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AUGUST
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Ongoing Events
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
of African Art Calendar of
Events
National Museum of Natural History - Calendar
of Events
Affrica Art
Gallery
Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley
Memorial
Moorland-Spingarn Research
Center
Northampton Plantation Slave
Quarters
Try
African Yoga
Zawadi
Gallery
Sundays - 9:00-10:00 PM
AFRICA MEETS AFRICA
(AMA). WPFW 89.3 FM - Pacifica
Radio, Washington, DC. A new progressive
weekly radio magazine showcasing the continent of Africa and the
Diaspora.
Wednesdays, 10pm-2am: Open Mike Poetry Night. Harambe African Cafe. 1771 U St. NW, Washington, DC. 202-332-6435
Thursdays,
8-9pm:
"On Africa" - WHUT-TV - TV32
- TV
SCHEDULES
Fridays & Saturdays:
International Caribbean African Nite.
Kili's Kafé &
Lounge. 2009 8th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009
August
Listings
TransAfrica Forum - Community
Events
Friday, August 5,
2005. 7 - 9 PM
afrikafé International First
Friday. Featuring:
IKWUNGA: Afrobeat Poet (Nigeria). Bossa Bistro &
Lounge (Adams Morgan), 2463 18th St. NW, Washington, DC. FREE;
Complimentary Hors D'Oeuvres - Cash Bar. Dress: Casual. Contact:
events@afrikafe.com; No need to RSVP. Join us for our monthly social
networking Friday, August 5 at Bossa Bistro & Lounge for an
entertaining evening of cocktails, appetizers and mingling with
other international professionals over jazz and Latin music from the
Americas, the Caribbean and Africa. Each month, we feature local
African talent – artists, (visual and performance) writers, poets,
designers and more. The evening starts off with an extended cocktail
"Meet & Greet" beginning at 7 PM. The artist features from 7:30
PM to 8 PM. Our featured artist will perform with a percussionist,
keyboard backing vocalists and upright bass accompaniment. Signed
copies of the CD, "Calabash Vol. 1," will be available for purchase
with partial proceeds benefiting the African Alliance for the
Mentally Ill, a grassroots campaign to increase public
awareness of mental disorders, and provide support for African
families that struggle with caring for family members with mental
illness in a society where mental illness is highly stigmatized,
poorly researched, and its treatment financially constrained. Our
International First Fridays provide an opportunity and an informal
space for international professionals to meet and interact with each
other. It is a time to kick back, enjoy great conversation, be
entertained and have a great time. The atmosphere is informal;
However, exchange of business cards is always
encouraged.
Saturday, August 6, 2005. 6
p.m.
Issa
Bagayogo. Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage. Issa Bagayogo blends Malian
roots music and Western dance technology, as heard on his latest
release, Tassoumakan (Six Degrees).
Saturday, August 6,
2005. 8 p.m.
Sunday, August 7, 2005.
7 p.m.
Lesole Z. Maine. Dance Place,
3225 8th St. NE, Washington, DC. Information: 202-269-1600. New
works inspired by Lesole's experience growing up on the streets of a
South African city mixes South African dance with modern and hip
hop.
Friday, August 12,
2005. 7:00
Energizers Camp Talent Show.
Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE, Washington, DC.
Information: 202-269-1600. Youth participants in Dance Place's summer arts camp showcase
works in West African dance, African drumming, Afro-Cuban drumming,
theater, hip-hop, singing and
more.
Saturday, August 13,
2005. 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Kenyan International Community's (KIC) Summer Festival. Wheaton Forest Local Park, 1700 University Boulevard, Wheaton, MD 20906. For more info call Mike Karoki 301.792.4191, Ian Muriithi 443.910.4546, or Alex Kotut 240.461.8428. Visit KIC website for more details:
www.kenyanic.com. Kenyan International Community (KIC), P.O.
Box 10053, Washington, DC 20018. Tel: 301.731.0424 Fax: 301.731.4977.
Wednesday, August 17,
2005. 6:30 - 8:30 PM
TransAfrica Forum's Writers' Corner
presents Mid-Summer Poetry with Omékongo Dibinga and Otema Yirenkyi.
TransAfrica Forum, 1426 21st Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington,
DC 20036. Part of the Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy
Library’s Writers’ Corner series of TransAfrica Forum. Books will be
available for sale. Suggested donation $5.00. For more
information and to register contact 202.223.1960 ext. 132 or email info@transafricaforum.org.
Thursday, August 25,
2005. 6:30-9:30 PM
Nigerian Business
Forum - PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING MIXER. Meet/network with
other young professionals and gain insight into the pulse of issues
US–based Nigerians and Africans face in their various
Entrepreneurship ventures and Corporate careers. Blue Gin Lounge &
Bar - www.bluegindc.com -
1206 Wisconsin Avenue, NW ( Georgetown), Washington, DC. Visit our
website: www.nbfonline.org.
Free admission with RSVP. RSVP: Shola Bello, sola_b 4me@hotmail.com,
(240) 498 3920; Ayo Adenuga, ayoa@nbfonline.org, (202) 425 5075;
Akin Sawyer, akin.sawyerr@alum.darmouth.org, (703) 318-9855. $10
Admission Fee W/O.
August 25 - 28, 2005
Khabo-Mabe on Time and LEFA Holding present the
2005 2nd Annual South Africa Week.
Theme: "The Importance of Principled Partnerships Between the New South Africa and
the United States". Event features: Panel Discussions, Receptions, Dinner Dance, South African
Village--Booths, Music Concerts, Arts and Crafts. For more information call 202.863.0310 or visit
http://www.transafricaforum.org/documents/2005AnnualSAWeek.pdf or
http://www.transafricaforum.org/communityevents.html
Wednesday,
August 31, 2005. 6 p.m.
Chicago
Classical Oriental Ensemble. Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble consists of
musicians from the U.S., Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Israel,
and France, and performs North African, Middle Eastern, Turkish,
Armenian, Sepharadic music, introducing audiences to the major
genres of Arabic music: the maqams, taqasim, and
iqa'at.
Coming in September
Tuesday, September 6,
2005. 6:00-8:00 PM
Panel Discussion: Multilateralism in Western
Africa: Regional Organizations and the United Nations. The
Embassy of Mali in Washington and the
United Nations Association of the
National Capital Area. At the residence of the Honourable
Abdoulaye Diop, Ambassador of the Republic of Mali to the United
States, 2131 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008. The program
will begin with a taste of traditional delicacies from Mali and will
close with the performance of a Malian traditional lute-harp player.
The speakers will feature: H.E Abdoulaye Diop, Ambassador
of Mali to the United States, Robert J. Berg, Senior
Advisor at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Caroline Sergeant, Alternate
Executive Director of the World Bank for the United Kingdom and
Development Counsellor at the British Embassy (invited).
Vivian Derryck, Senior Vice President, Academy for
Educational Development, will moderate the panel. $15
Admission Fee. Registration is limited, first come, first
served. Please, R.S.V.P. by Friday, September 2nd to
kamissa@unanca.org,
Or at 202–518-0471. Please
make your check payable to UNA-NCA and mail it to 1808
Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite #101,, Washington, DC 20009-5752.
Coming in April 2006 (Boston,
MA)
Sweet
Mother Tour Conference - Empowering Africans in the 21st
Century. sweetmother.org.
Co-sponsored by Harvard
University
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