# dctrending.com > AI-optimized mirror of dctrending.com containing 25 pages totalling 43,161 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://dctrending.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-15T04:06:47.437Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [SOCIAL IMPACT](/content/site-root.html): A digital magazine at the intersection of the arts, culture and social change in the District. Content reflects coverage of newsworthy events of some of DC’s most influential art institutions, museums, theaters, speaker’s series, musical venues, and social movements expressed through art and culture, A digital magazine at the intersection of the arts, culture and social change in the District. Content reflects coverage of newsworthy events of some of DC’s most influential art institutions, museums, theaters, speaker’s series, musical venues, and social movements expressed through art and culture. (2,226 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [The COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-1/2020/12/4/the-covid-poetry-project/index.html): DCTRENDING announces the COVID Poetry and Art Project, working in partnership with Mike Maggio to share pandemic-themed poetry and art by local writers and artists, as COVID-19 unites us in a time of collective trauma., DCTRENDING announces the COVID Poetry and Art Project, working in partnership with Mike Maggio to share pandemic-themed poetry and art by local writers and artists, as COVID-19 unites us in a time of collective trauma. (682 words) - [blog-old/2021/2/8/bonnie-naradzay-the-covid-poetry-amp-art-project/index.html](/content/blog-old/2021/2/8/bonnie-naradzay-the-covid-poetry-amp-art-project/index.html) (1 words) - [Lydia Lawrence: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/2/23/lydia-lawrence/index.html): Looking back on times of turmoil, art can give a lasting window into the most intimate thoughts and feelings experienced during that time., Looking back on times of turmoil, art can give a lasting window into the most intimate thoughts and feelings experienced during that time. (779 words) - [blog-1/2020/2/21/gene-bruskin-the-moment-was-and-is-now/index.html](/content/blog-1/2020/2/21/gene-bruskin-the-moment-was-and-is-now/index.html) (1 words) - [Living Between Worlds, part 2](/content/blog-old/madeline-sayet-part-2/index.html): “I didn't see any Native theatre, but I saw Native people made fun of. And so what that does to your consciousness? There's just so much work that has to be done to remove that, before you can go forward, and celebrate, and have joy.”, “I didn't see any Native theatre, but I saw Native people made fun of. And so what that does to your consciousness? There's just so much work that has to be done to remove that, before you can go forward, and celebrate, and have joy.” (1,928 words) - [Grace Cavalieri: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/2/23/grace-cavalieri/index.html): Grace Cavalieri is Maryland’s tenth poet laureate. During quarantine, she’s also started painting and has shared with us both a painting and poem. And if you want to read more of Grace’s pandemic poetry: she’s one of the amazing poets featured in 2021 anthology Singing in the Dark: A Global Anthol, (831 words) - [Mike Maggio: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/3/12/mike-maggio/index.html): Art for art’s sake: yes, there is something to say about that. But art for humanity’s sake: that is how we must make use of our talents., Art for art’s sake: yes, there is something to say about that. But art for humanity’s sake: that is how we must make use of our talents. (1,089 words) - [Blog (Old) — DC TRENDING](/content/blog-old/index.html) (712 words) - [Lynne Smokler Grossman: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/lynne-grossman/index.html): “It’s easy to fall into despair, especially during a pandemic. Hope holds power. Hope reaches into the very pores of our being.”, “It’s easy to fall into despair, especially during a pandemic. Hope holds power. Hope reaches into the very pores of our being.” (1,071 words) - [Sistah Joy Alford: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/6/1/sistah-joy-alford/index.html): “As a woman/poet of color, I have always written about social issues, primarily social justice/injustice issues. There remains much about the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises that is directly related to inequity in this country. My poems continue to reflect the various realities that impact Black , “As a woman/poet of color, I have always written about social issues, primarily social justice/injustice issues. There remains much about the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises that is directly related to inequity in this country. My poems continue to reflect the various realities that impact Black and Brown people disproportionately.” (1,007 words) - [Kim Drew Wright: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/2/28/kim-drew-wright/index.html): Sometimes justice is an endless search of blur/ while they come at you in a slow, stupid/ lumber with dead, dead eyes — crumbling/ arms outreached as if in embrace./ Like on that show The Walking Dead ,, Sometimes justice is an endless search of blur/ while they come at you in a slow, stupid/ lumber with dead, dead eyes — crumbling/ arms outreached as if in embrace./ Like on that show The Walking Dead , (1,055 words) - [Susan Notar: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/susan-notar/index.html): “A false new birth./ This too blue sky./ These red tulips with yellow pistils/ yawn open.”, “A false new birth./ This too blue sky./ These red tulips with yellow pistils/ yawn open.” (761 words) - [Zeina Azzam: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/zeina-azzam/index.html): “We need to express ourselves during these difficult times, and to do so creatively nourishes our souls. We can understand the world around us at face value … But the arts offer us a new way to make sense of our reality.”, “We need to express ourselves during these difficult times, and to do so creatively nourishes our souls. We can understand the world around us at face value … But the arts offer us a new way to make sense of our reality.” (955 words) - [Hiram Larew: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/3/1/hiram-larew/index.html): What we need now/ is glow…/ The sort of night that embers make, What we need now/ is glow…/ The sort of night that embers make (670 words) - [Sally Toner: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/sally-toner/index.html): Now that we’ve officially passed the one-year anniversary of the pandemic beginning, it seems apt to publish a poem that explores the circularity of time, as well as the ways we find ourselves wrapped up in new activities or observations, all these odd and creative ways to pass the time. Sally Toner, (1,182 words) - [The City of Good Death ... Where the Past Haunts Everyone](/content/blog-old/2021/4/27/champaneri/index.html): The City of Good Death opens with the discovery of a mysterious body by two boatmen on the Ganges river, in the holy Indian city of Kashi, where everyone knows three basic facts: dying in the holy city promises freedom from rebirth …, The City of Good Death opens with the discovery of a mysterious body by two boatmen on the Ganges river, in the holy Indian city of Kashi, where everyone knows three basic facts: dying in the holy city promises freedom from rebirth … (1,210 words) - [Living Between Worlds](/content/blog-old/madeline-sayet/index.html): “I could go to Shakespeare rehearsal [as a kid],” Sayet told me, “but I couldn't go to Mohegan language class. There was no opportunity for me to learn my language, because it was something that society has said should be destroyed.”, “I could go to Shakespeare rehearsal [as a kid],” Sayet told me, “but I couldn't go to Mohegan language class. There was no opportunity for me to learn my language, because it was something that society has said should be destroyed.” (1,535 words) - [Alessandra Ricci: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/2/8/alessandra-ricci-the-covid-poetry-amp-art-project/index.html): In this painting, I portray an explosion of colors and human emotions at the moment Pandora opened the proverbial box., In this painting, I portray an explosion of colors and human emotions at the moment Pandora opened the proverbial box. (671 words) - [KNOWING MARJAN NADERI](/content/blog-old/2021/2/10/knowing-marjan-naderi/index.html): “The closest and most intimate piece of me is my Muslim identity,” she said. “My written pieces open and knock on different doors in my mind and on different layers of the self.”, “The closest and most intimate piece of me is my Muslim identity,” she said. “My written pieces open and knock on different doors in my mind and on different layers of the self.” (776 words) - [Dreaming Abolition from DC to Palestine](/content/blog-old/2021/6/29/dreaming-abolition-from-dc-to-palestine/index.html): A teach-in aimed to help DC-based activists connect with the Palestinian struggle, A teach-in aimed to help DC-based activists connect with the Palestinian struggle (899 words) - [Kathy Cable Smaltz: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/5/5/kathy-cable-smaltz/index.html): I think this has driven me to read even more and to enjoy poetry the most of all. I can still listen to poets read their words and feel tethered to the world in a way that makes me feel there is hope., I think this has driven me to read even more and to enjoy poetry the most of all. I can still listen to poets read their words and feel tethered to the world in a way that makes me feel there is hope. (929 words) - [Linda Ankrah-Dove: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/2021/5/7/linda-dove/index.html): Linda Ankrah-Dove’s poem “Hum of Silence” calls to mind the power of silence, of solitude, and the wisdom of having less instead of more. The Shenandoah Valley-based poet explains, “I seemed to channel the spaciousness of the newly silenced world into my body and, despite the chaos and pain of the , (694 words) - [Bettina Brunner: the COVID Poetry & Art Project](/content/blog-old/bettina-brunner/index.html): As we continue to bring you work from the COVID Poetry and Art Project, we’re excited to highlight abstract painter Bettina Brunner . Bettina’s work invites us to think, to question, to interpret and form our own individual responses. In this painting we see vibrant colors interacting in ways both , (334 words) - [sitemap-xml.html](/content/sitemap-xml.html) (21,163 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives