Cause where else would you want your kids to hang out after school?

2012 -- http://kidfriendlydc.com/2012/01/14/more-art-after-school-at-comet-ping-pong/

2011 -- http://kidfriendlydc.com/2011/10/16/art-after-school-at-comet-ping-pong/

The curriculum, by Marissa Long, looks pretty creative / mindbending / challenging. I would have loved a class like this as a kid.

I can't tie this to anything, I'm just dropping it in here as a piece of the bigger puzzle. Whether or not kids are being flat-out molested at this place, it seems pretty obvious to me (from the "all-ages" shows and the murals alone) that the owners and the community are very much in favour of 'expanding the minds' and tearing down the taboos of neighbourhood children.