by Amanda on October 20, 2009

I’m a big fan of a theater group called the Neo-Futurists (they’re the creative force behind “Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind,” a show that’s come to Woolly Mammoth for the past couple of years, and will be back starting December 7). I recently discovered that the Neo-Futurists are on …
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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 December 11, 2008

I haven’t made a big deal about it here on Creative DC, but this fall I started writing a column for the P.O.V. blog on PBS.org. P.O.V. is a PBS series showcasing first-person documentaries, and their blog covers all things documentary-related. My column, “Outside the Frame,” focuses …
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by Amanda on November 3, 2008
by Amanda on August 18, 2008

So I decided to turn my email spam into art.
Here’s how it happened: one day, a few weeks back, as I was deleting the contents of my spam folder, a subject line caught my eye: “Woman found with bottle in …
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