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TUESDAY | January 10

Topic:  ArtPlace Grant Project in Anacostia

Time:  6:30pm – 8pm

Location: 1800 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE

   (DHCD Community Resource Room)

The DC Office of Planning (OP) was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from ArtPlace to be administered in four neighborhoods across the city, including Anacostia.   OP plans to create Arts and Culture Temporiums in four emerging creative neighborhoods where vacant and/or underutilized storefronts and empty lots would be transformed into an artist showcase/village for 3-6 months.  The target neighborhoods are: Anacostia, Brookland, Deanwood, and Central 14th Street, NW. The goal is to find 2-4 blocks with both vacant/underutilized buildings and empty lots in close proximity that could be completely transformed and promote artist entrepreneurship and community building in the process.

OP is partnering with Arch Development Corporation to implement the Arts and Culture Temporium project in Anacostia.  Please join us on  January 10, 2012  at 6:30pm to learn more about the project and provide feedback on preliminary concepts and ideas.

THURSDAY | January 12

Topic: Ward 8 Business District Beautification Project

Time: 6:30pm – 8pm

Location: 1800 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE

   (DHCD Community Resource Room)

This is the third community meeting for the Ward 8 Business District Beautification project.  This meeting is to discuss proposals for the beautification of the Marin Luther King , Jr. Aenue and Southe Capitaol Street corridor through Anacostia, Congress Heights, and Bellevue.

FRIDAY | January 13

 

Topic: Art exhibition opening receptions

Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm (Vivid Solutions) & 7:00pm – 9:00pm (Honfleur)

Location: The Gallery at Vivid Solutions (2208 MLK Ave SE) and Honfleur Gallery (1241 Good Hope Rd SE)

The Gallery at Vivid Solutions

Second Look: selections from a print lab’s archives

Honfleur Gallery

Visual Audio: Inquiries into Found Media

Topic: 27^th Annual Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Location: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum

Join ACM for their 27 ^th annual celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luher King Jr. Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President and CEP of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation is the keynote speaker. The Omicron Eta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will step at the program.  This program is free and open to the public, however, reservations are required.  (202) 633-4875 or email  ACMrsvp@si.edu.

SATURDAY | January 14

Topic: Sidehustle Saturday networking event for freelancers & entrepreneurs

Time: 11am – 1pm

Location: The HIVE (2027 MLK Jr. Ave SE)

The HIVE, Ward 8’s only co-working space, is pleased to announce the first in a series of Saturday networking events and workshops geared toward helping aspiring entrepreneurs launch (or expand) their “sidehustle.” So whether your sidehustle is graphic design, IT, consulting, fashion, writing, etc. come on down and see if you can make a connection or two.

Events are FREE and open to the public but registration is required. Wi-Fi is provided, so bring your laptop and your business cards if you have them). Dress code is “Busy Bee Chic” (translation: whatever you usually wear).

Go  HERE for invitation and to register. Spaces are limited.

 

ESLA is a project of the ARCH Development Corporation and reSPIN Public Relations. ESLA is funded in part with a grant from the DC Department of Housing and Community Development.