Now Available: Chester Higgins
author and photographer of Sacred Nile
Coming: Eric Ruffin
director of Mosaic Theater's Marys Seacole
Thu, April 28, available by 11p
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)
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
Travel
Lou Fields’ BBH Tours
Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Reunion Tour
Departs Baltimore for Great Auburn, NY
Thu, Jul 21-Sun, Jul 24, $
bbhtours@gmail.com
Africa
A New Day for U.S.-Tanzania Relations: A Conversation with H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the Republic of Tanzania
Wilson Center Africa Program
Mon, Apr 25, 11a-11:45a
Art
Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey
International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society
Salmagundi Club
New York
Mon, Apr 11–Sat, Apr 30
Miller Beach Arts & Creative District Open House
Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts
540 S. Lake
Gary
Sat, Apr 23, 2p-6p, free
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
Harlem Fine Arts Show - Washington, DC
Marriott Marquis
901 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC
Fri, Jun 10-Sun, Jun 12. from $25
Conference
African Kings And Queens Journey To Panama
Panama City, Panama
Thu, May 19-Wed, May
25
Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly And Moral March On Washington And To The Polls
Sat, Jun 18, 9a gather, 10a start
Washington, DC
Current Events
How a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program is Helping Some in Gary, Indiana
PBS NewsHour
Festivals
Liberia: The Land of Return - Commemorating 200 Years of Freedom and Pan-African Leadership
Fri, Jan 7-Sat, Dec 10
Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Festival
Southern Area Aquatics and Recreation Complex
13601 Missouri Avenue
Brandywine MD
Sat, May 7, 2p-6p
Health
Walk4Health-The Gambia
Every Sat, 7:30a
Independence Stadium
Bakau, Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia
History
Local History Hour: Stories of Women on the Underground Railroad
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD
Sun, Apr 24, 4p-5p
Local History Hour: Stories of Men on the Underground Railroad Stories
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD
Sat, May 21, 5p-6p
What is the address for Bank America Plaza?
Local History Hour: Black Churches in the Area
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD
Fri, Jun 10, 5p-6p
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
Maggie Louise Hearon Young (mom)
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
Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience
National Geographic Museum
1145 17th St NW, Washington, DC
Opening Jun 2022, waitlist, $
Music
The Gateways Music Festival presents
The Harlem Chamber Players
as part of its "Around the Town" Series
Fri, Apr 22, 7p
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY
The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout
Apollo’s Historic Theater
253 West 125TH St
Sat, May 7, 2022, 8p, $20
Photography
El Barrio's Artspace PS109
215 East 99th Street
New York City
Tue, Jun 7–Fri, Jun 24
