Congress Heights on the Rise

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Spend Saturday in Anacostia, lots of free events!

9AM - 2PM
Congress Heights
THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave SE


HALF PRICE FOR DC AND MARYLAND RESIDENTS! Thanks to funding from Wholesome Wave Foundation, Ward 8 Farmers Market now will double the value of your SNAP, EBT, WIC or senior food vouchers for produce from our farmers. 

Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Bread and Meat.

Yes we accept EBT or SNAP, from DC, Maryland or any other state.

If your family has kids from "on the way" to five years old, we also accept WIC coupons (Farmers Market Nutrition Program AND Food and Vegetable Coupons (FVC)

Are you over 60? We accept Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers distributed by the Commodity Supplemental Food Program


10AM - 4PM 
Anacostia
Big Chair Flea Market, Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE & Pleasant St SE

Go  HERE to learn how to become a vendor! 


11AM - 5PM
Anacostia
Honfleur Gallery, 1241 Good Hope Rd SE


BK ADAMS•I AM ART  recreates the playfulness and energy of being free in  Mynd Up.  His goal is “2 become 2 change 2 grow 2 be imbedded 2 be one with 2 be a part of every canvas 2 be in every sculpture 2 be a walking exhibit.” Adams has exhibited with Honfleur Gallery in several group East of the River exhibits and this is his first solo showing at the space. 

11AM - 5PM
Anacostia
The Gallery at Vivid Solutions, 1241 Good Hope Rd SE


In  Chocolate City Rest in Peace , photographer  Steven M. Cummings  documents the many changes that Washington, DC has experienced since 1991. After living here for 22 years, he has come to realize the city is chocolate no more. The final curtain is beginning to draw on the black majority. This exhibit puts forth a small selection of the scenes he has captured. The included images attest to the special relationship he has formed with the city.

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