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    The Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race is a surreal event. I spent all of yesterday afternoon watching enormous quirky creations dive into the Canton Waterfront and then later putter through the mud of Patterson Park. 
Above is a competitor called “Go Ask Alice.” 

    The Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race is a surreal event. I spent all of yesterday afternoon watching enormous quirky creations dive into the Canton Waterfront and then later putter through the mud of Patterson Park. 

    Above is a competitor called “Go Ask Alice.” 

     
  2. 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.

     
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    Transit you can eat.
     
  4. A major hat tip to my girlfriend, Heather Rudow, who features in this post in a conversation with D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown. 

     
  5. The graffiti around D.C.’s Metro: A celebration of street art. Colorful, creative, and controversial images have come to accompany the fences and walls near Washington’s transit tracks. Check out close to 40 of the great shot, many along DC’s Red Line, here.

    The graffiti around D.C.’s Metro: A celebration of street art. Colorful, creative, and controversial images have come to accompany the fences and walls near Washington’s transit tracks. Check out close to 40 of the great shot, many along DC’s Red Line, here.