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FINE ARTS CALENDAR

JANUARY 2025

Jan 30th @ 12:40 pm- MUSIC: Jazz Vocal Day- in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001 

FEBRUARY 2025

Feb 6th @ 12:40 pm- MUCIS: Composition Collaboration- in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001

Feb 6th @ 7:00 pm- MUSIC: Jazz Vocal Solo Night- in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001  

Feb 13th – 14th @ 7:00 pm HOWARD PLAYERS PRODUCTION in the Al Freeman Jr. Environmental Theatre Space 

Feb 15th @ 2:00 pm HOWARD PLAYERS PRODUCTION in the Al Freeman Jr. Environmental Theatre Space

Feb 20th @ 2:00 pm- "IT BEGAN AT HOWARD: GLENDA DICKERSON, THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT, AND BLACK FEMINIST THEATRE" - Talk by Dr. Long - in the Multipurpose Room at The Wayne A. I. Frederick Undergraduate Library 

Fed 20th @ 12:40 pm - MUSIC: I ❤️ African Music Day 2025 in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001 

Feb 20th @ 7:00 pm- MUSIC: Jazz Vocal Night II- in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001  

Feb 25th- 28th @ 7:30 pm- THEATRE ARTS: Sophisticated Ladies Preview & Performances in the Ira Aldridge Theater  

MARCH 2025

Mar 1st – 9th Howard University Spring Recess 

Mar 18th - @ 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Howard University to Host “Diaspora Dialogues: A Fireside Chat with Dr. John Kani”, Moderated by Howard University’s Resident Griot, Amadou Kouyate, in the Childers Hall, Recital Hall Room 3001

Mar 18th - Dr. Raul Moaquech Ferrera-Balanquet concludes this year’s Black History Month program with a talk on Decolonizing Curatorial Practices at Howard University Gallery of Art on March 18th followed by the multimedia project Mariposa Ancestral Memory on March 20th. 

Mar 20th @ 12:40 pm- MUSIC: Jazz Voice Student Recital in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001  

Mar 28th @ 9:00 am- 6:00 pm MUSIC: Business in the Arts Summit (BITAS)  

Mar 28th @7:30 pm THEATRE ARTS: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by ntozake shange - a workshop Production in the Al Freeman Jr. Environmental Theatre Space 

Mar 29th @ 2:00 pm (understudy run) & 7:30 pm THEATRE ARTS: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by ntozake shange - a workshop Production in the Al Freeman Jr. Environmental Theatre Space 

APRIL 2025

Apr 1st- 4th @7:30 pm THEATRE ARTS: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by ntozake shange - a workshop Production in the Al Freeman Jr. Environmental Theatre Space 

Apr 5th @ 2:00 pm (understudy run) & 7:30 pm THEATRE ARTS: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by ntozake shange - a workshop Production in the Al Freeman Jr. Environmental Theatre Space 

Apr 3rd-6th ART: 35th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora  

  • Colloquium Theme Synopsis: The Shape of Race 

  • In partnership with the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Association of Critical Race Art History, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Howard University Gallery of Art,  the Department of Art in Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts invites the public to convene to examine new developments in the area of critical race art history. 

  • Schedule and Registration

Apr 10th-12th @ 7:00 pm THEATRE ARTS: Dance Concert Performance in the Ira Aldridge Theater  

Apr 12th @ 2:00 pm THEATRE ARTS: Senior Dance Showcase in the Aldridge Theater

Apr 14th @ 7:00 pm THEATRE ARTS: Acting and MT Showcase (Location details forthcoming)  

Apr 15th @ 12:40 pm- MUSIC: Vocal Jazz Improvisational Classes Recital in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001 

Apr 17th-19th @ 7:00 pm THEATRE ARTS: Dance Concert Performance in the Ira Aldridge Theater  

Apr 19th @ 2:00 pm THEATRE ARTS: Senior Dance Showcase in the Aldridge Theater 

Apr 24th @ 7:00 pm- MUSIC: Jazz Voice Honor Recital in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001 

Apr 24th @ 7:00 pm THEATRE ARTS: Owen Dodson “Weenie” Awards at TBD 

MAY 2025

May 5th @ 7:00 pm- MUSIC: Jazz Vocal Solo Night- in the Recital Hall, Rm 3001  

May 10th Howard University Commencement Ceremony  

May 10th Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts Recognition Ceremony in Cramton Auditorium 

May 13th Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts Faculty and Staff Recognition Ceremony at The Oliver (lower level) 

Black Stage: Classical Canon
BLACK STAGE will premiere on PBS local affiliate WHUT Wednesday 2/26 at 8pm! 

Black Stage Classical Canon 2025

 

Esteemed artists share insights into the world of theatre with performances from senior acting majors at Howard University's Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, produced by Shakespeare Theatre Company.

Official website: https://www.whut.org/

For those not in DC, MD, or VA the program will be available on the PBS app, and YouTube. There will be a part II featuring the full monologues as a companion piece that will air and will be posted online as well.

Trailer Link |  Premiere Link 

 

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