July 7, 2012
July 7: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

Working for The NAMES Project Foundation, Roddy Williams sorts through portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt stored in an Atlanta warehouse. Photo by Erik S. Lesser, New York Times.
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 Guernsey Brothers
12:00 PM—1:00 PM University of Hawai’i Ensemble
1:00 PM—2:00 PM West Virginia University Steel Band
2:00 PM—3:00 PM University of Hawai’i's Hula Halau Unukupukupu
3:00 PM—4:00 PM University of Texas–Pan American Mariachi Aztlán
4:00 PM—5:00 PM University of Hawai’i Ensemble
Commons Discussion
11:00 AM—11:45 AM Lifelong Learning: Art from Oral Histories
11:45 AM—12:30 PM Opening Doors: Women Take Charge
12:30 PM—1:15 PM The Next 150 Years: 4-H and Extension in the Future
1:15 PM—2:00 PM Sustainable Solutions: Responding to Change in Climate
2:00 PM—2:45 PM The Land-grant Tradition: Sports and Tradition
2:45 PM—3:30 PM Building on Tradition: Folklore Programs at Universities
3:30 PM—4:15 PM Research Into Action: Designing New Energy Systems
4:15 PM—5:00 PM Reinventing Agriculture: Old Roots, New Shoots
5:00 PM—5:30 PM Transforming Communities: Technology and Accessibility
Smithsonian U
11:00 AM—11:30 AM U.S. Milk Safety Regulations
11:30 AM—12:00 PM Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Audit Programs
12:00 PM—12:30 PM Food is More Than Something to Eat
12:30 PM—1:00 PM Can Design Change the World?
1:00 PM—1:30 PM The Mississippi State University Shelter Medicine Program
1:30 PM—2:00 PM The Legacy of Grant Wood’s Murals at Iowa State University
2:00 PM—2:30 PM Design Thinking as an Agent of Change in your Community
2:30 PM—3:00 PM Pioneer Historical Cabin
3:00 PM—3:30 PM What We Can Learn from Interviewing Veterans
3:30 PM—4:00 PM Aquatic Invasive Species
4:00 PM—4:30 PM Can Design Change the World?
4:30 PM—5:00 PM JAZZAlive at the University of the District of Columbia
5:00 PM—5:30 PM The Beauty, Bounty, and Benefits of Beer
Test Kitchen
11:00 AM—11:45 PM Missouri Seasonable and Simple Cooking
12:00 PM—12:45 PM Vermont Maple Syrup
1:00 PM—1:45 PM Cooking with Honey
2:00 PM—2:45 PM Cooking with Lamb
3:00 PM—3:45 PM Rosehips as Food and Medicine
4:00 PM—5:30 PM Dairy Doings
Creativity and Crisis: Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Red Hot Stage
11:00 AM—11:45 AM The NAMES Performers
11:45 PM— 12:30 PM The NAMES Performers
12:30 PM—1:15 PM The NAMES Performers
1:15 PM —2:00 PM Spoken Word
2:00 PM—2:45 PM The NAMES Performers
2:45 PM —3:30 PM The NAMES Performers
3:30 PM —4:15 PM Spoken Word
4:15 PM—5:00 PM The NAMES Performers
5:00 PM—5:30 PM A Conversation about Arts and Advocacy
Giving Voice Stage
11:00 AM—11:45 AM History of The Quilt and The NAMES Project Foundation
11:45 PM— 12:30 PM Art as Medicine
12:30 PM—1:15 PM Quilting Workshops and Panel Makers
1:15 PM —2:00 PM Global Voices
2:00 PM —2:45 PM Quilt Rituals
2:45 PM —3:30 PM HIV/AIDS Through Spoken Word
3:30 PM —4:15 PM The Quilt Volunteer Experience
4:15 PM—5:00 PM Self-Expression Through Body Maps
5:00 PM—5:30 PM Reflections on The Quilt Display
Citified: Arts and Creativity East of the Anacostia River
Panorama Room
11:00 AM—11:45 AM Rap: AB the Pro
11:45 AM—12:30 PM Liturgical Dance: Dancing With A Purpose Ministries
12:30 PM—1:30 PM No Question Band
1:30 PM—2:30 PM Hand Dancing Workshop: Smooth & Eazy
2:30 PM—3:30 PM Go-Go: Cold Hearted Band Hip-Hop: Head Roc
3:30 PM—4:30 PM African Heritage Dancers & Drummers
4:30 PM—5:30 PM Junkyard Band
Good Hope and Naylor Corner
11:00 AM—11:45 AM Hand Dancing Workshop: Smooth & Eazy
11:45 PM— 12:30 PM The Musical Life of Chuck and Being in the Chuck Brown Band
12:30 PM—1:30 PM African Influence in Go-Go: Christylez Bacon & Melvin Deal
1:30 PM—2:30 PM Go-Go Then / Go-Go Now
2:30 PM—3:30 PM Beat Ya Feet Dance: Da Originalz
3:30 PM—4:30 PM Go-Go Fitness
4:30 PM—5:30 PM Rap: AB the Pro and Hip Hop: Christylez Bacon
Douglass Hall
11:00 AM—11:45 AM BK Adams and Public Art
11:45 PM— 12:30 PM Melani Douglass
12:30 PM—1:30 PM Quilting: Daughters of Dorcas & Sons
1:30 PM—2:30 PM Go-Go Dress Styles
2:30 PM—3:30 PM BK Adams and Public Art
3:30 PM—4:30 PM Quilting: Daughters of Dorcas & Sons
4:30 PM—5:30 PM DC Go-Go Style
Evening Concerts
Morrill Performing Arts Center
6:00 PM—7:30 PM University of the District of Columbia’s Jazz Ensemble
Red Hot Stage
6:00 PM—8:00 PM Evening Cabaret
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