DC LABORFEST TODAY: Week 2 Preview

The second full week of the 2016 DC LaborFest kicks off today. Here's a quick overview of the week ahead, including links to RSVP or buy tickets. The LaborFest is a month-long celebration of labor arts in the nation’s capital, exploring work, workers and their lives and issues through films, music, art, literature and history. Click here for the complete line-up. 
SHERPA (Film)
JOE UEHLEIN, STEVE & PETER JONES(Music)
IBEW MUSEUM TOUR (History)
99 HOMES (Film)
BEN SHAHN WPA FRESCOS/MURALS(Art) Only a few spaces left!
DREAM ON (Film)
DC UNITED UNION NIGHT (Soccer) 
REDES (Music/Film)
THERE IS POWER IN A UNION: A LABOR SONGS VESPERS (Music) JUST ADDED!
DC LABOR HISTORY BIKE TOUR(History) NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION! 
THE INTERN (Film)
REDES (THE WAVE) (Film)
DC LABOR CHORUS SPRING CONCERT (Music)
JOE UEHLEIN PREVIEWS THE U-LINERS NEW RECORD (Music)
LABOR HISTORY WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON (History)
AFL-CIO ARCHIVE TOUR (History)

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POETRY AT WORK update: We're getting there, but are still 9 people short of the 15minimum required for the May 22 workshop with award-winning writer Mark Nowak; if there are not enough participants registered by tomorrow, this workshop (and the May 24 reading and WPFW simulcast) will be cancelled. The workshop is free butyou must RSVP here; sign up and spread the word!
SHERPA (Film)
Mon, May 9, 7:15pm – 9:00pm
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 
Tickets; Trailer.
Mount Everest inspires numerous stories putting foreign climbers at the peak of attention. Sherpa shifts the focus to the Himalayan locals who do most of the heavy lifting on the mountain they call Chomolungma... 
JOE UEHLEIN, STEVE & PETER JONES (Music)
Tue, May 10, 5pm – 8pm
Busboys and Poets, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012
$10; Buy tickets online here
5-6p be part of the live audience for a [email protected] simulcast on WPFW 89.3 FM 
6-8p concert 
Join Joe, Steve and Peter for an intimate and rousing evening of music, politics, and the human spirit... 
IBEW MUSEUM TOUR (History)
Wed, May 11, 12:00pm – 1:30pm
IBEW, 900 Seventh street N.W. Washington, DC. 
FREE but you must RSVP HERE   
A very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum, tracing the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last century through displays of equipment used by members going back to the 1890’s, including a collection of lightbulbs spanning more than a century... 
99 HOMES (Film)
Wed, May 11, 7:15pm – 9:00pm
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tickets; Trailer
Hosted by IFPTE (International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers) and SEIU (Service Employees International Union) 
Andrew Garfield makes a deal with the devil in this searing moral thriller – a bitter examination of One Percent corruption. Ramin Bahrani’s visceral drama of real estate agency run amok is keenly honed to make your blood boil... 
BEN SHAHN WPA FRESCOS/MURALS (Art) Only a few spaces left!
Thu, May 12, 12pm – 2pm
VOA, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20237 (Meet at C Street entrance; must present valid photo ID)
FREE but must RSVP here.
Artist Ben Shahn’s stunning frescos are as vibrant and meaningful today as when he created them in 1942. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see these amazing artworks up close... 
DREAM ON (Film)
Fri, May 13, 12pm – 1pm
AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
FREE (bring your lunch!); RSVP here; Trailer
Free Labor FilmFest passes for all attendees, plus DC LaborFest t-shirt raffle!
In an epic road trip, political comedian John Fugelsang speaks with fast-food workers and retirees, prisoners and entrepreneurs, undocumented immigrants and community organizers about their hopes, dreams, and daily struggles...
DC UNITED UNION NIGHT (Soccer) 
Fri, May 13, 7pm – 10pm
RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 
Tickets: $20 per seat (portion goes to CASA); Groups of 25 will have tailgate tent, table, and space provided by D.C. United.
Click here to purchase tickets; DEADLINE WEDNESDAY MAY 11! 
Join us as D.C. United takes on the NY Red Bulls in the Atlantic Cup, the biggest and oldest rivalry in Major League Soccer! 
REDES (Music/Film preview)
Fri, May 13, 7pm – 9pm
Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
FREE
History and music experts launch a brand-new DVD of Paul Strand’s classic film Redes with a brand-new recording of the score by DC’s own PostClassical Ensemble (PCE), which will offer a live performance of “Ocho por radio” at this event, with selected clips from Redes...
THERE IS POWER IN A UNION: A LABOR SONGS VESPERS (Music) JUST ADDED!
Fri, May 13, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Rd, Oakton, VA 22124
From Joe Hill to Pete Seeger to Billy Bragg, the songs of the labor movement have helped rally workers to the cause, inspired men and women to organize for justice, and articulated the aspirations of of tens of millions of workers around the world. Join Pete Rafle, Bob Carr and Bob Hatfield as they honor the music and poetry that has inspired the power of solidarity and the workers' struggle...
DC LABOR HISTORY BIKE TOUR (History) NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION! 
Sat, May 14, 10:30am – 1:00pm
Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036 ​
$10 (benefits DC Jobs with Justice)
Sign up here.
A rollicking ride by bike through DC’s history of working-class struggle, the tour will highlight sites and stories of resistance from the distant past to recent events, some memorialized in stone, others paved over and nearly forgotten... 
THE INTERN (Film)
Sat, May 14, 11am – 1pm
AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD 
$5 Tickets! Trailer
Starting a new job can be a difficult challenge, especially if you’re already retired. Looking to get back into the game, 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) seizes the opportunity to become a senior intern at a startup online fashion site, where his charm, wisdom and sense of humor reveal that older workers still have much to contribute... 
REDES (THE WAVE) (Film)
Sat, May 14, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
$5 Tickets!  Trailer 
In this vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing in the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real-life fishermen), one worker’s terrible loss instigates a political awakening among his fellow laborers. The score by Silvestre Revueltas is considered a classic of film music and the newly released DVD from Naxos features a new recording of the score by DC’s own PostClassical Ensemble (PCE), and will be available for purchase on site... 
DC LABOR CHORUS SPRING CONCERT (Music)
Sat, May 14, 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Washington Ethical Society, 7750 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20012
Tickets $20 or purchase at the door.
Two of DC’s favorite singing groups join their voices in song to celebrate the past and continued work of movements that changed America for the better -- labor and human rights. Not What You Think, an a cappella ensemble, and the DC Labor Chorus will
share the stage for a concert of classics as well as current songs that focus on “Peace, Jobs and Justice.” 
JOE UEHLEIN PREVIEWS THE U-LINERS NEW RECORD (Music)
Sat, May 14, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Zed's Cafe, 8225 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
Longtime singer and organizer Joe Uehlein previews songs from The U-Liners new record, Sweet Lorain, due out later this year... 
LABOR HISTORY WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON(History)
Sun, May 15, 1:30pm – 4:00pm
University of Maryland Hornbake Library, North; University of Maryland, Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740 (Library Media Services, Room 0302H, Ground Floor)
FREE; RSVP here
Join a community interested in promoting labor history by editing the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia. No editing or technical experience necessary.  All participants will receive complimentary issues of Labor’s Heritagejournal... 
AFL-CIO ARCHIVE TOUR (History)
Sun, May 15, 4pm – 5pm
University of Maryland Hornbake Library, North; University of Maryland, Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740 (Library Media Services, Room 0302H, Ground Floor)
FREE; RSVP here
Unique opportunity to view the George Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive. These rich archives provide a look at the history of the labor struggle in the United States and internationally. See behind the scenes in the archive stacks: labor cartoons, buttons, pins, andmemorabilia. (Follows the Labor History Edit-a-Thon)

The DC LaborFest is an expansion of the annual DC Labor FilmFest; both are organized by the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO. CLICK HERE for the complete DC Labor Fest and Labor FilmFest schedule! ​