BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Historic Alexandria Calendar METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:Historic Alexandria Calendar X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Historic Alexandria Calendar X-WR-CALNAME:Historic Alexandria Calendar X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria,Ol d Town DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=15572\n\nVolunteers\, concerned for the well-being of Alexandria\, formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774. Come for an in-depth guided tour of Friendship's firehouse and lear n about the company's firefighting procedures and equipment\, as well as t he different roles the organization played in serving the community. For age 10 and older\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4994 \nFees: $5 for adults\, $4 ages 10-17. \ nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\ , Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your cale ndar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=15572\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov\n DTEND:20170325T160000Z DTSTAMP:20170221T163041Z DTSTART:20170325T150000Z GEO:38.804940;-77.049408 LOCATION:Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St. SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Docent-Led Tour of Friendship Firehouse Museum TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:21e9e73e-8fbf-4fa8-bba6-5fb4a2e4b090 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov X-COA-DTSTAMP:20170221T163041Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History Museum,Lecture,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria,P arker Gray DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=15785\n\nChicken-both the bird and the food-has played multiple roles in the lives of African American wo men from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for their families\, shaped a distinctive culture\, and helped women define and exert themselves in racist and hostile environments. Psyc he A. Williams-Forson examines the complexity of black women's legacies us ing food as a form of cultural work. While acknowledging the negative inte rpretations of black culture associated with chicken imagery\, Williams-Fo rson focuses her analysis on the ways black women have forged their own se lf-definitions and relationships to the "gospel bird."\n\nExploring materi al ranging from personal interviews to the comedy of Chris Rock\, from com mercial advertisements to the art of Kara Walker\, and from cookbooks to l iterature\, Williams-Forson considers how black women arrive at degrees of self-definition and self-reliance using certain foods. She demonstrates h ow they defy conventional representations of blackness and exercise influe nce through food preparation and distribution. Understanding these complex relationships clarifies how present associations of blacks and chicken ar e rooted in a past that is fraught with both racism and agency. The tradit ions and practices of feminism\, Williams-Forson argues\, are inherent in the foods women prepare and serve.\n\nPsyche Williams-Forson is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies at the Universit y of Maryland College Park. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Wome n's Studies\, African American Studies\, Anthropology/Archeology and the C onsortium on Race\, Gender\, and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland. Her research and teaching interests discuss the ways that power functions in our everyday lives. Her current research explores food shaming and food policing in Black communities. \n\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 9 02 Wythe St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4356\nFees: FREE\nReservations Encour aged\n\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History Museum\, Lecture\ , Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Parker Gray\n\nImport this event i nto your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si =15785 DTEND:20170325T170000Z DTSTAMP:20170315T135940Z DTSTART:20170325T150000Z GEO:38.812083;-77.048042 LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:3bba9590-573a-4ecc-a839-1e79e4c57852 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20170315T135940Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR