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Dec 2-Dec 15, 2021
 




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Port Of Harlem Talk Radio
Mosaic Theater's New Artistic Director
Reginald L. Douglas
also see article in this issue

CR Gibbs
Thu, Dec 9, 8p
Historian CR Gibbs shares the history of racial dog whistles in America

Health/COVID-19

COVID-19 Self Test
free

Recorded and Upcoming End-of-Life Planning Webinars
Referral Service: The National Partnership for Hospice Innovation
For in-home elderly medical care (versus a more risky emergency room visit)
1-844-438-6744


Music
Straight Outta Africa
Featuring South Africa's Finest Artist
(15 artists showcase from the iconic Nelson Mandela Theatre - figting child trafficking and injustice)
Streaming Free on Arevea
Sat, Dec 04 -Sun, Dec 05, starts each day @ 11a EST
(5pm UK time 6pm South Africa)

Art
Arts and Social Justice Fellowship
Strathmore and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Metro Washington, DC
closes Sun, Jan 2, 2022

Miami Art Week
Spectrum Art Fair
Wynwood Convention Center
(see Dorian Jay Durrah booth #515)
Wed, Dec 1-Sun, Dec 5

Reimagining The Global Village
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
through – Sat, Dec 4, 2021

Black History
Panel discussion (Registration)
Sailing to Freedom
Maryland Center for History and Culture
Thu, Dec 9, noon

Discussion on World War II's Black Rosie the Riveters and screening of the documentary film "Invisible Warriors: African-American Women in World War II"
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G St. NW
Washington, DC
Sat, Dec 11,1p

Searching for Dr. William Lane Watkins’ descendants and former Mt. Nebo Colored School Students for 2022 commemorations at the Boston University School of Medicine and Greater Mt. Nebo African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bowie, Maryland. Contact Janis Hagey.

Books
Author Talk: Innocent Until Proven Muslim
Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Maha Hilal
Thu, Dec 2, 12pm-1p

Christmas
35th Annual Winter Festival of Lights
Watkins Regional Park
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Fri, Nov 26-Sun, Jan 2,5p-9:30p, $

Current Events
How a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program is Helping Some in Gary, Indiana
PBS NewsHour

Games
Test Your Knowledge: U.S. State Shapes
(This quiz will not work in Internet Explorer)

Health
Walk4Health-The Gambia
Every Sat, 7:30a
Independence Stadium
Bakau, Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia

In Memoriam
Edgar Brookins
Beverly Johnson


Money
Estate Planning: How to Protect Your Family and Your Assets
APPEAL Inc
Sat, Dec 4, 10:30a-12:30p

Credit scoring: Improve or Eliminate?
Keynote remarks: Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
The Brookings Institution
Tue, Dec 7,3p-4p

Biennial Lecture and Dialogue of the Brown Capital Management Africa Forum
Brown Capital Management Africa Forum @ The Wilson Center
H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat
(The AfCFTA is poised to transform Africa into the largest free trade zone in the world, connecting a market of more than 1.2 billion people and a combined GDP of $3.4 trillion (AfCFTA Secretariat)
Tue, Dec. 14, 10a-11:30a

Movies
Odessa's Reign (Trailer) by Robin Hamilton
(A biography woven with a cautionary tale, this film delves into the story of a multi-faceted numbers runner who became one of the most powerful women in D.C.?s history and challenged the idea of what a lady could be and how far she could go.) 

Music
Straight Outta Africa
Featuring South Africa's Finest Artist
(15 artists showcase from the iconic Nelson Mandela Theatre - figting child trafficking and injustice)
Streaming Free on Arevea
Sat, Dec 04 -Sun, Dec 05, starts each day @ 11a EST
(5pm UK time 6pm South Africa)

Brooklyn Britches
Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana
5400 West 29th Avenue
Gary, IN
Fri, Dec 10, 8p, free

Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St., SW
Washington, DC
Every Friday night, from 6p-9p
Monday Night Blues
Admission $10 -- Children under 16 are FREE Food and Beverages available 5:30p-8:45p

Storytelling (online)
World Storytelling Cafe
Marrakech, Morocco
(times are set at British Summer Time (BST), which is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST))


Storytelling (online)
Marrakech, Morocco
(times are set at British Summer Time (BST), which is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST)
)
Theater
A Snowy Nite at the Dew Drop Inn
Anacostia Playhouse
2020 Shannon Place, SE
Dec 11-Jan 9, $

Arts and Social Justice Fellowship

Strathmore and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Metro Washington, DC
closes Sun, Jan 2, 2022

Dreamgirls
Baltimore Center Stage
700 North Calvert Street
Baltimore
Tue, Nov 16-Sun, Dec 12

A Strange Loop
Woolly Mammoth Theater
641 D ST. NW
Washington, DC
Mon, Nov 22-Sun, Jan 9

A Christmas Carol
sensory-friendly performance for
Fords Theatre
511 Tenth Street, NW
Washington
Sun, Dec 12, 2:00 p.m,$27-$32 a

Hit ‘Em On The Blackside
(YouTube Series)
Congo Square Theater
Chicago

Spit Dat in Residence at Woolly Mammoth
Woolly Mammoth
Mon, Dec 20, 8p

A Christmas Carol Radio Play
Fords Theater
Fri, Dec 3-Mon, Dec 27

Travel
100 BLACK 2 Egypt - North Africa
From Washington Dulles International Airport
Thu, Feb 24-Mon, Mar 7, 2022

The African/African American Liberation Ministry of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, MD
Ghana 2020
Postponed Until Further Notice
 
 
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