DMV Atmosphere: October 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

HU & UMD homecoming edition @ Penang

http://www.penangusa.com/location_dc.html

HU homecoming @ Lounge 201

http://www.lounge201.com/browser/index.html

Monday, October 25, 2010

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson @ Busboys and Poets

Oct 29, 2010
6 pm (Langston Room) -
Busboys and Poets
14th and V
2021 14th St NW
Wash, DC 20009
202-387-7638

Join Busboys and Poets, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson (http://www.michaelericdyson.com) and Dr. Marc Lamont Hill (http://www.marclamonthill.com/) for an amazing event in support of Haki Madhubuti's Third World Press (TWP).

The uplifting and insightful evening of conversation will be moderated by WPFW radio host Shani Jamila. Third World Press provides quality literature that primarily focuses on issues, themes, and critique related to an African American public. The Third World Press mission is to make this literature accessible to as many individuals as possible including our targeted market of primarily African American readers. (http://www.thirdworldpressinc.com)

Pete Rock & CL Smooth @ The Black Cat

Nov 14, 2010

8 PM

Black Cat

www.ticketalternative.com/Events/12588.aspx

Friday, October 22, 2010

Howard Homecoming events guide

Howard Homecoming events from DC Fab.com

http://issuu.com/thefabempire/docs/howarduniversityhomecoming_2010

Breakfast Klub w/ Gods'illa & Black Alley @ LIV Nightclub

Oct 24, 2010 Sunday
Doors open 6Pm

Showtime 7-11:30 Pm

http://godsilla.bandcamp.com/

www.twitter.com/godilla

http://www.blackalleyband.com/

Jaguar Wright and V. Rich 10/28/10 @ LIV Nightclub

Soulful Symphony 10th Anniversary Concert

Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Led by founder and director Darin Atwater, Soulful Symphony returns to the Meyerhoff to celebrate its 10th Anniversary. This program includes excerpts from Soulful Symphony's popular repertoire, including several original compositions by Atwater. The celebration concludes with a medley of gospel and soul favorites.

http://www.bsomusic.org/main.taf?p=1,9,2,1,1,3&PerfNo=9501

Darin Atwater, conductor

Soulful Symphony Orchestra

Soulful Symphony Chorus

Members of MSU's Magnificent Marching Machine

Special Guest Artists TBD

Darin Atwater - Excerpts from Evolution of a People
Grieg - Morning Mood
Grieg/Ellington - Anitra's Dance
Dvorák - Second movement from Symphony No. 9
Billy Childs - "Mother to her Firstborn" from The Distant Land
Darin Atwater - Excerpts from Song in a Strange Land
Darin Atwater - Southern Folk Sketches
Darin Atwater - Excerpts from Paint Factory
B. Holland, L. Dozier, E. Holland - "I Can't Help Myself"
N. Whitfield, B. Strong - "Just My Imagination"
Stevie Wonder - "Superstitious"
Kirk Franklin - "Hosanna"
Walter Hawkins - "Jesus Christ is the Way"
Richard Smallwood - "We Worship You"
Donald Lawrence - "Encourage Yourself"
Kurt Carr - "For Every Mountain"
Donald Lawrence - "The Blessing of Abraham"

HU homecoming at the Mansion

J. Cole
10-29-10

B.o.B.
10-30-10

http://www.greygoosemansion.com/index2.html#/news

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Red Bull Soundclash: DC 10-30-10

http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Event/soundclash-dc-2010-021242901909394

Chuck Brown at the Music Center at Strathmore

THE GODFATHER OF GO-GO!
CHUCK BROWN

With opener
Christylez Bacon
Saturday, October 30, at 8 PM
Music Center at Strathmore

http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar/view.asp?id=6080