Join Green Tea and acoustic guitarist Zach this Friday, 23 February 2007, from 7-9 pm at the Starlite Cafe - East Washington Heights Baptist Church located at 2220 Branch Ave, SE, WDC.
Join PS24 this Saturday, 24 February, in the Langston Room at Busboys & Poets at 2021 14th St, NW, WDC - where you can "sit, sip, and be inspired". Show starts around 9 pm.
Stephen Gibson:
Only four weeks remain before the 22 - 24 March Facing Race: A National Conference at CUNY in NYC when hundreds of advocates and leaders from across the country explore innovative strategies for advancing racial justice. Novelist Walter Mosley will kick off the FACING RACE conference on Thursday night, followed by plenary and workshop sessions focusing on organizing, media and policy.
Though details are still being ironed out and I'm not too sure who the organizers are I'd learn through a Bahia Productions-CALOR cross promotion that on Tuesday, 20 February 2007, Logan Tavern and Merkado are hosting a Help Rebuild New Orleans P Street Mardi Gras Benefit Festival in the 1400 block of P Street in the Logan Circle area of NW Washington DC.
Bahia Productions presents CALOR: Presidents' Day 2007
Born 18 February 1926 at No Point Farm on St. Jeromes Neck Road in Dameron Maryland in the county St. Mary's County my mother celebrates her 80th birthday, 18 February 2007.
Mass transit systems around the world use the power of art to transform utilitarian spaces into places that enrich the everyday lives of transit customers. MetroArts installs artwork in the Metrorail system to make Metro stations more attractive, to provide enjoyment for customers and to contribute to the cultural life of the National Capital area.
Don't Miss Black Expressions: Hip Hop Festival!
Join Transformer on Saturday, February 17, at 2pm, for an artist talk with Seen exhibition artists Lely Constantinople and Antonia Tricarico. Seen explores these DC based artists' use of photography to bear witness, journalize, document, make connection and homage to people, places and things seen through travels and everyday life.
This all started yesterday morning when a WTTG-Fox News reporter asked that folks send in /upload their Valentine Day weather photos. Within seconds I was at my bedroom window photographing snow covered vehicles in River Park Apartment's parking lot and the Near Southeast DC cityscape. Which includes a panaromic view of the US Capitol Building and SW Freeway to my left, the Washington Navy Yard/Southeast Federal Center Complex and the newly constructed but yet to be completed Washington Nationals Stadium and Ballpark directly in front of me and Buzzard Point to my right.
Inspired by a recent Baby It's Cold Outside blog posting pertaining to Cultural Tourism DC's Warm Up to a Museum February campaign and, hoping to come across a Black History Month exhibtion, instead of embarking on my usual Sunday photo walk through the streets of DC ... last Sunday ... and since it was extremely cold outside I, instead, visited the National Portriat Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum complex. Which, since a July 2006 re-opening and dedication has been known as the Smithsonian Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture (DWRC).
DC Shadow Representaive Mike Panetta, reminds in an email earlier today that tomorrow is DC Vote's Congress Day 2007.
Saturday, June 30 - Friday, July 6, 2007
Valentine's Day is like herpes: just when you think its gone for good, it rears its ugly head once more. No wonder some people prefer to call it VD.
An All Acoustic Benefit Show for Briana Waters will be held TONIGHT at the Brian Mackenzie Infoshop.
In commemoration of 2007 Black History Month and during my ritual February hibernation I've uploaded more never before seen 2006 Black L.U.V. Festival photos.
FTD.com's special floral arrangements for Valentine's Day evoke feelings of love just from their names alone. It really wouldn't be Valentine's Day without beautiful, fresh, delivered to their door, flowers from FTD.com. An added bonus from making your significant other feel loved? 20% of your purchase, that's right, 20% - goes to your favorite charity.
First held in 1978, the Adams Morgan Day Festival celebrates the international and cultural diversity and creativity that is the hallmark of Adams Morgan. Adams Morgan Day also showcases the neighborhood as an ethnic and eclectic retail, entertainment and restaurant locale.
Since June 2005, Windows on 14th Street, have been amongst my ongoing historiographic projects. Though I've never been inside, one store's windows that I always looked forward to were those of 100% Mexico Hecho A Mano.
Many of Alberta's early settlers were Ukrainians, and their traditions and communities remain an important part of Albertan culture. Zabava, "The Ukrainian Dance Party," consisting of four master musicians (fiddle, accordion, tsymbaly [hammered dulcimer], and bass), and four respected Ukrainian dance instructors from some of Alberta's world-renowned Ukrainian dance ensembles. Their performances feature traditional old-time Ukrainian music and social dances that are typical of Ukrainian community dances in Alberta.
09 February 2007 Friday's Photo of the Week
It was 10 years ago, almost to the day, that on an icy, cold, snowy February day I began my funeral historiographic project with the documentation of MPDC Officer Brian Gibson's funeral.
"A grand slam!" hails the New York Daily News
Frank Samuel Dove, Sr., 72, of Camp Springs, MD died February 1, 2007 in Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton, MD. Born July 15, 1934 in Scotland, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Thomas “Fred” Dove and Mary Ellen Cutchember Dove. He was the youngest of 15 children.
During the spring of 1989 Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams set out to create a company with a spirit, enthusiasm and mindset that would allow them to venture into new territories for the furniture business.
Last year, 17 pedestrians were struck and killed in the District. As a result, DDOT recently launched the first District of Columbia Pedestrian Master Plan that will examine all aspects of improving the city’s pedestrian environment. The detailed planning process, to be completed in October 2007, will include extensive public involvement through a Technical Advisory Committee, an online survey, focus group meetings, field surveys and a citywide public meeting. To take the online survey.
Natural clothing store Pua Naturally has moved one block south from its original location of 441 7th Street to a new location on 7th Street, just south of D Street at 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, (7th Street entrance). For more information, call 202.347.4543 or visit www.pua-naturally.com.
So take Metrorail or Metrobus Downtown to join Cultural Tourism DC for Warm up to a Museum through February 28. Enjoy more than 50 exhibits, tours, films and musical interludes at locations chosen specifically to warm the body and soul. Some Downtown locations include the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, International Spy Museum, Willard InterContinental Hotel and many more. Sponsored by Metro and the Deputy Mayor’s Office of Planning and Economic Development.
Join the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for assistance in preparing applications for the first Hip Hop Community Arts Initiative. This pilot grant program encourages the growth of quality Hip Hop arts activities throughout the city. Eligible projects include: visual arts; exhibitions; literary readings; dance; theatre; music; multidisciplinary productions and presentations; interdisciplinary art forms; arts education projects, festivals and concerts. Any projects focusing primarily youth should also consider applying for funding in the Arts Outreach and Learning: Arts Education Projects Program. The application deadline for the Hip Hop Community Arts Initiative is Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm. The Commission strongly encourages all applicants to attend a workshop prior to submitting an application.
Since 1992, I have photographed scenarios depicting the bus stop located on 14th just south of R Street. One of my favorite was taken in August 1995 of a black woman in a red hat. Though I can not now locate the images another series was that which featured the Women With Curves Dove Soap Ad campaign.
"The Magic Within: Paintings and Drawings by Herbert Gentry," opens on Saturday, 10 February 2007 at the James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan State University in Baltimore MD. The show runs through March 25.
MIAMI, Feb. 5 — The 13th Annual Winter Party Festival — one of the world’s most renowned annual celebrations for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community — will kick off in Miami on Feb. 28 with new programming for young people, people of faith and transgender people added to its already vibrant mix of events. The theme of this year’s festival, which runs to March 5, is “Beyond Borders,” and includes world-class dance events with top DJs from six countries.
Thursday, 8 February - Sunday, 11 February 2007
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Great Streets Initiative, within the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, are seeking an artist or artist team with site-specific and/or public art experience to design, create and install permanent outdoor three-dimensional artwork to support and enhance Ellington Plaza, located in front of the historic Howard Theatre at T Street NW between 7th Street and Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC. The goal of this project is to create a unique art piece and related art elements that communicate the history and current character of the surrounding community.
We began Black History Month 2007 with an article in the Washington Post by Staff Writer Allison Klein entitled Police Profiling Found in Georgetown, Adams Morgan.
The FSGW Mini-Fest is a family-friendly extravaganza of music, dance, stories, workshops, and crafts. Held around the first weekend in February, the Mini-Fest provides all comers with a wonderful opportunity to beat the winter blues, visit with friends and neighbors, and be part of some of the finest music that the Washington area has to offer!
A few weeks ago, when Rosie O’Donnell and Joy Bahar , from The View, asked rhetorically why the people were not protesting in the streets, against the war, the way they had back in 60's against the Vietnam War ... I would send an email to the women of The View which said something to the effect that I did not know what rock they had been under but since the day after the 11 September 2001 attack .... I, as a protest photographer, had witnessed, observed and on many occasions participated in many a protest ... along with millions of people throughout the global community at what was often referred to as global days of protest.
COLORLINES unveils a multimedia special feature about sanctuary seeker and COLORLINES Innovator, Elvira Arellano.
When reflecting on Saturday's J27 - UFPJ Rally, Michigan Congressman John Conyers who was amongst the speakers, later that evening, reported on his blog that there had been a tremendous amount of energy on the National Mall.
White Rose was a World War II non-violent resistance group in Germany famous for a leaflet campaign in which they called for active opposition to the Nazi regime. The group initially consisted of five students, all in their early twenties at Munich University. Between June 1942 and February 1943, they prepared and distributed six different leaflets, in which they called for an end to Nazi oppression and tyranny through active opposition of the German people.
Fed up with war in Iraq and in Afghanistan, a former United Methodist pastor and Vietnam-era veteran is doing something about it. He is walking the walk, cross-country, trying to rally public support to help end the conflicts.
