Artomatic Opens Today

The one, the only, the Artomatic opens today through July 5th (schedule below).

The Artomatic folks are celebrating their 10th anniversary of taking over unfinished space and bring multimedia wunderkinds (and wunderdon'ts) to the public. With 9 floors of art, video, music, and classes, Artomatic has something that will appeal to everyone. Last year, I watched old episodes of Pancake Mountain with three six year olds and a pair of teenagers making out before I explored exhibits ranging from the awesome to the mediocre. I ended my day by dropping by a class on burlesque dancing and practiced my shimmy shake moves.


The best part is that Artomatic is entirely gratis! This year it's in the Navy Yard neighborhood... not too much of a hike for those on the green line.



Details:
55 M Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20003
(at the corner with Half Street above the Navy Yard Metro)

Metro stop: Green Line, Navy Yard, Ballpark exit

May 29–July 5, 2009
Wednesdays and Thursdays
5 p.m. – 10 p.m

Fridays and Saturdays
12 noon – 1 a.m.

Sundays 12 noon – 10 p.m.

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays



photos courtesy of Edward Underwood Photography and Fine Art Photography by Scott Speck.

Film - The Next Industrial Revolution

The Next Industrial Revolution
Narrated by Susan Sarandon

The Next Industrial Revolution is a film produced by Earthome Productions to communicate the work and vision of architect William McDonough and chemist Dr. Michael Braungart, two leaders in a growing movement to transform the relationship between commerce and nature. McDonough and Braungart work with corporations with over half a trillion dollars in annual sales, companies like Ford and Nike, to redesign buildings, processes, and products to work according to nature's rules. View trailer here.

The Emergence Community Arts Collective is hosting a showing of this 55 minute film Tuesday, May 19 from 7pm - 9pm at their location in Northwest. Discussion will follow. Suggested donation $5.

The Emergence Community Arts Collective is located at 733 Euclid Street NW. For questions, please contact 202.462.2285.

Photo courtesy of Penn State University's Center for Sustainability.

State of Play

State of Play, a new movie starring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck, has opened in theatres.

Why see it?

Well, aside from Russell chilling in front of Ben's, Russell's character lives in the apartment above Pfeiffer's Hardware in Mt. Pleasant. Rumor has it, the movie features wonderful shots of Pfeiffer's and Heller's Bakery.


Some co-op members are also rumored to be extras in the film - so while you're watching, you can play co-op member bingo and take a drink every time you catch a 2 second glimpse of Stan.

The Post's Reliable Source gives the movie a firm finger shake for the sense of place discontinuity only locals would know about.

Seen it? Send your review to CityGardenOutreach@gmail.com and I'll post it on the blog! (With your permission of course!)