Canstruction 2014 is almost here! Twenty-eight teams will have just six hours to construct their imaginative sculptures! This year’s theme “Play With Your Food” turns the childhood admonition on its head. A record number of teams will use cans of food to recreate giant versions of classic toys and games including chess pieces, roller skates, and tree…
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PWYC: She Kills Monsters
She Kills Monsters runs from August 15 – September 14 and promises a break in your summer doldrums. Catch the Pay What You Can previews early, then tell your friends! Rorschach promises the unexpected and exciting, which is just what you need in the middle of August in DC. Performances to be held at the Atlas…
Cineconcert Buster Keaton
Students and alumni of all ages will enjoy this special film and concert event. Greene, Founder and Director of the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra Society, will perform a live score for Buster Keaton’s 1927 classic, College (66 minutes). Keaton, the master of physical comedy, stars as a bookish college student who tries to win the heart…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Last Chance ‘Till Fall Edition
Editor’s Note— this is the last Round-Up until the Fall 2014 Preview which comes out Thursday, August 28. Friday, August 1 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This free exhibit shows the work of local DC artists competing for the DCCAH’s FY15 Artist Fellowship Program (AFP) grant. It…
Film Screening: Red-Headed Woman
Tough Dames in Satin Slips: Films from Pre-Code Hollywood In a film and discussion series that will explore the history of sex and violence in the movies, censorship and the ratings system, movie critic Nell Minow and journalist Margaret Talbot present gems of pre-code cinema. The story of a saucy, scheming, gold-digger, Red-Headed Woman can…
STUPID F##KING BIRD: Sort of adapted from Chekhov’s The Seagull
It’s back! Woolly reunites the entire cast and creative team of Stupid F##king Bird, following its runaway success in the summer of 2013. In this irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull, award-winning playwright Aaron Posner wages a timeless battle between young and old, past and present, in search of the true…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: The Art of Sound, Handwriting and Conversation Edition
Thursday, July 24 Washington Project for the Arts – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This Thursday, WPA presents the sixth installment of the Lobby Project with the work of artist Anthony Palliparambil, Jr. The exhibition features 280 prints created solely on an iPad examining the role technology and social media play in the arts. For…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Interact and Create Edition
Thursday, July 17 Monroe Street Market – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join the artists on the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market for the monthly third Thursday Open Studio. Visitors can stop in and see the work of eight local studios along the walk. To see a full list of studios open, click here….
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Local Art Rules Edition
Thursday, July 10 Washington Project for the Arts – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Hothouse Video series from WPA presents Harder, Glorious by artists Silvia Rivas, Merike Estna, Cheryl Pope, Kate Gilmore, and Peter Eudenbach. For more information, click here. Capitol Skyline Hotel is located at 10 I (eye) St. SW. Friday, July 11 …
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