This discussion accompanies the Blue Note exhibition at the Goethe-Institut. Panelists: Wolfram Knauer, director, Jazz Institute Darmstadt Penny Von Eschen, professor of history and American culture, The University of Michigan Larry Appelbaum, Senior Music Reference Specialist, Library of Congress Since the 1950s, the U.S. State Department has sent black and white musicians around the globe….
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.
Soupergirl: DC’s Mother-Daughter Souperhero Team
It’s common knowledge that Mom knows best—especially when it comes to cooking. But it’s certainly not as common to set up a business based on Mom’s wholesome, progressive and earth-friendly food. Meet Soupergirl, which is run by a mother-daughter duo that has brought the passion (not to mention healthfulness!) of a unique style of home cooking…
Midcity Artists (MCA) Welcomes Visitors This Weekend
Mid City Artists (MCA), a visual art collective in this vibrant residential neighborhood, opens studios on May 17th and 18th for visitors to tour. With studios spread among the Mid City area of NW Washington DC (from Dupont Circle to Logan Circle), the tour offer visitors a rare portal into the artists’ creative habitat and…
May 14: Pay-What-You-Can Preview of Pallas Theatre Company’s She Stoops to Conquer
DC Style Is Real always recommends Pay What You Can (PWYC) performances. It’s a way to go see something new for not a lot of money. So go out and support some local theater! Read on for the release from Pallas Theater Company’s new show at the Anacostia Arts Center. A play that parodies extremes….
Weekend East City Event Round Up: 2014 Gateway Open Studio Tour Edition
Friday, May 9 Honfleur & Vivid Solutions Galleries 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Anacostia galleries are showing their feminine side this Friday with two concurrent exhibitions by women artists. In Parallels: Sculptures and Installations, Nara Park uses water as an artistic medium. Be prepared to see cascades, aquariums and other water features. Upstairs at…
Hill Center Concert Series Features Redline Graffiti
District Sounds, hosted by Washington Post pop music critic Chris Richards, features conversation and concert with Redline Graffiti. Think garage rock mixed with electronica and R&B. Named for a stretch of graffiti art that runs along Washington’s oldest public train line, the quartet’s sound has been described by reviewers as “somewhere between Passion Pit and…
Hill Center Concert Series features Dandy Wellington
Hill Center welcomes New York entertainer Dandy Wellington and his Band to the Hill Center Concert Series. Inspired by the jazz of the big band era, the band has taken the sounds of the 1930’s and 40’s and created a world of well dressed music. With a passion for obscure songs steeped in the Jazz…
Takoma Park Art Hop, this Saturday and Sunday
With more beautiful spring weather forecast for this weekend, make your way up to Takoma Park (just on the other side of the DC border) for the annual Art Hop. It’s a weekend of public art, classes, demonstrations and more. See the schedule below for an idea of what’s in store this year. Takoma Park…
A Night of Beer and Cheese at Scion Restaurant
This is a sponsored post. Because we already know that wine and cheese are good together If you haven’t got anything planned for Wednesday, May 7, then you will want to purchase tickets for Beer & Cheese: An Evening with Funkwerks, Odell, & Right Proper, which will be held at 5pm at Scion’s Restaurant in Dupont Circle (2100 P…
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