Posts tagged Arts
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Lipstick can help the Tysons pig, a little
Fairfax County is considering dressing up the Silver Line’s mammoth concrete pylons with murals. The idea could help animate the otherwise bleak, gray structures. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Muriels and murals
Bowser won’t name legislative achievements; Old-timers resent mural, process; Stroll through abandominiums; Stand up and be counted; Trail will connect 9/11 sites; Crescent Trail getting plowed?; Georgetown booze opportunity; Senator pushes autonomy; Going where DC cannot; And…. Keep reading…
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Is contemporary art the best use for the Franklin School?
DC economic development officials have selected a bid to turn the Franklin School into a modern art center that will host temporary exhibitions. The plan comes from a prominent collector, Dani Levinas; developer EastBanc will turn the former school into the museum. It will include a ground floor restaurant by José Andrés, Jonathan O’Connell reported… Keep reading…
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Come see Clybourne Park, then talk about it with us
In 2011, we organized a group outing to see Clybourne Park, the award-winning play about gentrification in Chicago, at the Woolly Mammoth. Come see it with us again next month in Arlington! The Arlington Players will stage the show for its local community theater debut Sunday, February 9 at 2:30 pm at the Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre in Arlington. Then, we’ll have… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Polar vortex
Brace yourself; Arrest cyclists in winter?; Bike signals get green light; Reduce DC property taxes?; Have problems dispersed or just people; Do mixed income communities work?; Crazy elections coming; Charlotte to DC high-speed rail; A wider I-66?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pass the popcorn
Big screen trend; Are traditional downtowns over?; Will Metropolitan Branch ever be finished?; Older transit networks yield more growth; Churches everywhere dislike bike lanes; Makers and takers; DC’s changing demographics; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Community input
Georgetown thinks big; Bowie Walmart gets a “no”; Bus lines shut down; Good news for transit in budget deal; Best & worst: Escalator edition; AAA endorses transit(!); Don’t door me bro; And…. Keep reading…
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New musical follows the life of a city planner
“If/Then,” a new musical at the National Theatre, follows the life choices and regrets of a fictional city planner in New York. But does it also say something about the choices that cities face? In “If/Then,” urban planning as a profession plays only a supporting role to Elizabeth (Idina Menzel), a planning Ph.D. who returns to New York after a decade… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Labor and politics
DC Council approves wage boost; Planners back Bethesda residential project; Winter attractions coming to St. Elizabeths; Hopscotch crosswalks come to Baltimore; More kids are walking to school; Can you tell if WMATA gets better?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gentrification is complicated
Discord in Brookland; Affordable housing for DC; Height limit a home rule issue; Fasten your seat belt; Tysons outperforming DC; Add some color; And…. Keep reading…