Amy K Bormet

New hats just in time for the holidays!!

That feeling when you send an email newsletter— and get a bunch of OUT OF OFFICE for shutdown and IVE BEEN FIRED DONT WRITE HERE ANYMORE emails 🚨😿

Sunday, come hang at pen arts mansion in DC for tarot, romantasy, and SEX MONSTER (“Lilith fair for perverts”)

This weekend free show at hillyer gallery in DuPont 1-3pm with Matt Dievendorf and Keith Butler #dcjazz #freedc #dcmusic

Rally and pack the court event to try to get the National Gusrd out of DC on Fri. Oct 24

Joe Lally has openings for bass lessons

Making a Zine: Keeping D.C. Music and Its Meaning in Print In the hardcore punk scene and beyond, local zine makers build community and support movements through self-publication.

Zines have always been central to D.C.’s punk and indie music scene, connecting fans and fueling movements. Now, they’re back.

Contributor Taylor Ruckle looks at the resurgence of zines—the “paper boom,” as one zine maker calls it.

Check out Portrait of a Festival at Alt DC underground

Philly with Melinda

Thurs. Aug. 21 in DMV DC-Defend the District w/ TOB & Pressure Band , Yaddiya & local leaders 6 to 8:30 @ 14th & U Sts NW; Robert Earl Keen, Henry Conlon @ Birchmere (Texas folk); Beats for Palestine to support humanitarian aid in Gaza w/Soul sauce w/ DJ Kenny M & dj Sean Chappell @ Green Zone🧵

Big blue sky

I know!! I was hoping to get in one last X2 ride and maybe buy a pack of socks!

Big day 🚌

Post the after!

Riding the E train to Santa Monica

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This Sunday between 9:30-2pm meet 24 amazing authors and find the next great read for everyone in the family 📚 Get your books personalized, ask the authors your burning questions, and, well... hang out at an awesome bookstore 😉

My City Paper preview of free Thursday June 5 @ 6 pm Marvin Gaye : Melancholy and Genius talk by Professor Durham @ Library of Congress

Only 3 tickets left!

We’re baaaack

The guzheng strikes a resonant chord for traditional, modern music fans - WTOP News One of the oldest, most identifiable sounds of traditional Chinese music is enjoying a surge in popularity — internationally and in the D.C. region.

Guzheng -- one of the oldest, most identifiable sounds of traditional Chinese music is enjoying a surge in popularity — internationally and in the D.C. region. wtop.com/fairfax-coun...

Join SGA, @gonatureforward.bsky.social, and @betterdcregion.bsky.social at @peoplesbooktakoma.com in Takoma Park for a free zine-making event!

Learn how smart growth & conservation intersect through a night of creativity and community.

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But the grand piano backpack is putting my nord mono case to shame

Upcoming gigs and recordings in Sweden! ✈️✈️✈️

So much happening tonight! I’ll be at My Body My Festival 💪

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Drinking green tea and jamming out—slowly. First time practicing drums since college! Send help @kbjr.bsky.social 🐢

Anyone want to let me write about how hundreds of arts institutions lost their NEA funding on Friday and the vast majority of media outlets ignored the story?