HumanitiesDC

Culture Series: The Other Significant Others
2024-06-06 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Busboys and Poets 450 K St NW, 450 K St NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Event Details:
Our need for stronger social ties could hardly be clearer at a time when so many Americans are feeling the effects of the loneliness epidemic and a decline in platonic relationships that has been dubbed a “friendship recession.” A panel will discuss what we can learn from past and present approaches to friendship, from ceremonies that honor platonic relationships to communal living arrangements. They’ll use these examples to imagine the role of friendship in our lives moving forward. The evening will conclude with the performance of a song about friendship.
Join guest curator Rhaina Cohen, the author of the bestselling book The Other Significant Others, in conversation with a panel that brings both research expertise and first-hand experience with building a life with friends.
ASL Interpretation will be provided.
More About the Curator: Rhaina Cohen is the author of the bestselling book The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center and an award-winning producer for NPR’s documentary podcast, Embedded. Her work, which often focuses on social connection, has aired on numerous podcasts and radio shows, including Hidden Brain, Invisibilia, and Morning Edition, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic and elsewhere. Her book research was supported by a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars Program.
ASL Interpretation will be provided.
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: June 6, 2024 • 7PM
Location: Busboys and Poets, 450 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jwatkins@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806

Keep the Mic Close – Audio Techniques for Oral History
2024-05-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Event Details:
This core workshop in the DC Oral History Collaborative Training Series will take an in-depth look at some of the techniques that oral historians use to get high-quality audio from their recording equipment. While the workshop will focus on the Zoom H4n audio recorder, many of the skills and practices introduced can be used for recording with any technologies. In this workshop, attendees will:
• Learn how to optimize settings on their audio recorders to get the best audio.
• Discover how, at a fundamental level, their narrators’ voices are encoded into preservation-quality digital files.
• Understand some of the most common causes of poor audio quality and how to set up their interview space to avoid them.
The DC Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) documents, preserves, and celebrates the lived experiences of all Washington, DC residents and communities through oral history. The Collaborative accomplishes this by providing training, mentorship, resources, programs, and funding to current and aspiring oral historians. The Collaborative is a partnership of HumanitiesDC and the DC Public Library.

Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: May 20, 2024 • 6PM
Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Library 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Event fee: Free
Registration: Event Link
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Contact: Jasper Collier
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jcollier@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 804

Culture Series: Narratives of Black Resilience
2024-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Busboys and Poets, Brookland, 625 Monroe Street NE, Washington, DC, 20017, United States
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Join HumanitiesDC and guest curator Jermaine Jones to explore how Black literature produced from the 20th century up to today offers quasi essential history of a resilient cultural movement, investigates the power of Black pliability under Jim Crow and systemic racism, and celebrates the rebellious power of Black imagination.
Black Literature is instrumental in defeating the “Rashomon Effect“ and anachronistic racism, dismantling barriers of inequality, discrimination, and typecast. More importantly, Black literature has been pivotal in functioning as the defense attorney for Black culture and helping the world understand the challenges and triumphs experienced by Black people in America. Black literature is also responsible for shaping the culture, identities, and voices of a considerable number of cities in America, including Washington, DC.
ASL Interpretation will be provided.
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: May 16, 2024 • 7PM
Location: Busboys and Poets, 625 Monroe Street NE, Washington, DC 20017
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jwatkins@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806

Free Concert: Musical Journey Around the Globe
2024-05-13 13:00 - 14:30 | F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, MD, 20851, United States
Event Details:
Summer is just around the corner! Join Washington Metro Oasis to kick off the new term with a bang! Join Seth Kibel and Friends for a whirlwind tour of music from Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and beyond. This musical journey will set your toes tapping and your spirits flying! The concert is held at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville. The event is free, but registration is required. Register directly through AARP via this link or call AARP at 877-926-8300. You’ll find the full schedule of Washington Metro Oasis classes on our website, OR you can call us at 240-800-3745 to request a printed catalog.
Host: Washington Metro Oasis
Date: May 13, 2024 • 1PM
Location: 603 Edmonston Dr, Rockville, MD 20851
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Janice Pliner
Website: Washington Metro Oasis
Email: jpliner1@jhmi.edu
Phone: 240-800-3745

Art of Resilience: Celebrating DC's Black Arts Community
2024-05-04 13:00 - 14:30 | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Event Details:
Join us for this exciting opportunity to hear the stories of some of DC’s most iconic Black visual artists. The speakers will talk about their lives and their work and will share archived oral histories they’ve given as part of the DC Oral History Collaborative collection in the People’s Archive. While they share their memories, contemporary portrait artists will be live-painting them and the finished portraits will be displayed at the DC Public Library.
This is a rare chance to learn about the DC Black arts scene in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, a time when a strong community of curators and gallery owners worked collaboratively to support a burgeoning community of Black artists in the District, from the artists themselves.
The event will be held in the “New Books” space at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, near the library cafe. The closest metro stop is Gallery Place – Chinatown.

Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: May 4, 2024 • 1PM
Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Jasper Collier
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jcollier@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.387.8391

¿Qué es la historia oral y por qué es importante?
2024-04-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, 3160 16th St NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
Event Details
Este taller introductorio explorará qué es la historia oral, cómo esta herramienta se ha utilizado para la preservación de historias comunitarias y su relación con las entrevistas y los cuentos cotidianos. Los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de aprender qué factores y eventos motivan a historiadores orales a documentar historias comunitarias utilizando esta forma de narración. Durante el taller, los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de aprender cómo pueden encontrar y explorar archivos de entrevistas que narran historias comunitarias (especialmente, las historias dirigidas hacia la comunidad Latina de Washington, D.C., Maryland y Virginia). En este proceso, identificarán elementos básicos de una buena entrevista y tendrán la oportunidad de pensar cómo les pueden servir las historias orales para documentar sus propias historias o empezar proyectos académicos.
Este taller será liderada en español por José Centeno-Meléndez, un historiador local que utiliza la historia oral como herramienta para documentar las contribuciones/las vidas de latinos y salvadoreños en el DMV.
This introductory workshop will help participants define oral history in relationship to the history of the practice and other forms of interviewing and storytelling. Participants will learn what motivates oral historians to do their work and what might motivate them to initiate projects of their own. Participants will also learn how to discover archival oral history interviews and begin to understand what makes a good interview. Finally, participants will think about how to turn their topical interests into guiding research questions.

Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: April 25, 2024 • 6PM
Location: Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, 3160 16th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20010
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Jasper Collier
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jcollier@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.387.8391

William Beckett Project: Conversation and Reception
2024-04-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Picnic Grove #1, Picnic Grove #1, near the intersection of Shoemaker and Tilden Streets NW, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, DC, 20008, United States
Event Details:
Come learn about William Beckett, who was once the enslaved manager of Joshua Peirce’s nursery business on Linnaean Hill, now Rock Creek Park headquarters. With funding from HumanitiesDC, the Friends of Peirce Mill recently researched Beckett’s remarkable life, and will share his story. The event begins at 1PM, Saturday, April 20, with a conversation at Picnic Grove #1 in Rock Creek Park. Then we’ll head up to Linnaean Hill, now known as Klingle Mansion. Visitors will have the option to walk up the hill or to take a free shuttle bus. We’ll end the afternoon with a reception on the lawn of Linnaean Hill, where William Beckett was born in 1833. A new interpretive exhibit telling Beckett’s life story will be installed near the mansion from April 20 to May 5, 2024. Rain date: Sunday, April 21

Host: Friends of Peirce Mill
Date: April 20, 2024 • 1PM
Location: Picnic Grove #1, near the intersection of Shoemaker and Tilden Streets NW, Rock Creek Park
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Angela K. Kramer
Website: friendsofpeircemill.org
Email: angela@friendsofpeircemill.org
Phone: 718-208-3161

Culture Series: Decoding DC Language
2024-04-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Busboys and Poets 450 K St NW, 450 K St NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Event Details:
HumanitiesDC invites you to an engaging interactive discussion on African American Language and its speakers in the DMV area. The event, which will include special appearances from local spoken word artists will be held from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, Thursday, April 18, at Busboys and Poets, 450 K Street, NW. Throughout the evening, we’ll explore some interesting questions like: What is African American Language? Is it slang? Why do some people say ‘urrea’ while others say ‘area?’ Chocolate City is becoming less chocolate. Does it matter?
Join Dr. Minnie Annan for a lively and interactive conversation on African American Language in the DMV area. Click here to register for this event.
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: April 18, 2024 • 7PM
Location: Busboys and Poets, 450 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jwatkins@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806

The Struggle to Realize Enlightenment Ideals
2024-04-18 18:00 - 20:00 | NYU Washington DC, 1307 L Street NW, Washington DC, DC, 20005, United States
Event Details:
Theater and Policy Salon presents, “The Struggle to Realize Enlightenment Ideals: From the Early Days of the American Republic to the Present”
Last fall’s HumanitiesDC supported event featured teasers for Jamie Stiehm’s theatrical work “Across The River.” Now join us for a free reading of the entire play, followed by a dialogue about full political participation by women and people of color in America. See the same talented actors who made Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson come alive last October.
The play reading will be at 6PM on Thursday, April 18 at the NYU DC campus, 1307 L Street NW, in downtown DC. The post-show panel will feature Fergus Bordewich, Historian and Writer, Dr. Maya Kornberg, Research Fellow, Elections and Government Program, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice, Jasleen Singh, Counsel, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice, and Angela Tate, Curator of Women?s History, National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Host: Theater and Policy Salon,
Date: April 18, 2024 • 6PM
Location: NYU DC campus, 1307 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Michael Feldman
Website: Theater and Policy Salon
Email: mfeldman@mfeldman.net
Phone: N/A

The Inner Loop's 10th Anniversary Reading
2024-04-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Sonny’s Pizza, 3120 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
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Alice McDermott returns to The Inner Loop to read from the new novel Absolution, after which Inner Loop board, staff, and veteran readers read flash pieces of 2 minutes or less in rapid succession. We’ll have tarot readings, interactive sculpture tables, Inner Loop merch, and plenty of time to party at this special reading event! Whether you’re a bookworm, an inspiring writer, or just enjoy listening to stories, The Inner Loop readings have something for everyone. Our mission is to create an inclusive writing community in DC, so we encourage you to grab some food, a drink, and meet other literature lovers. We can’t wait to see you there!
Host: The Inner Loop
Date: April 16, 2024 • 7PM
Location: Sunny’s Pizza, 3120 Georgia Ave NW Washington, DC 20010
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Aeriel Merillat
Website: theinnerloop.org
Email: hello@theinnerlooplit.org
Phone: N/A

Culture Series: Transcending Boundaries - Trans Histories and Liberation
2024-04-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Busboys and Poets, Brookland, 625 Monroe Street NE, Washington, DC, 20017, United States
Event Details:
Explore frontline perspectives on the escalating anti-trans legislation in the US in this compelling paneled event, slated from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, Thursday, April 11, at Busboys and Poets, 625 Monroe Street NE, Washington, DC, 20017. Hear firsthand accounts from resilient trans individuals, including impassioned activists, dedicated community organizers, and those working against legal challenges to trans rights.
Join Cooper Joslin, a web developer and DC-based multimedia artist, and a group of exceptional panelists as they shed light on the broader implications of discriminatory laws targeting the trans community.
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: April 11, 2024 • 7PM
Location: Busboys and Poets, 625 Monroe Street NE, Washington, DC, 20017
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jwatkins@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806

The DC History Conference Celebrates 50 Years
2024-04-04 - 2024-04-06 | DC
Event Details:
HumanitiesDC, in partnership with the DC Public Library and the DC History Center, is proud to present the 50th Anniversary of the DC History Conference held April 4-6, 2024, at the MLK Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. This free event is an annual interdisciplinary, community conference considering the District’s past, present, and future. Come learn about how history has shaped DC. Register for the conference here.
Host: DC History Center
Date: April 4-6, 2024
Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Event fee: Free
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Contact: DC History Center
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: conference@dchistory.org
Phone: N/A

Black Women on the Move: JOURNEY(S): addis to dc Screening & Discussion
2024-03-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Eaton DC, 1201 K St. NW, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Join Eaton DC for an evening of storytelling and conversation centering the diverse origins and migration experiences of Black women. We’re screening JOURNEY(S): addis to dc, an experimental “docupoem” anthology, made possible with grant funding from HumanitiesDC. Director/producer Saaret E. Yoseph will be in-person for a post-screening discussion, following presentations of relevant performances and visual artwork by Marjuan Canady, Redeat Wondemu, Wayna Wondwossen.

The Inner Loop March Reading
2024-03-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Shaw’s Tavern, 520 Florida Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Mark your calendar, grab your friends, and head to Shaw’s Tavern on March 19th at 7:30pm to hear the amazing Helena Andrews with Author’s Corner Spotlight Len Kruger and eight more writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Whether you’re a bookworm, an inspiring writer, or just enjoy listening to stories, The Inner Loop readings have something for everyone. Our mission is to create an inclusive writing community in DC, so we encourage you to grab some food, a drink, and meet other literature lovers. We can’t wait to see you there! Click here to register.

The H Street Oral History Project Festival
2024-03-16 11:30 - 2024-03-17 19:00 | DC
The multi-year arc of Mosaic Theater Company?s H Street Oral History Project, spearheaded by the Andrew W. Mellon Playwright-in-Residence Psalmayene 24, culminates with the H Street Oral History Project Festival. Using Washington, DC?s H Street corridor as a source of inspiration and preservation, local playwrights Dane Figueroa Edidi, Gethsemane Herron-Coward, and James J. Johnson have written new plays inspired by interviews with residents past and present. Staged readings of these new works will be the focal point of the festival, which will also include music and food, H Street neighborhood walking tours led by Justice Walks, and panel discussions curated in collaboration with the DC History Center.

DC/DOX Film Submission Deadline
2024-03-15 | DC
DC/DOX Film Festival
HumanitiesDC has partnered with DC/DOX once again for their annual film festival.
DC/Frame features films made by documentary filmmakers from the Washington metropolitan area, telling stories that demonstrate a deep resonance with the city: its people and places, arts and culture, politics and policy.
The DC/DOX Film Festival is current accepting films for consideration in its second edition, running June 13-16, 2024, including films from DC-based filmmakers for the DC/Frame program.
The next deadline to submit your work is March 15, 2024.
For more details and to apply, go to Film Freeway.

DC Oral History Collaborative Meetup
2024-02-26 18:00 - 19:30 | DC History Center, 801 K St NW, Washington, 20001, United States
Calling all local oral historians: HumanitiesDC and the DC History Center are joining forces to offer an oral history meetup in Washington, DC!
Join us at the DC History Center on Monday, February 26 at 6 pm to meet other oral historians and grow a community of practice together focused on: sharing ideas, talking through challenges and obstacles, and celebrating successes.
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The DC Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) documents, preserves, and celebrates the lived experiences of all Washington, DC residents and communities through oral history. The Collaborative accomplishes this by providing training, mentorship, resources, programs, and funding to current and aspiring oral historians. The Collaborative is a partnership of HumanitiesDC and the DC Public Library
Event Details
Host: HumanitiesDC + DC History Center
Date: February 26, 2024 • 6PM
Location: DC History Center, 801 K St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Event fee: Free
Registration Event link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddCwKt7OhScKLdzpXE1D0LBYNifhfuNEtqbI4O1db6n0uH8A/viewform?pli=1
For More Information
Contact: Jasper Collier
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jcollier@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 804

Celebrate 10 years of Semilla Cultural
2024-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 | 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002, 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002, Washington DC, DC, 20002, United States
Semilla Cultural celebrates 10 years of sowing Puerto Rican bomba! Come celebrate with us and our community the impact of our programs! We will bring some of our favorite bomba songs, dancing and drumming, joined by the harvest: our students and community members with whom we have been building community.

Dr. Janaki Rangarajan: YONI
2024-02-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
“YONI” is a dance/spoken word endeavor that explores the myriad shades of female energy to question our (mis)understanding of female existence today. “YONI” is a conversation to create an awareness about what female energy is as represented in various Indian traditional texts and to dispute what is seen with the colored lenses of sexuality, gender, and other extrinsic factors that have been carefully imposed over many thousands of years.

Silk Road DC presents: Nowruz! Navruz! Nevruz! Dancing into Spring
2024-02-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Inspired by ancient Spring rituals and traditions of the Silk Road, this concert celebrates Nature’s awakening with exuberant, colorful dances of Turkic and Persianate cultures. Although somewhat new to many Americans, the holiday of Nowruz – also Navruz and Nevruz – marks one of humanity’s oldest celebrations, long a part of Central Asian and Persian heritage. Festive, joyous, and colorful dances connect to past rituals honoring Nature’s renewing energy, bringing hope for a better future.

HumanitiesDC Community Showcase
2024-02-22 18:00 - 20:30 | Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Marion Barry Ave SE, Washington, DC, MD, 20020, United States
Get ready to immerse yourselves in an unforgettable celebration of bold ideas, big questions, and unique experiences! On February 22, 2024, at 6 PM, join us at the Anacostia Arts Center to honor and applaud the exceptional work of our 2023 grantees and independent practitioner fellows. Come together with fellow curious minds to witness the power of human expression, diverse stories, and the amazing impact of the humanities over the last year.
Event Details
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: February 22, 2024 • 6PM
Location: Anacostia Arts Center • 1231 Marion Barry Ave SE 20020
Event fee: Free
Registration Event link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/humanitiesdc-community-showcase-tickets-777653581797
For More Information
Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jwatkins@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806

The Inner Loop February Reading
2024-02-20 19:30 - 22:00 | DC
This February, we’re transforming the top floor of Shaw’s Tavern into a storytelling sanctuary! This month’s reading will feature the incredible novelist, Nadeem Zaman, and nine local writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Mark your calendar, grab your friends, and head to Shaw’s Tavern on February 20 at 7:30pm. Whether you’re a bookworm, an inspiring writer, or just enjoy listening to stories, The Inner Loop readings have something for everyone. Our mission is to create an inclusive writing community in DC, so we encourage you to grab some food, a drink, and meet other literature lovers. We can’t wait to see you there!
Event Details
Date: Now Through March 1, 2024
Location: Shaw’s Tavern, 520 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
For More Information
Contact: Aeriel Merillat
Website: https://www.theinnerlooplit.org/
Email: Aeriel@theinnerlooplit.org

What is Oral History and Why is it Important?
2024-02-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, 3160 16th St NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
This introductory workshop will help participants define oral history in relationship to the history of the practice and other forms of interviewing and storytelling. Participants will learn what motivates oral historians to do their work and what might motivate them to initiate projects of their own. Participants will also learn how to discover archival oral history interviews and begin to understand what makes a good interview. Finally, participants will think about how to turn their topical interests into guiding research questions.
This workshop session will be led by DC Oral History Collaborative co-founder and trainer Dr. Anna F. Kaplan.
About the Workshop Series
The DC Oral History Collaborative Workshop Series is a set of training sessions aimed at, over time, providing participants with an in-depth understanding of oral history principles and practices. The series consists of several core workshops that provide participants with a more detailed exploration of some of the key topics and themes of the DC Oral History Collaborative 101+ Workshop.
Core workshops planned for 2024 include: What is Oral History and Why is it Important?, Recording Oral History, Planning Oral History Projects, Oral History Interviewing, and Archiving and Presenting Oral History.
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The DC Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) documents, preserves, and celebrates the lived experiences of all Washington, DC residents and communities through oral history. The Collaborative accomplishes this by providing training, mentorship, resources, programs, and funding to current and aspiring oral historians. The Collaborative is a partnership of HumanitiesDC and the DC Public Library
Event Details
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: February 13, 2024 • 6PM
Location:Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, 3160 16th Street Northwest, 20010
Event fee: Free
Registration Event link: https://definingoralhistory2024.eventbrite.com
For More Information
Contact: Jasper Collier
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jcollier@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 804

Culture Series: Creative AI - Threat or Opportunity
2024-02-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC, DC, 20009, United States
As artificial intelligence continues to change every aspect of how we work, the creative fields are seeing a seismic shift in the former ways of doing business. From avatar influencers with real world modeling contracts to AI powered rappers, AI is changing how humans do business.
Latoya Peterson, cofounder and CXO at Glow Up Games, an award-winning game studio centering Black and Brown joy, joins the Culture Series as the first guest curator for the new year.
ASL Interpretation will be provided.
Event Details
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: February 8, 2023 • 7pm
Location: Busboys and Poets • 2021 14th St NW 20009
Event fee: Free
Registration Event link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-series-creative-ai-threat-or-opportunity-tickets-775733388447?aff=oddtdtcreator
For More Information
Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jwatkins@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806

Effervescence Collective
2024-02-02 20:00 - 22:00 | Dance Place, 3225 8th St NE, Washington, DC, 20017, United States
For our debut show, we explore our namesake in 3 one-act works, led by three different DC-based choreographers, featuring dancers from within our company: the Effervescence Collective. The goal is to capture the concept of collective effervescence in 3 vastly different ways, by featuring 3 works that explore community and connection in 3 different capacities by seeing community among humans with each other, community/harmony within the ever-developing versions of oneself, and community in nature.
Event Details
Host: Dance Place
Date: February 2, 2024 • 8:00-10:00 pm
Location: 3225 8th St NE, Washington, DC 20017
Event fee: $10-30
Registration Event link: https://www.danceplace.org/performances/effervescence-collective/
For More Information
Contact: Julianna Raimondo
Website: https://www.danceplace.org/
Email: juliannar@danceplace.org
Phone: 202.269.1600

Fresh Beginnings: January Reading
2024-01-23 19:00 - 22:00 | Sonny’s Pizza, 3120 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
Start 2024 off on the right foot with a local literary reading featuring the amazing E.A. Aymar along with nine other local fiction, nonfiction & poetry writers. Grab a slice of Sonny’s famous pizza and settle in for a night of incredible writing from the DC literary community. We can’t wait to see you there for our first event of the 2024 season!
Event Details
Host: The Inner Loop
Date: January 23, 2024 • 7:00-10:00 PM
Location: Sonny’s Pizza, 3120 Georgia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20010
Event fee: Free
Registration Event link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fresh-beginnings-january-reading-tickets-778726731617?aff=oddtdtcreator
For More Information
Contact: Rachel Coonce
Website: https://www.theinnerlooplit.org/
Email: rachel@theinnerlooplit.org
Phone: 410.858.7686

DC Oral History Collaborative 101+ Workshop
2024-01-23 18:00 - 2024-01-30 20:00 | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
This course, led by oral historian Anna Kaplan, Ph.D, 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 is structured to follow the full cycle of an oral history interview, from conception to processing. We will discuss practical, ethical, and theoretical considerations of doing oral history in order to demonstrate the distinctive, interdisciplinary mindset that oral historians take to their work. Because oral history is best learned “on the job,” the instructor will ask you to do activities and to discuss your experiences along the way.
There is a lot of material to cover, so participants will also be asked to do some reading and exercises prior to each session.
This workshop consists of three sessions – registrants must commit to participating in all three sessions.
The Collaborative is a unique partnership between HumanitiesDC and the DC Public Library, started in 2017, that incorporates grant funding, trainings, coaching and other resources to help residents document, preserve, and celebrate the history of all DC communities, specifically through oral history. Many of the narratives collected are preserved in the People’s Archive at the DC Public Library, and available to the public. To date, nearly 400 narratives have been collected through the Collaborative.
Event Details
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: January 23, 25, 30, 2024 • 6PM – 8PM
Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 4th Floor Conference Space, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Event fee: Free
Registration Event link: https://OHWorkshopJan2024.eventbrite.com
For More Information
Contact: Jasper Collier
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jcollier@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202 – 770 – 3077 ext. 804

Atlas Presents: Keng Siong Sim - Peace for Ukraine
2023-12-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Why are we not able to name any Ukrainian composers despite the existence of high-quality music? Pianist Keng Siong Sim tells stories and plays works of Mykola Lysenko, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Vasyl Barvinsky, and more. A celebration of solo piano music by Ukrainian composers! The artist is donating his portion of the proceeds to UNICEF Children in Ukraine Fund.
Event Details
Host: Atlas Performing Arts Center
Date: December 16, 2023 • 7:00-9:00PM
Location: 1333 H St. NE, Washington DC 20002
Event fee: $22.00
Registration Event link: https://www.atlasarts.org/events/peace/
For More Information
Contact: Rachel Pearl
Website: https://www.atlasarts.org/events/peace/
Email: rpearl@atlasarts.org
Phone: 239.980.0961

Culture Series: DC Poetry Scene in the 90s
2023-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Busboys and Poets Monroe, 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC, 20017, United States
This event will consist of a reading of poems by Kenny Carroll, Quique Aviles, Patrick Washington and Sami Miranda. Following the reading we will show clips from oral histories that were done as part of a humanities grants project, where people involved in the 90s poetry as open mic host, writing programs managers shared their stories. We will end the program with a conversation between the poets in which they reflect on the community that was built during that period and how that community exists in the present day.
ASL Interpretation will be provided.
Event Details
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: December 7, 2023 • 7pm
Location: Busboys and Poets Brookland • 625 Monroe St NE
Event fee: Free
Registration Event link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-series-90s-poetry-open-mic-scene-tickets-703499183997?aff=oddtdtcreator
For More Information
Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: info@dcdoxfest.com
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806

ISM II by Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA)
2023-11-29 18:00 - 2023-12-17 18:00 | Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
ISM II, conceived and directed by Michelle Banks, is another episode of the original ISM created by the VOCA Ensemble. The new VOCA Ensemble of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) BIPOC individuals will share their true stories and experiences in American Sign Language (ASL) when exposed to societal ?isms?, discriminatory practices, and oppression. As a result of social change, they express hope and freedom through Deaf Hip Hop culture: music, dance, poetry, multimedia, and storytelling. The Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing audiences will simultaneously have access to ASL and Spoken English (voice performed).
Event Details
Host: Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA)
Date: November 29 – December 17, 2023
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002
Event fee: $30, $35 (group rate of 10 or more: $25 )
Registration Event link: N/A
For More Information
Contact: Michelle Banks
Website: https://www.atlasarts.org/events/voca/
Email: boxoffice@atlasarts.org
Phone: 202.399.7993 Ext. 501
