Blog

11 May 2013

Class Report: Before the Party: The Business of Event Planning

By KCDC

Class Report: "Making Do" in the Kitchen, Chinese-Style

By KCDC

7 May 2013

Teacher Feature: Meet Hanna Sherrill

By Sami Simon

So many teachers and so little time! Let's get to know Hanna Sherrill, a woman for all seasons including and teacher for the upcoming class "Be Handy". 

3 May 2013

Class Report: Interactive Creative Writing

By Alex Pio

Teacher Feature: Meet Sam Huang

By Sami Simon

We are excited to introduce to you Sam Huang: restaurateur by day, pencil artist by night! 

29 April 2013

Teacher Feature: Meet BK Adams

By Sami Simon

Curious who you will be sharing the knowledge with this May? Meet tour giver and D.C.-shaping artist, BK Adams.

19 April 2013

Volunteer: Help Grow the KCDC Website

By David Ramos

We're looking for people who want to play with a project that brings together peer education, technology, and place.

22 March 2013

Teacher Feature: Meet Cory Bernat

By Sami Simon

It's amazing how fast March flew by! However, we still have one more intersession class up our sleeves. We are very excited to introduce and get to know Food and Culture at the Museum's teacher - Cory Bernat! 

4 March 2013

Class Report: Tea: An Intercultural Introduction

By Jamie Helgren

At a recent Knowledge Commons DC class, Tea: An Intercultural Introduction, I learned a assortment of interesting trivia and useful tips about the second most popular drink in the world.

22 February 2013

Teacher Feature: Meet Holly Pool-Kavana

By Sami Simon

With our inter-session just on the horizon, what better time is there to show off some of our Knowledge Commons DC teachers! Here is an interview with our passionate professor of plants, Holly Poole-Kavana.

10 February 2013

Press: NPR writes about “Cooking with Snow”

By Knowledge Commons DC

On NPR's "The Salt" blog, Sarah Zielinski writes about Willie Shubert's cooking with snow class.

28 January 2013

Class Report: Cooking with Snow

By Sonia Booth

It is a warm day in January and sun is streaming through the large windows in the space Above the Bike Shop. But that hasn’t deterred Knowledge Commons DC teacher, Willie Shubert, from following through on his latest cooking class adventure. Magically, he has filled the room with snow.  

8 January 2013

Class Report: What Does it Take to Ferment Something – Whey, Yes Whey!

By Erika Rydberg

At Just Add Microorganisms: Ferment Your Food and Drink, a course offered during the January 2013 Session of Knowledge Commons DC, I walked in with next to no knowledge about fermentation, and well I left with a milk bottle with some beets inside of it and the desire to start fermenting!

7 January 2013

Knowledge Commons DC Builds and Opens Pop Up School at Above the Bike Shop

By Erika Rydberg

13 September 2012

Class Report: Art Deployment Systems - Learning Crafty Ways to Make DC More Artful

By Erika Rydberg