Results: US 2020 Elections
We provide results and updates of major events leading to the United States 2020...
UN Climate Summit
The United Nations bolsters a global community committed to climate change action by holding...
Toni Morrison Passes
The doyenne of American fiction, letters, and culture, writer of several prize-winning novels, passed...
World Bank Conference
The World Bank hosts its conference on development economics in Washington, focusing on multilateralism...
Alvin Ailey 2019 Begins
The renowned and celebrated dance company has made available its program for this year’s...
Ailey II 2019 World Tour
The renowned dance company has provided the year’s program for its accompanying ensemble, offering...
Rankine, Spahr On Dubois
Two poets and critics discuss literature, race, politics, and the 1956 passport denial to...
Museum of Diaspora Poets
MoAD’s Poets in Residence program culminates in evening readings by the year’s resident fellows...
Tyehimba Jess in New York
The Poetry Center hosts Tyehimba Jess with his ensemble poets and sound artists in...
J Monae at Smithsonian
The Ingenuity Festival hosts a public conversation with Janelle Monae on influences of rhythm...
Tracy Smith at Smithsonian
The Ingenuity Festival hosts a public dialogue on history and race with acclaimed US...
Funeral: George HW Bush
World dignitaries, family, and friends gather at National Cathedral for the state funeral of...
Submissions: Callaloo
Callaloo, a journal on original, creative and critical work by and from the African...
Submissions: Glimmer Train
Glimmer Train, a journal for emerging writers since 1990, is accepting manuscripts till May...
E Iduma and Chike Edozien
The Nigerian authors meet to discuss their writing at the forefront of “Africa’s quiet...
‘Ashe’ Book at Smithsonian
Biographer, Ray Arsenault, and sports journalist William Rhoden meet to discuss the tennis champion's...