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…
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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…
Passport DC at the Mexican Cultural Institute
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:…
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….
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