Culture Club – April
April 24, 2009 by blackgirlgrown
Filed under books, movies, and music, food and drink, international, travel and culture
Culture Club is a periodic posting of cultural events which may be of interest to readers. Events are limited to the Washington, DC area.
Exhibits:
- The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise - Through November 2009, National Museum of American History
Film:
- Filmfest D.C. Until April 26 at various locations
- Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. April 29.
- Politics on Film May 7-10 at various locations
- Silverdocs June 15-22 at AFI Silver
Food:
- Taste of 8th (Street), Barracks Row. April 25.
International:
- Passport DC: Exploration of Washington’s embassies, various locations. April 30 – May 9.
Music:
- Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center. May 14-16.
- The Baltimore Symphony Orhestra Presents The Sounds of Motown. May 15-16
- Earth, Wind, and Fire & Chicago, Merriweather Post Pavillion. June 10.
- Diana Krall at Wolf Trap. June 17.
- John Legend at Merriweather Post Pavillion. July 17.
Poetry:
- Poetry Between the Lines, Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, MD. April 30.
Theatre:
- Blue Door, centered around the Million Man March, Atlas Performing Arts Center. Through May 3.
- Native Son, adaptation of Richard Wright’s novel, at The Gunston Arts Center II in Arlington, VA. Through May 9.
- Theater Look-In: The Color Purple, at the Kennedy Center. July 8.
