Sheldon Scott has helped turn a boutique hotel in one of the least artsy sections of the city into a center for creativity, activism and discourse.

Adams, who was born with cerebral palsy, says oil painting has been her own form of communication — “my peace and my protest.”

Many decided to close, out of concern for violence or coronavirus risk. But others decided to remain open, some out of financial necessity.

Solas Nua’s production at Eaton DC’s bar is “a rhyming roast of America.”