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

Dear Readers,

You may have noticed that I have not been posting and updating the site as much as usual. I don't normally bring my personal life into this but I just wanted to let you all know what is up in case you were wondering.

I have been dealing with unexpected emergency situations out of the area related to my parents health and am simply not able to update the site as much as usual. Both my mom and my dad had to have unplanned surgery within days of each other and though it looks like they will both recover there is lots still to deal with on the logistical end to help them out that needs to be resolved over the next few weeks or so while they are in rehab. My brother and sister and I need to clean and pack their apt and search for a new, affordable and physically accessible place for them to live now as well. So, I will be away helping them a lot the next few weeks or so and simply won't be able to be online as much as usual.

I hope you hang in there with me during this time and continue to check the site as well as the facebook and twitter pages. I'll do my best to update and to also pass info along on my Free in DC page on facebook and @FreeinDCBlog on twitter (easier to update things there since I can just copy paste and bounce info).

I run this site on my own so it's hard to maintain when a crisis hits. To be honest, it would be super to have some extra help at this time. If I you or anyone you know might be interested in volunteering some time to help keep the site current and updated please email me at freeindcblog@gmail.com.

All of your support, well wishes, good thoughts, energy, prayers, love and light are most welcome and appreciated for me and my family at this time.

Thanks for reading Free in DC,

Amy

If you'd like to donate to show your support for the site, that's also super appreciated, especially at this time when I will have lots of additional travel expenses. Like many of the events I post, this site is free to you, though your donations are always appreciated.

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

It's time for another Happy Hour with What's the Deal
This time on Capitol Hill on a Wednesday night
at Top of the Hill - that means Tonight!
Wednesday, May 18th
6:00pm - 8:00pm
RSVP required

Join the folks from What's the Deal DC at Top of the Hill tonight, located two blocks from the Capitol South metro. The first 50 people to show up who have already RSVP'd get a free half pint on Rabbit Milk Stout Cask Beer. Learn more and RSVP here.

319 Pennsylvania Ave, SE
Metro: Capitol South


Why Free in DC recommends WTD (What's The 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!
You can view all of their current offers here!


Free in DC Pick for Best Deal of the Week ($10 or less of course)

Today is the last day to grab this deal!


Get $20 worth of food and drinks for just $10!
One of my favorite local bars! I'm happy to promote this one. Click link above to buy in
Max 4 coupons per person! Must be redeemed by September 30th, 2011

Chief Ikes Schedule
Monday - Trivia Night
Tuesduy - Reggae Night
Wednesday - Live Music with local bands - first Wed with Flo Anito!
Thursday - 80's Night
Friday - Ladies' Night
DJ's - Saturday Night

Chief Ike's Mambo Room
1725 Columbia Road NW
Metro: Columbia Heights or Woodley Parkaand take the Circulator bus to the stop on Columbia Rd near the Safeway. You can also walk id you like, about 15-20 minutes likely. If you want to take the bus from Dupont you can also take the 42 toward Mt Pleasant and get off at Ontario Rd.


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

Like penthouses? Like cocktails? Like perfume? Than you will want to check out this perfume giveaway event!

Thursday, May 19th
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Free with RSVP

DJ Danny Harris will also be on deck spinning tunes and there will be free cocktails on hand for you to enjoy as well. Best of all, every 15 minutes, from 6:00pm - 9:00pm UrbanLand Company will be giving away designer scents - including scents from Michael Kors & Juicy Couture for the ladies, and Armani & John Varvados for the Men. See a list of some of the selected perfumes here!

Stay connected to UrbanLand Company on facebook to keep on top of their free events.

Please note that the VENUE HAS CHANGED
to accommodate a larger crowd.
The new address is:

1730 First St, NW (near S St, NW map)
North of Florida Ave, South of RI Ave
Metro: Shaw - Howard University - about a half mile walk

PAST: Free Events this Week from CultureCapital.com! WED, May 18th - MON, May 23rd

CultureCapital Insider



Below is a list of additional FREE events this week from
CultureCapital.
Culture Capital is a program of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, a nonprofit organization serving Metro DC’s arts & culture community and the public for over 30 years.

Please c
lick through for complete details about the event and location details!

Wednesday, May 18th

Music

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Works by Bach, Beethoven, and more

Metro: Dupont Circle and walk about 7 blocks or take a bus

Lecture

2:00pm
Talk given by David Gariff, lecturer, National Gallery of Art

West Building, Ground Floor, Lecture Hall
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

Music

Sarah Coburn, Soprano
7:30pm

Metro: McPherson Sq or Metro Center

Thursday, May 19th

Gallery Talk

6:30pm

Metro: Farragut West

Friday, May 20th

Panel Discussion

11:00am
Panel discussion with Robert Storr and artists Odili Donald Odita, Joel Schapiro, and Carrie Mae Weems. Moderated by Harry Cooper, curator of modern and contemporary art, NGA.

East Building Concourse, Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Square or Archives - Navy Memorial

Chamber Music

Works by Debussy, Bernstein, Kobayashi, Puccini and Turina

Metro: Farragut North or take any S bus to 16th & M

Literary Reading + Live Music

with writers Susanna Lang and Merrill Feitell
and musical guest
The Cornel West Theory
8:00pm

Metro: Bethesda, take the elevator exit

Saturday, May 21st

Art Opening

for Works by Gordon Binder, Tanja Bos, and Beverly Ryan
6:00pm

Metro: McPherson Sq or U St and walk
or take the Circulator bus to RI Ave/ P St

Music

Ten-Year Reunion
8:00pm

Metro: College Park and take a taxi or UM shuttle 104 to campus

Sunday, May 22nd

Festival

Celebrate Israel's 63rd birthday at this festival - featuring live entertainment, fabulous food and fun for the whole family.

JCC of Greater Washington in Rockville
See Metro trip-planner for access

Lecture

Michael Kahn, artistic director, Shakespeare Theatre Company, in conversation with Eric Denker, lecturer, NGA.

East Building Concourse, Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Square or Archives - Navy Memorial

Music

Spring Concert featuring works by Haydn

Metro: Dupont and walk, on 16th near O St, NW

Music

with Kim Allen Kluge, music director
Music by Gustav Mahler
6:30pm

West Building Main Floor, West Garden Court
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial

Monday, May 23rd

Music

6:00pm
The Youth Orchestra performs their final concert of the season

Metro: Foggy Bottom and take the free shutttle

Gallery Talk

Talk given by Carol Christensen, followed by Q&A East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium

East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Square or Archives - Navy Memorial

Music


Kilmer Middle School (near Wolftrap, map)
See Metro trip-planner for access


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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

BloomScreen presents an Evening of Shorts!
Tonight! Tuesday, May 17th
7:00pm - 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.

BloomScreen Indie Film Night
every Tuesday night
7:00pm - 9:00pm
All ages, by donation


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

Shadow Puppet Making Drop-In
Final class is this Thursday!
Thursday, May 19th
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Free, fun for all ages!

Watch Nana Projects artists at work and create your own shadow puppets! Part of Projected Theatre: Exploring the World of Shadow Puppetry - which runs through May 22nd.

Artisphere, WIP Gallery

1101 Wilson Blvd in Arlington, VA
Metro: Rosslyn

Saturday, April 16, 2011

PAST: Lots more events posted on Facebook!

Note: I am posting a lot more information on facebook these days as I have been out of town a lot helping my parents and I have limited internet when I am away. Though I am posting on the site still I am posting a lot more on my Free in DC page on facebook - especially for events happening that night and the next few days that already have facebook invites - and I am still trying to post there every day. You can also follow me @FreeinDCBlog on twitter. Thanks for hanging in there with me. Thinks should be calming down after the first weekend in June and I'll be posting more regularly once they do!

Friday, April 15, 2011

PAST: ART: Last Chace! "NEXT at the Corcoran: BFA Class of 2011" leaves this SUN, May 22nd, Free!

On view at the Corcoran
Free!
Saturday, April 23rd - Sunday, May 22nd
Sat
urday, April 23rd - Sunday, May 22

NEXT at the Corcoran: BFA Class of 2011, showcases work from the next generation of America's artists. This major exhibition is open to the public free of charge and gives visitors the unique opportunity to view the thesis work of the college's graduating seniors in a museum setting. Read more here!

Gallery is Ope
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & SundaOpen O
Open Daily
10:00am - 5:00pm

Thursday's open late!
10:00am - 9:00pm

Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design

500 17th St, NW

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 Projects
Woods II and Thrust
Free
Friday, April 22nd - Saturday, June 4th

Woods II is photographer Terri Weifenbach's second solo exhibition with the gallery featuring twenty-one large and small scale images from within the autumn and winter woods of the DC metro area.

Thrust features new paintings by Trevor Young and is his second solo exhibition with the gallery. Thrust is an installation of three paintings by Young inspired by airports, continuing his research of the French anthropologist Marc Augé coined term "non-places."

Gallery hours:
Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
1:00pm - 6:00pm

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 Hill
Sunday, May 15th
Donation, suggested $10 - $15

The talented Starry Mountain Singers vocal ensemble return to DC tomorrow to perform world music - specializing in sacred and secular songs from Georgia, Bulgaria, Corsica and the US - at 7:30pm. They'll also host a vocal workshop from 3-6pm. More info on facebook invite: Starry Mountain Singers: D.C. Workshop and Concert.

Vocal Workshop 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Concert 7:30pm

Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
201 4th St, SE
Metro: Capitol South

Wednesday, 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

World FAIR TRADE Day Celebration
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.

Busboys and Poets
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

Printmaking Class
10:00am - 11:00am
RSVP for class

4:00pm – 7:00pm
Free, all ages welcome

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.

Click here for more info about the events taking place!

Note: Registration required for printmaking workshop: Call (202) 547-6839.

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
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


Pictured below: Margaret Boozer of Red Dirt Studios, one of 120 artists participating in the Gateway Arts District Seventh Annual Open House tour. Photo Courtesy Gateway Community Development Corporation.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

PAST: ART: Works by Greg Minah, Mars Tokyo, and Andrew Wapinski at Gallery plan b April 13th - May 15th, Free

On view April 13th – May 15th
Free

Paintings by Greg Minah - Works on paper by Mars Tokyo - Works in gold leaf by Andrew Wapinski. Read more here.

Gallery plan b
1530 14th Street, NW
Metro: U St or McPherson Square and take the Circulator bus along 14th St to P St/ RI Ave or walk over to 14th St from Dupont Circle Metro.

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!

It's time for another WTD Happy Hour!
This week get free drinks at Via 19
Thursday, May 12th
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Two free drinks with RSVP, 21+

Join the folks from What's the Deal DC at the new Via 19 bar and lounge this Thursday night. RSVP and get 2 free Margaritas or Piña coladas!

Via 19
1140 19th St NW
Metro: Farragut North


Why Free in DC recommends WTD (What's The 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!
You can view all of their current offers here!


Free in DC Pick for Best Deal of the Week ($10 or less of course)


Get $20 worth of food and drinks for just $10!
Yay! my local bar! I'm so buying into this one - click link above to buy in
Max 4 coupons per person! Must be redeemed by September 30th, 2011

Chief Ikes Schedule
Monday - Trivia Night
Tuesduy - Reggae Night
Wednesday - Live Music with local bands - first Wed with Flo Anito!
Thursday - 80's Night
Friday - Ladies' Night
DJ's - Saturday Night

Chief Ike's Mambo Room
1725 Columbia Road NW
Metro: Columbia Heights or Woodley Parkaand take the Circulator bus to the stop on Columbia Rd near the Safeway. You can also walk id you like, about 15-20 minutes likely. If you want to take the bus from Dupont you can also take the 42 toward Mt Pleasant and get off at Ontario Rd.