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**FILE** The Washington Informer Prince George’s Spelling Bee will be hosted at the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts on March 1 at 7 p.m. Last year’s winner was Lesly Hernandez Martin, seen here posing here with her family. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, Feb. 29 – March 3

by Jada Ingleton February 28, 2024March 11, 2024

Scurlock Photography Studio's photo of Berniece Hammond’s Northeast Dance Academy class showcases dance as a key aspect of African American artistic expression in the District in the early- to mid-20th century. (Courtesy of Black Dance DMV/Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History)

Black History Month

African Americans’ Historic Contributions to Theater and Dance

by Jada Ingleton and Micha Green February 21, 2024February 21, 2024

Ceremonial guardsmen from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling were part of the Honor Guard presentation at the beginning of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, Feb. 11. (Courtesy photo)

From JBAB to Gallaudet: Nation’s Capital Represents in Super Bowl LVIII

by Jada Ingleton February 14, 2024February 21, 2024

From Negro Spirituals to hip-hop today, Black art has historically been critical to sharing African American narratives and shaping American culture, with African American artists also serving as outspoken freedom fighters. Artists such as Harry Belafonte, classically trained singer, Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and D.C. native and legendary bandleader Duke Ellington, shifted culture through their activism. (Courtesy Photo, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, G. Marshall Wilson, 1956)

Celebrating African Americans and the Arts Showcases the Power and Worldwide Influence Black Artists Possess

by Micha Green and Jada Ingleton January 31, 2024February 21, 2024