Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

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Thanks.

Typo above, should read - Arushi Mudgal dance and music (her sister is 1 of 2 vocalists for that event)

Saw the crappy 9 and 53 Washington Wizards win a basketball game last night @ Capital One & then we stuck around of course for Northeast Groovers and Backyard Band go-go . we had bought 2 tickets for $25 total via a special deal. Huge turnout for the go-go.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/08/a-dc-indie-rock-musician-is-now-ceo-of-amtrak/

Member of 90s art pop groups Lorelei and Chessie is now head of Amtrak

Me on Michael Reidy of late 70s DC rock band Razz and his provocative visual art for galleries, Razz ads in the Unicorn Times , Razz record sleeves, Washington City Paper , and punk fanzines

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/685208/remembering-michael-reidy-musician-and-visual-artist/

Dear Rhizome community,

An UPDATE, and an INVITATION…

1. We have NO NEWS on when/if we are ever going to actually get kicked out of everyone's favorite house on Maple Street. We're still there, and still going strong.

2. We have YES NEWS on a potential "forever home" for Rhizome, and we want to share it with you.

VERY BRIEFLY: We have an opportunity to purchase a building nearby with the help of a big grant from the DC Arts Commission.

We will be hosting a TOWN HALL on TUESDAY March 26 at 7pm to share information about the building and how YOU can make it happen. (Yes, we need HELP!)

To attend meeting by zoom you need to register on their google doc. Look for a link in their social media or on their website

Very interested to see what Rhizome figures out. Hopefully they end up in a great spot and can keep things rolling along.

The Urban Verbs nostalgia talk at Palisades yesterday/Sunday was the same time as the WPFW jazz dj, poet, archivist , writer Reuben Jackson memorial poetry tribute service at Josephine Butler Center, so I chose the latter. Very emotional and touching. Poets read Jackson poems and then read their own work about Jackson. Plus they showed an Ellie Walton 6 minute video interview with Jackson. Some of those Jackson poets hit hard .

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/686524/washington-women-in-jazz-festival-city-lights-for-march-28-to-april-3/

Some of these events are a bity pricey, but once a year DC's Washington Women in Jazz fest happens with a range of styles

Leonsis just did a make nice tweet to Ron Moten of Dont Mute DC, while simultaneously I am seeing this:

Axios -What we're watching: Another Leonsis lament, noisy street buskers, are also included in the terms. Monumental proposes creating an 'Entertainment District' around the arena with rules against vending, loitering, and noise

January W Post article on the buskers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/18/ted-leonsis-street-musician-noise-gallery-place/

https://www.capitalbop.com/rhizome-dc-community-investment/

Rhizome is gonna try to buy a building on Alaska Ave off of Georgia Ave in DC. They got a $350,000 grant from DC Arts , and the hard part is going to be raising 400, 000 more via loans and donations. I think if they raise 200 grand , they then get a bit more time before having to come up with remaining 200 grand

I listened to the Zoom. New location is not near a Metro station, just near Metro bus routes. They seem more optimistic about raising the bucks than I would be

I’d be willing to donate, but the document I saw is that they are going to crowdsource loans of a minimum of $2,500.

They are supposed to based on my listening to the zoom have a separate donation link to a go fund me . But yeah for the loan they want more - 2500 . Which they say they will pay back in 10 to 15 years

https://givebutter.com/rhizomedc

Link for Rhizome donations

Thanks! If they haven’t used their email list yet to blast the link, they should.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/29/rhizome-dcs-diy-mecca-is-trying-to-buy-a-permanent-home/

Washingtonian with more details re current rhizome landlord; and some stuff re the move

My April concert calendar is posted, and my City Paper preview of the DC history conference is also online . The conference has presentations on big serious items with race, class, and gender aspects as well as looks at the beginning of the 930 Club on F Street; go-go and politics; U street and Howard Theatre history; a guy who painted pics of Rock Creek Park in the 1800s. If I was in town this weekend I would go to see Digable Planets and Sun Ra for free at Franklin Park

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/687813/curtis-sittenfeld-district-dreamers-film-fest-city-lights-for-april-4-to-10/

April 12 deadline to submit for consideration to Amanda M for Fort Reno summer concerts

https://www.fortreno.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/listings/items/orquesta-akokan-april-10/

My City Paper Spring Arts preview of Wed April 10 Orquesta Akokan at Hamilton live

My City Paper preview of Sunday April 14 gig by Ethiopian music band Qwanqwa is included in the link

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/689557/new-worlds-atmosphere-and-more-city-lights-for-april-11-17/

DC punk band Ekko Astral got an 8.0 from Pitchfork

reunited Dc punk bands Scream and Soulside are about to tour UK

DC's Mark Cisneros is touring Australia as part of Kid Congo's band . Mick Harvey from Bad Seeds and others is playing bass on this tour

Dreamcast Moe ep getting lots of attention

https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/iota-club-cafe-arlington-va/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHXmKZ1kaMQL3PoyqmPRqvh0JKWSD14S_vEoiTTOYCOqSYrw8VccerBDvUg_aem_AWd4xFbAjbQaDnFY_iW0rsAwpyfWE-bm7fygp0FBHUZqJ8uTddzCPkvxRK4EAxvZfEo

Folks who loved Americana music and more club Iota in Arlington that was open from 1994 to 2017 reminisce

Rhizome still has a way to go to raise the money they need to buy their own place

https://www.rhizomedc.org/future