Take a trip to Mexico. No passport required. Don’t miss Cultural Tourism DC’s 7th Annual Around the World Embassy Tour, the capstone event of Passport DC. Embassies from around the globe open their doors and welcome visitors to experience the art and culture. This year, The Mexican Embassy’s Cultural Institute will display the Diego Rivera:…
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.
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Black & White Edition
Friday, April 25 Mount Rainier Better Block– 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mount Rainier’s Better Block Project kicks-off its third year of festivities featuring Lesole’s Dance Project, Urban Eats Arts and Music Café, Adinkra Cultural Arts Studio, Beloved Community Mosaics, artist Kenny George and Patrick McDonough’s Chard/Hops spot, a Hoop Jam by Noelle Powers to…
Fade 2 Grey: Exhibit and Artists Talk at Vivid Solutions Gallery
From the Gallery at Vivid Solutions: Artist Talk: April 19, from 2-4pm | Exhibit Dates: March 7 – April 25 Fade 2 Grey: Androgyny in Eighties Popular Music is a groundbreaking new solo art exhibition by artist Adrian Loving. His works explore androgyny, gender roles, fashion and the sensationalism of style in 80s pop music….
Corcoran Uncorked Is Back: What’s New
Every Third Wednesday 5 p.m.–9 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) Corcoran Uncorked is back! Beginning in November, join us on the third Wednesday of every month for a new and different kind of Corcoran experience. Each month brings with it a different themed evening and will include creative art making activities, playful and enlightening gallery talks,…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: H Street Voodoo Edition
Thursday, April 3 Wild Hand Workspace– 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Illustrator Elizabeth Graeber’s work has been featured in numerous national publications. Her whimsical, vibrantly colored work will be on display at the Wild Hand Workspace in Brookland . To read more about Graeber’s work, click here. Wild Hand Workspace is located in Studio 8,…
Interconnected: Science, Nature, and Technologies Show at Adamson
Adamson Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new multimedia installation pieces by Yuriko Yamaguchi. Like the clouds for which they are named, these ethereal but vital pieces are constructed from networks of steel, copper, and brass wire, which connect hand-cast resin representations of silicon molds made from organic materials. It is from this…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: End of Days Edition
Saturday March 8 Harmony Hall Gallery– 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. In Thoughtless, Patricia Autenrieth creates work by stitching together mediums as disparate as photographs, fabric and rubber stamps. The end result resembles what most people recognize as a quilt. An artistic pioneer, Autenrieth championed this medium long before it gained greater recognition in the…
We Like Beer, We Like Photos: Beer & Photos at Jack Rose
Brought to you by New Belgium Brewing and BYT: A celebration of insta-nostalgia, DC street photography, the #SNAPSHOTWHEAT #DC Photo Contest winners and a wonderful new beer, Snapshot! In partnership with Brightest Young Things, we are welcoming Snapshot, our newest transplant to the DC area, with a throwback party at the Jack Rose Dining Saloon (2007…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: The Spring will Come Edition
Friday March 21 Salve Regina Gallery– 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Selman Gallery– 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Two seniors from Catholic University have assembled a group of well-known local artists for Under the Influence: Reverberations of the Washington Color School. These eight DC artists selected works from their personal art files which represent pieces…
DC Style Is Real 