Native Sounds Downtown

Mark your calendars for our new concert season. The first will feature legendary playwright and author Tomson Highway (Cree) in a cabaret performance of his songs on Sunday, May 3 at 2 pm. The afternoon will feature songs from his musical plays “The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito” and “Rose.” The presentation, and museum admission, is free.

Mr. Highway will also be appearing at the NMAI on the National Mall on May 1 and 2.

Then, on Friday, June 5 at 1 pm, the Standing Rock Community High School Band will rock the cobblestones on Bowling Green with their renditions of “Iron Man,” “Crazy Train,” “Imagine,” and other rock classics. They also will be performing a Lakota song recorded by Smithsonian ethnologist Francis Densmore, “The Many Lands You Fear.”

Check out their new MySpace page and listen in! The June concert will wrap their tour which includes St. Paul and Chicago.