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Video: Dance DC Festival

24 Jul

I have some good video from the Dance DC Festival. The festival opening, a tribute to D.C. native, Marvin Gaye, featured performances by singers Eric Roberson, Levi Stephens and acclaimed violinist, Miri Ben-Ari, as well as several dance performers. Check it out.

Video: The Anthology of Rap

26 Nov

anthologyofrap

I attended a talk and book signing for The Anthology of Rap with editors Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois.  Also among the panelists were Common and Kurtis Blow who both gave performances which I captured on video.

Saying Goodbye to Michael Jackson

8 Jul

Michael Jackson Tribute

It was a memorial service but many had billed it as a tribute concert. I honestly did not know what to expect and I hadn’t planned on watching it. I had decided not to watch any of the coverage because of the media circuses the deaths of Princess Diana and Anna Nicole Smith turned out [...]

Last Day of Artomatic

5 Jul

Last Day of Artomatic

Artomatic is an annual art (art, music, performance, film) festival featuring local artists in the DC area. This is the tenth year of the event that started in the historic Manhattan Laundry building in NW Washington, DC. There are nine full floors of art on display in a brand new building at 50 M Street, [...]

Not a Gamer, But …

21 Apr

I’m known to play a video game every now and then but I’ve never considered myself a gamer. I used to play Pole Position on Atari with my brother and the various Mario versions on all the early versions of Nintendo consoles. I’ve been known to play fighting games too like Tekken and Mortal Kombat. [...]