 It's a blockbuster third week at the DC LaborFest, with tonight's DCUnited Union Night, Tuesday'sscreening of Matewan with director John Sayles,Wednesday's Love Songs from the Liberation Wars andThursday's Labor 411 Union Beer and Whiskey Tasting, plus of course a bunch of other great events, detailed below. Mark your calendar, get your tickets and RSVP now! LaborFest This Week: DC United Union Night:Sat, May 13, 7p, Saturday, May 13 No God No Master (LaborFest Film): Mon, May 15, 7pm – 10pm Quest (LaborFest Film): Mon, May 15, 7:00pm – 8:30pm The Struggle For Justice: Labor At The National Portrait Gallery(LaborFest Art): Tue, May 16, 1pm – 2pm Matewan (With Director John Sayles) (LaborFest Film): Tue, May 16, 7pm – 10pm Iron Workers History Tour (LaborFest Art/History): Wed, May 17, 12:00pm – 1:30pm Love Songs From Liberation Wars (LaborFest Music): Wed, May 17, 5pm – 8pm Labor 411 Union Beer and Whiskey Tasting (LaborFest Other): Thu, May 18, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Labor & Migration (LaborFest Film): Fri, May 19, 12pm – 1pm Solidarity Forever Awards (LaborFest Music/Art): Fri, May 19, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Labor History Walk (LaborFest History): Sat, May 20, 10am – 12pm Labor Night at DC United (vs Philadelphia)
Sat, May 13, 7pm – 10pm RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA (map) Tickets here; Promo Code: LABOR17 No God No Master (LaborFest Film) Mon, May 15, 7pm – 10pm AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910; Hosted by IATSE 22 For tickets visit here This re-telling of the story of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti explores the disintegration of civil liberties during times of social unrest. Quest (LaborFest Film) Mon, May 15, 7:00pm – 8:30pm New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770 FREE; RSVP online here Director Jonathan Olshefski follows the Raineys, a working-class Black family living in North Philadelphia, over the course of eight years. The Struggle For Justice: Labor At The National Portrait Gallery(LaborFest Art) Tue, May 16, 1pm – 2pm National Portrait Gallery, 8th St NW & F St NW, Washington, DC 20001 (map) FREE but space is limited and you must RSVP online here Hour-long tour features more than forty photographs, paintings, posters, buttons and sculptures. Matewan (With Director John Sayles) (LaborFest Film) Tue, May 16, 7pm – 10pm AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Hosted by NNU; For tickets visit here With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones. Based on the 1920 showdown between coal miners determined to form a union and coal company agents hired to prevent them, this is one of the classic films about American labor. Iron Workers History Tour (LaborFest Art/History) Wed, May 17, 12:00pm – 1:30pm Intl Association-Iron Workers, 1750 New York Ave NW #400, Washington, DC 20006 (meet in lobby) FREE but you must RSVP here Exclusive guided tour of the Iron Workers headquarters, featuring handmade motorcycles, a spectacular wall mural, historic tools, photos, convention paraphernalia, World Trade Center mementos and more! Love Songs From Liberation Wars (LaborFest Music) Wed, May 17, 5pm – 8pm Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St, Washington DC 20012 (map) FREE but you must RSVP online here Excerpts from the original “labor jazz opera” by local activist/musician Steve Jones, “Love Songs” tells the moving story of a strike led by African-American women at the R J Reynolds factory in Winston-Salem, NC, which was an early victory against Jim Crow segregation. Labor 411 Union Beer and Whiskey Tasting (LaborFest Other) Thu, May 18, 5:30pm – 7:30pm The Dubliner, Phoenix Park Hotel, 4 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001 (map) $25, order ticket here DC Labor 411 and the DC LaborFest host our first-ever all-union beer and whiskey tasting, along with delicious appetizers at one of DC’s very finest union establishments (thank you Unite Here Local 25!) Labor & Migration (LaborFest Film) Fri, May 19, 12pm – 1pm AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA FREE; RSVP online here Solidarity Forever Awards (LaborFest Music/Art) Fri, May 19, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Tickets This year’s Solidarity Forever Award goes to Newton B. Jones, president of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, for his outstanding leadership in preserving labor history and culture through the Boilermaker History Preservation Department. Labor History Walk (LaborFest History) Sat, May 20, 10am – 12pm meet at AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington (map) $11 per person donation benefits Jews United for Justice. Sign up online here From the Labor Hall of Fame to Joe Hill’s ashes, worker’s history is around just about every corner in our nation’s capitol, if you know where to look. Comments are closed.
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