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Saturday, March 7

LaPortas – Alexandria

Sharón Clark Trio

Sharón Clark is perhaps the most powerful jazz vocalist in Washington, D.C. She belts Great American songbook standards and soars over lush arrangements created by her regular pianist Chris Grasso. She performs in a trio every Saturday at LaPorta’s in…



Black Women and the Fight to Free Women and D.C.


“He’s got everybody here, right in his hands. He’s got the whole world in his hands,” classical contralto star Marian Anderson sang to a record-setting crowd of at least 250,000 people on the National Mall on August 28, 1963. In 1939, the high-profile Black singer had performed an Easter concert on the Lincoln Memorial steps after the Daughters…