Washington, D.C.’s jazz community has been hit hard over the past decade by a widespread loss of performance space. Landmark venues like Twins, HR-57, Bohemian Caverns and Alice’s Jazz and Cultural Society have been forced to shut their doors, unable to keep up with rising property costs, the impacts of the pandemic and other financial…
Wednesday, February 25
Jojo Restaurant and Bar – District of Columbia
Mentioned in past coverage
“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…
