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Each morning of the Festival, Around the Mall will publish a list of events to help you navigate the National Mall and get the most out of your visit. This year’s event features three programs: Campus and Community: Public and Land-grant Universities and the USDA at 150, Creativity and Crisis: Unfolding The AIDS Memorial Quilt, and Citified: Arts and Creativity East of the Anacostia River. Come celebrate summer with ten days of food, music, dancing, storytelling, culture and more.

Campus and Community: Public and Land-grant Universities and the USDA at 150

Morrill Performing Arts Center

11:00 AM—12:00 PM            Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole

12:00 PM—1:00 PM            University of Texas–Pan American Mariachi Aztlán

1:00 PM—2:00 PM            University of Hawai’i Ensemble

2:00 PM—3:00 PM            West Virginia University Steel Band

3:00 PM—4:00 PM            Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole

4:00 PM—5:00 PM            University of Hawai’i's Hula Halau Unukupukupu
5:00 PM—5:30 PM            University of Texas–Pan American Mariachi Aztl

Commons Discussion

11:00 AM—11:45 AM            The Next 150 Years: Expanding Community Engagement in the Future

11:45 AM—12:30 PM            Reinventing Agriculture: Sustainable Crops of the Future

12:30 PM—1:15 PM            Opening Doors: Civil Rights Struggles

1:15 PM—2:00 PM    Lifelong Learning: Mississippi Hills Cultural Tourism

2:00 PM—2:45 PM    The Land-grant Tradition: LGUs as Smithsonian Affiliates

2:45 PM—3:30 PM            Research Into Action: SIMA Program

3:30 PM—4:15 PM            Transforming Communities: Forging Partnerships Through Music

4:15 PM—5:00 PM            Building on Tradition: Folklore Programs at Universities

5:00 PM—5:30 PM            Sustainable Solutions: Feed the World, Power the Planet

Smithsonian U

11:00 AM—11:30 AM           Ongoing activities

11:30 AM—12:00 PM       What Really Bugs Us: Pests in the Garden and Integrated Pest Management

12:00 PM—12:30 PM        The Legacy of Grant Wood’s Murals at Iowa State University

12:30 PM—1:00 PM            Engaging Immigrant Communities through Leadership

1:00 PM—1:30 PM             Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project: Revitalizing Northwest Native Food Culture

1:30 PM—2:00 PM            Art Science Fusion

2:00 PM—2:30 PM            Design and Extension

2:30 PM—3:00 PM            How Songs Find Their Meanings: Que Sera, Sera

3:00 PM—3:30 PM            21st Century Workforce Development: From Infancy to Innovation

3:30 PM—4:00 PM            Disability, Creativity and Student Life

4:00 PM—4:30 PM            What Really Bugs Us: Pests in the Garden and Integrated Pest Management

4:30 PM—5:00 PM            Americanization of Surimi

5:00 PM—5:30 PM            Sustainable Biofuels

Test Kitchen

11:00 AM—11:45 PM                    Native American Northwest Cooking

12:00 PM—12:45 PM            Vermont Maple Syrup

1:00 PM—1:45 PM            Traditional Hawaiian Cooking

2:00 PM—2:45 PM            Traditional Indiana Cooking

3:00 PM—3:45 PM              Specialty Crop Cooking: Asparagus Soup

4:00 PM—5:30 PM            Dairy Doings: Goat’s Milk Ice Cream and Cheese

Creativity and Crisis: Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Red Hot Stage

11:00 AM—11:45 AM                        Rock Creek Singers

11:45 PM—12:30 PM            The NAMES Performers

12:30 PM—1:15 PM            The NAMES Performers

1:15 PM—2:00 PM                        The NAMES Performers

2:00 PM—2:45 PM                        Spoken Word

2:45 PM—3:30 PM                        The NAMES Performers

3:30 PM—4:15 PM                        The NAMES Performers

4:15 PM—5:00 PM            Spoken Word

5:00 PM—5:30 PM                        The NAMES Performers

Giving Voice Stage

11:00 AM—11:45 AM                        HIV/AIDS Through Spoken Word

11:45 PM—12:30 PM            The Quilt on Tour: The First Displays

12:30 PM—1:15 PM               Art as Medicine

1:15 PM—2:00 PM                        Quilt Rituals

2:00 PM—2:45 PM                        Material Culture in a Digital Age

2:45 PM—3:30 PM                        Community Responses to AIDS

3:30 PM—4:15 PM                        Market Street Stories

4:15 PM—5:00 PM                  Science and Public Health

5:00 PM—5:30 PM                        The Quilt Volunteer Experience

Citified: Arts and Creativity East of the Anacostia River

Panorama Room

11:00 AM—11:45 AM                Hip Hop: Christylez Bacon

11:45 PM—12:30 PM            Rap: AB the Pro

12:30 PM—1:30 PM            Gospel: Galilee Baptist Church Choir

1:30 PM—2:30 PM                        Da’ Originalz

2:30 PM—3:30 PM                        Gospel: Chosen

3:30 PM—5:30 PM                        Latino Music and Dance: Metro Mambo

Good Hope and Naylor Corner

11:00 AM—11:45 AM                        Gospel: Chosen

11:45 PM—12:30 PM                  Da’ Originalz

12:30 PM—1:30 PM                   Storytelling: Master-Griot Storyteller Baba-C

1:30 PM—2:30 PM                        Hip-Hop Workshop: Head Roc

2:30 PM—3:30 PM                        Murals in the Community: Albus Cavus and Others

3:30 PM—4:30 PM                        Storytelling: Master-Griot Storyteller Baba-C and Christylez Bacon

4:30 PM—5:30 PM                        Gospel Singing: Galilee Baptist Church Choir

Douglass Hall

11:00 AM—12:30 PM                        Ongoing activities

12:30 PM—1:30 PM            Tattoo Workshop: Coco Bayron

1:30 PM—2:30 PM                        Quilting: Daughters of Dorcas & Sons

2:30 PM—3:30 PM                        Tattoo Workshop: Coco Bayron

3:30 PM—4:30 PM                        Quilting: Daughters of Dorcas & Sons

4:30 PM—5:30 PM                        Ongoing activities

 

Evening Concerts

Morrill Performing Arts Center

6:00 PM—8:00 PM            Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert: Celebrating Worth Long’s Legacy

Panorama Room

6:00 PM—7:30 PM            An Evening of Song with Rock Creek Singers and In Process . . .