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DC to host city’s first-ever Afro Latino Fest on Sunday

To kick off Immigrant Heritage Month, D.C. is hosting its first ever Afro Latino Fest.

Coordinated by the Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs, the event will spotlight the diversity of the Latino communities in the District.

From 2 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 5 in Meridian Hill Park on W Street Northeast, festival-goers can experience live music, cultural performances and take part in activities like yoga or Brazilian capoeira.

Among the live music acts is Cuban drummer Yissy García, Honduran musician Aurelio Martínez, Cuban singer Daymé Arocena and Dominican guitarist Yasser Tejeda.

The event is free to the public.

Metro and IndyCar team up for a busy weekend of Freedom 250 Grand Prix events

No, you weren't hallucinating Thursday morning — that was an IndyCar being pulled along the Metro tracks through a portion of D.C. It was part of a promotion between the Freedom 250 Grand Prix and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to remind people that the best way to navigate the expected huge crowds this weekend is to take Metro. "Even IndyCar knows the fastest way to get around is actually on Metro," said Randy Clarke, the transit agency's general manager and CEO. "We're really excited about this, and this car was a really kind of fun way to show a different way that people can see the Metro system, and we're having a little fun." The IndyCar, described as a work car that will not run in any of the races scheduled over the weekend, was fastened aboard a flat-bed train car and pulled along the yellow line, beginning at the King Street station up to the Mount Vernon station then back south to the L'Enfant Plaza station. Metro riders gawked at the multicolored, low-profile racecar as the train paused at L'Enfant for a photo op.
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