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Celebrate the rich culture and history of African Americans while also honoring Arlington's African American heritage at the 19th Annual Feel the Heritage Festival on Saturday, Feb. 26 from 12:00 - 5:00 p.m., at the Charles Drew Community Center.
This is a fun and educational event for the whole family and features a great lineup of entertainment including music and dance performances from the Image Band and Soul in Motion, blues music from acoustic blues musician, song writer and Alexandria native Rick Franklin, comedy from acclaimed comedian Laughing Lenny, the unique Washington DC art form of seven step hand dance, arts and crafts, educational programming, photo exhibits of historical African American neighborhoods in Arlington, delicious food, and much more!
Admission to the festival is free.
Find more Black History Month resources, for children and adults, at the Library.
- Call For Authors -- African American National Biography
African American National Biography Henry Louis Gates, Jr., & Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Editors The African American National Biography (AANB), a joint project of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard...
- Shirlington Jazz Festival
The Shirlington Branch Library may be closed on Thursday, but you can still find great, free things to do in Shirlington! This month, Thursday nights in Shirlington Village are all about the annual Shirlington Jazz Festival: Aug. 4 - MisturadaAug.11...
- Adam Miller - Songs Of Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer
Adam Miller, one of the world?s premier autoharpists, will perform ?The Songs of Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer,? at the Madison Public LibraryThursday, September 107:00 p.m. Woody Guthrie wrote over 1000 folksongs in his lifetime including ?This...
- February Is Black History Month....
? The 2012 theme for African American History Month, celebrated in February, is "Black Women in American: Culture and History."...
- Reminisce Society To Host Black Iowa History Program
African American history in Iowa dates back to before Iowa became a state. The first African American to come to Iowa was York, a slave of William Clark (Clark of the Louis and Clark Expedition). Iowa played an important role in the Underground Railroad...
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19th Annual Feel the Heritage Festival: County Celebration of African-American Culture and History
Celebrate the rich culture and history of African Americans while also honoring Arlington's African American heritage at the 19th Annual Feel the Heritage Festival on Saturday, Feb. 26 from 12:00 - 5:00 p.m., at the Charles Drew Community Center.
This is a fun and educational event for the whole family and features a great lineup of entertainment including music and dance performances from the Image Band and Soul in Motion, blues music from acoustic blues musician, song writer and Alexandria native Rick Franklin, comedy from acclaimed comedian Laughing Lenny, the unique Washington DC art form of seven step hand dance, arts and crafts, educational programming, photo exhibits of historical African American neighborhoods in Arlington, delicious food, and much more!
Admission to the festival is free.
Find more Black History Month resources, for children and adults, at the Library.
- Call For Authors -- African American National Biography
African American National Biography Henry Louis Gates, Jr., & Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Editors The African American National Biography (AANB), a joint project of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard...
- Shirlington Jazz Festival
The Shirlington Branch Library may be closed on Thursday, but you can still find great, free things to do in Shirlington! This month, Thursday nights in Shirlington Village are all about the annual Shirlington Jazz Festival: Aug. 4 - MisturadaAug.11...
- Adam Miller - Songs Of Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer
Adam Miller, one of the world?s premier autoharpists, will perform ?The Songs of Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer,? at the Madison Public LibraryThursday, September 107:00 p.m. Woody Guthrie wrote over 1000 folksongs in his lifetime including ?This...
- February Is Black History Month....
? The 2012 theme for African American History Month, celebrated in February, is "Black Women in American: Culture and History."...
- Reminisce Society To Host Black Iowa History Program
African American history in Iowa dates back to before Iowa became a state. The first African American to come to Iowa was York, a slave of William Clark (Clark of the Louis and Clark Expedition). Iowa played an important role in the Underground Railroad...