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Since Kele’s show at 9:30 has been cancelled, we now have a PAIR of tickets to give away to see Marina & the Diamonds on Monday, September 6th at 9:30 Club. Comment below with your FULL NAME to enter for a chance to win.

Unfortunately, this show has been cancelled. We will have another ticket giveaway very soon.

We have a PAIR of tickets to see Kele of Bloc party w/ Does It Offend You Yeah? on Thursday, September 2nd at 9:30 Club. Comment below with your FULL NAME to enter for a chance to win!

All photos by Victor Zapanta.

With the end of this brutal summer drawing near, the light at the end of the tunnel just may be DC’s many street festivals. The Columbia Heights Day kicked off street fair season this past weekend with it’s yearly gathering at Harriet Tubman Elementary. Local eateries from throughout the neighborhood shared their offerings outside the event while many vied for primo seating+discounted booze around the corner at Wonderland. This DC blogger couldn’t resist spending the majority of his time enjoying the performance by DC’s own Batala [http://www.batalawashington.com/ ], the amazingly talented women’s drum band. (more…)

This one was submitted by local filmmaker Steven Greenstreet.

Whether you accept it or not, the end of summer is here. Tonight The Pink Line Project invites you to the End of Summer White Party at the Phillips Collection, a Caribbean style white party featuring interactive art by Kenny George and Alberto Gaitan and music by BLUEBRAIN. BLUEBRAIN has spent the past few weeks compiling your stories from the snowpocalypse to create a one-of-a-kind multimedia presentation. Check out the Phillips Collection’s website for more information. (more…)

From our photo editor Tracy Clayton, on a recent trip to Seattle.

Here’s a great video about the great neighborhood of Anacostia.

“Merlindia defense dept. has been put on notice. Future curry may not be served,” the Fojol Bros. announced on Twitter.

“Fight for your right to lunch!” tweeted the sandwich food truck El Floridano.

“Keep the sweets on the streets!” tweeted the mobile café Sweetbites.

Food truck vendors have been concerned these past few days. The news of some Business Improvement Districts (BID) proposing to modify the mobile street food vendor laws has quickly spread throughout social media. (more…)

AND they will be on sale tonight at FIFTY-ONE: Be The Tourist for only $15. There will be only 51 limited edition first run shirts, so get there early to grab one!

You can get your ticket to FIFTY-ONE for half-price in advance. Tickets are HERE.

Recently, the Washington Post Magazine featured some local friends in the design community; Dana Ayanna Greaves of Artistic Aya, the gentlemen of Hugh & Crye and the lovely ladies-turned-designers at Treasury Boutique. All well deserving of the notoriety, and nice to see some off the radar talent getting real recognition.

Check out this video for ArtAya, Dana Ayanna Greaves newest endeavour and be sure to snag some designs from these talented Washingtonians.

AITE from Mod Madness via NicoleHamam.

Tracy Clayton says hello while out of town in Portland.

All photos by Ben Droz.

On Monday night, ‘Art x Law’, a salon conversation on the relationship between law and the arts, went down at Affinity Lab’s U Street location. Hosted by Allyson Behnke and Max Fowler Cohen, the discussion was vivacious, provocative, entertaining, as well as at times raw and uncomfortable. The conversation revolved around the question, “How do you experience the interface between, art, law and social codes?” Five panelists responded, including Rachel Dickerson from DCCAH, Sherwin Siy from Public Knowledge, street artist BYPO, local artist and intellect Adrian Parsons, and street artist GAIA, who gave a last-minute special Skype-in from New York City to be a part of the talk. (more…)

We have TWO PAIRS of tickets to “DC’s BIGGEST Dress Like A Tourist Party”! The release of the new “DC LOVE” shirt, music by HIP HOP DAN and DJ Phil Real, sushi and TWO BARS. All for $5, but for two lucky readers FREE!

Comment with your full name to enter.

We have a PAIR of tickets for the Distant Relatives Tour w/ NAS and Damian Marley on Monday, August 30th at 9:30 Club. Comment below with your FULL NAME to enter for a chance to win!

Rainpocalypse is Upon the City via Karon.

Photo by Mr. T in DC

Capitol Hill-based Peregrine Espresso, one of D.C’s popular coffee purveyors, announced last Friday of a second location in Logan Circle. The new coffeehouse will be located at 1718 14th St. NW, a spot once occupied by Flowers on 14th.

“It’s going to be many months before we open but we are very excited to be joining that vibrant retail and dining corridor and couldn’t keep it in any longer,” according to the announcement on Peregrine’s Web site. (more…)

“Max Fowler Cohen and Ally Behnke are co-hosting a salon discussion on public art, street art & the legalities surrounding it from the point of view of street artists, lawyers and DC government, with support from ReadysetDC. What kind of messages are sent to the community when street art is in a public space vs. on an abandoned building. What is the ‘code’ behind street art? What were the gaps in communication that resulted in commissioned street artwork by local favorite GAIA being whitewashed over, as discussed in WORN Magazine’s recent hot-button blog post? We’d also really like to take the conversation into the realm of copyright law, and the intersection between street culture and intellectual property, so if you have friends who like to geek out about copyright issues, be sure to let them know.

There will be a reception and mixer at 6:00PM- Food and beer will be for a small donation. At 7:00 PM, we’ll hear from an expert panel of artists and lawyers. If you’re interested in speaking as a member of the panel, please get in touch with us.”