The Pink Line Project‘s Philippa Hughes battled it out with Ora Nwabueze of artistic event planning company The Dunes Wednesday night at Marvin, collecting tips and bar tabs in a fundraiser for the Arts Coalition for Dupont Underground – a group which plans to convert an abandoned trolley station beneath Dupont Circle into a dynamic community art center.
Of course the bartending battle was bogus.
“Ora’s making the drinks, I’m just taking the money,” admitted Hughes, who also said she had never before served as bartender. “I can probably pour you a beer, but the competition is really just in play.”
Competition for the underground space, on the other hand, is much tougher, with several groups expected to submit original proposals to the city this month.
“I know groups have tried to plan use of the space in the past,” said Hughes, “but this time is different. They were commercial entities and our group is a non-profit. We’re really gonna do it right. We’re fighting the good fight.”
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