Black History Month

“The DC Public Library proudly celebrates Black History Month during February with author talks, lectures, arts and crafts, story times and more. The 2020 theme is African Americans and the Vote. The year 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) and the right of black men to the ballot after the Civil … Read more

Alexander Calder & Glenn Ligon

Over winter break, my family and I went to check out the Alexander Calder exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Tower 2. Of course, Calder’s 85-foot work* has graced the atrium of the NGA since the 70s. (Paul Matisse, grandson of Henri Matisse, helped him enlarge his original concept, and it was finally … Read more