April is a huge month for visual art in D.C. Friday marks the beginning of the twofive-week-long Artomatic, while later this month we’ll be treated to the first ever international art fair in the city with artDC, both of which we’ll tell you more about as they come closer. You’ve got plenty to keep you busy in the meantime. Believe it or not, Paris and New York don’t hold the monopoly on influential visual art…

On Sunday, the Post ran a story detailing the Washington, DC Convention and Tourism Corporation’s announcement that they will spend $150,000 beginning this year to research and develop a new catch phrase for the city. We told you a bit about these plans, including the Tourism Corporation’s effort to gather your opinions on the District through their Share Your DC survey, back in January. If you still haven’t completed the survey, go ahead and take…

Think you’ve got a better slogan than “Celebrate and Discover” to describe our fair city? Chances are you do and the D.C. Convention & Tourism Corporation wants to hear it. They’ve launched a new campaign to find out what we Washingtonians think makes the city great. Over at Share Your DC you can take a quick survey asking what you think are the city’s greatest people, places and events along with advice you’d give to…

(From DCist contributor Eleanor Davis) The season of giving has doesn’t end on New Year’s Day. January 10th through 16th the DC Convention and Tourism Corporation and the Restaurant Association of Metro Washington are teaming up to give us all a great big present — discount prices at some of DC’s toniest eating establishments. In honor of the new year, you can get a three-course meal for $20.05 at lunch and $30.05 at dinner. Don’t…