Founding Director Emerita of Dance Place Carla Perlo reflects on her life and leading Dance Place, the organizational host of DanceAfrica, DC. Perlo speaks about her professional trajectory and building one of the nation’s leading dance organizations with focus on how DanceAfrica, DC fits into the larger scope of Dance Place’s 40-year history as a dance presenter, school, and community arts center in Ward 5’s Brookland/Edgewood neighborhood. Perlo also speaks on her legacy in the dance community and the future of dance post COVID-19., Carla Perlo was born in Washington, D.C. in 1951. Perlo has made a lifetime commitment to the fields of dance, youth education and community revitalization through the arts. She is co-founder Dance Place in Washington, D.C. and for thirty-six years served as its visionary Founding Director. With support from the Board of Directors, Dance Place became the second independent organization in the United States to own and operate a facility for the training and presentation of dance. In August 2017, Perlo transitioned to Director Emerita, in which role she remains on Dance Place’s teaching faculty, youth program staff and serves as a consultant. In 2013, Ms. Perlo was honored to receive the DC Mayor’s Arts Award for “Excellence in Service to the Arts.” Other awards include Washingtonian Magazine’s Washingtonian of the Year (1997), The Pola Nirenska Lifetime Achievement Award (2017), and the Ernie Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Dance (Dance/USA, 2018).
Dominic Moulden discusses his background, organizing efforts working with tenants and black-owned small businesses in D.C., and the importance of political education in organizing., Dominic Moulden was born in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to Washington in 1986 to do community organizing, worked for many years at Washington Inner-city Self Help, helped to found ONE DC, and continues to be active organizing in Washington.
In this interview, Wendell Moore talks about his early childhood memories of playing in the Fort Totten neighborhood after moving there in 1964. He recalls playing in the alleys and the words by Fort Totten with other neighborhood children. He outlines his school experience, the social climate of the 1960s, and his post-secondary education. To conclude, Moore discusses the demographic changes he's seen throughout Washington, D.C. over the decades and the importance of being proactive., Wendell Moore was born in Northwest Washington and moved to the Fort Totten neighborhood when he was in fourth grade. He attended Barnard Elementary, Rabaut Junior High, and Calvin Coolidge Senior High School. Wendell Moore studied business administration at Bowie State University. After graduating, he secured a management position at Giant\n Food. He continued his education while working and received his master's and PhD. He also works as a professor at Bowie State University.
This is an individual interview of Paul Taylor in which he discusses his bartending experiences in Virginia and D.C., his knowledge of cocktail history, the impact of gentrification in Shaw, and the effects of COVID-19, political protests, and complex issues of race and equity and inclusion on the local bartending community and broader service industry., Paul Taylor was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Arlington, VA. He began his career by working part-time at restaurants while still in college and quickly transitioned into bartending full-time. He is now a high-profile bartender in the District, having worked at various establishments across the city. He is Beverage Director at Columbia Room and oversees the bar menu and drink training and educational program at Drink Company. Prior to this he was Bar Manager of Southern Efficiency. Taylor also helps run Columbia Roomís philanthropic sandwich pop-up, Your Only Friend, an initiative aimed at serving the community to help front line workers.
This is an individual interview of Will Alvarez in which he discusses his Salvadoran upbringing in the DMV, his experiences in the bartending industry as a Latino and U.S. Army Veteran, and the impact of COVID-19 on residents and service professionals in the D.C. bartending community., Though he grew up in D.C., Will Alvarez did not start his bartending career until after he served abroad in the U.S. Army. He spent a lot of time learning the trade, making connections with fellow bar professionals, and strengthening his cocktail knowledge at family restaurants and bars like Del Campo, Zaytinya, and Columbia Room. He also worked as a brand ambassador and bar consultant, and helped manage the bar at The Gibson and several themed pop up bars for Drink Company. He even worked at hotels and pool bars before becoming the only employee at The Green Zone to have actually visited The Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq as a soldier.
A poster designed to look like a Wanted Poster for 'Anarchy', printed on bright blue paper, advertising the Brian MacKenzie Infoshop and its resources for activists, including radical books, independent music, activist resources, and free computer access.
Flier for a concert featuring Erin Tobey, Mini Meadows, Spoonboy, and Al Burton at the InfoShop on March 5. The show started at 6:30 p.m. The flier features a moose head with artists' names as the antlers.
Text accompanying the image reads: 'Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church Now Observing Its 65th Anniversary. Edifice at Eleventh and R streets N.W., Drawing of Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church.
Picture of early McKinley High School (later Shaw Junior High School). Winter street scene with people walking in the street and a crossing sweeper with a cart in background. The streets are covered in snow., E.B. Thompson Purchase
Shows government and other public buildings pictorially. Bilingual map in English and Spanish. Includes notes and index to points of interest. Alternate title at lower left: Mapa foto-picto?rico de la parte central de Washington. Publisht [sic] in English, Spanish, German and French., Heavy card stock encased in mylar; Deterioration along central fold
Covers area in northwest quadrant bounded by Rock Creek, Rock Creek Ford Road, Rock Creek Church Road, 7th Street Pike (Georgia Avenue), and Boundary Street (Florida Avenue). Shows locations of existing structures, mills and other places of interest. Trees shown pictorially. Relief shown by hachures. Courses and triangulation by pocket compass. Distances by counting steps., Shows several red stamps indicating borrowing or other use
Shows locations of licensed bars in relation to public schools in the area of Washington D.C. bounded by New Hampshire and Florida Avenues and 15th Street NE/SE, to the Potomac River Includes text noting numbers of students passing licensed bars daily and exhorts the clean up of the city., Halved and mounted on fabric with minor edge tearing and crumbling; May have been prepared by Georgia Robertson of Washington, D.C. for the National Grand Lodge, International Order of Good Templars
Chuck Brown Band together on stage at Howard Theatre for the third anniversary show of Chuck Brown's death. Fans raises their hands in the air. From left to right Elijah Balbed on tenor saxophone, Brad Clements on trumpet, Greg Boyer on trombone, Frank 'Scooby' Sirius: the Godson of Go-Go on vocals, KK on vocals, Mighty Moe on the congas and bongos, and Sweet Cherie on the keys., Frank Marshall is known professionally as Frank 'Scooby' Sirius: the Godson of Go-Go. Takesa Donelson is known professionally as KK and is the daughter of Chuck Brown. Cherie Mitchell-Agurs is known professionally as Sweet Cherie. Maurice Hagan is known professionally as Mighty Moe.
D. Floyd and Ledisi perform with Chuck Brown Band at the Howard Theatre. From left to right: Mighty Mo, Frank 'Scooby' Sirius: The Godson of Go-Go, Ledisi, Kwick Foot, KK (sitting), D. Floyd, Greg Boyer, Ice, and Brad Clements. Keyboard player is unidentified. Fans can be seen in the audience., Donnell Floyd, Sr. is known professionally as D. Floyd. Ledisi Anibade Young is known professionally as Ledisi. Maurice Hagan is known professionally as Mighty Mo. Frank Marshall is known professionally as Frank 'Scooby' Sirius: The Godson of Go-Go. Karlston Ross is known professionally as Ice. Takesa Donelson is known professionally as KK and is Chuck Brown's daughter. Kenny Gross is known professionally as Kwick Foot.
