The Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, will present “Connecting the Gems of the Indian Ocean: Eastern Africa’s ‘Swahili’ Civilization, Oman and the Gulf” from 8:30 a.m.…
From South Africa to Washington, DC, ReVision dance company works with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to express their raw emotions and experiences through dance. Leaving behind stereotypes, the audience joins ReVision in celebrating the strengths and abilities…
Just like Class Acts Arts, Step Afrika! is 20 this year. A long standing part of the Class Acts Arts family, Step Afrika! is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping. An important part…
Discover delicate ballads and sensuous African grooves from this Grammy-winning vocalist, percussionist, and dancer praised as one of contemporary African music’s most charismatic talents. Thursday, January 8 at 8 pm at The Barns Ticket Price: $25-$30 http://www.wolftrap.org/Home/Find_Performances_and_Events/Performance/1415Barns/0108show15.aspx Hailing from the…
One of the world’s preeminent private collections of African American art will have its first public viewing later this year at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. “Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue” brings together artworks from two…
The International Development Bank (IDB) Cultural Center and the Embassy of Colombia presented an early evening dance performance Thursday by Compañía del Cuerpo de Indias at IDB’s Enrique V. Iglesias Auditorium in downtown DC. The group is a professional contemporary dance troupe…
Nov. 20 Program Celebrates Acquisition of Seymour’s Spanish Civil War Photos A Library of Congress program will observe the 103rd anniversary of the birth of David Seymour, whose pen name is CHIM, one of the best-known photojournalists of the 20th…
