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MEEPS NEIGHBORHOOD LOVE HOLIDAY PARTY!:

Meeps
2104 18th Street Northwest
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
6:00pm – 9:00pm | FREE!

FEATURING ART OF THE MOUSTACHE DEMO BY NEW NEIGHBOR BARBERSHOP WISE OWL CLUB 7-8PM

HOLIDAY PUNCH ESPECIAL MIXED BY OUR NEIGHBOR CASA OAXACA

MUSIC BY STELLAR NEIGHBOR DJ LES TALUSAN OF SOUND OF EVERYTHING

CHRISMUKKAH PHOTOBOOTH

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Upshur Street Art and Craft Fair:

Upshur Street
800 Upshur Street NW
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
11:00am – 4:00pm | FREE!

The 7th Annual Upshur Street Arts & Crafts Fair

WHAT: A free, outdoor arts and crafts festival sponsored by diverse community businesses to celebrate the local arts community and the holiday season. Fine arts and handmade gift items from over 25 local, DC-area based artisans will be available to view and purchase, and local DC musicians will provide free entertainment throughout the day.

Organized in collaboration with: Domku Bar & Cafe, Nh.d, Willow DC and the Petworth Cooperative Business Association.

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NPR Holds First-Ever Warehouse Sale-a-bration Dec. 14-15:

635 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Friday, December 14th, 2012
5:00pm – 8:00pm | FREE!

Meet NPR Hosts and Journalists; Enjoy a Live Musical Performance Dec. 15, 2012

NPR throws open its doors to the shopping public for the first time. The first-ever warehouse sale will feature t-shirts, hats, CDs, books, radios, and other exclusive NPR merchandise deeply discounted some as much as 70% off along with many of the most popular items from the NPR Shop. The Sale-a-bration also provides a unique opportunity for fans to meet some of their favorite NPR hosts and personalities in person and experience a special live musical performance. The NPR Shop will also raffle off autographed items on Friday and Saturday.

Public Sale:
Friday, December 14, 5pm 8pm
Saturday, December 15, 10am 4pm

WHO: NPR Meet and Greet: Friday, Dec. 14:
Susan Stamberg – NPR Special Correspondent and Founding Mother, 5pm-6pm

Ken Rudin – StateImpact, Political Junkie, and Talk of the Nation Contributor, 6pm-7pm
Neal Conan – Host, Talk of the Nation, 6pm-7pm

6 – 8 p.m.: Live music by Alt Latino Host Felix Contreras with David Schulman, who is the musician-in-residence at Dance Exchange.

Details about the 15th after the jump. (more…)

Black Masala at Tropicalia:

Tropicalia
2001 14th St. NW
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
8:30pm | FREE!

Black Masala featuring members of Thievery Corporation play a Balkanized, gypsy-leaning assortment of songs. DJ Natasha Abbas of Anthology of Booty keeps the fire hot on the dance floor!

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Would love to see this during a strong rain. From Mt. Pleasant.

Holiday Love for the Maslins:

Tune Inn
331 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
5:00pm – 8:00pm | FREE!

Please join us to help raise money for the Maslins, whose family was tragically hit hard August 18, when TC was violently attacked and left for dead near Eastern Market. He is a loving husband and father and they need our Capitol Hill community’s support.

Please join us at the Tune Inn, as we donate the proceeds from the sale of food and boooze, host an auction, raffle and door prizes. All donations will be deposited into the Maslin Family Trust, that CHAMPS has established, thru their charitable organization, Celebrate Capitol Hill, a 501(c)(3). The funds we raise will be used to help offset the costs of rehabilitation and caregivers, loss of income and benefits, and their precious two year old son, Jack… To follow their story please visit loveforthemaslinsblog.

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BloomScreen and TransAfrica Present: ‘Place of Peace’ and ‘Once We Were Hunters’ (film+discussion):

Bloombars
3222 11th Street, NW
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
7:00pm – 9:00pm |

Join BloomBars and TransAfrica as we present a collection of short films by Namibian filmmaker, Vickson Hangula.

Place of Peace A film about missing people who, after a while, come back with a new vision of themselves and the world. Place of Peace takes the viewer to a mystic Namibia that can be for some a “place of peace.” (Directed by Vickson Hangula, 2012, 32 min, Drama, English).

Once We Were Hunters Hunting was essential for the survival of the Ju/hoansi Tribe. Director Vickson Hangula gives a voice to a member of this tribe so they can talk about the changes in their lives as modernization influences their traditions. (Directed by Vickson Hangula, 2011, 48 min, Docu-drama, English and Ju, with English subtitles).

After our film, we will have Q&A discussion with Namibian filmmaker Vickson Hangula.

RSVP here.
Trailer/excerpt here.

$10 suggested donation to support both TransAfrica and BloomBars. Free popcorn and refreshments will be available to enhance your movie-watching experience.

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A Holiday Celebration in Lamont Park:

Lamont Park
Mount Pleasant and Lamont Street NW
Saturday, December 8th, 2012
1:00pm – 3:00pm | FREE!

Kick off the holiday season in Mount Pleasant and join friends and neighbors for a celebration in Lamont Park.

Santa and Mrs. Claus will be taking requests and handing out gift bags from local businesses. There will be hands on crafts projects galore along with face painting and lots of tasty treats. Puppeteers from the Mount Pleasant Puppet Hour will be presenting two fabulous shows. David Greenfieldboyce will perform one of his famous Hanukkah Puppet shows and Melissa Klein will perform “The Little Lost Owl” with puppets made from discarded materials such as shoe boxes, bottle caps, and a glove.

And you can Make it Mount Pleasant for the rest of the day! After the celebration visit the Cheap Art Sale at La Casa (3166 Mount Pleasant Street) and get your tree at the Bancroft Elementary School’s annual tree sale. (18th and Newton). Then visit local shops and restaurants for lots of holiday specials!

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Wig Walk 2012:

Adams Morgan
Friday, December 7th, 2012
6:00pm – 12:00am | $20

The 8th Annual Wig Walk will take place on Friday, December 7 from 6pm-Midnight in Adams Morgan. Time to get your wig on and have an outrageous time! Bar Partners! Thanks to the great bars in Adams Morgan for sponsoring this event again.

The idea is simple – Purchase a wristband for $20 (either online or at the door, advanced online registrations encouraged!), get great bar specials, put on your best wig and feel warm and fuzzy knowing your $20 is going to a great DC charity.

6-8pm: Grand Central:
Small Plates-$5.00, Chicken Wings or Fingers & Fries-$7.00, Salads-$5.00
$9.00 Miller Light Pitchers/$3.00 Miller Light Bottles
$14.00 Blue Moon Pitchers/$4.00 Rail Drinks & House Wine
8-10pm: Madam’s Organ:
Cover waived for those in a wig
$1 rolling rock beers
10-12pm: Chief Ike’s Mambo Room: Specials TBD

New Charity for 2012!

This year all money raised will go to benefit the DC-based nonproft, Ayuda. Ayuda envisions a community where all immigrants prevail over obstacles and thrive in the US. We provide direct legal, social and linguistic services, to low-income immigrants in the Washington area. Check out more about this powerful organization and the good work they do: www.ayuda.com

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Dream Kites discussion:

Art Museum Of The Americas
201 18th Street NW
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
6:00pm – 8:00pm | FREE!

Join artist Miguel Luciano, curator Raquel de Anda and Favianne Rodriguez of CultureStrike to discuss Lucianos Dream Kites, a kite-based public art workshop and action carried out in DC as part of The Ripple Effect: Currents of Socially Engaged Art, an exhibition co-sponsored by Washington Project for the Arts and Art Museum of the Americas.

Luciano originally designed his kite-based project during the military occupation on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico with a group of local youth, as well as youth from New York City. The workshops specically focused on building kites while expressing forms of identity, nationhood, and solidarity; themes that have carried through in each iteration of the project. The nal act of ying kites over the military fence, or as Luciano states, transgressing borders from above, produced a poetic and provocative act of civic disobedience. For The Ripple Effect, Luciano collaborated with United We Dream and CultureStrike to devise a similar workshop series with a group of undocumented youth in Washington, DC. On November 3rd, the workshop participants flew their kites on the National Mall, creating an ephemeral, yet poignant monument that symbolizes new visions of freedom and shared dreams. The November 6th discussion provides an opportunity for Luciano, curator Raquel de Anda, and Favianna Rodriguez of CultureStrike to discuss the project, its goals and outcomes, and the role artists can play in addressing pressing social issues.

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