On Tuesday, Dec. 18, please join us for a very special showing of the film, The World According to John Coltrane, which highlights the music of the legendary jazz saxophonist.
Our guest, Rusty Hassan, WPFW radio personality and Jazz historian, will host a dynamic discussion afterwards.
Hope to see you at 6:30 p.m. in the Black Studies Center, Room 316!
Holiday shopping giving you the blues? Then celebrate some of these irreverent holidays to give yourself the gift of laughter. Check out some of these interesting holidays by going to the websites below to learn more information:
Dec. 1 – Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day
Dec. 2-8 – Clerc-Gallaudet Week
Dec. 2 – Special Education Day
Dec. 5 – Bathtub Party Day
Dec. 6 – Miner’s Day
Want to join a book group, but don't have time for meetings? Are you an avid social media user as well as an avid reader? Just want to read some good books and discuss them with others?
Join our online book discussion group on Goodreads!
An enjoyable and enlighting variety of films will be screened this month at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. There is truly something for everyone!
Take a break from your holiday errands or relax after work and see the following:
On Thursday, Nov. 15, teens were treated to a great technological event: A chat with author Cecil Castellucci, author of The Plain Janes and Beige (among other great books for teens), using the Skype video conferencing program. Here are some pictures from the event:
On Saturday, Nov. 3, the Teen Space at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library celebrated International Games Day along with other libraries across the country. Teens who came in that day had a great time playing board games and video games. Here are some pictures from the event:
Please join us for a performance by the members of the Adult Music Student Forum on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
The Adult Music Student Forum is a nonprofit organization of more than 130 individuals who are studying piano and other instruments. Members come together to share music, ideas, and learning experiences such as master classes, and perform through outreach performances in retirement homes, libraries and other venues for the enjoyment of hearing live classical music.
Experience American Indian culture though song, dance, storytelling and oral history with a fast paced, exciting performance by Mr. Dennis Zotigh of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Mr. Zotigh is a Kiowa, San Juan Pueblo and Santee Dakota Indian who lives in Maryland. He is a descendant of Sitting Bear and No Retreat, both principal war chiefs of the Kiowas. Mr. Zotigh seeks to preserve the past, to broaden how American Indians are viewed in the present and to create new opportunities for Indian youth in the future.
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the DC Public Library is pleased to welcome Mr. Paul Chaat Smith, Associate Curator at the National Museum of the American Indian, for an author talk.
Yes, the strong gets more
While the weak ones fade
Empty pockets don't ever make the grade
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got his own
That's got his own
From "God Bless the Child That's Got His Own"
-- by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.
