• February 12, 2012

free stuff

It’s easy to let your creative side let loose when it doesn’t come with a price tag. Transformer Gallery is hosting Summer Camp, a series of free events from February 7 to March 7 — first come, first served.

Thursday, Feb. 5: Brightest Young Things is throwing a listening party for “Dark Was the Night,” their latest indie rock compilation. Electrohaters, rejoice; there’s not a sign of synth to be found on the comp, and they’ll be playing music by Cat Power, Blonde Redhead, Spoon, The New Pornographers and Yo La Tengo all night. [...]

Wednesday, Jan. 28: J. Chocolatier, a D.C.-based brand of chocolates and candy, is throwing a tasting event at ACKC Cocoa Gallery at 6:30PM. You know what that means: free chocolate. [ACKC]

H St. NE is such a bitch to get to, but thankfully, someone was smart enough to realize that the only reason no one ever goes down to H St. is because it’s inaccessible and that the X2 bus sucks. Also, H St. can be a bit of a sketchy place. There are prostitutes, homeless [...]