Saturday, October 11 Art Enables – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The ninth annual installment of the area’s largest folk and self-taught art exhibition, Outsider Art Inside the Beltway hosts artists from across the country and welcomes visitors to view works selected from over 300 submissions. For more information about the exhibition, click here. The…
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Support Guitars Not Guns at the Howard Theater October 11
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…
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…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Calm before the Festivals Edition
Thursday, September 4 Studio 21– 6 p.m. The Brookland Art Walk gallery operated by Dance Place opens Starting Over, new paintings by Tina Silverman which examine how populations from regions around the globe affect the artist on an intimate level. For more information, click here. Studio 21 is located on the Arts Walk at the…
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