A 10,000 square foot arts space, Anacostia Arts Center, is coming to Good Hope Road SE this spring. [East City Art]

Corcoran takes valuable rugs to auction. [Post]

Arena Stage and George Washington University team up for a multicity arts initiative spearheaded by Liz Lerman: the National Civil War Project. [Post]

To fund its new Laib Wax Room, the Phillips Collection looked to crowdfunding. [Washingtonian]

Book circulation is down. So why is the District paying for fancy new libraries? [Washington City Paper]

To prepare for its relocation to Foggy Bottom, Textile Museum will cuts its hours this fall. [Washington Business Journal]

Rosa Parks biographer: The Civil Rights activist would have been embarrassed by a memorial to her. [Post]