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The Alexandria Black History
Resource Center hosts Port Of Harlem's
 showing of Injustice. The 98-minute film highlights ongoing
police brutality against the United Kingdom's Black population. Between 1969 and 1999, more than 1,000 people died while in police custody in England - - where police generally do not carry guns. Never has that society held an officer legally accountable. According to the film's producers, UK broadcasters have banned its showing. In his review of the film, Port Of Harlem's Jared Ball says that is it necessary for us to share such stories so that we can recognize and then transform our common experience into common resources, and make them benefit our common people. Mass media, he says, "hide common patterns of treatment that Black people meet at the hands of the colonial elite." The Washington premier of the controversial film is Thursday, March 11, 2004 from 6p to 8p at the Resource Center, 638 N. Alfred Street, Alexandria, VA. Seats are limited. To reserve a seat, call the Resource Center, 703-838-4356 or click here. Back to top |
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The Black Fashion Designers Association is presenting A Celebration of Black Fashion Designers Friday, February 27 at the Apollo Theater. Doors open at 6p. Showtime is at 7p. Back to top |
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The Studio Theatre's presentation of The Syringa Tree ends Sunday, February 29. The one woman performance looks at two families - - one Black, one White - - and apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. Gin Hammond plays more than 20 characters in the play, ranging from age three to 82, men and women, Black and White. The theater is at 14th and P Streets, NW - Washington, D.C. Ticket prices range from $28 to $45. Call 202-332-3300 for information. |
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Dining Out for Life - March 11 - DC
Food and Friends, a
non-profit organization that provides life-sustaining meals and
nutritional education to more than 1,000 people in our community living
with HIV/AIDS and other life-challenging illnesses, is holding its 8th annual Dining Out for Life.
Participating restaurants donate a percentage of their Thursday, March 11 income to Foods
and Friends. There is no additional charge to you - - those who
are dining out.
For more information including the names of participating restaurants, call 202-488-8278. Back to top |
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 Bekai Camara
welcomed Port Of Harlem
publisher Wayne Young on Gambia Radio and Television Service's (GRTS)
television program Weekend Magazine.
GTRS aired the show Saturday, February 21, 2004. (GTRS-radio
aired a radio interview earlier that week)Viewers in Northern Virginia can catch Omar Ashaka's interview of Young on African Vision Network from Tuesday, March 23 to Wednesday, April 14, 2004. The ½ hour interview show appears Tuesdays at 10:30p and Wednesdays at 5p on Comcast Channel 69 in Alexandria and Arlington, VA, USA. Join Port Of Harlem as we return to The Gambia February 21, 2005. See Gambia2005 for details and to send us an email letting us know of your interest and we will keep you informed on our travel plans. Back to top |
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Gambians Celebrate
Independence Day Citizens of the
small, intimate West African country of The Gambia celebrated their
39th anniversary from the United Kingdom Wednesday, February 18.
There were March-Pasts (parades) throughout the country. Join Port Of Harlem as we return to The Gambia February 21, 2005. See Gambia2005 for details and to send us an email letting us know of your interest and we will keep you informed on our travel plans. Back to top |
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| Win Tickets to See
Yellowman at Arena Stage - DC Two characters,
Eugene and Alma, are sitting on the stage, in a dark room. He is
lighter-skinned, middle-aged, and reminiscing about his tension-filled
relationship with his father. She is also middle-aged,
full-figured, darker-skinned and reliving her painful relationship with
her mother. From their conversation, it's obvious that the verbal
abuse their respective parent's whipped on them because of the color of
their skins has deeply scarred them.
"I have experienced similar things. My mother's White and my dad is Black. I did not experience what Eugene did with his family, but people outside the Black community treated me differently [from the way they treated] the rest of the Black community," revealed Howard Overshown to Port Of Harlem contributor Edward Hill in the current print issue of Port Of Harlem. He will co-star as Eugene, with Laiona Michelle as Alma, in the Washington production of Yellowman at Arena Stage starting March 15. Now you can become one of three readers to win a pair of tickets to see Arena Stage's latest blockbuster drama. To enter the contest, click here. We will announce the winners March 26. |
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