Events

David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora
Friday, September 12, 2025 - December 5, 2025

Visit The Driskell Center from September 12 to December 5 for the fall 2025 exhibition, Solace & Sisterhood. The Center is open to the public Monday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Featured artists: Lavett Ballard, Amber Robles-Gordon, and Evita Tezeno

Solace & Sisterhood is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council, the University of Maryland's Arts for All initiative, and the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS).

Learn more here.

Nov. 14-Nov. 21, 2025 | The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center 

A biographical tale of country life upended by the Vietnam War, Samm-Art Williams’ Tony Award-winning play follows a young Black farm owner and his indomitable spirit as he leans on faith, love, and the pull of the land in the face of losing everything, including himself.

Assistant Professor KenYatta Rogers (director of previous TDPS productions "Stick Fly," "Men on Boats," and “Metamorphoses") directs this exciting and thought-provoking play offering insight into the rural Black experience about one man’s journey to find fulfillment.

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Arabic | College of Arts and Humanities | Language House | School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
HJ Patterson, 3135

One of the classics of Egyptian cinema, Cairo Station is a psychological thriller that’s part neorealist and part film noir set in and around Cairo’s central train station.

The film will be shown with subtitles, and light refreshments will be provided. 

Learn more and RSVP here.

Monday, December 1, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
0107 St. Mary’s Hall, International Film Lounge

As part of the F25 LH International Film Series, the Arabic Cluster presents Empire M(إمبراطورية ميم). Experience Arabic language and culture through cinema and join us for an evening of cross-cultural dialogue and community engagement.

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Join the BSU-UMD Social Justice Alliance, 2nd Lt. Richard W. Collins III Foundation and the Mission Continues as we honor the life and legacy of Lt. Richard Collins III through a day of service, reflection, and community impact. Volunteers will come together at City Ranch, under the direction of Cowboy Brandt, to build benches, clean up the grounds, and help map out new hiking trails in dedication to this courageous soldier’s memory. Whether you are a student, faculty or staff member, veteran, community member, or supporter, your participation helps ensure that Lt. Collins’ legacy of courage and compassion continues to live on through meaningful action. Let’s serve and build together! 

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For more than fifty years, the multiple Grammy Award-nominated a cappella women's choir Sweet Honey in the Rock®️ has maintained an active role at the global forefront of Black empowerment, entertainment and education. Founded by the late historian, social activist and singer Bernice Johnson Reagon, the ensemble's concerts offer a positive, loving and socially conscious spirit, held aloft by masterful choral singing. Sweet Honey in the Rock's Celebrating the Holydays is a unique fusion of traditional American holiday spirituals, hymns and inspirational songs that intentionally incorporates holy and celebratory music by cultures and religions from around the world, all blended with thematic elements of hip-hop, folk and pop music. This special presentation of good tidings for the season has been honed to perfection over a decade of touring. You'll hear classics including “Jesus, What a Wonderful Child” and “Silent Night,” alongside popular band favorites like “We Are,” “Let There Be Peace” and “Chinese Proverb.” In an effort toward greater audience inclusivity, Sweet Honey prioritizes ASL interpretation at every performance. Celebrating the Holydays will feature vocalists Louise Robinson, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil and Carol Maillard; bassist Romeir Mendez; and American Sign Language interpreter Barbara Hunt.

Learn more and buy tickets here.