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"Awesome People in DC You Should Know" Series Find travel inspiration and discover new wonders for your adventures in DC as some of the city's movers, shakers, explorers and creatives share tips on exploring the city even during the quarantine and what they're looking forward to once the restrictions lift.  DMV-native Dominic Green is a multi-disciplinary artist and storyteller who is currently focused on film, photography and play-writing; he has written and directed two film shorts "The Black Body" and "Awaken, Brown Eyes" which premiered at Atlas Performing Arts Center's "Intersections" festival earlier this year.
From a young age, Dominic has been fascinated with the duality of good and evil. This fascination was rooted in a spiritual upbringing, and stories of good and evil found in biblical text. Through these stories, Dominic developed a curiosity around the backstories of their characters, and how a moment seemed to shape the rest of their lives. Dominic uses his lens and writing to explore this central tension, and inherent questions of fairness and bias rooted in perception. We've said it once and we'll say it again, look out Spike Lee! Find out what local places Dominic credits as some of his favorites and his suggestions for discovering spots that tend to be overlooked.
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"Awesome People in DC You Should Know" Series Find travel inspiration and discover new wonders for your adventures in DC as some of the city's movers, shakers, explorers and creatives share tips on exploring the city even during the quarantine and what they're looking forward to once the restrictions lift.  Think you know everything about DC because you visited once on a school field trip or watched every episode of Scandal and West Wing? Think again! Meet Carolyn Crouch, founder of DC-based walking tour company, Washington Walks. Their tours include Memorials by Moonlight, Embassy Row, Georgetown, the famous Most Haunted Houses. Whether you're a resident or just visiting, Washington Walks tells the stories about some of DC's most famous landmarks that no one else knows. Plus, they have over a dozen tours that travel through D.C.'s diverse neighborhoods so you get to know the "real DC" beyond the National Mall. And if the thought of history will give you flashbacks to your high school history class, have no worries. Carolyn and her team are excellent storytellers who make history interesting and accessible, bringing the drama, scandals and adventures of the past alive for today's modern explorers.
 Soon, we will step out from behind our screens. But thanks to the wonders of technology, you can still explore all the awesome things DC has to offer from the comfort of your home — through virtual tours, books, exhibits, classes, and more. Until we can freely explore the city again, let these ideas inspire you and keep daydreaming about your next adventure in the Nation's capital. Unleash Your Inner ExplorerA continuing series about awesome social distance activities in DC to keep you entertained during the outbreak and inspired to keep daydreaming about your next adventure in the Nation's capital.  One of our favorite things about living in DC is exploring the food, music and events from the international communities that call the city home. Incredibly, there are 175 embassies and international organizations in the city!
Around this time of year, we’re usually eagerly awaiting Cultural Tourism’s annual European Union Open House programs like a kid at Christmas. As soon as the participating embassies are announced, we start reading up on the respective countries and plotting the best sequence of activities that would allow us to visit as many as possible. It’s a marathon event, not a sprint! Of course, nothing is “usual” right now. But just because you’re at home, doesn’t mean you have to miss out on this global event. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s 70th-anniversary celebration has shifted online in an event called “Home With EU” from now until May 31. You can learn how to cook a traditional Danish open-faced fish sandwich, attend a Swedish circus, learn a contemporary Finnish dance and listen to a Croatian concert all in the same day and from home. And if you’re dying of wanderlust, we’ve curated 16 additional ways to experience some of DC’s international flavor without stepping foot on a plane. So get for a journey around the world; no passport or TSA pre-check needed.  DC’s Smithsonian art museums are world famous, but great art can be found in many unexpected places and take you into neighborhoods you’ve never visited, where each piece of art tells a local story. Curious Caravan takes you on an eye-opening armchair tour of 10 spots to discover “hidden” art in plain sight across the city. A continuing series about awesome social distance activities in DC to keep you entertained during the outbreak and inspired to keep daydreaming about your next adventure in the Nation's capital.  Make the most of quarantine life and explore new hobbies you've always wanted to try or improve the ones you already have but didn't have time to work on before.
We used to draw and paint all the time before life got in the way and have been enjoying getting back into it with virtual lessons. We call the results our abstract period. That aside, we’ve come up with a list of 14 hobbies you can try. You just might find a new passion and be able to help support a local business while things are shut down. How Art Thou? Explore New Art Exhibits, Learn to Draw, Star in a Play + More While Staying at Home4/28/2020 A continuing series about awesome social distance activities in DC to keep you entertained during the outbreak and inspired to keep daydreaming about your next adventure in the Nation's capital.  More and more activities in DC are popping up on the virtual landscape as DC's museums and theatres adjust to the "new normal" that has us self-isolating at home.
We've curated eight of the latest virtual events that will feed your arts and culture curiosity. With so many new and creative ways to explore DC, you'll need a strong WiFi connection to keep up with all the digital cultural experiences! A continuing series about awesome social distance activities in DC to keep you entertained during the outbreak and inspired to keep daydreaming about your next adventure in the Nation's capital  It's still April isn't it? Or is it May already?
The weekdays are starting to run together in a foggy blur, but there are plenty of virtual and social-distance-safe weekend entertainment options out there to help keep your sanity and help support local DC businesses during the coronavirus shutdown. If you've almost out of virtual museums and exhibits to explore, we've put together an itinerary of things to try, DIY and buy this weekend. Super Size Edition: Parent's COVID Survival Guide; 20+ Kid-Friendly Activities to Save Your Sanity4/20/2020 A continuing series about awesome social distance activities in DC to keep you entertained during the outbreak and inspired to keep daydreaming about your next adventure in the Nation's capital.  Are the kids are treating your sofa like a bouncy house? Help is just a click away!
We've curated a *super-sized* parents' COVID survival guide, with more than 20 kid-friendly DC-focused activities to keep the littles entertained and your sanity in check. The guide is jam-packed with fun things to do like story time with former First Lady Michelle Obama and astronauts in space, workouts with the Nationals, virtual dance classes, DIY pizza and dessert kits, and more. Why let them have all the fun? Take a work break and get in on the funtivities, too! A continuing series about awesome social distance activities in DC to keep you entertained during the outbreak and inspired to keep daydreaming about your next adventure in the Nation's capital.  One of our favorite things to do is to wander the aisles of our favorite indie bookstores. Sometimes there's no purpose behind our visit. We aren't necessarily looking for the latest New York Times bestsellers or the latest releases; we've just popped in to browse to see what we discover.
Bookstores are our happy place. Checking out book jackets that catch our eye; adding and removing titles to our Jenga-esque tower of books on the floor as we go deeper into the stacks, and getting lost in the written word, is an escape without a passport or destination. And we always love checking out the staff recommendations and chatting with them, trading book information as eagerly as little kids showing each other our newest toy or game. Luckily, we don't have to lose the connection to our favorite independent bookstores while we're at home. Due to the impact of COVID, many local bookstores have added curb-side pick-up and are ramping up delivery and shipping to get copies of your new and used picks into your hands as we all quarantine and chill. Get your read on at our 8 favorite local independent bookstores that are currently offering curb-side pickup, delivery and shipping. Help these small-businesses keep their doors open so check out their offerings for yourself or to give as gifts. Stuck on what book they might like? Gift cards make great gifts too! |
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