DC LaborFest: MARX, WHISKEY, RADIO & PUB TRIVIA
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Organized and presented by the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, the DC LaborFest features a wide-ranging selection of art about work, workers and workers’ issues.
MAY DAY/LABORFEST RADIO SPECIAL: Weds, May 1, 2-5p DICTIONARY OF MARX: Sat, May 5, 6p PUB TRIVIA LABOR EDITION: Mon, May 7, 7p SOLIDARITY FOREVER AWARDS: Wed, May 9, 5:30p LABOR 411 UNION WHISKEY TASTING: Thu, May 10, 5:30-7:30pm UNION CITY RADIO: Weekdays at 7:15a YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK (RADIO SHOW): Thursdays, 2:00p See below for detailed event write-ups and links to purchase tickets or RSVP. |
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UNION CITY RADIO
UNION CITY RADIO
Weekdays at 7:15a on WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online at http://wpfwfm.org
Check out our podcast: Union City Radio
Brief audio version of the award-winning Union City electronic newsletter, featuring DC-area labor news, updates, calendar and labor history with Union City Managing Editor Chris Garlock.
UNION CITY RADIO: WPFW’s [email protected] LABOR EDITION
5p*, live on WPFW 89.3 FM
Live performances on your radio by artists who “put the movement back in the movement!”
Weds, May 1: Judge Smith Band
Saturday, May 26, 8p: Laborpalooza MusicFest
Tuesday, May 29: Labor Jazz Showcase
* except for the May 26 Laborpalooza show, which starts at 8p
YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK
Thursdays, 2:00p; WPFW 89.3 or listen online
Check out our podcast: Union City Radio
Union City Radio’s Chris Garlock and DCNA’s Ed Smith discuss worker rights and take listener calls. Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO, hosts the daily Union City Radio feature on WPFW (weekdays at 7:15a). Smith is the Executive Director of the DC Nurses Association.
PLUS: listen daily all month for the Workers Rights Tip of the Day!
Weekdays at 7:15a on WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online at http://wpfwfm.org
Check out our podcast: Union City Radio
Brief audio version of the award-winning Union City electronic newsletter, featuring DC-area labor news, updates, calendar and labor history with Union City Managing Editor Chris Garlock.
UNION CITY RADIO: WPFW’s [email protected] LABOR EDITION
5p*, live on WPFW 89.3 FM
Live performances on your radio by artists who “put the movement back in the movement!”
Weds, May 1: Judge Smith Band
Saturday, May 26, 8p: Laborpalooza MusicFest
Tuesday, May 29: Labor Jazz Showcase
* except for the May 26 Laborpalooza show, which starts at 8p
YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK
Thursdays, 2:00p; WPFW 89.3 or listen online
Check out our podcast: Union City Radio
Union City Radio’s Chris Garlock and DCNA’s Ed Smith discuss worker rights and take listener calls. Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO, hosts the daily Union City Radio feature on WPFW (weekdays at 7:15a). Smith is the Executive Director of the DC Nurses Association.
PLUS: listen daily all month for the Workers Rights Tip of the Day!
MAY DAY/LABORFEST RADIO SPECIAL
Weds, May 1, 2-5p, WPFW 89.3FM or listen online
Union City Radio’s Chris Garlock hosts a 3-hour radio special celebrating May Day and previewing the 2018 DC LaborFest. May Day is observed around the world as International Workers' Day, honoring laborers and the working classes, while the DC LaborFest – now in its fifth year, explores workers and their struggles through the arts, including film, music, art and history.
Union City Radio’s Chris Garlock hosts a 3-hour radio special celebrating May Day and previewing the 2018 DC LaborFest. May Day is observed around the world as International Workers' Day, honoring laborers and the working classes, while the DC LaborFest – now in its fifth year, explores workers and their struggles through the arts, including film, music, art and history.
DICTIONARY OF MARX
Sat, May 5, 6p; Capital Fringe space at 1358 Florida Ave NE, Washington DC
$10; order tickets here
A one-night-only multimedia extravaganza and exploration of what Karl Marx means today in America and the world, Dictionary of Marx will take place on Marx’s 200th birthday, which coincides with the Cinco de Mayo celebration of Mexican culture. A dozen of Washington, DC’s most engaging presenter-performers will provide their brief interpretations of key words in the lexicon of Marx in less than 15 minutes. There will be theater, poetry, film, monologues, mini-lectures, and happenings. The event will also feature live music from Joe Uehlein, Magpie, and Elena & Los Fulanos, and interactive experiences, including board games, bartender conversations, and writing workshops.
The event is organized by the Goethe Institut Washington DC as part of an international series, and curated by John Feffer.
Includes the short film Creative Feds, a documentary project which explores federal employees who are as far from the stereotypical “faceless bureaucrats” as you can get. They are government employees by day who also pursue a creative calling by night and weekend. Whether they consider their creative work a hobby or a second career, they don’t see their federal work as a day job. Instead they bring their creative spirit into their federal work, and are equally dedicated to serving their country and their craft.
$10; order tickets here
A one-night-only multimedia extravaganza and exploration of what Karl Marx means today in America and the world, Dictionary of Marx will take place on Marx’s 200th birthday, which coincides with the Cinco de Mayo celebration of Mexican culture. A dozen of Washington, DC’s most engaging presenter-performers will provide their brief interpretations of key words in the lexicon of Marx in less than 15 minutes. There will be theater, poetry, film, monologues, mini-lectures, and happenings. The event will also feature live music from Joe Uehlein, Magpie, and Elena & Los Fulanos, and interactive experiences, including board games, bartender conversations, and writing workshops.
The event is organized by the Goethe Institut Washington DC as part of an international series, and curated by John Feffer.
Includes the short film Creative Feds, a documentary project which explores federal employees who are as far from the stereotypical “faceless bureaucrats” as you can get. They are government employees by day who also pursue a creative calling by night and weekend. Whether they consider their creative work a hobby or a second career, they don’t see their federal work as a day job. Instead they bring their creative spirit into their federal work, and are equally dedicated to serving their country and their craft.
PUB TRIVIA LABOR EDITION
Mon, May 7, 7p; McGinty’s Public House, 911 Ellsworth Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20910
FREE; RSVP here
Organize your team now for this special labor edition of the popular weekly competition. Test your knowledge of the labor movement, have fun with friends and enjoy terrific food and drink at the unofficial LaborFest headquarters. Plus: prizes for the top teams!
FREE; RSVP here
Organize your team now for this special labor edition of the popular weekly competition. Test your knowledge of the labor movement, have fun with friends and enjoy terrific food and drink at the unofficial LaborFest headquarters. Plus: prizes for the top teams!
SOLIDARITY FOREVER AWARDS
Wed, May 9, 5:30p-7:00p; AFL-CIO (Gompers Room), 815 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
Tickets
Hosted by the Labor Heritage Foundation
Honoring Kenneth E. Rigmaiden, General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT). Co-hosts Eric Dean, General President, Ironworkers International and Esther López, Secretary-Treasurer, UFCW. Master of Ceremonies: James Boland President, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
The Labor Heritage Foundation works to "strengthen the labor movement through the use of music and the arts."
Tickets
Hosted by the Labor Heritage Foundation
Honoring Kenneth E. Rigmaiden, General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT). Co-hosts Eric Dean, General President, Ironworkers International and Esther López, Secretary-Treasurer, UFCW. Master of Ceremonies: James Boland President, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
The Labor Heritage Foundation works to "strengthen the labor movement through the use of music and the arts."
LABOR 411 UNION BEER AND WHISKEY TASTING
Thu, May 10, 5:30-7:30pm
The Dubliner, Phoenix Park Hotel, 4 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001
$35 (1-4 tickets), order ticket here
NOW: order 5 or more tickets and the price is just $25 each; CLICK HERE to reserve your discount tickets now!
Buy union, shop union, drink union! DC Labor 411 and the DC LaborFest host our second annual 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 411 is the nation’s premier directory of union-made goods and services; find out more at labor411.org
The Dubliner, Phoenix Park Hotel, 4 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001
$35 (1-4 tickets), order ticket here
NOW: order 5 or more tickets and the price is just $25 each; CLICK HERE to reserve your discount tickets now!
Buy union, shop union, drink union! DC Labor 411 and the DC LaborFest host our second annual 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 411 is the nation’s premier directory of union-made goods and services; find out more at labor411.org
Click below for the DC LaborFest YouTube channel, Twitter Feed and Facebook page
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