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The online exhibit features portraits of seven key workers from refugee backgrounds, to highlight their contribution during the pandemic.

A steady stream of A-list names has signed on, headlined by Lady Gaga singing the national anthem on the West Front of the Capitol, with Jennifer Lopez and Garth Brooks contributing musical performances. Other top-tier performers will be part of Celebrating America, a 90-minute, multi-network evening broadcast hosted by Tom Hanks that officially takes the place of the usual multiple inaugural balls. 

Tonight (January 19), celebrations began for the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President–Elect Kamala Harris, who will be officially sworn into office tomorrow. Japanese Breakfast was among the musicians to perform this evening. She played “Everybody Wants to Love You!” from her 2016 record Psychopomp. Watch Michelle Zauner play with a full band below. (Japanese Breakfast’s set starts at about 27:35.) Japanese Breakfast played during the AAPI Inaugural ...

Inauguration Week: Things to Do in Washington, January 19-20 Plus: Take some deep breaths.  Here’s what you should check out this week: Exhale: It’s been a tense month…year…era. Take some deep breaths and join the National Museum of Asian Art’s free virtual meditation sessions. DC teachers Aparna Sadananda and Philip Bender will walk you through a guided meditation (and if you like this one, you can join them three times a week for the next couple weeks). Wednesday 1/20 at noon; F...

Like so much this past year, the inaugural celebration will be like no other: pared down, distanced, much of it virtual. But for actor Christopher Jackson — the original George Washington in Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’ — performing in a virtual ball is a way of participating in an essential rite of American democracy. “I’m glad to play a part in it,” says Jackson, who will perform at the quadrennial ball for the Creative Coalition, a fundraiser for arts education and one of the more p...

INSPIRATIONAL women who have made a difference to others were celebrated in a glitzy online ceremony. The sixth annual Inspire Awards had to be staged virtually this year because of the pandemic, but preparations are underway to hold a reception for the winners when it is safe to do so. Staged at the University of Bolton, the awards lost none of the red carpet feel, with some of the country most high profile women attending, including Patron, Baroness Trish Morris of Bolton and Baroness S...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Grammy-nominated Indian-American rapper Raja Kumari feels proud to represent India at the the AAPI Inaugural Ball: Breaking Barriers, and says she is looking forward to a less divided, more united America. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For news, views an...

Joe Biden Inaugural: Tom Hanks, Lady Gaga And Jennifer Lopez To Perform Today US President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States today. File Photo: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Associated Press (AP) 2021-01-20T10:48:12+05:30 Joe Biden Inaugural: Tom Hanks, Lady Gaga And Jennifer Lopez To Perform Today outlookindia.com 2021-01-20T10:50:53+05:30 Also read US President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the Unit...

Housing and Development Newsletter Dr. Jemison broke more than the sound barrier in 1992 when she climbed aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and became the first woman of color to travel into space. She was also NASA’s first Science Mission specialist performing experiments in material science, life science and human adaptation to weightlessness. Currently at the helm of the 100 Year Starship, a Pentagon-funded effort, Jemison is pioneering and transforming breakthrough science and technology...

"In Canada, even outside of Canada, I don't think there's a lot of Black pop stars that you can name, especially none that started out as po...