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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. WPFW 89.3 FM - Pacifica
Radio, Washington, DC. Weekly radio magazine
showcasing Africa and the Diaspora.
Thursdays,
8:00 - 9:00pm
"On Africa" - WHUT-TV -
TV32
(Howard University)
- Schedules
Daily
Wild Safari: A South African Adventure
(3D). National Museum of
Natural History IMAX Theater. This IMAX adventure offers you a
personally guided South African safari. Get an up-close view of
Africa’s “Big Five”— elephants, Cape buffaloes, rhinos, leopards and
lions. 45 minutes. Showtimes - 11:10 am, 1:00 pm, 2:50 pm, 4:40
pm--daily; 5:40 pm, 7:30 pm--Fridays and Saturdays Closed Captioned,
Descriptive Video
Wednesdays, 10pm-2am: Open Mike Poetry Night. Harambe African Cafe. 1771 U St. NW, Washington, DC. 202-332-6435
Fridays & Saturdays:
International Caribbean African Nite.
Kili's Kafé &
Lounge. 2009 8th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009
January Event
Listings
The following organizations' Events Pages provide
listings of additional events that may not be listed here:
Africa Action - Events
Calendar
afrikafé -
Events
TransAfrica Forum - Community
Events
Young
African Professionals Network
January 4, 2006 - January 27, 2006
Darfur
"Children's Drawings" Exhibit at United Methodist Building.
Africa Action's exhibit of drawings from child survivors of the
genocide in Darfur is on display at universities, organizations and
other venues around the Washington, DC area. Come see the exhibit at
the United Methodist Building from January 4 - 27. For more
information on the exhibit click
here. United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Avenue, NE,
Washington, DC 20002. Contact: Marie Clarke Brill mobilize@africaaction.org
202-546 7961.
Thursday,
January 12, 2006. 12:00 pm
Lunchtime
screening of AIDS movie "Yesterday". Academy
Award-nominated South African movie. This film screening is jointly
hosted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, amfAR and Africa Action.
"Yesterday" is the first feature-length movie on AIDS in Africa. It
tells the story of the impact of HIV/AIDS on a rural KwaZulu-Natal
community by focusing on one woman's experience. The film was
commissioned by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to help better inform
the broader world about the impact of HIV/AIDS in worst-affected
countries. Please RSVP by January 9th to felichias@kff.org. Barbara
Jordan Conference Center at Kaiser Family Foundation, 1330 G Street,
NW, Washington, DC. Contact:
felichias@kff.org
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