Archive for July, 2010

HoodStock: Artists and Activists Unite for D.C.

Next Thursday (Jul. 15) DMV artists and activists unite on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building to edu-tain an audience about the importance of political participati on and the need for D.C. citizens to have full voting rights in Congress. Backyard Band, Uptown XO and RaTheMC, Black Cobain, Fat Trel, Rasi Caprice, Phil [...]

Media Arts Boot Camp

N’KOSI founder, Sia Tiambi Barnes was hired as one of the Teaching Artists participating in the 2010 Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Media Arts Camp. The Camp is a pilot program funded by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities (DCCAH) and the Department of Employment Services (DOES), to encourage District youth to [...]

Redefining Urban Lifestyle

Since we announced in October 2009 our partnership with It’s a Movement Online Magazine (IAMOnlineMag.com) to re-launch the urban lifestyle web portal, we have been focusing on fresh and original content featuring progressive artists (“Raheem De Vaughn: Creating a MasterPeace”); unique small businesses (“Broccoli City: How to Make Green in the ‘Hood”) and their founders [...]