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Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 9:13 | Category : African American, Books, Culture, DC, Movies, Native American, New Orleans, People, The Arts
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CAN, DO, TEACH, READ The Big Read cranks up in DC this week. Under the chairmanship of Dana Gioia, the National Endowment for the Arts decided to launch an initiative to support local efforts to present community reads and address what they sited as a declining readership among American adults. D.C.’s been hosting Big Read [...]

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FilmfestDC starts today!

Thursday, 16 April 2009, 8:00 | Category : Culture, DC, Movies, Places, The Arts
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You do something often enough and people start to anticipate it. That’s the kind of buzz Filmfest has generated. Filmfest is D.C.’s largest international festival. There are people who say “What about Silver Docs” at the AFI Silver Theatre. Well, that’s a subway ride to Silver Spring, but it’s still Maryland. Filmfest is D.C.’s born [...]

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