by Nakunda Mshana | Jan 26, 2020 | Site Visits
After a meeting with the executive director at the Atlas Performing Arts, Doug Yeuell, we had a chance to watch a play that I have been reflecting on since. Just like most of the meetings that we had had before this, I got to see how paths vary from the completion of...
by Claire Strother | Jan 26, 2020 | Site Visits
My parents were both English majors in college. They were the youngest people by 30 years on my local Friends of the Library board my entire childhood and they correct my grammar every chance they get. The day that my brother was born, my father volunteered at the...
by Holly Beck | Jan 25, 2020 | Site Visits
On Wednesday, January 22, our group had the opportunity to visit Arena Stage, a nonprofit regional theater celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2020. The performance company reaches an annual audience of around 300,000 people and focuses on producing work that is...
by Elijah Leer | Jan 25, 2020 | Site Visits
Hello there! Welcome back to the blog! I’m Elijah Leer, and last time you heard from me, I was writing about the Smithsonian American Art Museum! Since then, a lot has happened, but today, I’m here to talk about our January 23rd visit to the Atlas Performing Arts...
by Grace Martin | Jan 25, 2020 | Site Visits
A few days ago, our class visited a unique organization called Dance Place. This nonprofit community dance studio was founded in 1980 to provide a convenient location for dance classes and community events for the Brookland and Edgewood neighborhoods of D.C. Since...
by Nakunda Mshana | Jan 25, 2020 | Site Visits
World-Class Art The National Gallery of Art was one of the last places we visited in Washington DC on the 23rd of January. Apart from the exhaustion that a lot of people had at this point of the trip, there was an excitement that came with anticipating the art we...