I know it’s cool to trash Valentine’s Day, but I fail to see the problem with a holiday made up to sell more chocolate. (And, um, if anyone asks, I like good chocolate. Preferably dark. I’m also fond of daisies. All the colors.) Life is too short to gripe and moan about candy heart with [...]
Tags: to-do·Valentine's Day·weekend
You guys! What are we going to do now that the election is over? Don’t you feel just a bit empty, having nothing to speculate about and obsess over? Before we start plotting for 2016 let’s get out and have a little fun this weekend. Tonight from 6:30 -8:30 practice some public speaking of your own over at the [...]
Hello everyone we are back and getting ready for another weekend. The major fall festivals are behind us and we have some time before the mandatory fun season of Halloween through New Year’s begins. This is our time to be reflective, maybe? Or perhaps you will take this time to check out some performance art [...]
Tags: book·costumes·FUN·ghosts·shakespeare theatre company·tim krepp·to-do·weekend
Friday July 27 Tubman Mahan Gallery (6:30pm to 8:30pm) Russ McIntosh’s Double Take solo first solo exhibition at the gallery features digital images that challenge the viewer to look beyond the initial composition and see beyond the original composition. For more information about the exhibition click here. The Tubman-Mahan Gallery is located at 3839 Benning [...]
Tags: art·East City Art·Events·FUN·weekend
This Saturday presents a confusing cultural conundrum. It is the day of the Kentucky Derby, the tradition-bound horse race that somehow also celebrates seersucker and mint juleps. Saturday is also Cinco De Mayo (no relation) a Mexican holiday that celebrates margaritas and sombreros. Many people who have zero affiliation with, or even understanding of, either culture [...]
Tags: cinco De Mayo·Food Trucks·FUN·to-do·weekend
Saturday April 14 52 O ST (11am to 5pm) This might be your last chance to visit the studios and visit the working artists as the wrecking ball looms to make room for yet another development in Eckington. For more information click here Off Rhode Gallery (12pm to 3pm) The Brookland Gallery will be hosting [...]
Tags: East City Art·FUN·Lumen8·weekend
So aside from the opening of The Hunger Games and the long awaited return of Mad Men, how else are you going to amuse yourself this weekend? Tonight head over to The Fridge for To What Strange Place: 78s Listening Session with Ian Nagosaki, Music Researcher. The talk begins at 7pm. Nagosaki is a music researcher, musician, [...]
Happy March to you all. “In like a lion?” Not so much. While our local weather has been utterly wonky, we do know that this month will present us with opportunities to both watch basketball and drink green beer. Nothing else is guaranteed, as far as I can tell. So let’s live in the moment..or [...]
Tags: Atlas·culture·festival·FUN·intersections·to-do·weekend
Good morning everyone! The weekend was so perfectly lovely I hope you enjoyed every last moment. Yesterday we gained an extra hour: did you do something special to mark the gift of time? I am so in love with fall anywhere, but the Hill in autumn puts me over the top. I love walking through [...]
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