Community mourns the loss of Alexander Mosby

The owner of District Culture in Anacostia was a victim of a shooting Saturday morning.

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May 25 | 1-day vegan pop-up @ Anacostia Arts Center

Get your vegan on at this one-day pop-up at the Anacostia Arts Center. This Friday, May 25th, 12-7pm

EVENTS, MY PICKThe Advoc8teMay 24, 2018ANACOSTIA ARTS CENTER, DININGComment

May 23 | AEDC & DC Bar Pro Bono Center host small business brief legal advice clinic

If you are an existing or an aspiring small business owner, come and meet one-on-one with attorneys at this brief advice clinic. Free event!

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Martha's Table wants to spend the summer with you!

What are you going to do this summer? Martha’s Table has the answer with a series of free summer events!

MY PICKThe Advoc8teMay 21, 2018THE COMMONS AT STANTON SQUAREMARTHA'S TABLE, FREE EVENTSComment

May 25 | Fox 5 Zip Trip Anacostia

They’re back! Join the Fox 5 team this Friday as they kick-off their summer series in Anacostia!

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May 18 + 19 | Job fair for Kimball Elementary project

Bring your resume and find out about job opportunities on the Kimball addition and modernization project.

MY PICKThe Advoc8teMay 18, 2018JOB FAIRComment

Anacostia high school students in need of empty 2-liter bottles for science project

Calling east of the river 2-litter drinkers! We need your bottles!

MY PICKThe Advoc8teMay 18, 2018ANACOSTIA HIGH SCHOOL, EDUCATIONComment

Volunteers & in-kind donations wanted for Martha's Outfitters in Anacostia

Check out this great opportunity to give back to the community, either as a volunteer or with in-kind donations.

MY PICKThe Advoc8teMay 18, 2018MARTHA'S OUTFITTERSMARTHA'S TABLE, Martha's OutfittersComment

Sankofa Beer is giving me life! (and not just because they are black-owned)

Fam, if you do not know about the awesome that is Sankofa Beer you need to get hip and quick!

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Listen Up! The Advoc8te will be a guest on today's Kojo Nnamdi Show

Family, now you KNOW we have to talk about this! Please call in today to the Kojo Show were we will be doing just that.

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May 16 | Free improv workshop @ Anacostia Arts Center

WIT’s free introductory Improv For All workshops are high-fun, low-stress classes designed to show you how improvisers create spontaneous, off-the-cuff theater.

May 17 | Martha's Table Speed Recruitment Fair @ Fort Stanton Recreation Center

Our friends at Martha’s Table are moving their headquarters to Ward 8 and they are looking for a few good people to join their team!

JOBS, MY PICKThe Advoc8teMay 15, 2018MARTHA'S TABLE, WARD 8Comment

May 15 | Pieces of Eight Poetry Series @ MahoganyBooks

The Black Ladies Brunch Collective’s poetry anthology, Not Without Our Laughter, is a collection of humorous and joyful poems, riffing on Langston Hughes’s novel Not Without Laughter.

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May 20 | Porchfest DC - Southeast

Storytellers unite! Check out an urban storytelling collective, Say It, Out Loud, at the Porchfest DC on Sunday, May 20th!

MY PICKThe Advoc8teMay 14, 2018PORCHFEST, FREE EVENT, WARD 7Comment

To Future Women exhibition @ Anacostia Arts Center

To Future Women memorializes the anniversary of the Women’s March in Washington DC. Created by artist Georgia Saxelby, the project invites you to write a letter to women in twenty years time.

EVENTS, MY PICKThe Advoc8teMay 14, 2018ANACOSTIA ARTS CENTERANACOSTIA ARTS CENTER, FREE EVENTComment