DC LaborFest Today: Iron Worker History, Fasanella's FamilyFest, Brother Hal & Sweet Joan
Friday, May 9, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Today (12 noon, free): Iron Workers History
Tour;
brief lunchtime tour highlights handmade motorcycles, a wall mural, historic
tools, photos, convention paraphernalia, World Trade Center mementos and more:
1750 New York Avenue NW, Washington
DC (meet in lobby)
Saturday (11:30a,
free): Lest We Forget Mother's Day Family Festival;
make portraits of your loved ones like the ones labor artist Ralph Fasanella
did of his parents; create a bouquet of paper flowers or make a decorative
family tree with artist Alyson Johnson. Plus the Knuckle Dusters folk band and
performance by the Wits End Puppets. American
Art Museum (8th & F Streets NW, Kogod Courtyard); part of the
ongoing Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget exhibit.
Saturday (6:30p;
tickets required): Film/music:
Redes Mexican popular songs, performed by the legendary
singer Eugenia Leon and PostClassical Ensemble, followed by the 1936 Mexican
film masterpiece Redes (1936) with live musical accompaniment. PLUS: check out
the great display from the George Meany Archives, now at UMD! UNION MEMBER
DISCOUNT: use promotional code LABOR to get $25 tickets to the performance
(regular price $35)! Click
here to order tickets. 3800
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park,
MD
Saturday/Sunday:
Plays: Brother Hal (1 & 7p) & Sweet Joan of the Textile Mills (5p);
Brother Hall is contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's HENRY
V, performed by a cast of actors ages 13-18; Sweet Joan examines the
plight of child labor, performed by Lumina’s youngest actors (ages
8-10). Round House Theatre, 8641 Colesville
Rd, Silver Spring, MD