July 7: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

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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Leah Binkovitz is a Stone & Holt Weeks Fellow at Washington Post and NPR. Previously, she was a contributing writer and editorial intern for the At the Smithsonian section of Smithsonian magazine.