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!

Constellations

Sep 18, 2012, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

The Art Museum of the Americas welcomes leading scholars of Latino, American and European art for a lively discussion about abstraction and its international contexts across the 20th century. This roundtable conversation is organized in...

All Our Noise Presents: Mount Eerie + Secret Mountains

Sep 18, 2012, 8:00pm - Sep 19, 2012, 12:00am

Come join us for the long awaited return of Mount Eerie to the District, along with the amazing Secret Mountains from Baltimore. Presale tickets available now: http://www.ustreetmusichall.com/event/156893/ Doors open at 8:00pm DJ Set throughout the...

Dance and Dessert

Sep 19, 2012, 8:00pm

Join these choreographers as they share works at three different stages of development, giving audiences an insider view into the creation of dance. Sarah Ewing Daniel Zook Christopher K. Morgan A facilitated discussion will follow. Dessert will be...

Panel Discussion: Good Art/Bad Art

Sep 19, 2012, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

In collaboration with Adah Rose Gallery DATE: Wednesday September 19th, 2012 TIME: 7:00pm - 8:30pm ADMISSION: $10 Suggested Donation Please join us for a thought provoking discussion on the never ending debate: Good Art vs Bad Art. The evening will...

HUMP DAY LOFT SHOW W/MARGOT MACDONALD, LOVE INKS (ATX) + VJ ROBIN BELL

Sep 19, 2012, 7:00pm - 11:00pm

HUMP DAY LOFT SHOW Doors at 7pm * Extra Special Happy Hour Drinks and Performance 7-8 * ** Private show limited to 60 people, quality over quantity! ** Join us for an evening of striking serenades from Love Inks (Austin) and Margot MacDonald,...

Occupy This!

Sep 20, 2012, 5:00pm

"Occupy This!" combines art, photojournalism, historic documents, and films to consider--in a broad, historic context--the causes, activities, and representation of the Occupy Movement. Includes large collection of work by Facing Change: Documenting...

Wyclef Jean

Sep 20, 2012, 7:30pm

Touching on poverty, immigration, religion, father/son relationships, and celebrity, Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story is the multi-platinum musician, producer, and actor’s revelation-filled memoir. Born and raised in Haiti until moving to New York at...

5th Annual Hyattsville Arts Festival

Sep 22, 2012, 11:00am - 5:00pm

See 50 exhibiting artists, enjoy live entertainment and eat some great food on the happening streets of Hyattsville. Last year, over 2,000 DC-area art afficionados lined the streets of the Arts District Hyattsville town center to see over 50...

Creating a Legacy: Paintings and Drawings by Manon Cleary

Sep 22, 2012, 5:00pm - 8:00pm

CREATING A LEGACY: Paintings and Drawings by Manon Cleary Curated by F. Steven Kijek and John Paradiso 39th Street Gallery, Second Floor Gateway Arts Center, 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD 20722 www.39thStreetGallery.com It is with great...

Little Spoons September Comedy Showcase

Sep 24, 2012, 8:00pm

It's that time of the month! Little Spoons Comedy Showcase is back and feeling fresh! Come laugh with us as we celebrate DC's comedic female talent. This month we're back at Micah Greenberg's loft in Adams Morgan, right above City Bikes, which we...