Tell Arlington Story video | Lloyd Wolf on the Columbia Pike Documentary Project

Thanks to Dulce Carrillo of Tell Arlington's Story, and the good folks at Arlington Independent Media (AIM)  for this piece.

The interview was conducted in 2011.

Columbia Pike Blues Festival #18

Photographs from the Eighteenth Columbia Pike Blues Festival, sponsored by CPRO, the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization.

The bands playing included BG and the Mojo Hands, Clarence "Bluesman" Turner, Chris Polk, Cathy Ponton King, and G.E. Smith.

Thanks to Takis Karantonis of CPRO for his good work and support.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Ethiopian Community Development Council banquet / Cheick Hamala's Griot Street Band

Some images from the 30th Anniversary Banquet for ECDC,  the Ethiopian Community Development Council. It was a celebration of the three decades of their effective work on behalf of African and other immigrants in our community and nationwide.

Local ABC news co-anchor Maureen Bunyan served as mistress of ceremonies, and the speakers included founder Dr. Tsehaye Teferra, and acclaimed Ethiopian-American author Dinaw Mengistu.

The music was provided by Malian ngoni master Cheick Hamala's Griot Street Band.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.