February Community Events

Wednesday, February 3

Councilmember Yvette Alexander Public Safety Meeting

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Kenilworth Elementary School

1300 44th Street Northeast

For more information contact Shameka Johnson, MS, (202) 724-8068.

Thursday, February 4

ANC1B Meeting

7:00 pm

2^nd Floor Conference Room

Reeves Center at 14th and U Streets N.W.

Saturday, February 6

Hillcrest Community Civic Association (HCCA) Monthly Meeting

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Hillcrest Recreation Center

3100 Denver Street, SE

(This event repeats every month on the first Saturday.)

Tuesday, February 9

Black History Month Program at Palisades Library

6:30 pm

Palisades Library

4901 V St. NW

C. R. Gibbs on “Breaking the Phalanx: Smashing Jim Crow in the Nation’s Capital”

Thursday, February 11th

HD Cooke Elementary School’s Open House

9:00 am to 11:00 am

2525 17th St. NW 20009

For more information, contact: 202-939-5390

Friday, February 12th

“Dive Into History”, 24th Annual Black History Invitational Swim Meet

February 12th-14th

Takoma Aquatic Facility

300 Van Buren Street, NW

For more information, contact:  (202) 671-0335

For a media contact, call John A. Stokes, (202) 673-2195

WNO’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program

7:00 pm

Mexican Cultural Institute

2827 16th Street Northwest

A Romantic Night with Boleros and More.  Featuring Young Artists Jesús Hernandez (tenor), Micaela Oëste (soprano), and Michael Spassov (pianist).  Please RSVP to cdiaz@instituteofmexicodc.org

Saturday, February 13

Chairman Vincent Gray, Youth Hearings

10:00 am

John A Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue

5th Floor Chamber

*** Enter the Wilson Building through the rear entrance, D Street only. Front door is locked on weekends***

Wednesday, February 17th

Center City Public Charter Schools Capitol Hill Campus – Open House

8:30 am-9:30 am and 10:00 am-11:00 am

Capitol Hill Campus

1503 East Capitol Street, SE

The Open House also occurs on Saturday, February 27th from 10:00am-12:00pm, and Wednesday, March 3rd from 8:30am-9:30am and 10:00am-11:00am.

They ask that you please RSVP: 202-547-7556

Thursday, February 18

National Roundtable & Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood & Solutions to Youth Violence

Roundtable Discussion: 12-2:00 pm; Town Hall Meeting: 3-5:30 pm

University of the District of Columbia Auditorium,

4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW.

The Roundtable will feature the Alliance of Concerned Men, Inc. and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton on behalf of her D.C. Commission on Black Men and Boys.

Contact Ebony Jackson or Keosha Douglass: (202) 645-5098

Sunday, February 21, 2010

M.O.M.I.E.’s TLC:  Children’s Gallery of Black History Month Gala

5:00 – 7:30 pm

All Souls Church

2835 16th Street NW

Phone: 202-545-1919

For more information on February’s Black History Month events, see our blog post on the subject.

We’d love to post information about your event as well–just email us with the relevant information at TellKwameBrown@gmail.com