Jul 25, 2007
Art and Politics Collide in Port Huron Project
By DCist contributor John Harlow Created and organized by artist and curator Mark Tribe, the Port Huron Project is a series of reenactments of protest speeches from the New Left movements of the 1960s and ’70s, conducted at their original locations by paid performers. Previous PHP events have featured enactments of speeches originally delivered by Coretta Scott King and Howard Zinn in New York and Boston respectively. Tomorrow at 6 p.m., the National Mall will…
May 04, 2005
Morning Roundup: Voting Rights Dreams Edition
Today will be mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain, with highs in the lower 60s. Matthew Bradley posted this photo of historian Howard Zinn to DCist photos yesterday. Also, it’s only one more day before DCist celebrates Cinco de Mayo at Chief Ike’s! Same-sex Couples Prohibited from Filing Joint Taxes: D.C.’s Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi ruled yesterday gay couples could not file taxes jointly in D.C., even if they were…