Clear your calendar - It's going down! Schedule Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
Clear your calendar - It's going down! The Emancipation Day festivities will take place on Saturday, April 13 and the parade will start at 2:00 PM at 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The concert kicks off at 3:00 PM and will feature an all-star lineup of some of the best artists in the game! The concert at Freedom Plaza will also feature many of DC's own homegrown talent. Stay tuned for more updates and visit the "Save the Dates Section" for more information!
Clear your calendar - It's going down! Schedule Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
Clear your calendar - It's going down! The Emancipation Day festivities will take place on Saturday, April 13 and the parade will start at 2:00 PM at 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The concert kicks off at 3:00 PM and will feature an all-star lineup of some of the best artists in the game! The concert at Freedom Plaza will also feature many of DC's own homegrown talent. Stay tuned for more updates and visit the "Save the Dates Section" for more information!
The DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment launched the DC Creative Affairs Office (CAO) in 2019 and has stood by Mayor Muriel Bowser's commitment to improve diversity, equity, and access for all within the creative community. The CAO team works on policy legislative awareness and regulation to support the work of creative businesses. CAO is establishing infrastructure partnerships to support the mental health of our creative community and programs to improve the economic mobility of the District’s creative entrepreneurs.
CAO has launched its official website which will house initiatives and information that will continue to aide in bringing the Creative community of DC together via policy, community partnerships, and initiatives that help to build economic stability in the District. Visit CreativeAffairsDC.com to stay connected to CAO.
The #EntertainDC Office would like to send a huge shoutout to DC-based storyteller Robert Young on the launch of Unmask Fear at Union Market. Young describes the exhibition as providing "hope in a time of pandemic and inequality" and inspiring the community to vote. Visit Unmask Fear: Union Market at Neal Place NE and 6th Street NE Washington, DC 20002 until November 22, 2020.
Together, we can stop the spread of COVID-19. By opting-in to the DC COVID Alert Notice – our free exposure notification system – you can learn if you’ve been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. DC Health’s DC COVID Alert Notice (DC CAN) protects our community while protecting our privacy. If you have an iPhone, opt-in to Exposure Notifications in your device Settings. If you have an Android, download DC CAN from the Google Play Store. Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/dccan for more information.
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Angie M. Gates
Director
DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment
The DC COVID Alert Notice (DC CAN) is the official COVID-19 exposure notification system for DC. Using Bluetooth technology, the system lets you know if you’ve come into contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. To learn more, visit coronavirus.dc.gov/dccan.
The DC Creative Affairs Office has launched Care for Creatives Community Conversations, a webinar series which highlights mental wellness within the District's creative community. The series premieres on Monday, November 9 with Maryann Lombardi, Associate Director, DC Creative Affairs Office in conversation with Nicole L. Cammack, PhD, President and CEO of Black Mental Wellness, Corporation and Dr. Mary DeRaedt, LPC, NCC, Director, Master’s School of Counseling, The George Washington University discussing how to address trauma. Visit the link below to sign up for the premiere on November 9 and for the upcoming conversations on November 16 and November 23!
Sign up: CreativeAffairsDC.com/partnerships
The Care for Creatives program is available to help all creatives, artists and entrepreneurs! This partnership between the DC Creative Affairs Office and the George Washington University, Community Counseling Services Center (CCSC) provides pay-what-you-can mental health services to area creatives.
To receive care, email CCSCFoggyBottom@gwu.edu and the Care for Creatives team will follow up with more information. You will be asked a couple of questions and then paired with a clinician for support.
The DC Creative Affairs Office will be celebrating DC's creative entrepreneurs during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), November 16-20, 2020. This week will be a celebration of innovators who dream big and launch startups that bring ideas to life. Each November, GEW reaches millions of people of all ages and backgrounds through local, national and global events and activities. Check out the lineup below:
Monday, November 16 - Care for Creatives Community Conversation: Mental Health Equity
Tuesday, November 17 - BUILDing our Future Entrepreneurs: A Conversation on Youth Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, November 18 - Policy and the People: A Conversation on How Advocacy Leads to Policy Change
Thursday, November 19 - DSLBD District Connect: Live Conversation on Mental Health and Small Business
Visit CreativeAffairsDC.com/gew for more information and to sign up!
Amidst a rising pandemic, a global dialogue on race equality and an unprecedented election, Robert Young’s Unmask Fear makes a timely appearance on the signature wall of DC’s famed Union Market.
Check out the mural on the 6th Street side of Union Market and visit RobertYoungIam.com for more information.
Capital Fringe is offering four paid artists’ residencies under the theme Down to Earth to provide an outlet for DC, Maryland, and Virginia artists and creatives. The experience will provide an opportunity to create artwork or experiences that examine our ability and fortitude as human beings to tackle the climate emergency and systemic racism. Projects developed through the residency will engage the landscape and wildlife of the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, utilizing them for inspiration or as a metaphorical or literal canvas.
The #EntertainDC Office is pleased to recognize Katie Schuler as our Filmmaker of the Month!
An advocate for the planet’s most at-risk species, Katie leverages over a decade of filmmaking experience on six continents to tell engaging stories that speak to our shared sense of empathy and compassion. Her films, which explore the challenges and rewards of living alongside nature, have garnered accolades, accrued millions of views, and inspired meaningful conservation victories across the world.
"“It’s an honor!" Katie said. "The DC filmmaking community has been a rock for me for nearly two decades and at a time when so many of us are stuck at home, I feel privileged that I can use filmmaking to help open a window to the natural world.”
To learn more, please visit CoralAndOak.com. Congratulations Katie!
The Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment is the regulatory agency that protects and advances the cable service-related interests of the District. At the #EntertainDC Office, our dedicated team is proud to consistently deliver world-class customer service in all aspects of our work. We readily supply information to meet the diverse needs of each constituent and make every effort to educate as well as inform. If you are a cable television customer, you have rights concerning billing practices, late charges, rate increases, disconnection or interruption of service and dispute resolution procedures, the #EntertainDC Office is here to assist.
Any questions? Ask MARCELLA!
Our mission is to produce and broadcast programming for the District of Columbia’s public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable channels and digital radio station; regulate the District of Columbia’s cable television service providers; provide customer service for cable subscribers; and support a sustainable creative economy and labor market for the District of Columbia.
