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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Please Note: Site Updates have been less frequent lately due to a Family Emergency, will hopefully resolve in a few weeks
Monday, April 18, 2011
PAST: Happy Hour with WTD Tonight on Capitol Hill, WED, May 18th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Free Drink with RSVP + Last Day for Chief Ike's Deal

- What's the Deal DC is a locally owned and operated site that offers "deals" specifically in the DC metro area.
- Unlike other sites which only run 1 deal per day, WTD also has multiple deals running all of the time.
- They also give you more time to purchase your deal - usually about a week or so (which is great if you are waiting for your check for instance)... AND
- In alignment with Free in DC's event listings - they always are sure to havegreat deals for $10 or less on their site!
Chief Ike's Mambo Room
1725 Columbia Road NW
Sunday, April 17, 2011
PAST: DJ + Cocktails + Perfume Giveaways! Party hosted by UrbanLand Company THURS, May 19th - New Venue! 1730 1st St, NW - 6:00pm - 9:00pm, Free
PAST: Free Events this Week from CultureCapital.com! WED, May 18th - MON, May 23rd
7:30pm
12:00pm - 1:00pm
and musical guest The Cornel West Theory
6:00pm
2:00pm
12:10pm - 12:40pm
PAST: BloomScreen Presents an Evening of Shorts this TUES, May 17th! Indie Film Night every TUES night 7:30pm - 9:00pm, All ages, by donation
Short Films: Nyumbani Village and On the Grind. View trailer and read more about the films here. View and share facbook invite.
Every Tuesday at 7:30pm, BloomBars screens Indie Films, most often documentaries that touch on social issues. Join fellow film buffs for a screening followed by a discussion with talking points about the film. Filmmakers, directors, and subject matter experts join the discussion when possible. Suggested donation for this event is $8 - $10.
3222 11th St, NW (at Kenyon)
Metro: Columbia Heights
PAST: Explore the world of Shadow Puppetry at the Artisphere, Events Now - May 22nd + Last Drop-In Class this THURS May 19th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Free
Artisphere, WIP Gallery
Saturday, April 16, 2011
PAST: Lots more events posted on Facebook!
Friday, April 15, 2011
PAST: ART: Last Chace! "NEXT at the Corcoran: BFA Class of 2011" leaves this SUN, May 22nd, Free!
Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design
Metro: Farragut West and walk down 17th St
PAST: ART: Works by Photographer Terri Weifenbach and Paintings by Trevor Young at Civilian Art Projects FRI, April 22nd - SAT, June 4th, Free
Two New Art Exhibitions on view at Civilian Art ProjectsWoods II and Thrust
Free
Friday, April 22nd - Saturday, June 4th
Pictured: photo from Terri Weifenbach, Woods II
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th St, NW
Metro: Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center
Thursday, April 14, 2011
PAST: Afternoon Vocal Workshop + Evening Concert with the Starry Mountain Singers Tomorrow! SUN, May 15th 3:00-6:00pm + 7:30pm by donation
Afternoon Vocal Workshop & Evening Concert with the Starry Mountain Singers at Church on Capitol HillWednesday, April 13, 2011
PAST: Like Coffee & Chocolate? Learn more about Fair Trade and Get Free Samples at Busboys & Poets 5th & K St, NW SAT, May 14th 11:00am, Free
Saturday, May 14th
11:00am
Free
Swing by Busboys and Poets 5th & K St, NW for complimentary samples of fair trade coffee and chocolate and learn more about fair trade. The event will be outside on their patio and you'll have a chance to chat with folks from Global Exchange, Fair Trade Federation, International Labor Rights Forum, Green America, UMC-General Board of Church & Society, Alta Gracia Apparel, UPAVIM Crafts and Mayan Hands and United Students for Fair Trade. This is a great chance to learn more about fair trade practices and what you can do to make a difference.
5th & K St, NW
Metro: Mt Vernon Square or Gallery Place - Chinatown and walk or you can take the Circulator bus along K St/ Mass Ave to 5th & Mass and walk a block.
PAST: MUSIC + ART + MORE: Capitol Hill Arts Workshop ARTdays! SAT, May 14th 4:00pm - 7:00pm + Printmaking Class 10:00am - 11:00am, Free
Saturday, May 14th
On Saturday, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) will be hosting ARTdays. The day will begin with a free printmaking workshop at 10:00am. It sounds like a really interesting lesson on how to use recycled and found objects to make textured prints. From 4:00pm - 5:00pm, CHAW will host a concert by a local musicians in The Left Hand Collective. The evening will end with the opening of the new CHAW exhibit Coming Home/Lighting Out.
545 7th St, SE
Metro: Eastern Market
PAST: ART: Guest Post from East City Art: Weekend Round Up: Over 120 Artists Open their Studios in MD & DC this SAT, May 14th! Free
Weekend East City Event Round Up: May 2011
Super Saturday Edition
If there ever was a weekend to come to East City, Saturday May 14 would be it. With over 120 artists opening their studios and workshops in Brentwood, Hyattsville and Mount Rainier, MD and six openings on Capitol Hill and H Street NE, the center of the DC art world has definitely shifted east.
Saturday, May 14th
The Gateway Arts District located just over Eastern Avenue in the towns of Brentwood, Hyattsville and Mount Rainier will host an afternoon of open houses featuring 120 artists, 70 participating studios and 15 venues including the Brentwood Arts Exchange, Joe’s Movement Emporium and the Washington Glass Studios. The event begins at noon and ends officially at 5pm. For more information about the Gateway Arts Disctrict and the shuttle bus - including all participating artists, venues and a map - click here.
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop final ArtDays of the spring and will host Printmaking at 10:00 am and 11:00 am. Learn to make unique one of a kind prints using textures and recycled and found objects. For all ages. Registration required at (202) 547-6839. CHAW is located at 545 7th Street, SE Washington, DC
That evening at CHAW from 5pm to 7pm, the Capitol Hill Art League presents Coming Home, Lighting Out, the league’s second annual juried exhibition from 5pm to 7pm. Juror Jack Rasmussen, director of the American University Katzen Center Museum is scheduled to speak at 5:30pm.
Just up G Street SE from CHAW, from 7pm to 10pm see The Fridge’s Cold Light: Bioluminescent Evolution, a group show combining science and art with glow-in-the-dark revelry. The Fridge is located in the Rear Alley behind 516 8th Street SE.
Over in the H street corridor, Evolve Urban Arts Project will showcase the colorful and bold paintings of Lindsey Applebee in an exhibition entitled Shenanigans. Evolve urban Arts is located at the Pierce School Lofts at 1375 Maryland Avenue, NE.
G Fine presents world renowned artist Barbara Probst who uses radio-controlled shutters for multiple cameras resulting in photographs that are seen from multiple angle and perspectives. The event takes place from 6pm to 8pm . G Fine Art is located at 1350 Florida Avenue NE.
Next door, Conner Contemporary Art hosts several concurrent exhibitions including three emerging *gogo project artists at their 1358 Florida Avenue NE location. The opening runs from 6pm to 8pm.
Upstairs, above Conner, Industry Gallery will present Flexible Love, flexible accordion-like made of recycled materials that can be shaped in as many ways as you can imagine. The opening runs from 6pm to 8pm. Industry Gallery is located at 1358 Florida Avenue NE.
Phil Hutinet is the Editor-in-Chief of East City Art. You can get more information about East City Art on Facebook or follow them on Twitter
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
PAST: ART: Works by Greg Minah, Mars Tokyo, and Andrew Wapinski at Gallery plan b April 13th - May 15th, Free
Gallery plan b
1530 14th Street, NW
Monday, April 11, 2011
PAST: Another Free Happy Hour with WTD at Via 19 - 2 Free Drinks with RSVP, 21+ this THURS, May 12th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm + Great Deal at Chief Ike's!
Via 19
1140 19th St NW

- What's the Deal DC is a locally owned and operated site that offers "deals" specifically in the DC metro area.
- Unlike other sites which only run 1 deal per day, WTD also has multiple deals running all of the time.
- They also give you more time to purchase your deal - usually about a week or so (which is great if you are waiting for your check for instance)... AND
- In alignment with Free in DC's event listings - they always are sure to havegreat deals for $10 or less on their site!
Chief Ike's Mambo Room
1725 Columbia Road NW