Thursday June 19 Brookland Arts Walk – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Third Thursdays in Brookland, one may visit over 29 open studios in the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market. Two of the spaces, the Washington Drawing Center and The Wild Hand Workspace will host opening receptions (see details below). Enjoy food and…
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.
Punk Jews Premieres at Sixth & I
The Washington, DC premiere of Punk Jews is Sunday, June 22nd, 7pm at the historic Sixth & I synagogue. Profiling Hassidic punk rockers, Yiddish street performers, African-American Jewish activists, and more, Punk Jews is a documentary that explores an emerging movement of committed Jews and provocateurs who are asking, each in his or her own way, what it means to be…
Where Am I: No Longer There
This one’s from the files. This homage to John Phillip Sousa at the corner of 15th and Pennsylvania SE has now been completely covered up with a new (now leasing) development. Happily the drinks at Wisdom, next door, remain delicious.
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Super Saturday June Edition
Friday, June 13 CHAW – 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Ellen Cornett and Sheppard Bear are back for another Paint and Sip at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Create your own masterpiece on Friday while enjoying snacks and wine. $30 includes all materials and refreshments. For more information, click here. CHAW is located at 545 7th…
Clunk Clunk Clunk Goes the Trolley
Despite strides to complete the work needed to begin operation, the H Street/Benning Road streetcar line has been delayed yet again. Projected to open as far back as three years ago, there’s always been something to trip it up. Late last year, Mayor Gray’s public promise that service would start by ‘no later than February’…
From the Archives: The Legend of the Salty Oat Cookie
Back in 2010, I waxed poetic about the salty oat cookie at Teaism. As the cookie continues to fascinate me, I’ve revived this post from the archives. The salty oat cookie. The cookie that launched a thousand DC recipe blogs. The cookie that evades duplication, that creates wonder in unbelievers, the once and future…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Summer Openings
Friday, June 6 Touchstone Gallery – 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Touchstone Gallery with the support of the Cultural Service of the Embassy of France presents Les Chemins de Memoire (The Paths of Memory) by Charles Goldstein. This exhibit has its roots in the holocaust and the disappearance of 84 close members of his family….
World Premiere Comedy The Totalitarians Arrives at Woolly Mammoth
If you worship at the altar of Colbert, if you religiously watch The Daily Show, you won t want to miss this riotous comedy! Pay-What-You-Can Performances start on June 2, with performances continuing through June 29. Shows starts at 8:oo. Francine, the ambitious speechwriter for a rich housewife s vanity campaign for public office, has…
Millennials Take DC: Millennial Week
Are you a Millennial? Do you like being a Millennial? Get some perspective on what other Millennials are up to starting June 2…and say the word “millennial” a whole lot! Millennial Week is a week-long series of events launching June 2, 2014, focused on the impact the Millennial generation is making on culture, enterprise and…
DC Style Is Real 