10.15 - spooky scary skeletons
what’s new in washington d.c.?
ARTECHOUSE, D.C’s immersive digital art gallery, premieres a new concept this weekend - Crystalline. Crystalline is designed to feel like a blue-hued castle, drawing inspiration from Pantone’s 2020 Color of the Year, Classic Blue.
Strathmore, a performing arts center in North Bethesda, opened its 16-acre campus for a night-time outdoor art installation - Monuments. Monuments features giant (large tree-sized!) projections of faces of artists and other creative figures with an eye towards subverting traditional interpretations of public memorialization.
let’s talk food and drinks
Without many of the normal fall activities this year, it can be easy to forget Halloween is right around the corner. Would themed donuts or cookies help you get in the mood? If so, check out the Washington Post’s list of some of the *cutest* Halloween-themed goodies (those doughnuts from Astro? yes please).
If you’re looking for a creative drink to enjoy at home, Eater D.C. rounded up a list of 24 to-go cocktails.
upcoming food openings
A silver lining amid Dolcezza’s D.C. demise? Another local favorite, this one for acai bowls and smoothies, South Block, is taking over Dolcezza’s 14th and P St location.
what’s on our minds?
The election is only 19 days away and Get Out the Vote efforts are in full swing, with early reports indicating record turnout levels. While voter disenfranchisement among registered voters can take on many forms (such as one ballot box for 4.7 million people in Texas, lines of up to eight hours in Georgia, and general concerns about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s efforts to sabotage mail-in voting), many Americans are unable to even register. According to a new Sentencing Project report, 5.2 million Americans are ineligible to vote due to felony convictions. The vast majority of these individuals aren’t currently incarcerated (only 25% are), but still unable to fulfil a civic duty.
Coming up even sooner than the election? Halloween! The pandemic means that traditional Trick or Treating will likely be off limits (eek germs!), but DCist cataloged a bunch of creative ways families are approaching this very different Halloween season. Glow-in-the-dark candy hunts, candy chutes, and Zoom costume parties top the list.
Quick links to other weekly #goodreads:
Thousands Of D.C. Renters Are Evicted Every Year. Do They All Know To Show Up To Court? - per dcist, “The entire [eviction] system rests on a pin: the means by which tenants are notified that they need to come to court. In D.C., tenants are supposed to find out about eviction cases—which are currently halted by the coronavirus pandemic—via private process servers, who are hired directly by landlords (or their lawyers) to deliver summonses…But the only evidence that a tenant was informed of their eviction hearing is a document called an affidavit of service, in which a process server swears that they served the summons. Upon closer examination, though, many of these affidavits are demonstrably false.”
The Entire Presidency Is a Superspreading Event - per New York, “Down in the polls, high on steroids, and clinging to good health while endangering everyone else’s.”
Dubious Alternative Lyme Treatments Are Killing Patients - per Bloomberg Businessweek, “Forget about the ticks. A pattern of harm follows ‘Lyme-literate medical doctors.’”
what are we watching/reading?
The Witches on Netflix. This creepy classic, adapted from a Roald Dahl book and released in 1990, features a convention of witches plotting ways to eliminate children. Watch this version, then watch the remake, premiering on HBO Max October 22. The new version stars Anne Hathaway and was originally planned to hit theaters (in the “before times” of course).
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‘til next time -courtney