Want to see some local DC acts perform while supporting a worthy organization? Mark your calendar for next Saturday, October 11! D.C. Music Download is proud to support Guitars Not Guns this fall. Guitars Not Guns is a local non-profit that provides free guitar instruction and instruments to local youth. GNG partners students with a local mentor, who inspire…
Author: Haley Fults
It's not New York or San Francisco, but DC has some surprising cultural moments to be discovered. And I'm going to tell you about them. Special attention to free, super cool, or just plain strange events.
Southwest Arts Fest Surrounds (e)merge Art Fair
If you’re headed to the Southwest Waterfront for the (e)merge art fair this weekend, make sure to also check out these free events. Arena Stage: National Hand Dance Association (Sunday, 12-5pm) 1101 6th St. SW Join the National Hand Dance Association from noon to 5 PM for Hand Dance demonstrations, lessons in basic hand dance…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Art All Night Edition
Saturday, September 27 Red Dirt Studio – 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Join Red Dirt Studio as they celebrate their new space at the old Mount Rainier firehouse. Events will consist of activities for children followed by a new composition by InnerLoop and a reserved keg of Franklin’s limited edition special brew for adults. To…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: 2014 H Street Festival Edition
Thursday, September 18 Pleasant Plans Workshop – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Essentially Qualified by Paull Shortt exhibits the phenomenon many new graduates go through – having the qualifications for a position but not the required experience necessary to get the job. This exhibit will have both sculpture and performance pieces related to post-graduate life….
Banned Books Week Celebrates with Black Out Poetry
This Thursday at 7pm, come re-purpose old magazines and newspapers to create poetry and art. Blackout poetry is a form of found poetry created by erasing or covering up pieces of text to make poems out of the remaining words. The library is hosting a number of events discussing issues of censorship for Banned Books Week,…
Marie Antoinette Opens at Woolly Mammoth
Marie Antoinette opens Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s 35th season with a burst of high fashion and shaky morals. In a world of empty celebrity and economic crisis, how’s a teen queen to keep her head? Cake enthusiast and infamous one-percenter Marie Antoinette opens Woolly’s 35th season with a burst of high fashion and shaky morals….
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Hyattsville Arts Festival Edition
Thursday, September 11 Gallery NK – 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. New H Street Gallery opens! For more information about the opening, click here. Gallery NK is located at 321 K Street NE in the alley between “H” and “K” Streets NE. cove – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Artist Sarˈdär Aziz will be at cove…
Got Kids? Family Day at President Lincoln’s Cottage
Enjoy the Soldiers’ Home as the Lincoln family once did! Activities are open to the public and free this Saturday, September 13th, from 10:00am til 3:00pm. Family members of all ages will enjoy the live entertainment and activities inspired by the Lincoln family and their life at the Soldiers Home. Activities include: DIY top…
Diner en Blanc: The Musser Perspective
Diner en Blanc swept through DC last week, boasting fabulous-ness from every pore. The concept–Thousands of people, dressed all in white, and conducting themselves with the greatest decorum, elegance, and etiquette, all meet for a mass “chic picnic” in a public space.–seems like a great idea for a memorable evening. The lucky invitees (or not…
DC Style Is Real 