Eight Listening Lounge producers gathered on the frigid Mall in the nation’s capital last Saturday. The mission: to record one minute of sound. The 60 seconds are strung together here for your enjoyment. It’s not quite 8 minutes flat, but it’s close enough. The producers are listed here in order of the sound clip: Jocelyn Frank, Selena Simmons-Duffin, Tina Tennessen, Ben Pagac, Melati Keye, Dan Poppy, Teague Lyons, and Ben Bloom.

2010 Recording Spree #1: The Mall

The Third Coast International Audio Festival will be at the SILVERDOCS film fest in Silver Spring for a listening event on Thursday, June 19, 2:15pm. A great excuse to escape the office during the work day, and how often to you get a chance to go to a movie theater and just listen? From the SILVERDOCS website:

“On radio, the pictures are better.” So goes the old broadcast cliché, and for the most talented contemporary audio producers, it’s no joke. For the second straight year, SILVERDOCS partners with the Third Coast International Audio Festival to present a program of remarkable feature and short documentary work in a dedicated listening session. With the best sound available, you can marvel at the textured sonic world inhabited by audio storytellers. More information available here.

Missed Sound Scene II: Cartographies and Confessionals? Good news - you have another chance to check out our audio map of DC! We’re installing the map for one night only at Artomatic this Friday, May 30. Stop by the SpeakEasy Lounge on the 8th floor of Artomatic (located at 1200 First St., NE) between 7pm and midnight for another evening of sounds so rich, your other senses will be jealous.

Re-discover your city in a new dimension. Our audio map of Washington, DC features site-specific vignettes and postcards from around the area and beyond. Some of the audio pins on the map include:

Saturday Afternoon: Explore the DC Open Air Farmers Market - amidst the sounds of local farmers and the rumbling of the Metro train, one customer gets schooled on the types of local fish for sale.

Killing Is the Easy Part: A couple of city kids decide to cut the middle-man out of their food chain and kill their own dinner–five fresh Maryland chickens–themselves.

Anacostia Park: Bodies and Bald Eagles: A National Park Service employee shares some of his more extreme sightings in the park.
The audio map was a huge hit at Sound Scene, so don’t miss this chance to check it out again. While you’re at it, spend some time exploring the ten floors of art and music at Artomatic - more information about this awesome event can be found here.

Busboys and Poets Event to Launch Audio Documentary and New Book on Radical Education

*What*: An evening of readings, performance and discussion for action on
the state of education in DC and the Nation., featuring:

· Activists *Amina Althea* and *Amber Wood*, will stage a multimedia
performance piece based on their recently released Audio Documentary “I Want
To Do This All Day.” Dancers and visual artists weave excerpts from the
documentary with dance, song, and projections to bring to life the stories
of young people making their own paths in learning and life.

· Authors *Lee Glazer* and *Zein El-Amine* will discuss and sign
their recently released book “Keeping the Promise? The Debate Over Charter
Schools.” With a chapter on the DC experience.

Visit http://dothisallday.org/ for documentary project background, links
and tour itinerary.

Visit http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/promise/promise.shtml for
book information

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*When: *Thursday May 22, 2008 6:30 to 8:30

*Where:* Busboys and Poets Café

* Langston Hughes Room*

* 2021 14th Street NW ? (14th and V)*

* Washington DC*

202-387-7638

http://www.busboysandpoets.com/

*Contact:* Zein El-Amine - Phone: 301-523-4197 or zelamine@gmail.comat* *

* For questions, directions or assistance on the day of the event
call *

More about the Book

*Keeping the Promise?”* is a collection of papers written about the deferred
promise of Charter Schools in urban areas such as DC, New Orleans and
Dayton, Ohio. These schools that promised to be laboratories of innovation
have become laboratories of privatization funded by ideologically charged
foundations that are supported by the biggest corporations in the country.
Authors Lee Glazer and Zein El-Amine who wrote the DC chapter of this book
will be on hand to talk about the impact of charter schools on DC public
education.

More about the audio documentary and performance

Amina Althea and Amber Woods visited 23 radical learning spaces, including
free schools, charter and private schools, community centers, and after
school programs. They interviewed students, parents, teachers, and
administrators about creating and sustaining these non-compulsory,
non-coercive environments for learning and projects.

Based on these interviews and extensive research, Althea and Woods produced
an audio documentary, entitled “I Want To Do This All Day.” It illuminates a
grassroots movement of people and communities taking power over their own
education and creating learning environments based on freedom, cooperation
and social change.

Hey all, if you’ve spent much time listening to NPR, you’ve probably caught episodes of Radio Lab, the quirky and sound-rich show that focuses on science and technology. Here’s your chance to meet hosts Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad in the flesh, and hear about their innovative approach to radio. So come see if they look as quirky as they sound. The event is sponsored by the Koshland Science Museum and WAMU.

Radio Lab - An Evening with the Hosts

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Location: The Keck Center of the National Academies, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Cost: $15/$7 students
Age Range: 13 +
Science enthusiasts and radio junkies everywhere have quickly turned NPR’s Radio Lab into a cult phenomenon. Following an introduction by WAMU 88.5, hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, and producer Ellen Horne, will demonstrate and discuss their approach to melding complex scientific ideas into a show that is high tech, surreal and ultimately philosophical—a unique style that’s been dubbed “magical realism for radio.” The event is cohosted with WAMU 88.5. For more information and how to obtain tickets see the Koshland Science Museum website

Hi all,

Our friends over at Hear Now are presenting this event — its a unique opportunity to hear from a leader in the field. Mr. Elmes is coming all the way from across the pond, so stop by and be inspired!

SIMON ELMES, creative director of BBC Radio’s Documentaries Unit
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @ 630 pm
at The Goethe-Institute
812 7th St. NW
Washington, DC (near Chinatown/Gallery Place Metro)

Mr. Elmes is making a special trip from London to meet with us - and will present 2 hours worth of the very best of BBC radio documentaries and features. At the BBC, he’s in charge of the developing major feature ideas and series for BBC’s national radio networks Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4 and BBC World Service. He is also the producer of 26 part history of spoken English called “The Routes of English” and a 12 part series about ordinary people histories called “Voices of the Powerless.” As Creative Director, he lectures widely and within the BBC and overseas about documentary techniques and creativity.

Come to meet Simon Elmes and local radio producers and enjoy an evening of stellar radio features in an excellent listening environment. More info: www.hearnowradio.org

Hello all — Sound Scene II: Cartographies & Confessionals isn’t a sequel to a movie you’ve never heard about — its DC Listening Lounge’s second annual audio event. We invite you to an evening of sound so rich, your other senses will be jealous. This group of local producers and sound enthusiasts will explore DC and places beyond, through sound performances, an audio map of DC, and a confessional booth where visitors can tell their own secrets and stories.
Performers include sound artists Sean Peoples, Layne Garrett, Carolina Mayorga, Equinox, All Violet, and Black Snake in the Daisy Patch. Come, listen, and get involved! The event will be held on Saturday March 1st, 2008, starting at 8pm, at La Casa (3166 Mt. Pleasant St. NW, Washington, DC 20010) Cost is $6. For more info, see dclisteninglounge.com

This lamb will make a cameo appearance in the audio piece “Cheticamp, Nova Scotia”

THE THIRD COAST
INTERNATIONAL AUDIO
FESTIVAL
Various
USA, 2007, 75 MINUTES
Documentary film salutes
documentary audio! In a darkened
theater, listen to the best, the most
compelling, the most entertaining
documentary programs made for
radio and the Internet.
Thurs. 6/14 at 3:15 p.m.

(afi theatre, silver spring)

The DCListening Lounge will be featured on a live broadcast from the Venice Biennale 2007 during the week of June 4-10. WPS1.org, the radio station in association with the museum PS1 in NYC, will be broadcasting 24-7 from Venice this week.

To listen to the live stream: www.wps1.org

While we are not certain exactly when the Lounge’s sound will be on air, all the programs are archived for later listening at this site: http://ps1.el.net/wps1/drupal-5.1/

Pieces to keep an ear out for:

When I was 7 Years-by Tina and Jason

Cobblestones/Water-by Ben P.

Ocean and Huelo- by Maureen

More Human Somehow- by Layne

Seagulls/Band and Aaron- by Vige

China Sounds- by Dan

Future English- by Ranald

deadline: Wednesday, January 31
artDC, a new international art fair running April 26-30, 2007 at the Washington Convention Center, is hosting a New Media Art competition for artists from Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. This event is being organized by Independent Curator Rody Douzoglou with the support of artDC and Flashpoint, a project of Cultural Development Corporation, DC. The selected works of video and internet art will be presented in a “Video Lounge” at the art fair. Sound artworks will be offered as podcasts.The members of the jury include:
1. Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
2. David Gariff, Lecturer, National Gallery of Art
3. Victoria Reis, Director, Transformer Gallery
4. Philip Barlow, collector
5. Angela Jerardi, independent curator

The works selected will be presented at the artDC lounge in the Convention Center and at other special events during artDC.

Mission
artDC 2007 offers an international platform for exposure of local artists with works in video, sound and internet art. This competition presents a unique opportunity to further artistic interactions, facilitate the discovery of new talent, reinforce interest in emerging contemporary artists using new media, as well as encourage the exploration of the DC area’s cultural resources.
Eligibility
This open call is reserved for artists in DC, MD or VA who have no gallery representation. Eligible works must be recently completed and without previous public exposure. Works to be considered must run 5 minutes or less (no exceptions) and be suitable for all audiences.

Terms and Deadline
Applicants must submit application with the work of art by 4 PM on January 31, 2007. Video works should be single channel in DVD format; sound works must be recorded as a CD. For internet art, no viruses please. Submissions should be directed to:

artDC New Media Competition
Flashpoint
916 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of the works.
We regret that incomplete or late applications cannot be accepted for consideration.
Inquiries and Application forms
Additional information and application form for the artDC New Media Competition available online at:
www.dc-artfair.com
www.flashpointdc.org
or by contacting Rebecca Lowery, Flashpoint Gallery Manager and artDC New Media Competition Director at: Rebecca@culturaldc.org
for more info:
Rebecca@culturaldc.org or www.dc-artfair.com or www.flashpointdc.org