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ki-momo Art Opening and Exhibition:

Mad Momos
3605 14th Street Northwest
Friday, March 29th, 2013
7:00pm – 10:00pm | FREE!

mad momos is proud to present new artwork by acclaimed DC area photographer, Andrea Reisenfeld.
Please join us for the opening reception to enjoy the art, meet the artist and sip on sparkling wine.

“This series of kimono images blends the sensibility of an ancient art form and the free-for-all expression of the 70’s, interpreted through today’s technology of the iPhone” Andrea Reisenfeld.

Out of 2,000 entries in the second annual (2012) National Cherry Blossom photo contest, Andrea Riesenfeld won Best in Show.with a mobile phone image. After trading in her Nikon for an iPhone in 2010, Riesenfeld has not looked back. Her subject interests fall mostly into Japonisme, or the influence of the Japanese aesthetic on Western art and culture, still life images and botanicals. From art to play to espionage, photography with an iPhone is life with eyes wide open and whether its a leaf or an artichoke, she can get closer to whatever catches her eye. Riesenfelds medium is through photo apps and she sees them as the new Photoshop but more magical, playful and fun.

iPhoneography is a whole new art form with creative work emerging online and the most stunning images starting to appear in galleries and museums across the country.

Workshops and much more will be announced soon.

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Afrobeat For Ya Soul! One LAST Dance!:

Bossa Bistro And Lounge
2463 18th St NW
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
9:30pm – 1:30am | $5

It’s been four long years of an underground movement/party called Afrobeat For Ya Soul!

We’ve have resident DJ, DJ Underdog spin the best groves from the motherland with the back bone of his sound being Afrobeat!

We expanded and included local Afrobeat bands perform live in the incense filled space of Bossa Lounge.

Face paint, influenced by Fela Kuti (the father of afrobeat), became a staple of the party, making the party more interactive and creative.

With all the success of Afrobeat, we have decided to come to a close and move onto new ventures.

All we can say is thank you. Four years ago Lunchbox Theory offered up our energy to create a safe space in DC for any and everyone to show up and sweat. One Red Light, one Black Light, come in your curlers, come in your beater, sweat out your hair. Afrobeat created the freedom, but you built it. You showed up after a long month, every month for 4 years and we MOVED.

March 28th, 2013 we are going to do it for the last time. We will shake and sweat and pray and burn and give and paint until we cry, until the floor at Bossa finally falls through…

The normal goodies apply. Face paint. Art. Underdog. Cupcakes. But most importantly come find heaven with us one last time.

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Open Studios on New York Avenue:

Open Studios
411 New York Ave NE
Sunday, March 24th, 2013
12:00pm – 5:00pm | FREE!

Hold the date!
New studio celebration and open house

Micheline Klagsbrun, Raye Leith and the Tuesday night Group (now in its 28th year!) welcome old friends and new to the wonderful new space where we continue to create art. We have transformed the dark, beer-sodden and intensely graffiti-ed space that was the notorious (and sometimes beloved) Loft and Warehouse nightclub, (complete with stripper pole and velvet couches). Now all is light, paintings, drawings and mixed media. Enter the building via 4th street NE, adjacent to Union Market, where you can also visit dozens of artisanal vendors, including an oyster bar, a bakery, cheese shop, creamery, cupcake maker and lamb butcher.

The dust has settled! A few more boxes…

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Photo by PoPville flickr user ep_jhu

Going to the Movies is written by Mount Vernon Triangle resident Catherine Taegel.

Timely. Powerful. Unexpected. That’s what “Disconnect” felt like to me. Going to the movie I didn’t know too much about the plot and expected an artistic documentary-type film centered around how tied we are all to technology. Well it is has some of those elements, but it’s so much more than that. Starring Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgård, and Paula Patton, “Disconnect” is pointed, expertly acted, and beautifully executed. It’s the rare film that is able to be current and timeless, providing a relatable narrative and commentary on how our online identities can affect our offline realities.

“Disconnect” opens with a scene in what appears to be a group house but the audience quickly sees that the young group house is really a base for online youth prostitution. A young, ambitious female reporter stumbles onto the website and sees a story in one of the young boys who offers himself up for a pair of Nike’s. We’re introduced to two fifteen-year-old boys who play dirty tricks and are too confident for their own good. An unfortunate moment of time brings them into contact with a reserved, artistic loner who quickly becomes the target of their next pet project. The last story we learn about is of a young couple who lost their young child and are fast becoming strangers living under the same roof. Searching for solace, they are brought back together to face a reality where their child has not only been lost but so has their livelihoods.

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Another great non house number transom.

Tudor Nights Cocktails in the Museum:

Tudor Place Historic House And Garden
1644 31st Street Northwest
Thursday, March 21st, 2013
6:00pm – 8:00pm | $25

In Art & the Everyday: The Japanese Eye for Beauty

In Japan, beauty can be found in objects from the most refined to the most humble. As the Yoshino cherry blossoms return to the Tudor Place gardens, enter the mansion for a close look at Collections objects from Japan, from the everyday to the priceless. In the Dower House, an Asian-themed menu of savories and cherry treats awaits, accompanied by our spin on a historic cocktail, Cherry Japanese Cobbler.

Ages 21+ only.
Complimentary for Tudor Place Members | $25.00 for Non-Members
Admission includes two bar beverages, complimentary signature cocktail, and a variety of themed appetizers.
REGISTRATION (required): http://japaneseeyeforbeauty.eventbrite.com/

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Mary Henderson and the Making of Meridian Hill: A Lecture by Kim Prothro Williams:

Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library
3160 16th St NW
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
6:30pm – 8:00pm | FREE!

Architectural Historian Kimberly Prothro Williams will speak about the development of the Meridian Hill neighborhood, as the brainchild of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson and her husband, Senator John Henderson. Beginning in the late 19th century and continuing for several decades, the indefatigable Mrs. Henderson campaigned for and financed the construction of the areas grand mansions and foreign legations, transforming the area from a rugged and under-developed post-Civil War settlement into an impressive gateway to the nations capital.

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Thanks to a reader for sending:

“From Harvard and Columbia at about 9:15 am today, a 2 man crew was working to remove the word “love” from the one way signs that have been up since Feb. 14th. They appeared to be having a very difficult time. The stickers were not falling off as One Love Massive intended, and a month later the city is spending money to fix the signs. They didn’t appear to be successful (see close up of sign they were apparently finished working on).”

Ocean Health at Risk: Economy and Ecology at Odds:

Carnegie Institution For Science, Elihu Root Auditorium
1530 P St NW
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
6:00pm – 7:30pm | FREE!

On March 19 at 6 pm, join the Pulitzer Center, in association with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, for an evening of films and conversation on the state of our oceans. Drawing on Pulitzer Center reporting currently in progress for major news media outlets by award-winning journalists, the screening will include a selection of short films that explore some of the most critical, and timely, topics related to one of the planet’s most valuable yet under-appreciated resources: our oceans.

Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer will moderate the discussion with journalists Jim Wickens and Erik Vance, and Dr. Liz Selig, co-author of the Ocean Health Index. Selig, director of marine science with Conservation International’s Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Ecosystem Science and Economics, has led or co-authored several peer-reviewed publications on the topics of marine ecology and conservation, coral reefs, climate change, and marine protected areas.

The screened films will include:

Emptying the World’s Aquarium: (Mexico, 2013) Jacques Cousteau called it the worlds aquarium. A vast and lush underwater paradise surrounded by arid desert and thick mangrove, the Sea of Cortez has captivated explorers from Francisco de Ulloa to John Steinbeck. With half a million tons of seafood taken per year, 6,000 cataloged species, and perhaps 6,000 yet to be found, few places on Earth boast such diversity of life. But today industrial fishing operations are decimating the sea’s bounty. Produced by Dominic Bracco II and Erik Vance.
The Chemical Sea (Papua New Guinea, 2013) explores ocean acidification, the lesser-known evil twin of climate change. Featured video will focus on the South Pacific where acidification threatens the worlds most diverse marine environment. In Papua New Guinea scientists are studying the worlds only known coral reef naturally steeped in CO2, providing a glimpse into the future. Produced in collaboration with The Seattle Times.

Grinding Nemo: (Thailand, 2012) Environmental and investigative journalist Jim Wickens presents a film that investigates the human and environmental exploitation taking place in the tropical shrimp industry of Thailand. In association with the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and Swedwatch, Grinding Nemo reveals a little-known contributor to the environmental disaster wreaked by the West’s love of cheap tropical seafood: fishmeal. Endangered species and juvenile fish alike, caught in bulk by massive, sweeping nets, are ground up and sold as food for farmed shrimp like tiger prawns. Human rights violations and frequent fishing in illegal waters also characterize the fishmeal production process. In addition to showing Grinding Nemo, Wickens will also talk about other ocean-related projects currently under development.

Additional selections and detailed listings will be featured prior to the Festival at:

http://pulitzercenter.org/events/environmental-film-festival-2013.

For more information on the 2013 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, visit their website: http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
6:00 pm
Carnegie Institution for Science
Elihu Root Auditorium, 1530 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Free and open to the public.
RSVP encouraged at: http://dceff2013-pulitzercenter.eventbrite.com/

Reception to follow discussion.

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Great non-house number transom from New Jersey Ave, NW.