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ARIZTOS Magazine
EM-PATH
Magazine
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
Saturdays:
International
Saturdays. IZORA
Restaurant & Nite Club, 1115 East West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20906
June Listings
TransAfrica Forum - Community Events - June
2005
Through June 15
Art
Exhibit: "The Business of Sustainable Development-An African Forest
Tale". Woodrow
Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC. A special exhibition of art by
Senegalese Glass Painter Mor Gueye, illustrating a children's story
written by Woodrow Wilson Fellow Jesse Ribot on the disjuncture
between European and local discourses in colonial and post-colonial
forestry. The exhibit is open to the public now, and runs through
June 15.
Friday, June
3, 2005.
7-9pm.
afrikafé International First Friday. Featuring: WARIKO
KABUGA-WAITA - Designer (KENYA). 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.
Saturday, June 4, 2005. 9am-5pm.
African People's Intercontinental Awards (Day Session) -
African World Fine
Arts & Craft Show. Presented by
ChatAfriK. Washington Convention
Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW. Washington D.C. 20001.
Saturday, June 4, 2005.
7:00PM - 12 Midnight
African People's
Intercontinental Awards.
Celebrating Africans'
Achievements. Presented by ChatAfriK. Washington Convention
Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW. Washington D.C. 20001.
Saturday, June 4, 2005. 8 p.m.
Step
Afrika! presents The Last Step 2005 Season Finale and Benefit.
Lincoln Theatre
June 6-12, 2005
Dance Africa
DC 2005. The Dance Place.
Wednesday, June 8, 2005. 7:30 p.m.
Oliver Mtukudzi &
Black Spirits.
Birchmere Music Hall. http://www.birchmere.com/calendar/calendar_list.cfm
Friday, June
10,
2005.
6:00 p.m.
Egypt: Hidden Treasures of the
Desert. National Geographic Society
Headquarters, 1600 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
20036.
Saturday, June 11 at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.;
Wednesday, June 15 at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.; Wednesday, June 22 at
10:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Children's
Film Program: Open a Door (ages 5 and up).
National Gallery of
Art. Open a
Door is a series of international films,
each showing, without dialogue, a simple event during one day in the
life of a small child. Find out what adventures a day brings to
Anita in Chile, Darioush in Iran, Wen-Zheng in Taiwan, and Yolanda
in South Africa, when each child opens a door and leaves home behind
(Ragdoll Limited, UK, 40 minutes). The Saturday Open a Door
screenings will be followed by a hands-on art
activity.
Saturday,
June 11, 2005. 7pm- 4am (Doors open at
6:30pm). Party Only: 10pm- 4am
African 4 Play -
Comedy Show and
Party.
IDOA
Entertainment
June 15-18
World
Refugee Day Events. National Geographic Society Headquarters,
1600 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.
Monday, June 20, 2005. 6 p.m.
The Wato
Sita Project. Millennium Stage - The John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC Information:
202-467-4600. Free. A celebration of musical traditions from Africa
to the Americas for World Refugee Day, presented by United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees and In Memory of African Culture Inc.
Amadou Kouyate, Fred Johnson and Pepe Gonzalez
perform.
Wednesday, June 22, at 10:30 and 11:30
a.m.
Children's
Film Program: Open a Door (ages 5 and up).
National Gallery of
Art. Open a
Door is a series of international films,
each showing, without dialogue, a simple event during one day in the
life of a small child. Find out what adventures a day brings to
Anita in Chile, Darioush in Iran, Wen-Zheng in Taiwan, and Yolanda
in South Africa, when each child opens a door and leaves home behind
(Ragdoll Limited, UK, 40 minutes). The Saturday Open a Door
screenings will be followed by a hands-on art
activity.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005. 5:30 PM
HUGH MASEKELA. Zanzibar, 700 Water
Street, SW, Washington, DC.
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