My peeps over at the City Paper continue to spread the good word about East of the River projects and in the process begin to change the perception of our River East communities. Today the ever so talented and witty Alex Bacca covers the LUMEN8Anacostia project, a joint venture with the Office of Planning and ARCH Development Corporation. I can't stress enough how great this project is going to be for Anacostia and Ward 8. To learn more about the LUMEN8Anacostia project including how to apply for a  temporium, performance or film grant visit www.lumen8anacostia.com.

Go HERE to check out the full City Paper article by Alex Bacca.

Excerpt:

But strategies for neighborhood revitalization aside, LUMEN8 sounds, well, really cool. That there will be several temporiums and performance spaces (a site list shows six available interior spaces) to plug the gaps in Anacostia's nascent commercial district will maximize foot traffic more than a single place would. And the interior nature of the temporiums will be tempered by those movie projections and street lighting, public-art features that can keep going when the latter close their doors. LUMEN8 has a chance to integrate with Anacostia's fabric in a way that a single storefront cannot, and maximize its limited period of existence while doing so.