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Weekend Planner: Afrofunk Meets Pop, Jazz And R&B

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Two-time Grammy winner Jon Carroll is performing at the Intersections Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in D.C. this weekend. He's part of a group called Jay Walkers at the Intersection - brewing a musical gumbo that includes Afrofunk, pop, jazz and R&B. Speaking with David Furst, Jon Carroll explains the mix.

The group plays on Friday, February 26th at 7:30 pm... and Saturday the 27th at 11 pm.

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Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.
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