The Humanities Council of Washington, DC is reading Ruined by Lynn Nottage throughout the Spring!

Join us for upcoming Live to Read events:

• March 7 Community Cinema screening of "PUSHING THE ELEPHANT"
  Presented by ITVS, Kino Fist!, and the GWU Film Society
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• March 13 Community Cinema screening of "PUSHING THE ELEPHANT"
  Presented by ITVS and the Washington DCJCC
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• March 24 Bourgeois Radicals: The NAACP and the Struggle for Colonial Liberation, 1941-1960
  Presented by The German Historical Institute and The Humanities Council of Washington, DC
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• March 27     Community Cinema screening of "PUSHING THE ELEPHANT"
  Presented by ITVS and Busboys & Poets
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• April 3     Community Cinema screening of "PUSHING THE ELEPHANT"
  Presented by ITVS and Busboys & Poets
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• April 3     R Street Collective: Literary Media Communications Performance
  Presented by The Duke Ellington School for The Arts
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• April 14     Courageous Vision: A Community Art Show by Miriam's Kitchen Artists
  Presented by by Miriam's Kitchen and Whole Foods-Tenleytown
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• April 21     Courageous Vision: A Community Art Show by Miriam's Kitchen Artists
  Presented by by Miriam's Kitchen and Whole Foods-P Street
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• April 21 Global Perspectives on the Black Freedom Struggle
  Presented by The German Historical Institute and The Humanities Council of Washington, DC
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• April 22    Screening of "LUMO: One Woman's Struggle to Heal in a Nation Beset by War"
  Presented by The DC Rape Crisis Center and Friends of the Congo
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• April 22 - June 5 See Ruined performed live at Arena Stage
  Presented by Arena Stage
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• April 28     Courageous Vision: A Community Art Show by Miriam's Kitchen Artists
  Presented by by Miriam's Kitchen and Whole Foods-Georgetown
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• April 29     Hear Her Speak: Advocacy for Women's Rights
  Presented by Arena Stage and Women for Women International
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• April 30     Breaking Silence: Poetry of Sexual Violence - A free writing workshop led by Kim Roberts
  Presented by Split This Rock and The Humanities Council of Washington, DC
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• April 27     Cool Reads & Funky Beads: Celebrating 5 Years of Bibliomania
  Presented by The Humanities Council of Washington, DC
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• April 29     Out from the Margins: Exploring the Refugee Experience
  Presented by Arena Stage, Friends of the Congo and the Tahirih Justice Center
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• May 8      RUINED: Mother's Day with Friends of the Congo
  Presented by Friends of the Congo and Arena Stage
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• May 9     The Greatest Silence: A Film Screeing
  Presented by the Southwest Neighborhood Library
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• May 14     Ruined by Lynn Nottage: A Book Discussion
  Presented by the Southwest Neighborhood Library
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• May 17     Entourage Night with the Humanities Council at Arena Stage
  Presented by The Humanities Council of Washington, DC and Arena Stage
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• May 26     Black Expatriates and Civil Rights Activism in 1950s and 1960s Ghana
  Presented by The German Historical Institute and The Humanities Council of Washington,DC
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• Ruined book reading and Congolese dinner at Miriam's Kitchen
  Presented by Miriam's Kitchen and the Humanities Council of Washington, DC
  (Private Event)
• Ruined book reading for parents
  Presented by the Multicultural Community Service Parent Resource Center and the Humanities Council of Washington, DC
  (Private Event)
• Poetry Workshop with the DC Rape Crisis Center
  Presented by Beltway Poetry, DC Rape Crisis Center, Humanities Council of Washington, DC, and Split This Rock
  (Private Event)

Thank you to our 2011 Live to Read Supporters!

Thank you to our 2011 Live to Read Partners!

826DC, Arena Stage, Barnes & Noble, Beltway Poetry, DC Public Library, Duke Ellington School for the Arts, Friends of the Congo, German Historical Institute, ITVS, Liberated Muse, Miriam’s Kitchen, Multicultural Community Service Parent Resource Center, National Capital Chapter (DC) of the US National Committee for UN Women, Prince George’s Community College, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Split This Rock, WHUT, Women for Women International, Young Playwrights’ Theater

To become a Live to Read Partner, please contact Elizabeth Hill, Director of Programs and Communications at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .