Robert "Bobby" Felder, a celebrated jazz musician, educator, and bandleader, has died at the age of 95, leaving behind a legacy of jazz archives, mentorship, and performances that spanned over 60 years in the Washington, D.C., music scene.

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From biblical epics to financial workshops, paint and sip nights to urban agriculture events, and a St. Patrick's Day parade to an International Women's Day celebration, there are a variety of events happening in the DMV this weekend!

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The Washington National Opera, in partnership with The Washington Informer, hosted a Spring Preview Performance and Q&A featuring excerpts from "Treemonisha" and "The Crucible" at Busboys & Poets Takoma, with Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges and soprano Viviana Goodwin starring in the productions.

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Washington National Opera is presenting a newly commissioned adaptation of Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha" at Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C., featuring a revised story, musical arrangement and orchestration, and a cast of talented actors.

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The DMV is hosting a variety of events, from the Olivier Award-nominated "The Choir of Man" to a Queer Black Broadway Walking Tour, a Jazz With a Cuban Tinge concert, and a Winter in Bloom Floral Candle Workshop, as well as a Magic: The Gathering pre-release event and a Sneakers & Pokémon convention.

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Thompson Restaurants' Milk & Honey brand is partnering with D.C.'s Divine Nine network to raise funds for scholarships and service efforts, with diners able to contribute by rounding up their checks and participating in the Black Love Dine & Donate Day.

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The Lorton Prison photography program, which ran from 1980 to 1989, offered incarcerated men a creative outlet to express themselves and connect to the outside world, and now their photos are being showcased in the exhibition "Inside Out: Dignity and the Art of Seeing" at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

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The DC Jazz Festival has named Emmet Cohen and Janelle Gill as its 2026 Artists-in-Residence who will host a year of performances, master classes, and creative collaborations throughout the city to celebrate jazz as a vibrant, evolving art form.

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The Washington National Opera is presenting a newly commissioned adaptation of Scott Joplin's 1911 ragtime opera "Treemonisha" at Lisner Auditorium, which follows an educated freedwoman as she navigates the realities of post-Reconstruction and highlights the valuable foundation of education in American history.

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Ben Crump, along with filmmakers Cameron S. Mitchell and Raji Ramanathan and director John Beder, won a regional Emmy for producing the short documentary "How to Sue the Klan", which tells the story of five Black women in Chattanooga who used the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act to successfully sue the Ku Klux Klan in 1982.

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