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August 22, 2006

DC Anime Club announces art show

The DC Anime Club, an organization whose purpose is to educate the Washington, DC community about East Asian culture through the art form known as Anime (Japanese animation) will showcase the art work of its members at the DC Anime Art Show, September 6-25, 2006 in Gallery A-6 of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, N.W.

The art show will include sketch drawings, fan made T-shirts,Cosplay Props and more.

During the opening program on Saturday September 9 , from 12 to 5 pm, members of the DC Anime Club as well other show attendees will cosplay (the Japanese term for costume play), dressing up in homemade costumes as their favorite Japanese animated characters. There will also be Anime Screenings,Video Gaming with Special Guest Artist Steve Bennet.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information please visit the DC Anime Club website at

http://www.dcanime.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=160

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