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Murals Inspired by Zora Neale Hurston for New DC Restaurant

by Amanda on March 11, 2009

Murals to Zora


This just in from Albus Cavus, a non-profit focused on public art (read more about them):
MURALS TO ZORA

Another renaissance is coming to U Street. Muralists and performing artists will celebrate the Harlem Renaissance and the life of Zora Neale Hurston in …

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Murals to Zora

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Inauguration 2009 Visitor’s Guide: What To See While You’re in DC

by Amanda on January 13, 2009

Photo of welcome mat by .scarlett. on Flickr


Fellow creative DC residents: help me put together a list of things for visitors to do when they’re in town for the inauguration, beyond the usual sightseeing.
Please weigh in:
What’s the #1 thing you’d …

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Photo of welcome mat by .scarlett. on Flickr

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Win the Strathmore for a Day!

by Amanda on July 8, 2008

Photo of the Strathmore Arts Center in Maryland, courtesy of dcJohn on Flickr

Thanks to Teague over at Still Indie for giving me the heads up about the The Great Strathmore 25th Anniversary Giveaway (if you don’t know, Strathmore is a gorgeous arts center in Bethesda, Maryland:”Strathmore invites …

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Photo of the Strathmore Arts Center in Maryland, courtesy of dcJohn on Flickr

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American Visionary Arts Museum, and Creative DC’s First Video

by Amanda on April 2, 2008

This weekend I took myself to the American Visionary Arts Museum (AVAM) in Baltimore, which I’ve been dying to visit – I knew I’d love it, and I did. (If you aren’t sure what “visionary arts” means, read this.)The main exhibit right now is All Faiths Beautiful (through August ’08) and includes postcards from the PostSecret project on which a self-proclaimed atheist confesses to secretly …

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Tagged as: maryland, museums_galleries, outsider_art, places, video

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People-watching at Cafe Sureia

by Amanda on September 6, 2007

Cafe Sureia in Brookland, DC

People-watching in a cafe has to be one of the best indulgences on earth.Step 1: Go to a cafe, preferably one you’ve never been to before. Think of yourself as an anthropologist on a mission….

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Cafe Sureia in Brookland, DC

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