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Feb 24 – Mar 9, 2022
 
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men of change exhbiit


Epic City WOWD Radio
Host Carolivia Herron interviews Port Of Harlem publisher Wayne Young.

Port Of Harlem Talk Radio
Rufus S. Berry II, Liberia’s Bicentennial and Moving Back Home to Corruption
Thu, Feb 10, 3p (8p Liberia Time adjusted for live broadcast in Liberia)

Rufus S. Berry II is a Liberian activist and former President of the Liberian Association of Northern California. He is now living in Liberia and is the managing partner and CEO of Berry and Gaye Financial Consulting. We will talk about the country’s bicentennial, his return to Liberia, immigration issues, and corruption.

Health/COVID-19
Why you should upgrade your mask as the Omicron variant spreads

NIOSH-approved N95 Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators
(The US certifies N95s, while China approves KN95s)

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

Sickle Cell Disease Association Community Health Worker Training
Mar 14-May 16 on Mon and Wed, 11a-4p
The application deadline is Mar 7.
$1,060 with limited scholarships


Theater
Dear Mapel
Mosaic Theater
1333 H Street NE
Stream until Sun, Feb 27, $ (new dates)

African Affairs
A Seat at the Table: In Conversation with Florie Liser, CEO, Corporate Council on Africa (Registration)
World Trade Center
Tue, Mar 29, 11p

Art
Anacostia Art Gallery/BZB International
119 Raleigh Street, SE
Washington, DC
Opening Reception and Reception
Sat, Feb 26, 1p

Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey
International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society
Salmagundi Club
New York
Mon, Apr 11–Sat, Apr 30

Watercolor Demonstration Artist Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey watercolor Lesson - video

James Van Der Zee’s Photographs: A Portrait of Harlem
National Gallery Of Art
6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington D.C.
now through May 30

Cedric Baker
Four Seasons
Eno Wine Bar
2810 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington DC
now through Mar 31, 4p-11p

Comedy
Dry bar comedy,Gas Stations Are Getting Ridiculous, comedian J. Bliss

Dry bar comedy, Parenting Your Parents Is Harder Than It Looks.comedian, Leighann Lord

Conference

African Kings And Queens Journey To Panama
Panama City, Panama
Thu, May 19-Wed, May 25

Cooking
Simple Cooking with Heart locally presented by Kaiser Permanente
Tue, Mar 1, 12:15p 

Homemade Licorice: A Simple and Delicious Recipe

Education
The Search for Founding Black Mothers
Morgan State University
Format: Virtual
Dates: July 5 - 29, 2022
Stipend: $1,725 Application
Deadline: March 1, 2022

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

Fashion
Robin Givhan Interviews the Late André Leon Talley

Festivals
Liberia: The Land of Return - Commemorating 200 Years of Freedom and Pan-African Leadership
Fri, Jan 7-Sat, Dec 10

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

Health
Drum and Pot: Health, Wellness, and Food in Traditional African Society
CR Gibbs
Meeting ID: 899 9792 1740
Passcode: 617188
Feb 25, 7p

Sickle Cell Disease Association Community Health Worker Training
Mar 14-May 16 on Mon and Wed, 11a-4p
The application deadline is Mar 7. Costs $1,060 with limited scholarships

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

History
The Amistad
The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project
Mon, Feb 28, Sharing and Interpreting Connecticut’s Connection to the Amistad

History Half Told Is Untold
( documentary about The Historic First Baptist Church of Williamsburg)
HBCUGO.tv Network and CBN News Channel
Fri, Feb 25-Sun, Feb 27, 8p

Virtual Black Abolitionist Tour of London
(90min virtual walking tour of London, highlighting 5 sites where African American activists made an important impact on the UK landscape)
Wed, Mar 2, 1p–2:30p

Repairing Histories 1: Claudia Jones And Marcus Garvey
(Highlighting Claudia Jones and Marcus Garvey in the context of British and Global African history; and to improve or expand our knowledge)
Sat, Jun 11, 2022 9a-1p

A History of Haiti

In Memoriam
Askia Muhammad

Religious/Spiritual
Mistake In Salah, (From an Islamic perspective, these thoughts on prayer cross many belief systems)

Allah Warned Us Not to Say This to Parents (From an Islamic perspective, these thoughts on honoring your parents cross many belief systems)

Movies
This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer
PBS
check your local listings

Museum
Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
830 East Pratt Street
Baltimore
Fri, Feb 11–Sun, Aug 14

Music
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

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
George Mason University
Fairfax Campus
Sun, Feb 27, 7p, $

A Birthday Benefit Honoring Harry Belafonte
Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York
Tue, Mar 01, 7p, $47.50

Emmett Till Concert Premiere
Harlem Chamber Players
Gerald W Lynch Theater at John Jay College
524 West 59th Street
New York
Wed, Mar 23, 7p-9:30p, $

WomynSong Concert
The Labor Heritage Foundation
Sat, Mar 26, 8p, $5-$100 donation

PBS to Broadcast Special Television Concert Honoring Lionel Richie
Thu, May 17, 9p

Seth Rudetsky's Broadway starring Vanessa Williams
Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York
Mon, Jun 20, 8p, $62

Shopping/Restaurants
Blak History Pop-Up
1918 King Drive
Washsington, DC
Fri, Feb 25, 12p-8p
note: Jewelry designer Anthony Driver will be there

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))


Sports
2022 CIAA Basketball Tournament
Royal Farms Arena
Baltimore
Tue, Feb 22-Sat, Feb 26

Sports
2022 CIAA Basketball Tournament
Royal Farms Arena
Baltimore
Tue, Feb 22-Sat, Feb 26

2022 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament

US Steel Yard
Gary, IN
Thu, May 12-Sun, May 15

Theater
Dear Mapel
Mosaic Theater
1333 H Street NE
Stream until Sun, Feb 27, $ (new dates)

Dreaming Zenzile
(story of Miriam Makeba,)
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Paramount Center
559 Washington Street
Boston, MA
Wed, Feb 23-Sun, Feb 27, $

A.D. 16
Olney Theatre Center
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD
Fri, Feb 4-Sun-Mar 6, $42 $85

Grace
(The musical captures a day in the life of the Mintons, a fictional Philadelphia family who gather to mourn the loss of their matriarch and deal with the future of their family restaurant in a changing neighborhood.)
Ford's Theatre
514 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Fri, Mar 18 to Sat, May 14, $

Hi, Are You Single?
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
641 D Street, NW,
Mon, Mar 28-Sun, Apr 10, $

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

Travel
100 BLACK 2 Egypt - North Africa
From Washington Dulles International Airport
Delayed due to COVID

Spain & Morocco Tour
Aviva Travel
Thu, May 12-Wed, May 25

The African/African American Liberation Ministry of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, MD
Ghana 2020
Sep 28-Oct 2

What Gambians think about sex tourism in their country?

Women's History Month
Morgan State University Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Speaker Series
Celebration of Ms. Gloria Allen:  Film Screening and Conversation
International Transgender Day of Visibility:  A Day in Their Shoes
Thu, Mar 31, free

Morgan State University Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Speaker Series
Reflections on Critical Race Theory and The Sum of Us:  Morgan State University Student and Faculty Presentation
Thu, Apr 14, free

 
 
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