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Saturday, January 17
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Renewing America's Promise
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the museum is offering free shuttle bus service (see below) from the National Mall for visitors to enjoy its exhibitions and programs. The exhibitions on view include Jubilee: African American Celebrations and Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia. Public programs include the following:
• 11 AM-1 PM: Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida read and sign copies of their book Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs, which is available for purchase.
• 2:30 PM and 3:30 PM: Griot/Master Storyteller Baba-C and Tomorrow's Voices offer a program on how America's promise for African Americans has been renewed, on their journey from emancipation to equality. Visitors are encouraged to participate in an interactive poetry session featuring the poetry of Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and original works by other literary voices.
Shuttle Schedule:
• Shuttle bus departs from the Smithsonian Castle on the Mall (1000 Jefferson Dr., SW) at 10 AM, 12 Noon, and 2 PM.
• Shuttle bus departs museum to return to the Castle at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Free
Continues Jan. 18 & 19
See related book signings Jan. 19 & 20 at American History
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Anacostia Community Museum
Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1st Floor
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Sunday, January 18
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Renewing America's Promise
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the museum is offering free shuttle bus service (see below) from the National Mall for visitors to enjoy its exhibitions and programs. The exhibitions on view include Jubilee: African American Celebrations and Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia.
Shuttle Schedule:
• Shuttle bus departs from the Smithsonian Castle on the Mall (1000 Jefferson Dr., SW) at 10 AM, 12 Noon, and 2 PM.
• Shuttle bus departs museum to return to the Castle at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Free
Continues Jan. 19
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1st Floor
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Monday, January 19
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Renewing America's Promise
Inaugural Activities |
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To celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the museum is offering free shuttle bus service (see below) from the National Mall for visitors to enjoy its exhibitions and programs. The exhibitions on view include Jubilee: African American Celebrations and Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia.
Shuttle Schedule:
• Shuttle bus departs from the Smithsonian Castle on the Mall (1000 Jefferson Dr., SW) at 10 AM, 12 Noon, and 2 PM.
• Shuttle bus departs museum to return to the Castle at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 3:30 PM.
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1st Floor
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Saturday, January 24
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Highland Beach on the Chesapeake Bay: First African American
Chartered Town in the State of Maryland; Discussion |
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Jay Langston (city commissioner) discusses the history of Highland Beach in Maryland, the oldest African American summer resort founded in the summer of 1893 by Charles Douglass, son of Frederick Douglass. Book sale and signing follow.
Free; but reservations required, call 202-633-4844
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Anacostia Community Museum
Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Saturday, February 7
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African Americans at Play
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Philip J. Merrill (noted collector, educator, and former Antiques Roadshow appraiser) presents examples of toys and games and discusses the history and social significance of African Americans at play. Families are encouraged to come, participate, and have fun.
Free; but reservations required, call 202-633-4844
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Wednesday, February 11
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Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Black History Month
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Join historian and author C.R. Gibbs and learn how the oldest, most widespread, and most important celebration of African American history and culture began. In addition, Gibbs offers intriguing insights into the seldom discussed life and work of Dr. Woodson and his continuing battle for equality on behalf of himself and others in Jim Crow-era Washington, D.C. Celebrates Black History Month.
Free; but reservations required, call 202-633-4844
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Saturday, February 21
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Mardi Gras Carnival--Art and Music Festival
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Come celebrate Mardi Gras and Carnival with a guided tour of the Jubilee exhibition, musical selections from carnival, costuming, mask making, storytelling, and a variety of art activities. Be sure to come early and get your face painted.
Free; for information, call 202-633-4844
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Wednesday, February 25
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Black Orpheus
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(1959, 107 min., directed by Marcel Camus, in Portuguese with English subtitles) This video is based on the Greek Orpheus-Eurydice legend, but updated with an all-black cast, played against the colorful background of Carnival in Brazil. Celebrates Black History Month.
Free; for information, call 202-633-4844
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Friday, February 27
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Today's Barry Farm Community
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Community historian Kalem Umrani provides a profile of Barry Farm in Anacostia and describes citizens' concerns for this area before discussing the impact of the New Communities Project on Barry Farm Dwelling and the efforts by citizens to participate in shaping the character of the new development. Celebrates Black History Month.
Free; but reservations required, call 202-633-4844
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Saturday, March 7
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Stepping Out
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Learn about the roots and development of "stepping," a unique form of African American expression that is performed today by fraternities, sororities, churches, schools, military units, and other social groups, all displaying distinctive styles of marching. Those attending are invited to share their stepping experience.
Free; for information, call 202-633-4844
See related video at 2 PM today
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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| 2 PM
Stomp the Yard
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(2007, 114 min., directed by Sylvain White, rated PG-13) DJ, an underground street dancer, enters college and becomes adept at "stepping," a form of marching performed by college fraternities.
Free; for reservation, call 202-633-4844
See related program at 12 Noon today
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Wednesday, March 11
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D.C.'s Deaf Community and Gallaudet University: The Struggle
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Sandra Jowers-Barber (assistant professor of history, University of the District of Columbia) offers insights into the history of African American deaf presence at Gallaudet University, the racially motivated removal of these students in 1905, and the successful 1952 legal challenge that ended the policy of refusing to educate the students within the District of Columbia.
Free; for reservations, call 202-633-4844
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Saturday, March 21
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Create a Quilted Holiday Door Hanging
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In celebration of National Quilt Month, join quilt maker Maria R. Goodwin and construct a holiday hanging for the door with fusible fabric, inspired by the Jubilee exhibition. No sewing experience needed. Enrollment is limited.
Registration and $10 fee due by March 13, call 202-633-4868
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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Location: Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE
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Saturday, March 28
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Rising above Limitations - The Spirit of African American
Women Inventors: Lecture |
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Patricia Carter Sluby (a registered patent agent and author) brings the eye of a patent examiner to the record of African American female ingenuity from the earliest known to the present, chronicling the trials and suffering and then the success that women inventors experienced during modern times.
Free; for reservations, call 202-633-4844
Related Exhibition: Jubilee: African American Celebration
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