Art Therapy Prescription for a healthier, happier YOU!

Time to trade in your weekly therapy session for some local arts and culture events happening this weekend. Here at Pink Line HQ, we know that attending arts and culture events can improve your physical and mental health so we've specially selected weekend picks that are sure to get you out of the box, or should we say out of the cubicle, and feeling healthier and happier in no time.

Warning: The Pink Line Team can only help you so much without a full analysis of your condition. For more art therapy, please self medicate by checking out our calendar!

Improvised Soul Jazz Trio
Aug 22, 2012, 8:00pm - Aug 23, 2012, 12:00am
Shows at 8pm & 10pm $5.00 Michelle Webb teaming up with bassist Luke Stewart and drummer Warren Trae Crudup. Their music touches on many aspects of the most creative history of the jazz power trio; the unbelievable sounds wrested from normal...

Tiger Party LIVE at The Dunes!
Aug 23, 2012, 9:00pm
On August 23rd when the stars are perfectly aligned, a force unlike any other known to man will assemble in Washington DC to bring the heat one last time before the autumn chill. Blake's Tiger Party is a rotating cast of all star musicians defying...

Sansyou with Argos
Aug 24, 2012, 9:00pm
Sansyou (guitar + hand percussion + guitar) meets Argos (bass + bass) for an evening of instrumental music with special guest DJ sets to folllow. Join us for new perspectives & new sounds at Marx Cafe in DC. No cover charge.

EMP Collective's Genesis at the Fridge FRESH PRODUCE
Aug 24, 2012, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
On August 24, 7 - 10pm, EMP will present Genesis, a multimedia theatre piece about storytelling and the creation and destruction of one’s own world inspired by author Eduardo Galeano’s look at creation myths and origin narratives of pre-Columbian...

Dance DC Festival
Aug 24, 2012 (All day) - Aug 25, 2012 (All day)
On August 24th and 25th, 2012, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) will host its 9th annual Dance DC Festival - a festival which highlights the folk traditions of the world through live music and dance. The events will be held at...

Bike Carnival at St Elizabeths East
Aug 25, 2012, 10:00am - 3:00pm
BIKE CARNIVAL opening the gates to historic St Elizabeths East and family-friendly activities including a kids’ bike challenge, bike parade (2:00 p.m.), games, and prizes. The Bike Carnival is part of a Season of Discovery, which offers...

Baltimore UnWIREd
Aug 24, 2012, 2:00pm - Aug 25, 2012, 6:00pm
Baltimore unWIREd is about problem-solving at the intersection of technology, design, entrepreneurship, and social good. By bringing together innovators, creatives, and some of Baltimore’s most influential figures and institutions, gb.tc will foster...

The Sacred and Profane: Mozart, Donizetti, Handel, Bernstein (featuring opera singer Alessandra Rossi-Filippi with Adela Peeva on piano)
Aug 25, 2012, 8:00pm
The Sacred and Profane: Mozart, Donizetti, Handel, Bernstein Alessandra Rossi-Filippi, Soprano; Adela Peeva, Piano Saturday, August 25th, 8pm Institute for Spiritual Development, 5419 Sherier Place, NW, 2001

Funky Fresh Foodie Fest
Aug 25, 2012, 1:00pm - 9:00pm
All-Inclusive Gourmet Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival Provides Summer-Ending Fun On Saturday, August 25, 2012, foodies have the opportunity to discover new taste combinations at DC’s first ever all-inclusive food truck and craft beer pairing...

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Foggy Bottom Music Festival 2012
Aug 25, 2012, 11:00am - 10:00pm
This year's inaugural music festival will feature over 20 local and touring bands playing on two outdoor stages in GWU's University Yard on August 25, 2012. Tickets $10adv/$15door: http://ticketf.ly/KUiyc2 Vendors will be announced in late July....