The Brentwood Arts Exchange at the Gateway Arts Center (4pm to 7pm) The Brentwood Arts Exchange presents Rivers and Memories- the art of E. J. Montgomery and Lilian Thomas Burwell. Timed to coincide with Black History Month, this visually engaging exhibition plays on a careful balance between fluid and static motion. Also on display at [...]
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Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival deal on Amazon/Living Social
January 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · H Street
Today’s deal for Living Social/Amazon is for tickets to the upcoming INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas. I have no idea when this weird alliance was struck between Amazon and Living Social, I just know it is one more email in my inbox each morning. But a deal is a deal and this one [...]
Lady Gaga Practices Yoga in her Underwear and other H Street News
January 11th, 2012 · No Comments · H Street
Yesterday the Atlas Performing Arts Center hosted the Mayor, Council Chair Kwame Brown and Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells as four H Street businesses were awarded grants intended to boost retail and day time traffic along the H Street Corridor. The area’s buzzy arts and entertainment district draws many people in the evenings but the [...]
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Weekend East City Event Round Up: First Shows of 2012 Edition
January 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Saturday January 7 The Capitol Hill Art Workshop (5pm to 7pm) The Capitol Hill Art Workshop (CHAW) hosts its Sixth Annual Photography Juried Competition. The winner will be the recipient of a purchase prize made possible by the late Lou Stancari, a Capitol Hill resident and long-time supporter of the arts in DC. The [...]
Resolved for 2012: Exercise the Right Brain
December 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill South
In 2012, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop will celebrate 40 years in our community. To mark this occasion, they’re inviting everyone to come visit and take advantage of a number of FREE events. From January 4 to February 12, 2012, CHAW will host 40 free events including classes, workshops, concerts, and more! Even the scientifically-inclined [...]
How to Audition for (and Hopefully Land a Role in) a Community Theater Production: Part One
December 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
I’m not new to musical theater—I was, after all, a singing fairy in my high school’s production of A Mid Summer Night’s Dream. In fact, acting runs in my family. It just so happens that a very distant cousin is an actress in Hollywood. So when I saw that St. Mark’s Players would be hosting [...]
The To Do List
December 1st, 2011 · 3 Comments · Capitol Hill
Happy Thursday, dear readers — just two more days till the weekend. And with it being the first weekend of December, you know what that means: the start of the holiday party season! Well if you’d like to mix in some fun around the Hill between those tacky sweater parties, we’ve got a few ideas [...]
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Now Showing: Last Shows of 2011 Edition
November 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Most galleries will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please check with galleries directly via phone or email for showing availability via the additional details link. 39th Street Gallery Through December 31, 2011 Friday 7pm to 9pm; Sat: noon to 4pm The Brentwood Gallery presents Shape Shifters a group show featuring the work of Karl [...]
Tags: Arts·East City Arts·galleries
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Halloween 2011 Edition
October 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Saturday October 29 Monster Mash (10am to 5pm) Artist cooperative Albus Cavus brings a whole new spin to Halloween on Capitol Hill this year. Join them for an afternoon of face painting, costume making, skateboarding and general fun. Also, help paint a mural under the Southeast-Southwest Freeway. FREE. For additional details, click here. Garfield Park [...]
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Visual White Noise Edition
October 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Friday October 21 Studio H (6pm to 9pm) Studio H opens Amalgamations, new work by Steven Pearson. Pearson paints large scale work and has created a 9’ x 9’ installation piece for the gallery. Inspired by the deluge of quotidian information we are subjected to via social media, television, radio and email, Amalgamations translates this [...]
