Thank you Mom & Dad for allowing me to be me… A Sneakerhead w/ Street Cred 😅🙃
..& thank you Nike Air Flightposite One for changing my life in 1999…
🏆 Washingtonian of the Year
Crazy. Just got denied from a dinner meeting at
@Del_Friscos
because of my hoodie. Apparently there is a new dress code policy as of last week? Funny thing is
@Bakari_Sellers
was too denied almost identically last week. Trend?
@CityCenterDC
Can’t believe I did 10 years repurposing vacant, abandoned, dilapidated properties into cultural arts institutions w/ corporate sponsors & grant funding. No loan No Investors. Created sustainable businesses that provide community & love. This will be no different. coming soon...
Sometimes I really sit in disbelief…
Like how on earth did we pull off HALF the stuff we pulled off… from
#BlindWhino
to
#SandlotGeorgetown
.
We’re the first Tavern Liquor License issued in Georgetown since 1994.
Do you know how crazy that is???? 🥹
God is Good!!! 🙏🏾❤️
Ian Keith Callender Born August 30, 1981 @ Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. Thank you God for the Gift of Love & the Gift of Life.
#Blessed
#BirthdayBoy
Blows my mind that a developer can barrel into a neighborhood they never built in & demand ANC approval & not contribute proper affordable housing that fits said neighborhood? 640 market rate units & you give us 5 units? Out of 640?
#SouthwestDC
#anc6d
10 years of me doing my traditional Jerk Turkey for my family... 325’d it all the way through for 4 hours. Can’t wait to dig in... Happy Thanksgiving Family! 🖤🙏🏾
After many photos of 633 Howard Road SE over the past 14 years in Poplar Point (2008, 2014, 2018, 2022),
#SandlotAnacostia
will arrive in 14 weeks in the all new Bridge District in Historic Anacostia.🤞🏾❤️
Sandlot No.✋🏾 brought to you by ✌🏾childhood friends from DC
@unklescooty
#SandlotNorthwest
loading... located directly across the street from the Four Seasons/Bourbon Steak where the old gas station used to be. Stepping in 2021, our mission of 10+ years remains consistent: Repurpose w/ a Purpose for the Community. cc: 🎧🎺🎤
@Wale
#GeorgetownPress
The
@CherryBlossFest
delivered a dozen
#CherryBlossom
sculptures to our new space ahead of the
#ArtinBloom
installation. DC artists will use our studio space to transform these fiber glass art sculptures into colorful masterpieces to be distributed throughout our beautiful city.
#SandlotGeorgetown
Soft Launch was solid... eager & excited to see how this project unfolds. Thank you to all who experience our new home at the entrance of Georgetown. From Vacant to Vibrant! ❤️
Not sure if you could tell, but I cried endless internal tears of joy yesterday...
This journey was special for a lot of reasons. One say you’ll hear the story about
#SandlotGeorgetown
in its entirety.❤️
📸
@G2Esquire
Last year to date w/ hosted
@RockCreekSocial
9 Year Anniversary Party @
#SandlotSouthwest
& Quinn did his thang as per usual. Please pray for Quinn’s Family but also everyone you see in these pictures below & everyone who experienced Quinn equally. 🙏🏾💔RIP
@SpicoliDCtoBC
If you think social media is the only means of communication you are DEAD WRONG! Get off this toxic tool and check on your folks in real life, if not weekly, at the least monthly. 2020 aint no where near over so you best buckle up & hold on! 💔🙏🏾❤️
Swing by
#SandlotSoutheast
this weekend & experience 6 Black-Owned Businesses in 1 Location adjacent to Nationals Park. Our vision is to exponential grow the visibility of Black-Owned Restaurants & Products through Experiences & Genuine Community Engagement. See you soon!
how it started vs how its going
2005 2021
Thank you for all the ❤️ & 💪🏾. See you at
#SandlotSoutheast
this weekend for our official outdoor reopening! Details @
More Beautiful Cherry Blossom Pieces from
#ArtInBloom
for
@CherryBlossFest
. All launching this weekend w/ a fully interactive map! Thank you to the entire Cherry Blossom Team for not only trusting us as the studio space for artists @
#ArenaSocialDC
but documenting the process!
Excited to announce my return as the Creative Director for Art All Night 2022! ❤️🙏🏾 Over 120,000 people over✌🏾days experiencing Cultural Arts in 19 Main Streets, multiple BIDs & the reopening of MLK Library. Get ready for another amazing experiential happenstance in our city! 🏆
Took my nephew to his 1st
@dcunited
game for his 13th Birthday yesterday. The new premium seating on the field and behind the goal is top tier. Now he won’t accept Gen Pop for the rest of his life 😩
Anything for this one right here tho!!! I love you Tre!
#UncleIanOnDuty
This weekend at
#SandlotSoutheast
in our
@ubereats
residency program, we feature a Black Owned Caterer born & raised in Washington, DC. Chef Vernon of
@eat170
specializes in seasonal comfort food from different regions across the globe like his phenomenal Dooney Rolls! ❤️🙏🏾
Our First “Soft Opening” Event @
#SandlotAnacostia
is officially in the books & we did it for our
#DCWomen
! Thank you
@DCMOWPI
, Director Porter, Natasha & Team for hosting
@MayorBowser
8th Annual Women’s Equality Day Celebration with us. 💛
#SandlotSoutheast
loading.. DC’s 1st Cold-Pressed Juice Cocktail Bar in partnership w/
@TurningNatural
. 2 black owned businesses working together to build equity in our community. Grand Opening 10/15-10/18 // Reservations @ or grab a cocktail-to-go!
14 years ago today I got my first corporate sponsor check from Scion (Toyota) for $2,500. It paid all my event expenses & left me with $0. Every event I did was designed that way. I never wrote a business plan & never will but always had a community plan!
Inventions that would not exist without Black Women.
—A THREAD—
Valerie Thomas, NASA physicist, invented 3D Movies
In 1977, she began to develop the illusion transmitter, the 1st mechanism that allowed images to be viewed in 3D using concave mirrors & rays of light.
Can’t get no better yall! 🗣 Get you some of this
@JimmysSeafood
CAKE! 😆 Thank you John & the entire Baltimore Family. DC location coming right up! 💪🏾✌🏾
✌🏾Years ago this weekend we opened
#SandlotSouthwest
.. an idea me &
@unklescooty
sat on since MLB All Star in DC in 2018. We knew our city needed an outdoor cultural arts event space & now we bout to reopen 1 location in ✌🏾weeks & 3 other locations in ✌🏾 to ✋🏾months. God is Good!
In 2019, we ran
#SandlotSouthwest
for a full year & got ZERO press. Not even 5 days in @
#SandlotSoutheast
we landed a feature with
@Eater_DC
! Much love to
@Gabecito
for reaching out & sharing OUR story. As a small black owned business, we need all the genuine love & support. 🖤
Sandlot Anacostia at 633 Howard Rd SE is going to be the biggest one yet with seating for 1000 inside and another 1000 outside according to a new liquor license application.
The surreal feeling you get when you receive the first email of 2021 from a corporate sponsor not only confirming their commitment to the black community, but confirming the contributing amount!!! All i can say is... GLORY be to GOD!
Have a Happy True Year Everyone.
@BrianneKNadeau
@CMBrookePinto
@DMPEDDC
Good news! Speaking of U Street NW, can we crack this code: 1438 U Street NW & 1440 U Street NW. Been trying for YEARS to reactivate this vacant, abandoned building. Perfect for a Cultural Arts Space or a place for, you know, Youth to Engage & Learn in a Non Traditional Facility.
“My route to capital has been through corporate partnerships,” Callender explains. “Black entrepreneurs don’t always have the same opportunities to borrow from banks or investors to get their businesses off the ground.” Read more from
@LauraHayesDC
@wcp
@
and we’ll have
#SandlotAnacostia
&
#SandlotSoutheast
on both sides of this amazing piece of infrastructure to ensure our culture, Black Culture, remains a part of our city through all the changes by supporting the Culinary & Creative Economy of Black Businesses concurrently. ❤️
Introducing Commission Callender, Appointee serving as a Performing Artist or Director Member on the Commission of Nightlife & Culture. Thank you Director
@shawnjtownsend
& Mayor
@murielbowser
for your unwavering attempts to highlight Nightlife & Culture through policy & process!
Speechless…
Jeep Wrangler Carjacking in broad daylight on First Street SE between I Street & K Street (Crossing Apartment) in Navy Yard w/ two cops on scene prior to said carjacking..
I can’t… 😔
#SandlotSoutheast
adds a 2nd Shipping Container to the mix... a Mobile Art Gallery from our friends at
@Cultural_DC
!
Activating unexpected spaces across the District for innovative, multidisciplinary and mobile arts.📍
Anyone wear size 11? I just sold 80 pairs to clear out my stash at my parents crib, now i got 160 more at my apartment to get rid of. First come first serve...
#SandlotGeorgetown
sits on an old gas station site that was vacant & dilapidated for years, now a vibrant outdoor community gathering space w/ food, music, drinks & unlimited vibes @ the entry of
#Georgetown
. See you soon!? Live DJs today & tomorrow 4p-8p
Thank you Old Georgetown Board & the Commission of Fine Arts for understanding the value of reclaiming vacant/dilated spaces for community use & benefit. Much love to Anthony & Nate (Eastbanc) for holding the fort down. See you soon Georgetown!
#SandlotNorthwest
on the way...
Thank you for all the birthday love & wishes❤️ but its officially time to get BACK TO WORK!
May your creative journey be extremely fruitful to your mind, body & soul and may it fill your heart with love & compassion, indefinitely.
🗣️
@TommyMcFLY
Decided to Jerk the Turkey in parts this year versus a whole and I just might have to do this every year from here on out.. Happy Thanksgiving Family! 🙏🏾❤️
#SandlotSoutheast
... Why did we name our Cold-Pressed Juice Cocktails by Color? Why not.. Our goal is simple: present a new approach to experiential retail while educating & enhancing your experience in non traditional ways. We sincerely hope you enjoy if you haven’t already. 🖤
THREAD: 7 is the number of completeness & perfection, both physical & spiritual. It derives much of its meaning from being tied directly to God's creation of all things. 7 yrs ago, I created
#BlindWhino
#SWArtsClub
alongside two others: the art gallery owner & the property owner.
Threw some things on a plate for brunch...
Grilled Jerk Lobster Tail on two eggs over medium w/ cheese on a bed of sautéed spinach.
Just might open a community cafe here in
#SouthwestDC
since there aint one 🤷🏾♂️😫..
#SandlotSoutheast
is almost done loading... In the meantime, we’ll be on site this weekend w/
@littleminertaco
for our Birria & Burrito Brunch 11a-2p. See you soon!
#SandlotSoutheast
loaded... Pre-Reservations are still available for Sunday & our To-Go System is alive & active so feel free to order ahead of your arrival. Full details @ // Thank you for your patience & your patronage. 🖤
Man I could not dress AT ALL 😂. I mean the clothes were free but still. I just knew as long as my sneakers were strong the rest of the fit didn’t matter 🥴😫
Unsure of your current COVID status? Swing by
#SandlotSoutheast
this Thursday from 12p-6p as we team up w/
@Curative
to provide
#FREE
COVID-19 Rapid Testing to any & all people w/ results in less than 48 hours. The link goes live tomorrow & you can make an appointment in advance.