Posts tagged Arts
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Breakfast links: Where the arts are
Rush is now Plus; Corcoran could struggle in the suburbs; Shakespeare sues to keep its space; DC is great and getting greater; Shuttle goes to fresh food; Climate change threatens Norfolk; And…. Keep reading…
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The mark of Cool “Disco” Dan lives on in Southeast
By and large, Washington, DC is no longer a city under siege. The era of drug wars, automatic gunfire, and senseless violence has mostly passed. The graffiti that covered swaths of downtown, marked Metro buses, and claimed territory for rival crews is almost gone, too. The ubiquitous signature of Cool “Disco” Dan from Tenleytown to Congress Heights epitomized… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not easy being a business
Secondhand stores safe; DC not so easy for small business; Corcoran of Alexandria?; Will Tysons lose more trees?; Congress considers more monuments; Better sewers benefit all; Listen car-free; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big days for bikes
Millions and millions; Two wheel Friday; How we move; Stop ugly houses; FoBo finally done; Height limiting; Why part of 14th isn’t changing; No legal takers for storefront; Bet you can get there; And…. Keep reading…
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Would a Silver Spring arts center work?
A group of Silver Spring residents want to turn an old police station into an arts center modeled on the Gateway Arts Center in Prince George’s County. However, building an artist community in Silver Spring will require something that’s hard to find here: housing that artists can afford. The Gateway Arts Center is successful partly because it’s located in… Keep reading…
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Residents want to make police station into arts center
Next year, the Montgomery County police department’s Third District station will move to a new facility in White Oak, leaving their current building at Sligo Avenue and Grove Street in downtown Silver Spring. While some neighbors worried that the site would be redeveloped as housing, resident Karen Roper saw a chance to bring local artists together. Roper, who lives… Keep reading…
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Graffiti-covered warehouses by RI Ave. Metro buffed
The day has finally come. The warehouses by the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station have been buffed clean, continuing for years the inevitable trend, slowly sweeping across the city from the Red Line to downtown; the disappearance of graffiti. Keep reading…
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Small theater group runs afoul of zoning rules
Small theater company Pinky Swear Productions got some very sudden and frightening news yesterday: Their show Killing Women, which opened in a Dupont church basement on Saturday, may have to suddenly find a new location, as the zoning regulations prohibit theater in that space. Update: Pinky Swear says they’ve gotten permission to finish the run of their show and won’t… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tax day
Silver Line worth millions; Americans for budget autonomy; CMs squabble over unseemly giveaway; Do not pass go; We have half of the top 3; A taste of things to come; Space nerds, go outside; Another kind of neighborhood. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raise the roof
Raise the height limit?; Wish list would restore cuts, maybe; Metro no, rural roads yes; Innovation gets grants; Forest Glen zoned for failure; Easy as 3-1-1; Back to the land in the city; And…. Keep reading…