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!

Beyond the Parking Lot: The Change and Re-Assessment of our Modern Landscape
Sep 6, 2012, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Inspired by the Joni Mitchell song, “Big Yellow Taxi” where “they paved paradise and they put up a parking lot,” Beyond the Parking Lot will motivate the viewer to think how we have used the land that surrounds us in our everyday life. The way in...

Tiger Party LIVE at The Dunes!
Sep 7, 2012, 6:30pm
PURCHASE TICKETS THROUGH EVENTFARM HERE! (http://bit.ly/Aboveground) Join the Arts Coalition for the Dupont Underground for a Fundraiser DUPONT UNDERGROUND — ABOVEGROUND FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 EASTERN MARKET MAIN HALL 225 7TH STREET SE,...

City View Party
Sep 7, 2012, 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Celebrate the Opening Weekend under the stars on the fabulous roof deck at Carroll Square. Dance to the music of the movies, or enjoy the open bar provided by Stella Artois, 42 Below Vodka and Barefoot Wines, and delicious nibbles prepared by...

Jiha Moon: Souvenir Valise
Sep 5, 2012, 6:00pm - 8:00pmCurator's Office is delighted to open the fall season with internationally acclaimed artist Jiha Moon's 4th solo exhibition. The artist will be present. In a nod to globalism gone wild, and aesthetic traditions butting up against experimental and...

Beyond the Frame: Spatial Composition After Lucio Fontana
Sep 8, 2012, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
In 1949, the Italian painter Lucio Fontana began taking a knife to his paintings, stabbing and slashing through the stretched canvas. Through this act of creative destruction, Fontana sought to free painting from the traditional limitation of its...

A Baroque Soiree with Borek Sipek
Sep 8, 2012, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Borek Sipek, the renowned designer, artist and architect who served as the court architect of the Czech Republic while his friend, Vaclav Havel was the country's president, opens his baroque soirée at Industry Gallery at 1358 Florida Avenue, NE...

Power Moves
Sep 8 2012, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
ART UNDER PRESSURE PRESENTS.... CUBA SKATE & THE RETURN OF POWER MOVES!! CUBA SKATE!!! A GALLERY EXHIBITION cubaskate.com http://youtu.be/9ckUzyRBzdU Cuba Skates Mission is to bring skate gear and creative opportunities to the Cuban youth, as...

Poetry in a Garden
Sep 9, 2012, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Master of Ceremonies | Willie Lloyd Reeves Poetry | Dolores Kendrick, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, Myra Sklarew & Introducing the P.I.P. Poets Music | Steven Bundick Cuisine | Deliteful foods Desserts | Tasty Expressions