Category Archives: Nature

Around Town: July 7-12

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Check out the range of events coming up this weekend (and week) at …

Dance Place (3500 12th Street NE)

A 12-week public art celebration offering free cultural events and promoting creative expression, Artland Temporium events include exhibits, dance, concerts, poetry readings, and games and free to the public. Check out the full schedule for this weekend right here.

Anacostia Watershed Society (Northeast Branch Riverdale Road, Riverdale, MD)

At 10:00 this Saturday, water, weed, and mulch brand new trees that soon will grow to do great things for the River! RSVP info and directions right this way.

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Around Town: June 29-July 1

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Have a happy almost-fourth of July weekend, friends!

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts (1628 U St NW)

Pop-Up Boutique opens for a 2-day encore event and flash sale on Friday and Saturday: vintage, new, one-of-a-kind, and designer women’s clothing and accessories and 100% of sales will benefit Smith Farm’s programming.

Dance Place (3500 12th Street NE)

A 12-week public art celebration offering free cultural events and promoting creative expression, Artland Temporium events include exhibits, dance, concerts, poetry readings, and games and free to the public. Check out the full schedule for this weekend right here.

District of Columbia Arts Center (2438 18th Street NW)

Two in a row this Saturday night! The Head Doctor: Boy Meets Girl at 7:30 PM and The Head Doctor: Girls Know What Girls Like (an all-woman production for women who love women) at 10:00 PM.

Potomac Conservancy (River Center at Lock 8, 7906 Riverside Drive, Cabin John, MD)

Meet at 10:00 AM this Sunday to clean up the lockhouse area and the nearby towpath, then take a medicinal plant walk at noon or and experience Voices of the River: Stories of the Potomac right afterwards. More info this way!

Around Town: June 15-17

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Deciding where to spend your weekend? How about with a Catalogue nonprofit, such as …

Dance Place (3500 12th Street NE)

A 12-week public art celebration offering free cultural events and promoting creative expression, Artland Temporium events include exhibits, dance, concerts, poetry readings, and games and free to the public. Check out the full schedule for this weekend right here.

DCAC (2438 18th Street NW)

Loose Ends, the final exhibition of the current members of Sparkplug, DCAC’ artists collective, opens this Friday at 7:00 PM. Through video, photography, painting and sculpture these artists study themes of shifting frames, deconstruction of systems, and neo-romanticism. Plus, DADA Returns continues this weekend and the Capital City Showcase is coming up on Saturday.

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts (One-day retreat)

All day Saturday, the Smith Center’s Retreat helps participants strengthen their innate healing mechanisms; the schedule includes gentle yoga, stress reduction, discussions, creative activities, and talks on nutrition and healing. To all participants, have a relaxing and affirming day!

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What Kind of Life

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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on. (1971)

We have to prepare for what life could become in 40 years. We need to outline what is possible and what is impossible with the non-renewable resources of the Earth. What role will technological improvement play? Taking all this into account, what kind of life can we produce in the best way for 10 billion people? That’s a problem that needs to be solved. (2004)

— Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French researchers & naval officer, born today in 1910

Learn more about Catalogue’s nature nonprofits right here.

In The News …

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Public land deals give hot neighborhoods affordable housing (Greater Greater Washington): “While demand to live in DC rises, its stock of low-priced homes is shrinking. Projects on city-owned land have created many mixed-income housing opportunities throughout the city […] but the future direction for public land redevelopment is unclear […] While the District has completed many successful projects, many more opportunities remain to realize public benefits from public land.” Cheryl Cort, Policy Director for (Catalogue nonprofit) the Coalition for Smarter Growth, discusses the Coalition’s new paper on DC’s use of “public land to provide affordable housing and other community benefits.”

Nonprofit’s turnaround has brought it lots of attention (Washington Post: Business): “When David Snider inherited Young Playwrights’ Theater seven years ago, he knew he had to shake up an arts education organization that at the time was struggling […] By the end of his first year as executive director, Young Playwrights’ had turned its deficit into a $34,000 surplus and it has been operating in the black ever since.” YPT also became a Catalogue nonprofit the following year and was re-featured in 2009/2010. Learn more about their awesome residency and workshop programs right here.

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Around Town: June 1-3

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Greetings, Greater Washington! We’ve got an awesome array of events this weekend:

MUSIC …

The DC Jazz Festival starts now! Head to 6th & I Synagogue, The Hamilton, Howard Theatre, The Phillips Collection, The Kennedy Center, and Bohemian Caverns for incredible live music; full schedule right here. And on Sunday at 3:00 PM, the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras presents the “Grand Finale” concert, opening with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis; learn more this way.

NATURE…

On Saturday, celebrate National Trails Day with Potomac Conservancy from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM: restore the towpath and trails, prune back vegetation, and clean up the River Center area (and enjoy live music!). You can also celebrate with Rock Creek Conservancy, which will offer everything from Beginner Bird Walks to Trail Maintenance to an Historic Garden Trails Tour; check it out! Plus, help to control dangerous storm water runoff by planting native plants and flowers with Anacostia Watershed Society at 10:00 AM at Bladensburg Waterfront Park (NOW FULL). Take a Green Home & Garden Tour with Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment on Sunday at 1:00 PM; and check out the tour booklet right here.

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Around Town: May 19-20

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Hey, Greater Washington! Enjoy the weekend — and consider spending it with a Catalogue nonprofit:

Hands on DC: 18th Annual Work-a-thon
Join thousands of other volunteers from all around the city on Saturday to improve the physical learning environments in DC public schools; register right here.

Accokeek Foundation: Green Thumbs Volunteering
On the first and third Thursdays and third Saturdays, volunteers will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of heirloom vegetables and the practices behind organic gardening, from planting and harvesting to managing weeds; learn more right here.

Joseph’s House: Walk and Talk Tour
You are warmly invited to a free, one-hour “walk and talk” tour on Saturday at 10:30 AM; please RSVP to (202) 328-9161.

Our Daily Bread: Money Management Workshop
Topics include at this free Saturday 12:30 PM seminar include borrowing basics, understanding your credit report, paying yourself first, and grasping money maters.

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Around Town: May 12-13

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Happy Mother’s Day weekend, Greater Washington!

Plus spend some time with a Catalogue nonprofit:

DANCE …

On Friday & Saturday at 8PM, join Bowen McCauley Dance Company for a world premiere dance event following the original hit sensation, Lucy’s Playlist, at Synetic Theatre in Crystal City; tickets right here. And on Saturday at 7:30 PM, a powerful dance performance will feature choreographic works for Joy of Motion Youth Dance Ensemble members at American University’s Greenberg Theatre; tickets info this way.

NATURE ..

Discover the treasures in Piscataway Park with Accokeek Foundation on Saturday at 10AM; this annual Children’s Day event features a self-guided tour through the park for young explorers. And on Sunday at 9AM, join the Potomac Conservancy at River Center at Lock 8 for a Canal Stewards cleanup, followed by wildflower walk with expert Marijke Gate; learn more right here!

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Around Town: May 4-6

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Welcome to May, Greater Washington! What are you in the mood to experience this weekend?

VISUAL ARTS

On Friday at 7:00 PM, the DCAC opens “Zeitgeist III: Too Much Information?,” the third in a series of periodic group exhibitions of artists exploring contemporary cultural themes; learn more on Facebook. And on Saturday at 2:00 PM, students from the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design‘s Masters of Arts in New Media Photojournalism program will present a diverse selection of work at THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue SE.

TECHNOLOGY

From 1:00 to 5:00 PM on Saturday at Fairlington Presbyterian Church, Computer CORE will offer a 4-hour workshop, in which students will learn the basic functions and capabilities of Salesforce, plus get some hands-on experience! You can sign up .

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Around Town: April 28-29

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So what might strike your fancy this weekend?

RUNNING FAR …

The 2nd annual Fairfax CASA Run for the Children 10K Race & 3K Run/Walk is coming up on Saturday at 8 AM — prizes, food, and entertainment all included. Sign up right here. And in running-related events, Girls on the Run founder Molly Barker will share words of wisdom at a brunch to benefit the GOTR of MoCo scholarship fund on Saturday at 8 AM. Admission tickets are sold out, but you can still buy raffle tickets here!

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