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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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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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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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12th Annual East of the River Exhibition

June 26, 2018

Curator Contact: Terence Nicholson email hidden; JavaScript is required | (202)631-6291 Media Contact: Kadija Bangura email hidden; JavaScript is required | (202) 258-7591 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June18, 2018 [Washington, DC] An elite consortium of creative talent, has been selected for a presentation of 3Dimensional work. The 12th Annual East of…

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Good As Green comes to Anacostia.

June 4, 2018

A Vegan Pop-Up for a Food Desert [Washington, DC.] Anacostia Arts Center (AAC) is thrilled to bring Good As Green to Historic Anacostia. In what has been a food desert for far too long, this nationally sought after vegan pop-up, will undoubtedly bring an alternative experience, to a community that…

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