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Spring Jam
04/19/2024 to 04/19/2024
662 Atlantic St SE, Washington, DC 20032SPRING JAM: Spring into Wellness. Join us for lots of fun and wellness information for the entire family. It will be happening on Friday, April 19, 2024 at 2:00PM-6:00PM. There will be a Game Truck, Moon Bounce, Face painting, and Giveaways.
Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen
04/20/2024 to 04/20/2024
10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA 20110Saturday, April 20 at 5 and 8 p.m. Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen is a torrent of mind-blowing Bluegrass. Known for their meaty pile-driving rhythms and Solivan’s dynamic and bold vocals, the band’s last two albums received GRAMMY nominations for Best Bluegrass Album. They have twice been named IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year and earned numerous other IBMA nominations including Male Vocalist of the Year, Mandolin Player of the Year, and in 2013, received Banjo Player of the Year. Their massive sound and show-stealing performances command the most prestigious stages in the country and abroad from The Grand Ole Opry to the biggest international festivals across Europe, South America, and Australia. Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen’s respect and deep understanding of the Bluegrass tradition collides, live on stage, with rock-tinged fiery virtuosity that pushes the boundaries of the genre.
Small Island Big Song
04/20/2024 to 04/20/2024
4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030Right before Earth Day, join Small Island Big Song for a moving concert experience combining music, spoken word, and stunning projections to showcase unique oceanic grooves and soulful island ballads, while shining a light on the devastating effects of global warming on these islands. Framed against panoramic visuals, more than 100 indigenous artists are represented to highlight a shared seafaring ancestry with interconnected musical traditions. These unique lineages mixed with their diverse contemporary styles—roots-reggae, beats, grunge, R&B, folk and spoken-word—establish a contemporary musical dialogue between cultures as far afield as Madagascar, Aotearoa, Taiwan, Mauritius, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, and Rapa Nui. Billboard ASIA describes Small Island Big Song as “one coherent jaw-dropping piece that is likely the first time these traditional instruments have been mixed together... The result is breathtaking.”
3rd Floor Cocktail Club’s Ellicott City SpringFest Rooftop Event
04/20/2024 to 04/20/2024
8385 Main St., Ellicott City, MD 21043The 3rd Floor Cocktail Club officially launches its new rooftop space for Ellicott City SpringFest. The speakeasy cocktail club located inside Judge’s Bench Pub invites guests to make a reservation for one of two seatings where they will enjoy the sights and sounds of SpringFest along with cocktails and an al fresco meal. Reservations and more details may be found at 3rdfloorcocktailclub.square.site
13th Annual Hope Bowl
04/20/2024 to 04/20/2024
7100 Carved Stone, , Columbia, MD 21045Join us on Saturday, April 20 for an evening of fun and friendly competition featuring music, refreshments, raffles and great prizes! Hope Bowl is a family-friendly event where teams compete while raising awareness and critical funds for survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence. Invite your family, friends, and co-workers and form a team today! Learn more at: https://hopeworksofhc.org/event/hope-bowl/
SEEING OURSELVES IN THE RIVER, IN THE MIRROR, IN THE WORLD: DC’S AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY ON TOUR
04/20/2024 to 04/20/2024
3310 Conn. Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008Esther Productions Inc. in partnership with The Black Student Fund and The Institute for African American Writing presents two authors, Joy Jones and E. Ethelbert Miller. Joy Jones has taught creative writing and public speaking to middle school students and coached poetry slam teams. Her children’s book Tambourine Moon (Simon & Schuster) was chosen in 2000 as a Kid’s Pick of the Lists by the American Booksellers Association, selected as one of the best books for children by the black caucus of the ALA, and seen on Fox TV’s hit show The Bernie Mac Show. She is also the author of Private Lessons:A Book of Meditations for Teachers (Andrews McMeel), Fearless Public Speaking (SparkNotes), Jayla Jumps In (Albert Whitman & Company, 2020 and Black Caucus of the American Library Association BCALA, 2020 Best of the Best Booklist), Between Black Women: Listening with the Third Ear (African American Images), and a contributor to the anthology Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds: The Teachers of WritersCorps in Poetry and Prose. Ethelbert Miller is a memoirist, award-winning poet and 2022 Grammy nominee for the Best Spoken Word Poetry Album--Black Men Are Precious. Mr. Miller is the author of two memoirs and several collections of poetry. He also is the editor of three anthologies of poetry. He is the editor of Poet Lore magazine and the host of the radio show "On the Margin," which airs Thursday mornings on WPFW-FM. He is the former director of Howard University's African American Resource Center, and has taught at several universities and colleges including American University, Emory & Henry College, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Please register at https://www.estherproductionsinc.com/events-1/seeing-ourselves-in-the-river-in-the-mirror-in-the-world-dcs-african-american-literary-history-on-tour.
