DC Artist Exchange Closing Party

Join us as we celebrate the closing of our first DC Artist Exchange events series!

Live music, dancing, and fun! Featuring:

DJ Adrian Loving

The Akoma Drummers
The AKOMA DRUMMERS formed in the spring of 2010 when Kristen Arant and Kweku Owusu brought their best drummer friends and students together for a weekly jam. The Akoma Drummers proudly study and present music of the African diaspora – the origin of all people and all music – ranging from traditional West African to funk and DC’s own go-go. The group plays djembe, kpanlogo, conga and dunun drums with dancing and songs.

In the Adinkra symbolic language of West Africa, AKOMA, meaning the heart, represents patience and tolerance.

Contradiction Dance
Contradiction Dance is a place where dance, theatre, and pop culture meet.

The Company
Creates and presents works that blend several dance forms with multimedia elements, storytelling, and theater

Provides a broad scope of dance and theatre education classes for people of all ages and backgrounds

Engages the community through workshops, performances, residencies, and partnerships.
Nurtured on the belief that artists and audience members communicate in a dialogue through the chosen medium, Contradiction Dance fosters discussion, reflection, and change, ultimately creating an exchange between life and dance.

This event is free and open to the public.

Then...
Adrian Loving will keep the party going at Southern Hospitality (1815 Adams Mill Rd Washington, DC) from 10-close. No cover. Join us!

FAQs

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

All events will take place at the new Menkiti Group offices. They are located between Excel Movement Studio and Lee's Auto Services on 8th St NE. The entrance is down the driveway - you will see the Menkiti Group sign overhead.

There is street parking available in the surrounding neighborhood.

The DCax events are conveniently located a short walk from the Brookland/CUA Metro Station on the Red Line.

Directions from the Metro: Exit the turnstiles and immediately go right and up the escalator. You will be out of doors in a bus area. Turn right at the bus area. Follow the sidewalk, which leads to the corner of 9th Street and Monroe Street. Turn right on Monroe Street and go across a short bridge. After the bridge, turn left immediately onto 8th Street, NE. The Menkiti Group offices are half way down the block on the left side. If you reach Brookland Artspace Lofts and Dance Place, you have gone too far.

Several Metro Bus lines also go to the Brookland Station, including the H series, G8, and 80 buses.

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

You do not need to print your ticket! In fact, in an effort to be green, we hope you won't! We will check you in with our mobile app. All we need is the name you registered under.