![]() From chitlins and ham hocks to fried chicken and vegan soul, Harris celebrates the delicious and restorative foods of the African American experience and details how each came to form such an important part of African American culture, history, and identity. In High on the Hog Harris takes the reader from Africa across the Atlantic to America, tracking the trials that the people and the food have undergone along the way. In May 2010, she was inducted into the James Beard Who’s Who in Food and Beverage in America. Harris is one of a handful of African Americans who have achieved prominence in the culinary world. Harris is the author of eleven cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of the African Diaspora. TICKETS: $45 (plus tax and gratuity) To make reservations, go to or call 20. WHERE: Eatonville Restaurant, 2121 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010 Eileen’s presentation is punctuated with vintage film and music clips. Full circle and back to Africa– artists like Laba Sosseh, Ricardo Lemvo and Africando will be highlighted. Arsenio Rodriguez, Beny Moré, Chano Pozo, Antonio Machin, Mario Bauzá, Machito, and Perez Prado are some of the artists that will be covered. The decade-by-decade journey pays tribute to the Afro Latinos that created a new musical style. The presentation highlights the marriage of African percussive rhythms with traditional Cuban music-very European in nature in the 20s and 30s. However Cuba did not place severe restrictions on the newly arrived Africans. The authorities feared the Africans would communicate over distances by way of the drum. WHERE: The Dome Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VAĭrumming traditions brought over to the new world by the enslaved peoples from Africa were forbidden in the U.S. Seating is limited.Ĭelia Cruz and the Fania All Stars – Quimbara – Zaire Africa 1974 This event is free and open to the Public. ![]() 38, (Automated line: leave message and contact number). O’Hara is also Co-Author of ‘Black Americans in Congress 1870 -2007.’ WHO: Keynote speaker Laura Turner O’Hara, Historical Publications Specialist for the U.S. (Metro Stops: Capitol South or Union Station) WHERE: Cannon House Office Building – Room 12, Independence Avenue and First Street, SE WHEN: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 12 Noon to 1:00 PM Capitol Historical Society celebration of African American History Month Tribute to the First African American elected to the United States Senate – Hiram Rhodes Revels. “Negro History Week” founder and DC resident Carter G. Meltzer died in 2009 at age 94.Īs for what’s going on in February I can barely scratch the surface. The time line for Black Magic begins in Africa and ends at the time of Langston Hughes’ death in 1967. If you want to savor the history of the African American experience in the arts, you must, must, must get a copy of Black Magic: A Pictorial History of Black Entertainers in America written by Langston Hughes and history writer/professor Milton Meltzer. It’s always a February feast kicking off with Langston Hughes’ birthday (February 1). This is the month where programmers and cultural professionals go gaga. Was this the hope of Langston Hughes? Was the dream deffered the warning?ģ:42 pm Michon Culture, digital media, Poetry Google doodle, Katy Wu, Langston Hughes That Old February Magic I dreamed with Langston turning the pages of his final book BLACK MAGIC (co-authored with Milton Meltzer), a pictorial anthology of African Americans singers, dramatists, actors, musicians, dancers - the trailblazers who were paving the road for the generations by living their dreams. ![]() (More on Katy Wu here and her advice for budding digital artists) ![]() Google Doodle celebrates poet Langston Hughes today on his 113th Birthday (February 1) with a riff on his poem, “I Dream a World.” The animation was created by Katy Wu.
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