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District Dreamers debuts, Romantic Comedy talk, DC History Conference and Capital Art Book Fair return, Peter Pan, and Feels Like Heaven.

WWI’s Truce, Washington Bach Consort, Girl From the North Country at the KenCen, a showing of Our Hospitality, and a new photo exhibit.

Nearly 40 artists and independent presses gathered in the North Hall of Eastern Market to find art books to peruse at their pleasure.

East of the River Artwork Reflects Her Transformative Awakening ByPhil Hutinet Post-independence Senegalese playwright Abdou Anta Kâ deftly wrote that “one had to find inspiration in myth to write today and tomorrow’s histories. Men have a tendency to change but not the gods–the gods are eternal.” It is within this framework of renewed interest about their cultural origins and ancestry that many writers and artists of African descent, whether living in post-colonial Africa or in the diaspora, have sought to rediscover and reexamine their identity. Artist and educator...