Today is the final day of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop’s silent auction featuring framed works of art by members of the Capitol Hill Art League. Its Friday … take a break from the grind and click on over to check out the seven pieces of art in the auction. They range from monotype to […]
Survive the high humidity and brutal heat of a DC summer and the unpredictable nature of a DC winter and residents are rewarded with two months of great weather: April and October. Temperatures are crisper, the humidity is lower, and it’s mostly a pleasure to be outside. Why not spend some time outside this weekend? […]
I hope everyone else is breathing a little easier now that it is back to our normal balmy (i.e. not hellish) weather. I’ll take some rain and a flooded basement with a smile this week, thank you very much. It looks like we might encounter a thunderstorm or two throughout the weekend, but if you’re […]
No one really talks much about alchemy anymore and that’s a shame. The absolutely physically impossible science tinged with a mystical/magical belief system is a welcome respite from modern reality. I suppose J.K. Rowling touched on it with The Philosopher’s Stone and what is the relentless Vampire Phenomena but another twist on the quest for […]
Couture in Washington? Sure, if you do it yourself, you can drape and dart while everyone else tucks and rolls thanks to new classes beginning this week at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) taught by Nora Elias, a former atelier member trained at the most prestigious fashion school in the world. No, not the one […]