This month, Community Cinema [DC] presents The Calling, a documentary following seven dedicated young people on a dramatic journey as they prepare to become professional clergy. But the “calling” question doesn’t stop there.
What’s Your Calling? (WYC), a digital and community engagement campaign, explores the notion of “calling” from both religious and secular perspectives, through a variety of media and written commentary. Through this content and user discussion, WYC (www.whatsyourcalling.org) engages participants in conversations about why and how people are following their “calling,” seeking to make the world a better place through art, politics, business, music, aid, sports, medicine, philanthropy, media, religious leadership, and beyond.
Community Cinema [DC] will explore secular and sacred callings for our previews of “The Calling” on December 5 at Busboys and Poets, and December 19 at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center.
The December 5th Community Cinema preview of “The Calling” will be followed by a Q&A with individuals who are following a “calling”:
Anas “Andy” Shallal, an Iraqi American artist, activist and owner of Busboys and Poets and Eatonville Restaurant, and co-founder of the Peace Café, the largest Arab Jewish dialogue group in the Washington Metropolitan area;
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, a composer, organist, vocalist who has performed with has been commissioned to write works for the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and is music director of the Washington Performing Arts Society’s Men and Women of the Gospel.
Speakers for the December 19th event are TBA. As usual, Community Cinema [DC] is free and open to the general public. RSVPs recommended: thecalling@communitycinema-dc.org or call 202-939-0794.
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On this day in 1980, WHUT made its debut broadcast as WHMM, the first PBS member station licensed to and operated by a predominantly African American institution, historic Howard University. Thirty years later, WHUT’s High Definition signal reaches over 2 million households in the Washington metropolitan area.
