The World Cup may be over, but there are still soccer players who are in need of your support! This Friday, July 30th through Sunday, August 1st, Street Soccer USA will offer DC soccer fans a unique opportunity to support players and their community. Street Soccer USA  (www.streetsoccerusa.org) and its umbrella organization HELP USA (www.helpusa.org) [...]

Are you a closet hip-hopper? Do you bust a Bollywood move and not break bones? Does your inner Baryshnikov keep jumping out? Are you and your co-workers or friends not afraid to embarrass themselves working up a sweat, doing good for charity- while burning off a few calories?
If you answered “maybe” to just one of [...]

The first piece of advice I was given when I moved to DC was to avoid Smithsonian Museums at all cost during the summer tourist months.  It’s difficult to take advantage of the impressive array of art and history on display at the Smithsonian when tourists who stand on the wrong side of the Metro [...]

America in the 1950’s conjures up images of poodle skirts, diners, and Leave It to Beaver-style neighborhoods. Washingtonians and visitors looking to relive the wonder years can do so at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Norman Rockwell exhibit, “Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg”, currently on display until [...]

Embark on after-work adventures at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries with Asia After Dark 2010. Mix, mingle and sip specialty cocktails while checking out emerging musicians, dance performances, food from area restaurants, as well as Asian art and art activities.
Clear your calendar Thursday  for Asia After Dark’s Bhangra Night, featuring the internationally renowned DJ [...]

DC is a town full of ambassadors, but how many of them do you know have dance moves and rhythm? I can’t think of any dignitaries that fit that bill, but there are 10 ultra-talented performers in the District who happen to be the area’s only cultural representatives to the rest of the country — [...]

Actress Danielle A. Drakes stares contemplatively at a crowd of 20 tourists on the steps of DC’s historic Ford’s Theatre. She is wearing a full hoop shirt, a white blouse and a felt hat accented by a feather. Except for a microphone and speaker, Drakes, by any historic standard, is the spitting image of Elizabeth [...]

One of the things I love most about Washington, DC is the diversity. The District is a smorgasbord of interesting cultures, ethnicities and people, so it’s only fitting that dance in DC is diverse as well. The Dance/USA 2010 Annual Conference is being hosted in our fair city this week and as a result, the [...]

In partnership with the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign, Dr. Dale Isaacson and Dr. Marilyn Berzin will host a beauty luncheon event to raise money and awareness for the American Heart Association on Wednesday, May 19, 2010.
In 2004, to dispel the myths and raise awareness of heart disease as the number one [...]

Stumped about what to get Mom for Mother I’ve got a suggestion: how about a lovely little trinket from MIJA Jewelry, a Washington, D.C.-based jeweler with a startup story that’s as sweet as the necklaces, rings, and charms it sells. The ladies in your life (whether they’re big or small) will adore the simple, totally wearable [...]