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Monday, September 21, 2009

The Scene Bisnow / DC Newsletter - Monday, 21 September 2009

Click banner to read The Scene BISNOW / DC Newsletter dated Monday, 21 September 2009.

3rd Annual Metro DC's CAR FREE DAY - 22 September 2009

Car Free Day is an international event celebrated every September 22nd in which people are encouraged to get around without their car - highlighting transit, bicycling, walking and all alternative modes of transportation. By taking a fair number of cars off the roads people who live and work there are given a chance to consider how their neighborhood might look and work with a lot fewer cars.

Washington celebrated Car Free Day for the first time in 2007 with about 1,000 District residents committing to be car free for the day. Last year, Car Free Day expanded to the entire Washington Metropolitan Area, and 5,445 residents throughout the region pledged to be car free. This year we hope even more drivers throughout the region will leave their cars at home or go “car lite” by sharing a ride to work. By taking the Car Free Challenge, participants not only help to improve air quality, save money, and reduce their carbon footprint, but also get a chance to win great prizes at the event.

Metro DC's Car Free Day Street Celebratation will take place on Tuesday, 22 September 2009 from 11 am until 3 pm at 7th and F Streets in NW Washington DC.

Click the banner to visit the Metro DC Car Free Day website.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Sharon Bridgforth: I'm facilitating in Chicago/Jomama Jones Album Release & more

Sharon Bridgforth's Newsletter dated Sunday, 20 September 2009 reads as follows:

Dear Ones

I hope that you had a wonderful summer/and are moving brightly into Fall. Thanks to the Alpert/Hedgebrook Award I spent a month at Hedgebrook Women Writers Colony this summer. I highly recommend Hedgebrook to all women writers interested in writer's colonies!! They are accepting applications until 9/25.

Currently, in Chicago ... I am proud to say that I am Fall 2009 Artist-In-Residence at Northwestern University, Performance Studies.

As her number one fan/I am happy to say that Jomama Jones is fixnta drop her long awaited Album "Lone Star"!! The release Par'tay/Concert will be in NYC 2/9/09.

Well thats what I have for the moment/more sooncome.

Happy Fall!
Thanks for your support!
with Joy and Appreciation

Sharon

Click the above banner to visit the Sharon Bridgforth blog.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Torpedo Factory Art Center's Current Installation at Reagan Washington National Airport Runs Thru 30 September 2009

Featuring the work of more than 20 artists from the Torpedo Factory Art Center and having opened on 27 March 2009 the TFAC's current ART AT THE AIRPORT INSTALLATION will be on display, in Terminal A, at Ronald Reagan National Airport through 30 September 2009.

A 10 year collaboration between Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center (TFAC) and Metropolitan Washington Port Authority (MWAA), the next TFAC installation will be on display, at Terminal A, for six months from 16 October 2009 through 16 April 2010.

For more information read this Friends / TFAC News & Events Newsletter.

Photographed during my Friday, 28 August 2009 visit to the National Airport, click the above image to view my 27 March - 30 September 2009 TFAC Exhibit - Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport photo album.

Here is my 20 January 2006 Torpedo Factory Art Center Exhibit - National Airport photo set which launched my PUBLIC ART AT AIRPORTS series.

The Broward County's Public Art & Design Program at Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood Airport is also amongst my ongoing projects.

18 September 2009 Friday's Photo of the Week

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Family . 31st Annual Adams Morgan Day Festival

18th Street near Wyoming Avenue, NW, Washington DC

Sunday afternoon, 13 September 2009

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2009 Fridays' Photos of the Week

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Mike Weiss Gallery: Allison Schulnik, News and Exhibitions

It looks like its going to be a very exciting year for Allison Schulnik. We have got an outstanding list of museum shows and group exhibitions where you will be able to see her work. News and highlights for the next few months are listed at the bottom of this mail.

In addition, we have been working with the editors of Border Crossings Magazine all summer and I am excited to share the result; a beautiful eight page spread. Allison is featured among a handful of bright young artists in this latest issue which focuses on painters and is out on news stands now.

Click the above banner to read the entire Mike Weiss Gallery Newsletter dated Tuesday, 15 September 2009.

My 'End of Summer' RAILWAY STATION Trance Mix

For those that may be heading north this weekend for the Friday, 18 September 2009 Gay Day at Six Flags / New Jersey and/or the Sunday, 20 September 2009 Saint-At-Large / Highline Ballroom FREEMASONS event at Governors Island you'll definately want to take along with you my latest 'end of the summer' RAILWAY STATION trance mix which features some of the latest trance tracks.

Friday, September 11, 2009

DC Harbor Patrol

Established in 1861, the MPDC Harbor Patrol is a critical, but largely unknown, part of the Metropolitan Police Department. The Harbor Patrol polices all of the rivers, inlets, and waterways that surround the nation's capital. The 20-member unit encounters the same types of incidents that occur on DC streets including disorderly conduct, loud music, domestic violence, high-speed chases, and robbery suspects.

Shot during my Labor Day / Sunday, 6 September 2009 photo walk through Georgetown click the image to view my newly launched DC Harbor Patrol album which is also found in my MPDC 2009 album.

11 September 2009 Friday's Photo of the Week

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Washington Harbour / Georgetown, K Street, NW, WDC

Labor Day Sunday, 6 September 2009

2009 Fridays' Photos of the Week

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Yigal Ozeri's "Desire for Anima" Opens TONIGHT at Mke Weiss Gallery in NYC

Click image to read Mike Weiss Gallery email/press release dated Wednesday, 9 September 2009 regarding Yigal Ozeri's DESIRE FOR ANIMA installation at the Mike Weiss Gallery in NYC.

Virginia Martinsen's "A Face on Mars" Opens TONIGHT at ATM Gallery in NYC

Click above image to read Bill Brady / ATM Gallery press release regarding Virginia Martinsen's A FACE ON MARS installation at ATM Gallery.

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Berlin's Nicolaus Schmidt "God Dancing/Spiders Flipping" Exhibit Opening at NYU's Deutsches Haus - Tuesday, 15 September 2009

In spring 2008, the Berlin artist Nicolaus Schmidt portrayed a typical part of Berlin nightlife culture with his Gayhane portraits. In his second art show at Deutsches Haus, "God Dancing/Spiders Flipping" the artist tells about a world-wide known youth and street culture phenomenon with his new N.Y.B.P. (New York Breakdancers Project) series - a long term cooperation with local New York City breakdancers. The artist prints his large sized photographs by himself on Hahnemühle* fine art paper.

Click poster to read the Deutsches Haus Newsletter regarding the exhibit with details pertaining to the Tuesday, 15 September 2009 Opening Reception.

Visit Berlin artist Nicolaus Schmidt website to learn more about his work. And here is Nicolaus Schmidt at Wikipedia.

Monday, September 07, 2009

10th Annual National Press Club Members Photo Show Runs Until 30 September 2009

At the invitation of photojournalist Nancy Shia who I've known since the fall of 2000 as a result of my then association with DC Indymedia I attended the Opening Reception for the 10th Annual National Press Club Photography Exhibit on Friday evening, 4 September 2009.

Shia's display featured four (4) images from the night of 12 October 2008 when as an Adams Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and in the process of documenting night activities in Adam Morgan she, too, was arrested.

Located in the lobby of the NPC Library the exhibit will be on display until Wednesday, 30 September 2009 on the 13th floor of the National Press Club Building at 529 14th Street in NW Washington DC.

Here is the press release regarding the event.

Click the image view my National Press Club Memmbers 10th Annual Photography Exhibit Opening Reception photo album.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Khaya Cookies ... With A Cause

Reading the latest issue of the Philadephia Magazine while in the dentist chair last Thursday, 3 September 2009 I came across the Eat This Now: Khaya Cookies article by April White that I'd like to bring attention to the Khaya Cookies Company which was founded by Cinnaminson native Alicia Danielle Polak in 2006. Not sure, but, Khaya Cookies may be available at some Whole Foods in Washington DC but, if not, you can order them online. Or, if interested ... become a wholesaler.

Giuseppe Ottaviani - GO! - OUT NOW!

Click cd cover to listen to samples of and/or order Giuseppe Ottaviani's debut artist album "GO!".

Friday, September 04, 2009

2 New Trance Mixes for Labor Day Weekend

I've just uploaded two new Summer's End trance mixes for Labor Day Weekend 2009.

Reflecting on my life and in connection with the ongoing "In The Fall of the Year" docu-project, RITUAL PURIFICATION speaks to my experiences as a black man.

In addition to viewing the tracklist here is where you can download the cd art work.

The second mix, as the first installment of an ongoing 'vocal series', in addition to a few older selections, VOICES 1 features some of the favorite 'trance vocal' tracks that I've purchased over the summer of 2009 from Masterbeat and Beatport.

View the tracklist and download the cd art work from here.