Events - Week View

LHF will be participating in the Takoma Park Folk Festival this year; look for our table in the vendor area!

A weekly radio show celebrating the cultural heritage of the American worker. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant and produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation; broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM Podcast version available at 2p: https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com/

This presentation by Historian Peter Rachleff, PhD (Professor of History Emeritus, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota) chronicles the alliance between black and white union activists that held a majority on Richmond City Council. At the peak of the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War, they put forward a vision for a new city hall that resonates to this day. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion and facilitated small group conversation. Tickets are $25 for the lecture and breakout discussion and $10 for the lecture only. Coming Together Virginia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on their vision of a racially healed world of thriving, equitable and just communities.

The manager of a solar panel factory in Belgium conducts a secret ballot vote among a unit of sixteen workers by which they decide to either renew or eliminate the job of their co-worker, Sandra. Each worker gets a substantial bonus if they vote to dismiss her, but lose it if they choose to re-hire her. The company bets on selfishness while Sandra has the weekend to argue her case to each of her co-workers. Can group solidarity triumph over rational self-interest embedded in capitalism? (Deux jours, une nuit, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France/Italy 2014, 95 min., DCP, French, Arabic, and English with English subtitles) A joint effort of the Dryden Theatre and the Rochester Labor Council, the Rochester Labor Film Series presents motion pictures celebrating workers around the world.

2024 BBQ concert at Al & Mo’s featuring Joe Uehlein. $20 per person. Limited space, RSVP required: email MASHEAHAN@aol.com or call Marsha 248-376-5701. Joe Uehlein‘s concerts always include a wide and deep presentation of Americana and roots-Rock music, including folk, rock’n roll, bluegrass, country, soul, and more. But his solo shows take on a more intimate feel, talking more about music, politics, and the human spirit.

When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, their arrests made headlines. When the white community of labor leaders and civil servants near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the protest, a history-making interracial demonstration was born.

Showings: September 15 - 19, 7:30pm Start. Sept. 15 is SOLD OUT