Everyone loves a parade, and on Saturday, the Washington Project for the Arts held their first WPArade, where artists and arts organizations showcased moving art, floats, portable sculpture and street performance along Half Street SE. The Batala Percussion Band started the parade off right, putting the meager crowd in the right frame of mind for some performance art. Some fun sculptures graced the parade, including a large rhinoceros art bike made from recycled materials. Artomatic…

All you need for a parade is a saxophone, a snare drum, searing heat, a couple a kiddie bombs, and the Floating Lab Collective. That is, if your parade is a WParade. Artists and arts organizations John James Anderson, Batala Washington, Adrienne Mills, and the Glade Dance Collective — among others — introduced a new art parade along the Capitol Riverfront in Southeast. It all seems very far away, what with the weather right…