Murals to Zora - March 14

Friend of TNG DJ Natty Boom submits this post.

Join me Saturday evening as I DJ the opening of Eatonville, a restaurant by Andy Shalal, the owner of Busboys & Poets.

Who: Visual Artists: Chanel Compton, Decoy, RVLTN, OWEL, Peter Krsko, Leon Rainbow, Eric Kennedy, Charles Jean Pierre, Rachel Crouch, Shaanon Lindauer, GA Gardner, Cory Stowers, Tim CON, Imani Brown, Kelly Donnelly, Gerald Watson, and more…

Performing Artists: Noon: 30, DJ Natty Boom, Cara Fleck, Too Deep, Jessica Chambliss.

What: Uniquely curated exhibit of large-scale art created at the installation site to celebrate Harlem Renaissance author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston.

When: Saturday, March 14, 2009 from 9:00pm to 12:00am – Opening reception featuring performance art, music and refreshments. Open to public. $10 suggested donation.

Where: Eatonville, 2121 14th St NW, Washington, DC (intersection of 14th Street NW and V Street NW)

Background: The artists will be creating individual murals in a vacant space which will soon be home to a new restaurant Eatonville. The restaurant will be inspired by Zora Neale Hurston, the most dynamic female writer of the Harlem Renaissance, and her home town of Eatonville. The task of creating a mural in commemoration to such a strong artistic figure, such as Zora, will make for some powerful interpretations.