The  Citified program will explore the ways in which the neighborhoods east of the Anacostia river in  Washington, D.C.,  are connected through arts and creativity by performing music, telling stories, and creating art that represents the neighborhood. This Festival program looks at creativity, identity, and community in Far Southeast Washington, D.C., neighborhoods. Presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum, it highlights the connections among residents of urban communities as expressed through arts and creativity.  Citified alludes to the fact that many African American residents living east of the Anacostia River have parents or grandparents who migrated from the rural South, particularly South and North Carolina, and who continue to maintain connections with their southern (although often no longer rural) heritage.