The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered (GLBT) Arts Consortium will offer A Remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 7 PM, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church (CHPC), 4th and Independence Avenue SE, near the Eastern Market and Capitol South Metro Stations. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by a grant from the Capitol Hill Community Foundation. The Church is accessible and the event will be interpreted for the deaf. The national theme for Martin Luther King Jr. Day is “Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On. Not a Day Off..”
Participants in the Remembrance include: Bread & Roses Feminist Singers, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church Choir, Capitol Hill Youth Chorus, Jubilee Singers of All Souls Unitarian Church, Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, D.C., Not What You Think, Nuance, Rock Creek Singers of Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Third Millennium Ensemble, and others. The MC for the Remembrance is: Sharmila Khare.
Participants in the King Remembrance reflect the broad range of artists and presenting groups that collectively make up the GLBT Arts Consortium, a voluntary collaboration of varied arts organizations from the Washington, D.C. metro area which works to raise the visibility of GLBT arts.
For more information about the King Remembrance, contact: 202-547-4102 or www.dcglbtarts.org.
Official Website: http://www.dcglbtarts.org
Added by JillStrachan on January 7, 2007