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Projects include https://t.co/1U0sbGNtvK, https://t.co/ymVdy6blZL, https://t.co/zyjL7TEwyV, https://t.co/XAbTj97qzz. Bookstore: https://t.co/iaMNE1CaAp DayEight.org Washington, D.C. Joined October 2014-
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Thank you @DayEightOrg ! 🥳 A reminder that it takes time for the seeds you sow to reap flowers. And if we are lucky, we are still around to smell’em. 🙏🏾 #BestOfTheNet #Nominee hakimbe.bandcamp.com/track/corona
"Lot’s Wife" by Jessica de Koninck #poetry #poem #poems #Poets midatlanticreview.com/2024/10/lots-w… via @@DayEightOrg
Bas Mitzvah by Ivy Schweitzer midatlanticreview.com/2024/10/bas-mi… via @@DayEightOrg Honored to be part of this special section on "the Jewish Experience."
@WIRoBooks @DayEightOrg @safolobasa @joellooper @eerdmansbooks I need to read this!
Two of my poems will be published on 11/29 in @DayEightOrg! So excited to see my poems named after quotes from ANTM and MST3K on this site!
New piece from our fellow Teniola Ayoola > From murals to martial arts: New Smithsonian exhibit reflects on Chinatown’s history and Asian American influence in DC thedcline.org/2024/11/12/fro… via @dclinenews
Love this piece in @dctrending about fascinating murals in Union Station and the artist, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, who created them. On view until 9/2. Now I need to get over to Union Station! This piece was written by our talented @DayEightOrg fellow Oluseyi Akinyode!
At Washington DC’s Union Station Amtrak railway waiting area, you’ll come across a series of murals spanning the upper walls from Gate A through L. The murals entitled ‘Potomac Shen River Series,’ were created by local artist Katherine Tzu-Lan @ktzulan @UnionStationDC_
This Sunday - September 17th! 11am - 3pm North Hall at Eastern Market, Capitol Hill Come say to us @theliteraryhill bookfest - @DayEightOrg will have a table. 😊 Hope to see you there! - with @crochetkingpin
Excited to see this book listed for sale on the @DayEightOrg bookstore. Beautiful book, forthcoming Oct 10, 2023 > Dipped in Cerulean by Brandon Douglas day-eight-books.myshopify.com/products/dippe…
Sharing words & works of DC area writers every Friday for @dctrending. I love, love this thoughtful review of 'My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion' by @DayEightOrg fellow @jhcansler. It's the last weekend to see the play @woollymammothtc, so check it out! thedcline.org/2023/09/26/at-…
Thanks for having me! What a great group of fellows and arts writers you all have brought together at @DayEightOrg
Thank you @ecwilliams30 for sharing your expertise at @DayEightOrg’s monthly journalism dinner. Great to have you with us.
We're please to announce the 2023 winner of our Luce Prize for new poets. dayeight.org/day-eight-anno…
So much fun to lead a workshop for Day Eight’s Summer Arts Journalism Institute! I’m by the smart fellows and great discussions about dance reviewing. @DayEightOrg
More great conversations on theater are happen next Saturday, Feb 25! @DayEightOrg continues the 2023 Arts Journalism Conference with a theater criticism workshop, the keynote session (with our own Molly Smith), and a conversation with theater funders. dayeight.org/rethinking-the…
Saturday! Spend an hour with @DayEightOrg's Robert Bettmann, David Markey of DC Commission on the Arts, & Board members from 2 leading DC venues. They will chat about theater criticism, theater funding, & the evolving role of arts journalism. Register now! eventbrite.com/e/a-conversati…
Come join our Interim Executive Director, Mr. David Markey this coming Saturday for an important panel entitled, "A Conversation with Theater Funders about Arts Journalism," generously hosted by our friends at @DayEightOrg! Full details here: bit.ly/3XYL3iJ #TheDCArts
@DayEightOrg - A Community Roundtable with DC-area Theater Critics Join DC-area theater critics to discuss the highlights and challenges of covering theater in the DC area. Full details here: bit.ly/3IPgDv5 #TheDCArts
RSVP Now: Rethinking Theater Criticism Conference Keynote Session This Saturday, February 25th 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm ET @TeatroGALA @DayEightOrg Full details here: bit.ly/41jxg9j #TheDCArts
Even tho @petermarksdrama will open our @DayEightOrg roundtable this Saturday w/ a solo medley from SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, tix for that + @SarahMarloff, @JohnStoltenberg, @here4andre & me (not pictured) talkin' criticism are still free, somehow. eventbrite.com/e/a-community-…
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