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Sidney on Discovering His Love of Painting at 95-Years-Old

I can't believe that I am having my first art show at almost 96-years-old. Sometimes, I feel li...

Chad America on Bartending at the Black Cat

Chad America is not my given name, but it is the name I go by…it is my acting name. I got in ...

Spike on Going From Top Chef to Good Stuff

I was doing well up there and making a name for myself. At the same time, I was dirt poor and s...

Mike on The Loft

I have been into music since I was a little kid. My Dad was a big band singer so there was alwa...

Atilla on Learning from the Beatles

When The Beatles got on stage, the place went berserk. I never saw so many crazy people in my l...

Michael on Architecture

For me, architecture is sculptural. It is not a static thing. We have a great deal of responsib...

Allie on Creative Expression

Growing up in the suburbs of D.C., you need to have a lot of strength and know who you are if y...

Philippa on Bringing Venetian Canals to Washington, D.C.

A few years ago, I had this idea: how can I bring canals to Washington, D.C.? After all of this...

Damond on How Dogs Help Build Community

I see how much different things are for me now that I have a dog. Day-to-day, we, as citizens, ...

Amy on Storytelling

Storytelling, the way that we do it, shrinks that gap between consumer and creator of art.

Sheldon on His Mom’s First Visit to D.C.

In honor of tonight's People's District and SpeakeasyDC storytelling night at Town (2009 8th St...

J on Streetball

Now, I'm a point guard on my high school team. I learned a lot playing organized ball, but out ...

Sandy on Playing a Part in Something Bigger

In D.C., I have gone in directions I never thought I would go into with costume design, like wo...

Dan on Seeing Washington from a Piano Bench

I always thought that I was going to be an actor. Music was very easy to me, so I didn’t resp...

Lindsay on the People and Places

D.C. is the people and places that come together to create a city like nowhere else in the worl...

Melvin on Filling Nothingness with Hope

Everyday, I deal with so many young people of color who have not been bred. They were born, but...

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