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HBCU First Look Film Festival Celebrates Black Stories

In a nod to generational Black storytelling, dozens of creatives, students, alumni and supporters of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) gathered at The...

DCPL’s Keep the Beat Week: Honoring Go-Go Music

The D.C. Public Library (DCPL) is honoring the District’s signature sound with Keep the Beat Week, also known as Go-Go Preservation Week, Nov. 10-15. The...

Amy Sherald’s ‘American Sublime’ exhibition opens

Amy Sherald gained global recognition after unveiling her portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama in 2018 for the National Portrait Gallery. While Sherald’s...

Banned Wagon: Fighting censorship on Banned Book Week

During Banned Book Week – Oct. 5-Oct. 11 – the Banned Wagon will hit the road with stops around Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia to...

Diddy Combs Sentenced to 50 Months for Prostitution Charges

After spending nearly 13 months as an inmate in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center and undergoing an eight-week trial from May to July, once celebrated...

McBride and Mehldau kick off tour at The Clarice

Friends for more than 35 years, bassist Christian McBride and pianist Brad Mehldau kicked off their month-long concert tour in College Park at The...

‘American Five’ at Ford’s: A play about MLK’s legacy

Many people know about the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and that famous photo of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

Media diversity crisis deepens with Attiah’s firing

Karen Attiah, The Washington Post’s only Black female opinion writer, said she was terminated after more than a decade at the paper for posts...

Celebrating African heritage at NMAfA

For more than 60 years, the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) has served its visitors as a means to champion communication, collaboration and...

40th Annual Mayor’s Art Awards Emphasize Power of Uplifting Local Artists

The 40th annual Mayor’s Arts Awards presented by Mayor Muriel Bowser, united artists, cultural leaders, and community members at the National Theatre in Washington,...

March On! Festival honors civil rights through arts

Through its longtime focus of highlighting films focused on civil rights, March On! Festival works to combat challenges and offer hope for the future. ...

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