Glover Park Social will be at Mason Inn, located at 2408 Wisconsin Ave NW, every Thursday night, from Feb.9, at 8 p.m. The event will feature some of the area’s finest comedians, musicians, and performing artists. The show is free. Artists can sign up by emailing gloverparksocial@gmail.com. Mason Inn opens at 6 p.m. and seating […]
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Washington D.C. Arts Collective Promoting Local Black Storytelling Industry
Three arts groups based in Washington, D.C., are joining forces to create a film and theater collective to galvanize the Black storytelling industry, locally. Prosperity Media, a nonprofit media arts organization, Koalaty Entertainment, a film and video production company and The Zhanra Group, a play development company, will announce the move at a news […]
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‘I am Psyched!’ Tour Shines Light on Black Female Psychologist’s Race Contributions
Whether rooted in the works of Inez Prosser or Mamie Phipps Clark, the field of psychology, particularly as it pertains to the mental health and social growth of Black children, has relied heavily on Black female psychologists. Still, these women of color – and hundreds of others – often remain hidden in plain view when […]
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Is It Time to Reform the Youth Rehabilitation Act?
D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), D.C. Public Defender Service general counsel Laura Hankins, and anti-violence activist Ronald Moten spoke on the Youth Rehabilitation Act (YRA), which came under fire after a newspaper series highlighted significant failings of the law. The Feb. 18 meeting of the Ward 8 Democrats, at the R.I.S.E. Center, was the […]
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Colleagues Remember Former D. C. Council Member H.R. Crawford
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Southeast D.C. was filled with elected officials, community leaders and a diverse quilt of political icons on Feb. 18 paying their final respects to former Ward 7 D.C. Council Member H.R. Crawford. D.C. Officials, residents and Crawford’s family gathered at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Southeast D.C. to […]
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Spotlight on Black Educators: University of D.C. President Ronald Mason
The University of the District of Columbia is recognized federally as an urban land-grant institution and a HBCU. In May 2015, Ronald Mason was hired for the presidency by the board of trustees of UDC and has since worked to upgrade the school. He told the AFRO of his many accomplishments since being selected as its […]
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DCPS Rodents, Bedbug Crisis May Mean City Infestation Issue
Following a week that identified bed bugs at Miner Elementary in Northeast, and citations by the D.C. Health department that shuttered luxury food depot Dean & Deluca and a Whole Foods – both in Georgetown – concerns have grown among city officials and residents that the District may soon be overrun with pests. Minor Elementary […]
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Man Robs 2 D.C. 7-Eleven Stores Over Holiday Weekend
The Metropolitan Police Department is currently searching for a man who robbed two convenience stores in the middle of the night over the President’s Day weekend. According to police reports, a man armed with a shotgun walked into a 7-Eleven convenience store in the 5500 block of South Dakota Avenue, NE and demanded money from […]
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Madame Tussauds and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation Celebrate Black History Month
To celebrate Black History Month, Madame Tussauds D.C. and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) are partnering to bring Black History Month to life. Madame Tussauds will be showcasing prominent African American figures including Frederick Douglass, Marion Barry, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali at the Kennedy Recreation Center, located […]
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ASALH Black History Month Luncheon
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the founders of Black History Month, is scheduled to host its 91st annual Black History Month Luncheon — the nation’s premier Black History Month event – on Feb. 25 at noon at the Washington Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, N.W. Rep. James E. […]
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D.C. 2017 Black History Film Festival
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office on African American Affairs and actor Lamman Rucker are scheduled to present the 2017 Black History Film Festival on Feb. 26 at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street, NW from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit fultoncommission5.wixsite.com/bhff.
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D.C. Parks and Recreation Event Gets Residents Moving
By Kristi Love, Special to the AFRO (Updated 02/17/2017) Hundreds of D.C. residents gathered at a local recreation center to once again celebrate their Valentine’s Day with a dance. The annual line dancing event, sponsored by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation on Feb. 10 at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Northeast D.C., […]
