DC LaborFest This Week: TrashDance, Laborer's Tour & More
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Last week
of the first
annual DC LaborFest, a month-long celebration
of labor arts in the metro area.
The DC Labor FilmFest continues in
June.
Tonight (7:30p): Film: Trash Dance ($5
show!)
Sometimes inspiration can
be found in unexpected places. Choreographer
Allison Orr finds beauty and grace
in garbage trucks, and in the men and women who
pick up our trash. American Film Institute
Silver Theatre, 8633
Colesville Rd, Silver Spring,
Maryland
Weds,
May 28 (12 noon): Laborers' Museum
Tour
The
LIUNA museum honors a
heritage that began in 1903 when a small group
of largely immigrant and
African-American Hod Carriers and Building
Laborers overcame hostility, threats
and violence to join together for better lives.
Tour led by Ed Rehfeld. Free but click here to
RSVP; Laborers, 905 16th Street,
Northwest Washington, DC
Thu,
May 29 (12 noon): Book Talk: Hedrick Smith: Who
Stole the American
Dream?
Presented by the Library of
Congress Guild, AFSCME 2910; Library
of Congress, Madison Building Room Dining Room
A
Sat,
May 31 (4p): Joe Uehlein & The
U-Liners
The
U-Liners return to the
Washington Folk Fest at Glen Echo. Rebel
songs and love songs, the best
in roots-rock music and songs of our time!
Pacific
Palisades Stage, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur
Blvd, Glen Echo, MD