, free

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Nairobi, Kenya
3rd Bakery & Pastry Expo 2019
by East Africa Magazine
Sarit Centre
Westlands
Nairobi, Nairobi County
Thu, May 16, 9a-Sat, May 18, 5p, free

Palm Desert, California
3rd Annual Anthony Anderson Celebrity Golf Classic
BIGHORN Golf Club
Sun, May 19-Mon, May 20

Coming
Washington
ADACI Program and River Walk
Assemble at Union Temple to the Anacostia River
Sat, Jun 8, 9:30a-1p, free

ADACI Program – Dr. Lisa Aubrey
“In Search of Bimbia: Transatlantic Slaver and African
Diaspora Rememory in Cameroon”
National Museum Of African Art
950 Independence Ave, SW
Sun, Jun 9, 1p-4p, free

Fort Monroe,  VA
African-American Historical and Genealogical Society
400th Commemoration Program of the Documented
Arrival of Enslaved Africans to English America
Community Education Forum
Fort Monroe Theater
42 Tidball Road
Sat, Jun 1, 1p-5p, free

New York
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 
Wed, Jun 12-Sun, Jun 16, $

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