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Children’s Legacy Theatre Announces 2023 Dates for Annual Young Playwright’s Project
Children’s Legacy Theater (CLT),
the premier performing arts non-profit organization in Washington, DC, focused on training at-risk youth, announced the dates for this season’s performance of the Young Playwrights Project (YPP). The performance will be held on Friday
and Saturday, May 26 – 27, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at the Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Road SE, Washington, D.C. 20020.
Featured on WUSA9: AAC to Host Afro House: Spirit Fest During Black History Month
The Anacostia Arts Center will host Afro House: Spirit Fest in honor of Black History Month. Watch the video to learn more about the event.
Read MoreSupport Black-Owned Businesses During Kwanzaa at the Anacostia Arts Center
The Anacostia Arts Center celebrates Kwanzaa at its annual Umoja Market on December 17-18.
Read MoreCheck out this Latin American Art show in Anacostia for Hispanic Heritage Month
The Anacostia Arts Center is hosting an inspiring show honoring Latin American arts and culture called Love, Hope, & Art: Woven Thread. Watch Video Here
Read MoreMayor Bowser Awards Nearly $4 Million Grant to Anacostia BID for New Arts and Culture District
Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) provided a nearly $4 million grant to the Anacostia Business Improvement District (BID) to support the…
Read MoreFourteenth Annual East Of The River Show, Opens June 12
Celebrate the greatness of Ward 7 and 8 based artists with us all summer! ARCH Development (Anacostia Arts Center, The HIVE 2.0, Honfleur Gallery) and the Black Artists of DC…
Read MoreSharon Hughes Gautier
It is with a heavy heart that the ARCH Family announces the death of one of its founders. Sharon Hughes Gautier who died on January 7th after a short, but…
Read More“This Anacostia coworking venue is full. Here’s how it is weathering the pandemic.” Via Washington Business Journal
The Hive 2.0, a hybrid coworking space, theater and retail hub in D.C.’s Ward 8 is full — despite the vast economic damage wrought by Covid-19. “We found that amazing…
Read MoreWe’re In The News!
EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT! We are so excited and humbly honored to be listed on The New York Times Five Places to Visit in Washington, D.C. With a Black Digital…
Read MoreReview: ‘Guerrilla Theater Works 3: A New Nation’ by Convergence Theatre
The overarching point of the Convergence theater piece is that there isn’t any “they.” There are individual people, all with names, dreams, hopes, fears, and children of their own. Using…
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