I live in Washington, D.C., where I first came to work as a writer and producer for The Atlantic in 2010. Now I cover transportation for local news site TBD at its On Foot blog.
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Have you checked out Song 1 at the Hirshhorn yet? I caught a glimpse of this awesome art project the other evening. But now Wired, the Hirshhorn, and Pitchfork are teaming up for a big event on May 11 to celebrate the project, with live musicians on hand, and I just bought a ticket.
Learn more here. Very intrigued.
At the height of the Iraq war, college graduates poured into cities and took internships at magazines, nonprofits, and internet startup firms. They found themselves drawn, for some reason, to adorable music that openly celebrated our national heritage. They dressed like stylish lumberjacks and watched Sufjan perform dressed as a Boy Scout, and they remembered a disappeared world of the small and the tangible.