North by Night at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 12

North by Night at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 12

Midweek Matinee: Education on Stage
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 10:15 am & 12 noon

North by Night: More Heroes of the Underground Railroad

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: Follow the journey of brave men and women who risked it all to travel north and help others escape the terrors of slavery. Meet some familiar names and many more who have gone mostly unnoticed by history–until now! This Bright Star Theatre show features William Still, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd
Garrison, and others.

Recommended for grades 3-8. Curriculum Connections: History, US History, Women’s History.

Tickets: $8/person, $6/groups of 20 or more

Expressions of a People at Harmony Hall, Feb 10

Expressions of a People at Harmony Hall, Feb 10

Expressions of a People

Sunday, February 10, 2019, 1:00 to 6:00pm

Location: Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington

You’re invited to our FREE Black History celebration featuring musical performances, children’s activities, workshops and entertainment for the entire family. This year we welcome back some of our regular favorites, including warm and engaging greeter and storyteller, Baba-C, and the always-popular Culture Queen, Jessica Smith. Activities will include mask making, face painting, a caricaturist, a make-and-take pottery workshop and a STEAM workshop and just like in years past, our performances on stage are sure to please

Free admittance.

Snake Telegram at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 9 & 10

Snake Telegram at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 9 & 10

Sarah Beth Oppenheim & Heart Stück Bernie present:
Snake Telegram

Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 8 pm
Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 4 pm

WARNING: Not for kids

Inaugural Dance Place Artist in Residence Sarah Beth Oppenheim brings her one-woman show to the stage and to the max. “Snake Telegram” explores the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern femininity, including what it means to don a pair. Get ready for a bombastic night of all the requisite not-for-kids warnings, plus a serenade of presidential profanity. Featuring performances by Oppenheim and guests from Heart Stück Bernie, with original composition by David Schulman.

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Tickets. Adults: $28, Students & Seniors: $17. Click here.

Unspoken Stories at Clarice Smith, Feb 9

Unspoken Stories at Clarice Smith, Feb 9

Taratibu Youth Association presents:
Unspoken Stories
Saturday, February 9, 2019 . 3PM & 7PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre.

The Taratibu Youth Association (TYA) celebrated Black History Month telling the unspoken stories of perseverance, resistance and freedom. TYA uses song, poetry, dance and music to tell the stories of perseverance by Anarcha, Betsy and Lucy, slave youth that underwent multiple surgeries by James Marion Simms, without anesthesia; the South African resistance against apartheid, the resistance of color and class in Brazil; to the struggles for freedom of African Americans.

Tickets: $30. Click here.

Into the Great Unknown at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 9

Into the Great Unknown at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 9

Family Fun Series
Saturday, February 9, 2019, at 2:00 pm

Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater on Tour:
Into the Great Unknown

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: Leadership, courage, and adventure take center stage in this inspiring Discovery Theater original. Meet Matthew Henson, co-discoverer of the North Pole, and Barbara Hillary, the first African American women to reach that summit nearly 100 years later. Thrill to the frontier exploits of the hard-riding mail carrier “Stagecoach Mary” Fields and Nate Love, the former slave who became the legendary cowboy nicknamed Deadwood Dick. Journey with modern mountaineer Sophia Danenberg to the summit of Mount Everest. And learn how astronauts and aerospace pioneers Guion Bluford and Mae Jemison are charting a whole new frontier today. From the Pole to the prairies to outer space, the histories and heroism of these African American women and men attest that true grit and personal power can push us toward greatness.

Tickets: $5/person