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AAC Resident Theatre Factory 449 wins TWO Helen Hayes Awards

July 2, 2018

Anacostia Arts Center is so proud of our resident theatre company Factory 449 on winning TWO awards for Lela & Co! See all the award recipients here.  

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MahoganyBooks featured in Vanity Fair

July 2, 2018

 “Culture and community have always been who we are,” says Ramunda Young, one half of the couple behind the beloved 11-year-old online retailer Mahogany Books, which opened its first brick-and-mortar shop late last year. The bookstore, situated in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia, is the predominantly black neighborhood’s first in more than…

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Nubian Hueman wins City Paper Award Best Manifestation of Black Excellence

July 2, 2018

With Nubian Hueman, owner Anika Hobbs has created something of a safe haven, a space in which black people can celebrate Pan-Africanism and the global reach of their blackness, and do the Wakandan salute in peace. Southeast D.C. proved to be the perfect place for Hobbs to showcase the beauty…

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Anacostia Arts Center Announces the Winners of the Resident Theatre Incubator

June 27, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 2017 (Washington DC) Anacostia Arts Center is using its 2018 season to nurture the creation of new, innovative, and experimental work, to promote six outstanding theatre organizations and individuals. The Resident Theatre Incubation Project was created to increase the number of theatre companies and individuals producing…

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Anacostia Arts Center

June 27, 2018

June 2018 What’s Happening in Anacostia  May 2018 Meanwhile, over in Anacostia April 2018 Wait, What did I miss? March 2018 What’s Happening in the Anacostia Arts Scene February 2018 In the news

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