Key | Imgs | Short Description |
2023_08_01A1_Rock_Creek_KG | 39 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Ken-Gar Palisades Local Park (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_01A2_Rock_Creek_CB | 44 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_02A1_Rock_Creek_MNC | 59 | MD -- Rock Creek Regional Park -- Meadowside Nature Center I hadn't been back here in 13 years. Unfortunately, the nature center was closed for renovations this summer. |
2023_08_02A2_Rock_Creek_LN | 29 | MD -- Rock Creek Regional Park -- Lake Needwood |
2023_08_02B_Rock_Creek_CB | 19 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_03A_Losers_Arraign | 99 | DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- Crowd outside the federal courthouse before another of Trump's arraignments This was for one of the former child president's arraignments. I miss the days when disgraced politicians just killed themselves. I presume he knows he's lying the whole time he denies things but his brain is so Swiss cheesed that maybe he can't admit to himself that he does anything wrong. |
2023_08_03B2_Mall | 8 | DC -- Natl Mall area |
2023_08_03B3_PETA_Speciesism | 15 | DC -- Exhibit: Scuptures by Quill Hyde against Speciesism @ Mall |
2023_08_03B4_Metro_EN | 4 | Metro Station -- L'Enfant Plaza |
2023_08_03B5_TCB | 7 | DC -- Public Art: Traffic Control Boxes |
2023_08_03C_Stables | 29 | DC -- Mall -- U.S. Park Police Horse Stables and Education Center |
2023_08_03D1_Ellipse | 6 | DC -- Ellipse (President's Park South) |
2023_08_03D2_BSM | 12 | DC -- Ellipse -- Boy Scout Memorial |
2023_08_03D3_Sherman | 39 | DC -- Sherman Memorial |
2023_08_03D4_USWWI_Taps | 9 | Natl World War I Memorial -- Evening Taps Event |
2023_08_03D5_Golden_Streets | 5 | DC -- Golden Streets (Golden Triangle Tree Box Garden Contest) |
2023_08_03D6_Golden_Parklets | 4 | DC -- Golden Triangle Arts -- Parklets |
2023_08_03D7_Signs | 1 | DC -- Temporary Signs |
2023_08_03E1_JICC_Chanoyu | 37 | DC -- Embassy of Japan -- JICC -- Exhibit: Chanoyu Culture: Invitation to Tea Exhibition Chanoyu Culture: Invitation to Tea Exhibition
Presented by JICC, Embassy of Japan in collaboration with Omotesenke Domonkai Eastern Region, USA.
Jul 25 - Sept 8, 2023
The Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan is proud to present our latest summer exhibition Chanoyu Culture: Invitation... |
2023_08_03E2_JICC_Kaidan | 68 | DC -- Embassy of Japan -- JICC -- Event: From Kaidan to J-Horror | Rewriting the Ghost for Stage & Film From Kaidan to J-Horror | Rewriting the Ghost for Stage & Film
Lecture
Presented by JICC, Embassy of Japan
The Japan Information & Culture Center is proud to welcome Dr. Jennifer Yoo as we delve into the adaptation of traditional Japanese ghost stories for stage and film.
With a rich and flourishing... |
2023_08_04A1_Cabin_John_SP | 51 | MD -- Cabin John Regional Park -- Shirley Povich Field section |
2023_08_04A2_Rock_Creek_CB | 5 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_04B1_MEI_River | 52 | Middle East Institute -- Exhibit: A River Flows Downstream Join the Middle East Institute for their new exhibition “A River Flows Downstream.” The exhibition explores the theme of water and rivers in the Middle East and the impact of floods and droughts on communities, landscapes, and ecosystems. A River Flows Downstream takes viewers on a journey along rivers... |
2023_08_04B2_CAMDC_Bruce_Lee | 78 | Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: Bruce Lee: American Son and International Icon Bruce Lee: American Son and International Icon
Open July 20, 2023
A new exhibit commemorates the cultural superstar on the 50th anniversary of his passing revealing both his Hollywood qualities and his sensitivities as an artist, philosopher and family man. On display are rarely seen images, personal... |
2023_08_04B3_CAMDC_Qipao | 54 | Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: Fashioning Identity in Qipao: The Image of Modern Women Fashioning Identity in Qipao: The Image of Modern Women
June 17, 2023
Qipao 旗袍 was the quintessential dress for Chinese women in the Republic Era (1912-1949). Its origin and history are closely intertwined with women’s quest for equality and independence during China’s rapid modernization and... |
2023_08_04B4_CAMDC_Corky | 79 | Chinese American Museum DC -- Exhibit: Thank You, Corky Lee Thank You, Corky Lee: The Unofficial Photographer Laureate of Asian Americans
Open July 20, 2023 - January 26, 2024
Many people knew the late activist-photographer, Corky Lee, as someone who took candid photographs of Asian communities. Look deeper to see that he created an authentic space for Asian... |
2023_08_04B5_CAMDC | 2 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Chinese American Museum DC (1218 16th St NW) |
2023_08_04C1_Emb_Australia | 4 | DC -- Embassy of Australia |
2023_08_04C2_Emb_Argentina | 19 | DC -- Embassy of Argentina |
2023_08_04C3_Emb_Argentina_Think | 15 | DC -- Embassy of Argentina -- Exhibit: Own Thinking The Embassy of Argentina presents Lorena Cabrera’s exhibition, “Own Thinking,” an exhibition of textiles and mixed technics using ink, pastel, and drawings. The show is an expression that seeks to convey a work process that the artist calls "visual thinking," – the act of putting ideas or thoughts into... |
2023_08_04C4_Dupont_Circle | 25 | DC -- Dupont Circle neighborhood (but not the fountain) |
2023_08_04C5_Emb_Moldova | 3 | DC -- Embassy of Moldova |
2023_08_04C6_Free_LibraryDC | 3 | DC -- Little Free Library |
2023_08_04D1_MPP | 37 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Museum of the Palestinian People (1900 18th Street NW) The Museum of the Palestinian People is pleased to invite visitors to explore our new permanent exhibit, which tells the story of the Palestinian people, highlighting parts of Palestinian history that are often overlooked. Now on exhibit are a series of paintings that capture traditional Palestinian... |
2023_08_04D2_WSS | 15 | DC -- Sheridan-Kalorama -- Washington Studio School The Washington Studio School is thrilled to invite you to “See-and-be-Seen,” our summer-long community exhibition that includes YOU!!! A single self-portrait is a powerful statement of identity, gender, representation, history, family, and self-reflection. A room full of self-portraits in dialog with... |
2023_08_04D3_IAA_Shadow | 13 | IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: In the Shadow of Time (w/Magdolene Dykstra) Magdolene Dykstra’s “In the Shadow of Time” investigates a key component of the architectural language of empire. Columns convey the hierarchical nature of the socio-political structure they represent. Their long shadows are a nod to the question posed by Grace Lee Boggs & Jimmy Boggs: “What time is it... |
2023_08_04D4_IAA_Quietly | 27 | IA&A at Hillyer -- Exhibit: Slip Quietly into My Arms (w/Katherine Burling) Katherine Burling’s “Slip Quietly into My Arms” presents a selection of multimedia works on paper which imagine a world in which humankind, rather than nature, plays master engineer. In this colorful reverie, nature is no longer capable of sustaining itself, and humans intervene with mechanical,... |
2023_08_05A1_Cabin_John_NC | 123 | MD -- Cabin John Regional Park -- Locust Grove Nature Center section |
2023_08_05A2_Cabin_John_RR | 27 | MD -- Cabin John Regional Park -- Cabin John Miniature Train section |
2023_08_05B_Magruders_Honesty | 9 | MD -- Bethesda -- Magruder's Honesty |
2023_08_06A1_Falls_Church_CH | 33 | VA -- Falls Church -- City Hall complex |
2023_08_06A2_FC_Cherry_Hill_Pk | 41 | VA -- Falls Church -- Cherry Hill Park (including chainsaw carving art) |
2023_08_06A3_FC_Styles_Lib | 9 | VA -- Falls Church -- Mary Riley Styles Public Library |
2023_08_06A4_FC_Cherry_Hill_Farm | 9 | VA -- Falls Church -- Cherry Hill Farm |
2023_08_06A5_Falls_Church_Art | 47 | VA -- Falls Church -- Public Art |
2023_08_06A6_FC_Episcopal | 13 | VA -- Falls Church Episcopal |
2023_08_06A7_Falls_Church_Hist | 53 | VA -- Falls Church -- History Trail |
2023_08_06B1_Free_LibraryVA | 2 | VA -- Little Free Library At the city hall building in Falls Church, VA. |
2023_08_06B2_TCBVA | 6 | VA -- Public Art: Traffic Control Boxes |
2023_08_06B3_Party_AnimalsVA | 10 | VA -- Public Art: Party Animals (in Falls Church, VA) There are at least three of them in Falls Church, VA. |
2023_08_06B4_Asphalt_ArtVA | 5 | VA -- Public Art: Asphalt Art (art painted on sidewalks, intersections, and storm drains) |
2023_08_06B5_BikeshareVA | 3 | VA -- Bike Sharing / Racks Bike rack in Falls Church, VA. |
2023_08_06B6_Pole_ArtVA | 1 | VA -- Public Art: Pole Art |
2023_08_06C1_Falls_Church | 22 | VA -- Falls Church |
2023_08_06C2_FC_Tinner_Hill | 48 | VA -- Falls Church -- Tinner Hill and Monument |
2023_08_06C3_FC_Big_Chimneys | 25 | VA -- Falls Church -- Big Chimneys Park |
2023_08_06C4_FC_Howard_Herman | 13 | VA -- Falls Church -- Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park
The Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park is one of only two parks of its kind in the City of Falls Church. Crossman Park and the Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park both offer a wide array of natural features. Heavily wooded with a stream running through it, the... |
2023_08_06D1_MuralsVA_BKing | 6 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Bryan King |
2023_08_06D2_MuralsVA_JCEnglish | 5 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Joseph Craig English |
2023_08_06D3_MuralsVA_JWood | 3 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by J. Wood |
2023_08_06D4_MuralsVA_SBavin | 3 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Shelby Bavin |
2023_08_08A1_Attitudes | 63 | DC -- USC/PDCA/GWU/UW/HU -- Africa-US Forum: New Data on International Attitudes Towards the U.S. Roundtable with Richard Wike of the Pew Research Center, who will present and discuss new data on international attitudes towards the U.S. |
2023_08_08A2_1771N | 1 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- 1771 N St. NW (National Assn of Broadcasters until 2023, USC afterward) |
2023_08_08B_Rock_Creek_CB | 19 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_09A1_Brookside | 91 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens |
2023_08_09A2_Brookside_WAP | 21 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 at Brookside Gardens
June 12 - August 28, 2023
The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Pyramids Art Exhibition is back by popular demand!
Thanks to support from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, five new tetrahedrons with... |
2023_08_09A3_Brookside_FF | 5 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance |
2023_08_09A4_Free_LibraryMD | 12 | MD -- Little Free Library |
2023_08_09B_Cabin_John_RR | 29 | MD -- Cabin John Regional Park -- Cabin John Miniature Train section I had to go back to look for a chainsaw carving that was there that I had missed before. |
2023_08_09C_Rock_Creek_CB | 24 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_10_Costco_Wheaton | 1 | MD -- Costco @ Wheaton Plaza The printed book section is down to just one section now. |
2023_08_11_Rock_Creek_CB | 10 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_12A1_Metro_FT | 4 | Metro Station -- Fort Totten |
2023_08_12A2_WCC | 12 | DC -- Washington Convention Center |
2023_08_12A3_NBF_Misc | 135 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Miscelleanous Folks here include the Library Friends group, a guy who was trying to hawk his own book against the Chinese Communist Party, the US Capital Historical Society folks, Kate Michael, Carla Hayden, Amy Joyce and Helena Andrews-Dyer (Washington Post stage), Jane Campbell, Daniela Galarza and Ann Maloney... |
2023_08_12A4_NBF_PP | 31 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Politics and Prose Area |
2023_08_12A5_NBF_CSpan | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Book TV on C-Span2 Peter Slen (C-SPAN) interviewing ???, Charles Stimson, and Douglas Brinkley |
2023_08_12B1_NBF_Towles | 16 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- On "The Lincoln Highway": Historical Fiction with Amor Towles On "The Lincoln Highway": Historical Fiction with Amor Towles
Amor Towles’ latest novel, “The Lincoln Highway,” is a classic American road novel but within that narrative framework, it continually surprises. It’s about 18-year-old Emmett Watson, who has to get to nowhere in particular, fast, after his... |
2023_08_12B2_NBF_Hauntings | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Hauntings Aren't Just for Houses: Horror Fiction with Tananarive Due and Grady Hendrix Hauntings Aren't Just for Houses: Horror Fiction with Tananarive Due and Grady Hendrix
Horror can take countless forms: monsters, strangers, our inner demons. In Tananarive Due’s “The Wishing Pool and Other Stories,” supernatural horror intersects with chillingly real themes of trauma, racism and... |
2023_08_12B3_NBF_Buttigieg | 40 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Chasten Buttigieg Has Something To Tell You (Hint: It's About Finding Yourself) Chasten Buttigieg Has Something To Tell You (Hint: It's About Finding Yourself)
Growing up isn’t easy. Finding your voice takes courage. And, being true to yourself can take time. In “I Have Something to Tell You -- For Young Adults,” Chasten Buttigieg recounts stories and experiences he encountered... |
2023_08_12B4_NBF_NPoetry | 15 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- The World Offers Itself to Your Imagination: Nature Poetry with Camille T. Dungy and Joy Harjo The World Offers Itself to Your Imagination: Nature Poetry with Camille T. Dungy and Joy Harjo
Throughout time, readers have turned to poetry to connect to the beauty and mystery of the natural world. Join former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (“Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light”) and Camille T. Dungy... |
2023_08_12B5_NBF_Family | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- The Family You Need, the Family You Create: Literary Fiction with Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea The Family You Need, the Family You Create: Literary Fiction with Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea
What makes someone family? Join Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea as they discuss their new novels, “Las Madres” (Santiago) and “Good Night, Irene” (Urrea). Santiago’s novel follows... |
2023_08_12B6_NBF_Mukherjee | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Medicine and the New Human with Siddhartha Mukherjee Medicine and the New Human with Siddhartha Mukherjee
In his new book “The Song of the Cell,” physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee, also the author of “The Emperor of All Maladies,” takes the reader back to the discovery of cells, the ways that discovery revolutionized medicine and the remarkable... |
2023_08_12B7_NBF_Saunders | 35 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- 2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner George Saunders 2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner George Saunders
2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner George Saunders discusses his writing life during this event, from his beloved novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” to his story collections such as “Tenth of December” and... |
2023_08_12C1_NBF_White_Bird | 20 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "White Bird": Deep in the Wonder Universe with R.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl "White Bird": Deep in the Wonder Universe with R.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl
Join R.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl as they discuss their new novel adaptation of “White Bird.” Set within the Wonder universe, this story reflects the power of kindness. Due to a change in the release date of the “White... |
2023_08_12C2_NBF_Grann | 24 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: An Hour with David Grann Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: An Hour with David Grann
In January 1742, the H.M.S. Wager washed up on the coast of Brazil with 29 emaciated men. Via suspenseful storytelling, David Grann recreates in “The Wager” the ship’s rough voyage and its gruesome aftermath. The lessons here aren’t just about the... |
2023_08_12C3_NBF_Klune | 20 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- AI: They Just Want To Be Our Friends with TJ Klune AI: They Just Want To Be Our Friends with TJ Klune
Recent media coverage of AI has focused on the worrisome aspects of technology going rogue. But what if we asked another question: What possibilities are there for humans to build relationships, friendships, with AI? TJ Klune’s “In the Lives of... |
2023_08_12C4_NBF_CSecrets | 19 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Capital Secrets: J. Edgar Hoover's Shadowy Reign with Beverly Gage and James Kirchick Capital Secrets: J. Edgar Hoover's Shadowy Reign with Beverly Gage and James Kirchick
J. Edgar Hoover is perceived nowadays as a dark figure in American politics. But he wasn’t always thought of that way. In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book “G-Man,” Beverly Gage fairly and thoroughly investigates... |
2023_08_12C5_NBF_Page | 22 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Elliot Page on His New Memoir "Pageboy" Elliot Page on His New Memoir "Pageboy"
Oscar-nominated star and trans advocate, Elliot Page explores the searing and intimate experiences of being human in his new memoir, “Pageboy.” From his experiences as a young actor in Hollywood to struggles over body image and discovering himself as a queer and... |
2023_08_12C6_NBF_Kelly | 34 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- My Life, Considered: Memoir with Mary Louise Kelly My Life, Considered: Memoir with Mary Louise Kelly
Join Mary Louise Kelly, a co-host of the culture-savvy NPR podcast “All Things Considered” in a discussion of her memoir, “It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs.” Kelly grapples with the death of her father and the realization that her children... |
2023_08_12D1_NBF_Injustices | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- How Can We Deal with the World's Injustices? Ask a Teen! with Lesa Cline-Ransome and Jennifer De Leon How Can We Deal with the World's Injustices? Ask a Teen! with Lesa Cline-Ransome and Jennifer De Leon
Teens aren’t immune to the world’s injustices; they might have ideas about some solutions. Join Lesa Cline-Ransome and Jennifer De Leon as they discuss their newest releases. Lesa Cline-Ransome’s “For... |
2023_08_12D2_NBF_Jane20 | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Will and Jane 2.0: Classics Updated with Sayantani DasGupta and Brittany N. Williams Who says classics can’t be revamped? A modern retelling of Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” Sayantani DasGupta’s “Rosewood: A Midsummer Meet Cute” follows teenage drama at a regency-themed summer camp. Sprinkled with Shakespearean references, Brittany N. Williams’ “That Self-Same Metal” follows... |
2023_08_12D3_NBF_Lie | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Lie, Fight, Gatekeep: Girls vs. the Power with Angeline Boulley and Amélie Wen Zhao Lie, Fight, Gatekeep: Girls vs. the Power with Angeline Boulley and Amélie Wen Zhao
Youth are some of society’s strongest fighters (and innovators) and these protagonists are no exception. Angeline Boulley (“Warrior Girl Unearthed”) and Amélie Wen Zhao (“Song of Silver, Flame Like Night”) write about... |
2023_08_12D4_NBF_Tran | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "Take a Trip," They Said. "You'll Have a Great Time!" They Said. with Trang Thanh Tran "Take a Trip," They Said. "You'll Have a Great Time!" They Said. with Trang Thanh Tran
We don’t take a vacation just to worry about surviving the vacation. But in Trang Thanh Tran’s “She Is a Haunting,” a girl encounters a haunting while visiting family in Vietnam. Maybe let’s not take a vacation to... |
2023_08_12D5_NBF_Acevedo | 19 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Elizabeth Acevedo on Her New Novel "Family Lore" Elizabeth Acevedo on Her New Novel "Family Lore"
What happens when someone who can predict the exact day of someone’s death hosts their own wake? Join Elizabeth Acevedo as she discusses her debut adult novel, “Family Lore,” in conversation with former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature... |
2023_08_12D6_NBF_Hendrickson | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "Life on Delay: Making Peace With a Stutter" with John Hendrickson "Life on Delay: Making Peace With a Stutter" with John Hendrickson
John Hendrickson, a staff writer at The Atlantic, published an article in 2019 about Joe Biden’s stuttering and his own. “Life on Delay” is the memoir born from that article; in it, Hendrickson writes openly about the isolation,... |
2023_08_12D7_NBF_L2Life | 6 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Literature to Life Presents a Performance From F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Literature to Life Presents a Performance From F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
Join us for a performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” presented by the literary nonprofit Literature to Life, whose actors and teaching artists immerse an audience in a book and vividly bring it to... |
2023_08_12E1_NBF_Shepard | 9 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend
Fifth grade is full of surprises: good, bad, silly, weird—you name it. The first installment of a new middle grade series, Sara Shepard’s “Penny Draws a Best Friend” follows young Penny Lowry as she navigates changing friendships, a family secret and her feelings of... |
2023_08_12E2_NBF_Story | 5 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Me, My Story, My Pictures with Jarrett J. Krosoczka and Pedro Martín Me, My Story, My Pictures with Jarrett J. Krosoczka and Pedro Martín
What’s it like to not only divulge the details of your life but also draw them for everyone to see?! Jarret J. Krosoczka’s “Sunshine” follows his experience working at a camp for terminally ill children. “Mexikid” tracks Pedro... |
2023_08_12E3_NBF_What_If | 30 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- What If?: Time Travel, Supervillains and Other Everyday Things with Jamar Nicholas and Nisi Shawl What If?: Time Travel, Supervillains and Other Everyday Things with Jamar Nicholas and Nisi Shawl
What happens when magic becomes your everyday? Set in a world where superheroes and ordinary people coexist, Jamar Nicholas’ graphic novel “Leon the Extraordinary” follows superpower-less Leon’s mission to... |
2023_08_12E4_NBF_Gratz | 31 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Captain America and Alan Gratz: What More Do You Need? Captain America and Alan Gratz: What More Do You Need?
A human, a sidekick and a captain. What more do you need to become a superhero? Alan Gratz brings us a World War II adventure featuring Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes up against an army of undead ghosts in “Captain America: The Ghost Army.” Hear... |
2023_08_12E5_NBF_YDelgado | 12 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Drawing Yaqui Delgado with Meg Medina and Mel Valentine Vargas Drawing Yaqui Delgado with Meg Medina and Mel Valentine Vargas
How do you add faces to characters you’ve never seen? Is it hard to draw a beloved novel? In this program artist Mel Valentine Vargas is joined by National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina. Together they will share how... |
2023_08_12E6_NBF_When_Lies | 13 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- When Lies and Secrets Come Into the Light with Linda Kao and Mark Oshiro When Lies and Secrets Come Into the Light with Linda Kao and Mark Oshiro
What if those you love the most keep you in the dark? In Mark Oshiro’s “Into the Light,” Manny questions his memories while searching for his sister; in Linda Kao’s “A Crooked Mark,” Matt hunts for those marked by the devil –... |
2023_08_12E7_NBF_Sepetys | 29 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "You: The Story" with Ruta Sepetys "You: The Story" with Ruta Sepetys
The most powerful aspect of a story is your voice -- without it there is no story. In her new book “You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory,” Ruta Sepetys teaches aspiring writers how to dig deep into their memories and masterfully explore them on the... |
2023_08_12F1_NBF_Heating | 29 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- History Is Heating Up: Environmental Awakening vs. Climate Change Denial with Douglas Brinkley and David Lipsky History Is Heating Up: Environmental Awakening vs. Climate Change Denial with Douglas Brinkley and David Lipsky
Join Douglas Brinkley and David Lipsky as they discuss the nuances and history of how we’ve wrestled with a pervasive issue: climate change. Brinkley’s “Silent Spring Revolution” pays tribute... |
2023_08_12F2_NBF_Russell | 34 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Yards Between Us: Sports and American Culture with R.K. Russell Yards Between Us: Sports and American Culture with R.K. Russell
R.K. Russell’s sports life and personal life collided when he publicly identified as bisexual during his time in the NFL. In “The Yards Between Us,” he aims to shorten the distance between LGBTQ+ professional athletes and American... |
2023_08_12F3_NBF_Myths | 23 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Myths and Promises: Decoding "Latino" in America with José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar Myths and Promises: Decoding "Latino" in America with José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar
What does it mean to be Latino in the U.S.? Join José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar as they discuss how their books explore this question. Tobar’s “Our Migrant Souls” examines the 21st century Latino experience and the... |
2023_08_12F4_NBF_BScenes | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Behind the Scenes With Black Writers with Jericho Brown, Camille T. Dungy and Tiphanie Yanique Behind the Scenes With Black Writers with Jericho Brown, Camille T. Dungy and Tiphanie Yanique
Black culture and identity have greatly influenced how Black creatives interpret the world. “How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice and Skill,” edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown, is... |
2023_08_12F5_NBF_Dig_In | 21 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Dig In: What Food Says About Us with Cheuk Kwan and Anya von Bremzen Dig In: What Food Says About Us with Cheuk Kwan and Anya von Bremzen
Food: it’s stuff on a plate but also something that tells others about what’s in our hearts and our minds. In “Have You Eaten Yet?,” Cheuk Kwan interviews Chinese restaurant owners and workers, showcasing their resilience and... |
2023_08_12F6_NBF_AphroChic | 7 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "AphroChic": Celebrating the Black Family Home with Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason "AphroChic": Celebrating the Black Family Home with Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason
If there’s one place to find rich generational history besides a museum, it’s a house. Follow Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason as they explore the intimate spaces of Black family homes from their smart new design book,... |
2023_08_12G1_NBF_Stressed | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- I'm Already Stressed About Homework. You Need Me to Solve a Mystery Too? with Nick Brooks and Karen M. McManus I'm Already Stressed About Homework. You Need Me to Solve a Mystery Too? with Nick Brooks and Karen M. McManus.
Imagine needing to solve a mystery while juggling a mountain of schoolwork -- not fun (but maybe more fun than homework?). Nick Brooks’ “Promise Boys” follows three teens of color who... |
2023_08_12G2_NBF_Ward | 14 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Why Fiction Matters with Jesmyn Ward, 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner Why Fiction Matters with Jesmyn Ward, 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner
Join us in an exclusive event with 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner Jesmyn Ward and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. In this thought-provoking conversation, Ward discusses the... |
2023_08_12G3_NBF_Redacting | 10 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Redacting and Retelling: New Ways of Confronting Systemic Racism with Shane McCrae and Nicole Sealey Redacting and Retelling: New Ways of Confronting Systemic Racism with Shane McCrae and Nicole Sealey
Poetry and poets confront racism in this panel. In his memoir “Pulling the Chariot of the Sun,” poet Shane McCrae pieces together the story of his childhood kidnapping by his white grandparents -- and... |
2023_08_12G4_NBF_Secret | 16 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Alone with a Secret: Novels That Provoke and Reveal with Victor LaValle and Kevin Wilson Alone with a Secret: Novels That Provoke and Reveal with Victor LaValle and Kevin Wilson
Everyone has a dark secret…and then there are really dark secrets. Victor LaValle’s novel “Lone Women” follows a young woman who’s haunted by a secret sin that could burn many people. In Kevin Wilson’s “Now Is Not... |
2023_08_12G5_NBF_Animals | 11 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Animals Talk to Me: Narrators From the Wild with Henry Hoke and Shelby Van Pelt Animals Talk to Me: Narrators From the Wild with Henry Hoke and Shelby Van Pelt
For us to see ourselves clearly, sometimes we need to hear from outside observers—as in, outside our species. Shelby Van Pelt’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures” follows the unlikely connection between a grieving woman and a... |
2023_08_12G6_NBF_Scalzi | 17 | Natl Book Festival 2023 -- My Gig at the Godzilla Preserve with John Scalzi My Gig at the Godzilla Preserve with John Scalzi
Lions, tigers or…kaiju? I don’t think we’re on Earth anymore. So what should one do when they find themselves in an alternate, human-free universe? Well, in John Scalzi’s novel, “The Kaiju Preservation Society,” the KPS organization was created to... |
2023_08_13A1_MOCAA | 28 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Misellaneous |
2023_08_13A2_MOCAA_Liberty | 11 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Zaq Landsberg: Reclining Liberty Zaq Landsberg: Reclining Liberty
On View: August 5, 2023 - July 28, 2024
MoCA Arlington and Arlington Public Art are thrilled to co-sponsor the installation of Zaq Landsberg’s celebrated Reclining Liberty on the Museum’s front lawn. An opening celebration and community picnic will be held on August 5,... |
2023_08_13A3_MOCAA_CPike | 74 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: A World in a Zip Code: Columbia Pike Documentary Project A World in a Zip Code: Columbia Pike Documentary Project
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
Featured Photographers: Lara Ajami, Paula Endo, Moises Gomez, Aleksandra Lagkueva, Xang Mimi Ho, Dewey Tron, and Lloyd Wolf. With storytelling and interviews by Sushmita Mazumdar.
A World in a Zip Code includes... |
2023_08_13A4_MOCAA_Jackson | 3 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Asa Jackson: Cut to the New Asa Jackson: Cut to the New
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
Asa Jackson: Cut to the New: A Columbia Hills convergence of textiles and stories is the culmination of Asa Jackson’s participation in the IMPACT Arts Residency. Through a partnership between Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington... |
2023_08_13A5_MOCAA_Hot_Goss | 32 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Hot Goss Hot Goss
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
Featured Artists: Negar Ahkami, Joey Enríquez, Emily Fussner, Sarah Hardesty, Stephanie Lane, Marissa Long, Lex Marie, Olivia Tripp Morrow, Ryan McCoy, Rebecca Rivas Rogers, Marisa Stratton and Bahar Yürükoğlu
Slang for “hot gossip,” Hot Goss features all... |
2023_08_13A6_MOCAA_Day | 16 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Christina P. Day: Depth Cue Christina P. Day: Depth Cue
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
Christina P. Day uses form and found material as repositories for both time and lived experience. In her sculptural installations, Day uses space to evoke a sense of time, activating existing walls and surfaces in a way that physically... |
2023_08_13A7_MOCAA_Wanna | 7 | VA -- Arlington -- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington -- Exhibit: Steve Wanna: A Vast Expanse Steve Wanna: A Vast Expanse
On View: May 31 - August 20, 2023
An interactive soundscape and light installation, Steve Wanna’s A Vast Expanse is inspired by the phenomenon known as the event horizon, the border between the singularity of the black hole and the surrounding universe.
Steve Wanna: A Vast... |
2023_08_13B1_Free_LibraryDC | 5 | DC -- Little Free Library |
2023_08_13B2_Mansion_O | 10 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- The Mansion on O Street |
2023_08_13B3_Dupont_Circle | 2 | DC -- Dupont Circle neighborhood (but not the fountain) |
2023_08_13C_Ettlinger | 63 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Fantom Comics -- Event: Emily Ettlinger Skeleanor The Decomposer Author Event With Emily Ettlinger!
Local creator Emily Ettlinger will be stopping by the store for an author event about the all-ages book SKELEANOR THE DECOMPOSER! Emily will be reading some of the book, as well as running a drawing workshop and signing copies!
Skeleanor... |
2023_08_13D1_FriendshipDC_Mazza | 44 | DC -- Friendship Heights (DC) -- Mazza Gallerie site |
2023_08_13D2_FriendshipDC | 4 | DC -- Friendship Heights (DC) neighborhood |
2023_08_14B_Rock_Creek_CB | 8 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_15A1_MCAF_Misc | 82 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Miscellaneous |
2023_08_15A2_MCAF_LS | 76 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Livestock |
2023_08_15A3_MCAF_Cheese | 41 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Cheese Cutting Ceremony |
2023_08_15A4_MCAF_FD | 10 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Fire Department |
2023_08_15A5_MCAF_JStebbing | 92 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Joe Stebbing Chainsaw Carving Joe Stebbing – Chainsaw Carver
Joe Stebbing the Chainsaw Carver can quickly transform a three-foot tall log into a true work of art. Nearly every show will result with a carving being produced from start to finish, with as many as four carvings per day and shows lasting up to an hour. The best part –... |
2023_08_15A6_MCAF_Bees | 37 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Bees |
2023_08_15A7_MCAF_Rides | 8 | MD -- Gaithersburg -- Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (2023) -- Rides |
2023_08_15B_Wheaton_JS | 7 | MD -- Wheaton -- Joe Stebbing chainsaw carving @ 4209 Tulare Dr. |
2023_08_16A_Rock_Creek_CB | 10 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_18A1_Golden_Streets | 4 | DC -- Golden Streets (Golden Triangle Tree Box Garden Contest) |
2023_08_18A2_Signs | 6 | DC -- Temporary Signs |
2023_08_18A3_Lincoln_Mem | 13 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial |
2023_08_18A4_FRB | 6 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Federal Reserve Building (Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Bldg) (2051 Const Ave. NW and 300 21st St NW) |
2023_08_18A5_OAS | 1 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Organization of American States -- Main Bldg + Museum Exterior |
2023_08_18B_Beyond_Granite | 87 | DC -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Beyond Granite: Pulling Together
The Future Of Commemoration Is Not Written In Stone
In Summer 2023, Beyond Granite will present a dynamic new series of installations designed to create a more inclusive, equitable, and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall. The Beyond Granite... |
2023_08_18C_Rock_Creek_CB | 19 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_19_Maier | 60 | MD -- Takoma Park -- People's Book -- Dana Maier (“Skip to the Fun Parts") w/Tim Kreider Dana Maier for “Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints About the Creative Process”
The perfect companion for anyone struggling to keep their sense of humor while staring at a blank page, Skip to the Fun Parts offers next-to-zero creative advice, and is instead filled with cartoons,... |
2023_08_20A1_FRB | 17 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Federal Reserve Building (Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Bldg) (2051 Const Ave. NW and 300 21st St NW) |
2023_08_20A2_Lincoln_Mem | 7 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial |
2023_08_20A3_Lincoln_MemV | 1 | DC -- Lincoln Memorial -- View from... |
2023_08_20A4_Const_Gardens | 3 | DC -- Mall -- Constitution Gardens (incl Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence) |
2023_08_20A5_WCCanal | 13 | DC -- Mall -- Lockkeepers House (Washington City Canal House) |
2023_08_20B_Beyond_Granite | 65 | DC -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Beyond Granite: Pulling Together
The Future Of Commemoration Is Not Written In Stone
In Summer 2023, Beyond Granite will present a dynamic new series of installations designed to create a more inclusive, equitable, and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall. The Beyond Granite... |
2023_08_20C1_Mushroom_House | 15 | MD -- Bethesda -- Mushroom House of Bethesda Mushroom House of Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.
Located just across the border from Washington, D.C., the town of Bethesda, Maryland is a fairly well-to-do suburb and one of the last... |
2023_08_20C2_Asphalt_ArtMD | 26 | MD -- Public Art: Asphalt Art (art painted on sidewalks, intersections, and storm drains) |
2023_08_20C3_Free_LibraryMD | 1 | MD -- Little Free Library |
2023_08_21_Rock_Creek_CB | 8 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_22A1_Disrupting | 204 | Politics & Prose -- Katie J. Wells and Kafui Attoh ("Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City") w/Malcolm Harris Katie J. Wells and Kafui Attoh | Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City - with Malcolm Harris — at Conn Ave
The first city to fight back against Uber, Washington, D.C., was also the first city where such resistance was defeated. It was here that the company created a playbook for... |
2023_08_22A4_PProse | 2 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) |
2023_08_23A1_Brookside | 63 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens |
2023_08_23A2_Brookside_FF | 7 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance Flamingo Flamboyance Exhibit at Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens celebrates garden art this summer with its outdoor installation Flamboyance of Flamingos. Dozens of whimsical flamingos dot the gardens in different poses and are adorned with containers of varying annuals.
We’re taking the iconic... |
2023_08_23A3_Brookside_WAP | 2 | MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 at Brookside Gardens
June 12 - August 28, 2023
The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Pyramids Art Exhibition is back by popular demand!
Thanks to support from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, five new tetrahedrons with... |
2023_08_24A1_United_Methodist | 2 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- United Methodist Bldg (100 Maryland Ave NE) |
2023_08_24A2_VFW | 29 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Veterans of Foreign Wars-US (200 Maryland Ave NE) |
2023_08_24B1_Watson | 86 | USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Robert Watson ("When Washington Burned") When Washington Burned: The British Invasion of the Capital and a Nation’s Rise from the Ashes
Join us on August 24 for a captivating hybrid event with author and Historian Dr. Robert Watson. Together, we’ll discuss his upcoming book, “When Washington Burned,” which tells the forgotten story of August... |
2023_08_24C1_SS_Bonifant | 27 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Bonifant Street (not covered elsewhere) |
2023_08_24C2_Purple_Route | 20 | MD -- Purple Line -- Route (except Silver Spring Metro station) |
2023_08_24C3_SS_Iglesia | 1 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Iglesia De Restauracion AYP (880 Bonifant St) |
2023_08_24C4_SS_Res | 2 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Residential section |
2023_08_24D_Rock_Creek_CB | 16 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_25A1_Purple_Metro | 1 | MD -- Purple Line -- Silver Spring Metro stop |
2023_08_25A2_Purple_Route | 9 | MD -- Purple Line -- Route (except Silver Spring Metro station) |
2023_08_25A3_SS_Thayer | 14 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Thayer Ave structures |
2023_08_25B1_Beyond_Convening | 63 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 1 (of 6). Miscellaneous Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... |
2023_08_25B2_Beyond_Convening2 | 30 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 2 (of 6). Welcoming Remarks Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... |
2023_08_25B3_Beyond_Convening3 | 60 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 3 (of 6). Panel 1: The National Mall: Local, National, Transnational Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... |
2023_08_25B4_Beyond_Convening4 | 86 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 4 (of 6). Panel 2: Envisioning Democracy: Artist Roundtable Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... |
2023_08_25B5_Beyond_Convening5 | 56 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 5 (of 6). Artist Program: Wendy Red Star, Indigenous Archives Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... |
2023_08_25B6_Beyond_Convening6 | 68 | DC -- Beyond Granite @ US Inst of Peace -- Legacies and Futures of the National Mall -- 6 (of 6). Closing Keynote Conversation Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening – Legacies and Futures of the National Mall
A dynamic day of discussions where artists, curators, and project leaders from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together converge with creators, scholars, activists, and practitioners from the monument landscape. Explore... |
2023_08_25C_USIP | 25 | DC -- Foggy Bottom -- United States Institute of Peace |
2023_08_26A_MOW60 | 57 | DC -- Rally: 2023 March on Washington The 2023 March on Washington will set the tone for 2024 exactly 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights Leaders organized the pivotal March on Washington in August 1963.
As the nation reckons with historic levels of violent hate crimes and threats to its democracy, we must... |
2023_08_26B1_Signs | 4 | DC -- Temporary Signs |
2023_08_26B2_Beyond_Granite | 40 | DC -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Beyond Granite: Pulling Together
The Future Of Commemoration Is Not Written In Stone
In Summer 2023, Beyond Granite will present a dynamic new series of installations designed to create a more inclusive, equitable, and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall. The Beyond Granite... |
2023_08_26B3_Const_Gardens | 1 | DC -- Mall -- Constitution Gardens (incl Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence) |
2023_08_26C1_Jesup_Blair | 28 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Jesup Blair Park & Blair Mansion |
2023_08_26C2_TCB | 24 | DC -- Public Art: Traffic Control Boxes |
2023_08_26C3_ShepherdPk | 5 | DC -- Shepherd Park neighborhood |
2023_08_26C4_Takoma | 4 | DC -- Takoma neighborhood |
2023_08_26C5_Murals_Arismendi | 4 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Arismendi Professional Services LLC WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, DC Mural
Mural by: Arismendi Professional Services LLC
Mural Date: August 26, 2023
For: Gregg Cardona Souadi
APS provided the client with different options for a mural on the corner of (addresses) To save costs, we worked with the wall's color and around the tags and proposed... |
2023_08_27A1_CC | 34 | VA -- Arlington -- Crystal City |
2023_08_27A2_Metro_PotY | 32 | Metro Station -- Potomac Yard |
2023_08_27A3_Metro_PotYVw | 38 | Metro Station -- Potomac Yard -- View from station... |
2023_08_27A4_PotY | 16 | VA -- Potomac Yards |
2023_08_27A5_CC_Underground | 9 | VA -- Arlington -- Crystal City Underground |
2023_08_27B1_MuralsVA | 14 | VA -- Public Art: Murals (not shown by artist) Several unknown artist murals in Crystal City |
2023_08_27B2_MuralsVA_Lisa_Marie | 3 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Lisa Marie Thalhammer |
2023_08_27B3_MuralsVA_BroCoLoco | 8 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by BroCoLoco This one was in Falls Church. |
2023_08_27B4_MuralsVA_JShogo | 8 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Jay Shogo Over the summer, the Crystal City BID and Amazon’s landlord JBG Smith held a contest to find a muralist to makeover the facade of Synetic Theater. By September, they’d narrowed the 24 submissions down to five finalists. On Monday, they announced artist Jay Shogo as the winner.
Shogo’s design features... |
2023_08_27B5_MuralsVA_Marchand | 5 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Anne Marchand |
2023_08_27B6_MuralsVA_Theberge | 10 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Valerie Theberge |
2023_08_27B7_MuralsVA_CHayman | 5 | VA -- Public Art: Murals by Christine Hayman |
2023_08_27C1_Falls_Church | 10 | VA -- Falls Church |
2023_08_27C2_FC_WEPk | 32 | VA -- Falls Church -- West End Park |
2023_08_27C3_FC_Slopping | 12 | VA -- Falls Church -- Public Art: The Man Slopping Pigs (by Don Beyer) 'The Man Slopping Pigs'
Falls Church, Virginia
This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.
Don Beyer began working at his father’s Volvo dealership after graduating college, before eventually teaming up with his... |
2023_08_27C4_FC_Mr_Dixie | 3 | VA -- Falls Church -- Public Art: Mr Dixie 'Mr. Dixie'
Falls Church, Virginia
This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.
Mr. Dixie is the official guardian of Dixie Sheet Metal Works, which has been in business as metal workers and environmental specialists since 1945. The 12-foot-tall sculpture recently marked its... |
2023_08_27D1_FC_NMP | 101 | VA -- Falls Church -- National Memorial Park |
2023_08_27D2_FC_NMP_FF | 37 | VA -- Falls Church -- National Memorial Park -- The Fountain of Faith The Fountain of Faith
National Funeral Home & National Memorial Park
The Fountain of Faith is one of two major works created by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles found in the National Memorial Cemetery in Falls Church, Virginia.
This massive, expansive fountain sits in a large courtyard, which contains... |
2023_08_28A_CChange | 132 | DC -- USC/PDCA/GWU/UW/HU -- Africa-US Forum: Climate Change Africa's Future Series: Climate Change
You are invited to join us for "Africa's Future: "Climate Change," with speakers by video from around Africa and, in person here in Washington, Ambassador Charles Ray, Chair of the Africa Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
The forum will take place... |
2023_08_28B1_PProse | 3 | DC -- Chevy Chase -- Politics & Prose (Main Store @ 5015 Connecticut Ave NW) |
2023_08_28B2_Eichler | 104 | Politics & Prose -- Jeremy Eichler ("Time's Echo") w/Anne Midgett Jeremy Eichler -- Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance - with Anne Midgette -- at Conn Ave
In 1785, when the great German poet Friedrich Schiller penned his immortal "Ode to Joy," he crystallized the deepest hopes and dreams of the European Enlightenment for a... |
2023_08_30A_Rock_Creek_CB | 14 | MD -- Rock Creek Park -- Cedar and Beach intersection (Colin Vale chainsaw carving) |
2023_08_30B1_Meckler | 188 | Politics & Prose -- Laura Meckler ("Dream Town") w/Jesse J. Holland Laura Meckler -- Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity - with Jesse J. Holland -- at Conn Ave
In this searing and intimate examination of the ideals and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler tells the story of a decades-long pursuit... |
2023_08_31B1_Betancourt | 90 | MLK Memorial Library -- Event: David Betancourt ("Avengers Assembled") w/Helena Andrews-Dyer Avengers Assembled with David Betancourt
The Origin of the Earths Mightiest Heroes
Fans of the Marvel Universe and readers of all ages are invited to celebrate the release of "The Avengers Assembled: The Origin of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes" with author David Betancourt.
As a child, David... |
2023_08_31C1_Murals_KClark | 2 | DC -- Public Art: Murals by Keiona Clark |
2023_08_31C2_Taffers_Tavern | 12 | DC -- Judiciary Square -- Taffers Tavern |
2023_08_31C3_BetancourtD | 3 | Friends -- Drinks after David Betancourt event |
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