Calligraphy Scriptorium Comes to DC

On November 3, 2013, from 1:30 to 3:30, we will celebrate the beauty of hand lettering and its resonance at Reed when Gregory MacNaughton ’89, education outreach coordinator for the Cooley Art Gallery at Reed College, leads a calligraphy scriptorium modeled on the weekly scriptorium for students and staff that is held every week at the College.  Sunday's event will include refreshments, a lecture and demonstration, followed by a guided practice session.   Unless the weather is too foul, we will go on a walking tour of the surrounding neighborhood of Dupont Circle to examine letter forms.

The event will be held at Public Citizen, 1600 20th Street, Washington, DC, across the street from the northern entrance to the Dupont Circle station on Metro's Red Line.  Metro is really the best way to travel to the Scriptorium because parking can be difficult for those arriving on time in light of the heavily attended farmer's market across the street from 8:30 AM to 1 PM. (And it is worth arriving early -- it is an excellent if pricey market).

Restaurant Club Curries Favor by Favoring Curry in October

The restaurant club selection for October, a naan-stop source of puns, brings us to Curry Mantra 2 at 1077 W Broad St, Falls Church, Virginia,  on Thursday, October 10, 7:30 p.m.  Highly recommended by the Post's Tom Sietsema, Curry Mantra features a kitchen that is not only open to view by patrons but open to participation, because any guest who succeeds in making naan, the traditional Indian flatbread cooked in a clay oven, gets a free meal.  We were lucky that Curry Mantra happened to be offering Groupons this past week, so we will be eating at about half the usual price.

The restaurant is a fifteen minute walk from the West Falls Church Metro station on the Orange Line.