by Amanda on September 25, 2009

My friend Karen recently recorded an album. In her basement. With a guy she met through Craigslist.
The occasion? Her 10th wedding anniversary. The CD was a gift for her husband, Perry, and she shared copies with me and a few other friends.
I offered to post some of her songs on Creative DC. Then, as I …
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by Amanda on July 20, 2009

Two – count ‘em, two! – of my friends are featured in a new anthology of fiction by DC women: Molly Woods Murchie, a fellow performer at Washington Improv Theater, and Laura Zam, who taught my solo performance class last year. I’m so happy for them, and …
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by Amanda on July 8, 2009

The title of this post is not meant to suggest that the Fringe Fest is, itself, a freakshow (though it very well may be, and I say that as someone with a lot of love for freaks in my heart!). Rather, Freakshow is the name of one of the dozens of shows in the Fringe Fest lineup this …
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by Amanda on June 29, 2009

I finally made it over to Artomatic this weekend – and I have the henna tattoo to prove it:
(Sorry about the crappy photo – a) I had to take it using my left hand, and b) the tattoo hasn’t darkened all the way yet. It’s a peacock, if you can’t tell.)
After enjoying some amazing breakdancing from …
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by Amanda on June 12, 2009

Last night I attended the DC premiere of a wonderful documentary called Beautiful Losers. I highly recommend this film – I’m still feeling the buzz of inspiration, almost 24 hours later. It’s about a group of punks, skaters, graffiti artists and other “outsiders” who start hanging around and making art together in New York’s Lower East Side in the …
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