By Alexis LaRue
AFRO Intern
alarue@afro.com
This Black History Month, celebrate the beauty of African American art, culture and life with a plethora of events in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Check out this calendar of events to get a better understanding of how to celebrate Black History all month long.
Maryland
Baltimore County
Baltimore County Public Library Black History Month Events
Movie at Lansdowne Senior Center: The Six Triple Eight
Sit back, relax and enjoy a screening of The Six Triple Eight (2024) at the Lansdowne-Baltimore Highlands Senior Center. (PG-13; 2 hours, 7 minutes)
Date: Feb. 19
Time: 12 p.m- 2 p.m
Location: Lansdowne Baltimore-Highland Senior Center,
424 3rd Ave, Baltimore, MD 21227
Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen
Join NPR investigative journalist Cheryl W. Thompson as she tells the story of the disappearance of 27 Black pilots who trained at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama.
Date: Feb. 21
Time: 2 p.m – 4 p.m
Location: Baltimore County Public Library, Randallstown Branch
8604 Liberty Road,
Randallstown, MD, 21133
Make Gee’s Bend Quilt Art
Learn about the African-American women who made Gee’s Bend quilts and create a paper design in the Gee’s Bend style.
Date: Feb. 28
Time: 2 p.m – 3 p.m
Location: Baltimore County Public Library, White Marsh Branch
8133 Sandpiper Cir, Baltimore, MD 21236
Baltimore City
Voices in Solidarity: Baltimore’s Black and Jewish Operatic History | Roots and Resonance
A collaborative panel, performance, and recital exploring connections between Black and Jewish musical traditions through history and artistic exchange.
Date: Feb. 14
Time: 11 a.m – 3:30 p.m
Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
830 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202
Frederick Douglass–Isaac Myers Maritime Park – Black History Month Saturdays
Black History Month Open Tours – Free visits and tours of the historic museum every Saturday in February to celebrate African American maritime history and Frederick Douglass’s legacy.
Date: Feb. 14, Feb. 21 and Feb. 28
Time: 12 p.m – 4 p.m
Location: Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
1417 Thames St, Baltimore, MD 21231
D.C.
Baldwin: The Fire of the Mountain:The Life of James Baldwin
The Multi-Media Training Institute (MMTI), in partnership with the DC Black History Celebration Committee, will present the world premiere of BALDWIN: The Fire on the Mountain – The Life of James Baldwin at the historic Lincoln Theatre.
Date: Feb. 23
Time: Doors at 5 p.m., show at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St NW, D.C.
Cost: Free
Crafter-noon: Black History Month Crafts
Cleveland Park Library will host a Black History Month Crafter-noon designed for kids ages 5-12. Kids can enjoy an afternoon filled with collage-making crafts and self-guided paper quilts.
Date: Feb. 26
Time: 4:30 p.m -5:30 p.m
Location: Cleveland Park Library
3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. Washington, D.C.
Cost: Free
Queer Black Broadway Tour
Join off the Mall Tours and the Rainbow History Project as they take you through the U Street Corridor, also known as Black Broadway.
Date: Feb. 28
Time: 2 p.m – 4 p.m
Location: 620 T Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
Cost: $30
Virginia
Black History Poetry Slam and Open Mic
Join the City of Alexandria’s Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities for a night of Black History Poems and Open Mics. Celebrate 100 years of Black History Month through live poetry performances by talented local artists.
Date: Feb. 21
Time: 6 p.m – 9 p.m
Location: Charles Houston Recreation Center
901 Wythe St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Fight For the Right to Read: Family Program
Join Jeff Gottesfeld, Michelle Y. Green and Howard University graduate Kim Holt as they discuss their new book, “Fight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Reading Equality.”
Date: Feb. 28
Time: 11 a.m – 12 p.m
Location: Alexandria Black History Museum, 902 Wythe St., Alexandria VA
Cost: Free
“Path to Freedom” returns
The Hurrah Players announce the return of the stage production, “Path to Freedom,” as they tell a deeply moving theatrical experience on the evolution of African American Culture
Dates: Feb. 20 – 22
Time(s): Feb. 20 – 7 p.m
Feb. 21 – 2 p.m and 7 p.m
Feb. 22 – 2 p.m and 7 p.m
Location: Hugh R. Copeland Center
112 W. Wilson Ave, Norfolk, VA 23510
Cost: $27