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Culture Series: Comedy Across the River
Busboys and Poets Anacostia 2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC, United StatesIn this special Culture Series, we ask who gets to laugh together, and what is lost when communities east of the Anacostia are left out? HumanitiesDCPresents Culture Series: Comedy Across the River explores the stand-up scene east of the Anacostia and the lack of performance spaces in Wards 7 and 8. Comedians have long brought people […]
Free – $20DC Oral History Workshop: Planning Oral History Projects
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesHow do you invite interviewees? How do you keep things on track? What does it cost? Running an oral history project is a lot of work! But the skills and best practices in this core workshop in the DC Oral History Collaborative’s Training Series will help participants understand how to avoid getting bogged down in […]
Free – $32.49DC Oral History Collaborative: Oral History 101+ Workshop
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesLearn how to record oral history interviews with your family, friends, and community. This course will introduce Washingtonians interested in becoming oral historians to the best practices of doing oral history, to empower them with the basic tools for developing their style and approach to preserving DC’s rich past through oral history interviews. This course […]
Free – $75
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