Are you familiar with Eastern Market Art Series & Teachings (EAST) at the Hill Center? It’s a program Adrian Gianforti started in January of 2017, dedicated to giving children ages 7-12 free arts instruction. The instruction is provided and generously donated by local artists– which we are lucky to have in abundance in the neighborhood. […]
The carnival at RFK is back next weekend! Now under the auspices of Broccoli City, the immensely successful event and community organizers who brought us the Broccoli City Festival back in April, the carnival, officially called The Smile Project: Carnival & Concert, will take over the post-apocalyptic parking lots of RFK for four glorious days: […]
While it has become less and less the case, Washington can be a reserved place where the status quo limits change, and passion and action-oriented enthusiasm gets squashed. There is no such tamping down in the award-winning Bedlam Theatre Company’s production of Saint Joan at the Folger Theatre. Joan and her message are as powerful as a […]
The Lab and Love Fitness Festival in Ivy City, which happened yesterday, May 20, is the first of its kind for DC. Event planner Michelle Nowden said she organized the festival after getting sick of seeing people wearing yoga pants everywhere but not trying to stay healthy. Ivy City’s Lab and Love Fitness Festival takes […]
This post was written by Dr Krystal Stanley of Re-New Psychological Services, located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the overarching goal for the month is to reduce the stigma around “mental illness” and seeking mental health treatment. It is a common belief that only those people need therapy. […]