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2009 D.C. Fall Arts Guide

Reviewed: Antichrist and The Damned United
Antichrist and The Damned United: Lars von Trier ruins sex; Michael Sheen redeems soccer
Film Review

One Track Mind: Miss Jay
This Week: Miss Jay's "Sober"
Music

Reviewed: Shrinebuilder's Shrinebuilder
The self-titled debut from Wino and Co.
Music Review

Reviewed: Dracula and Adding Machine: A Musical
Dracula and Adding Machine: Two shows that don't suck
Theater Review

Reviewed: Amy Bach's Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court
Bach pondering whether or not to let sleeping lawyers lie
Book Reviews

Hit Refresh
City Paper's autumn entertainment menu for three local bloggers
2009 D.C. Fall Arts Guide

Local Color: Williams Eggleston's Democratic Camera
William Eggleston's genius was never being at home in his hometown
Gallery

Watermarks Break My Heart
Promo drops suck for music journalists. Why don't the labels ditch them?
Arts

Silverdocs 2009
Our comprehensive guide to D.C.'s foremost documentary film festival
Cover Story

Inventing Marcel Duchamp at the National Portrait Gallery
Even in death, Duchamp continues to exert influence
Gallery

2009 DC Summer Music Guide
The Beer, Sweat & Tunes Reunion Tour
Arts

IT'S FILMFEST TIME!
Get ready for the 23rd year of your favorite international film festival.
Cover Story

Views from Home
Giorgio Morandi pushed boundaries by placing severe limitations on his work and his life
Gallery

Kindle in the Wind
Who needs agents and traditional publishing houses when there are e-books?
Arts

Battle at Home
Clint Van Winkle's memoir tackles the aftermath of war
Book Reviews

An Insomniac’s Eulogy
Heath Ledger, one year later.
Film

Pain by Numbers
In 2008, D.C.'s museums had a hard time sculpting greatness in a down market.
Cover Story

Optimist Opportunities
Shepard Fairey wasn't the only person selling hope in D.C. galleries this year.
Cover Story

Sheet Smart
Over the River says as much about Christo’s and Jeanne-Claude’s financial interests as their artistic ones.
Gallery

What's Your Problem?
This Week: Moo Attitude
What's Your Problem?

Trouble Exposure
Richard Avedon found subtle ways to show the worries of an elite desperate to protect itself.
Gallery

What's Your Problem?
This Week: Mommy-Track Mind
What's Your Problem?

What's Your Problem?
This Week: Reading Between the Border Lines
What's Your Problem?

The Return of the Magnificent Mingering
The inside story of D.C.'s best known unknown artist
Cover Story

What's Your Problem?
When Your Drawings Palin Comparison
What's Your Problem?


CP Museum & Gallery Picks

  • "Presidents in Waiting"
    To January 2010 at the National Portrait Gallery
    John Adams once called the vice presidency “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” Theodore Roosevelt said he would “rather be anything,...
  • Robert Bergman's Photos at the National Gallery of Art
    To January 10, 2010
    There are lessons to be learned from Robert Bergman, who, at 65, is having his first-ever solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, only two years after selling his first work. It took a while...
  • Mark Newport at the Renwick Gallery
    To January 3, 2010
    Bruce Wayne wouldn’t be caught dead in a handknit sweater-suit emblazoned with wings, but fiber artist Mark Newport is probably OK with this. Combining his childhood obsession with comics and...
  • Camilo Jose Vergara at the National Building Museum
    Through November 29
    Camilo Jose Vergara, a photographer and sociologist who won a MacArthur “genius” grant, documents America’s inner cities—buildings, cemeteries, churches—in a way that melds gritty, unpretentious...
  • “Flight Patterns” at Irvine Contemporary
    To December 12
    “Flight Patterns” are not just for the birds. Though the title of Phil Nesmith’s show at Irvine Contemporary is quite literal for his glass-plate images of birds and insects, flight unites his show...

CP Book Event Picks

  • Jonathan Safran Foer speaks at 6th & I Historic Synagogue
    Tuesday, November 1
    The first question my parents asked each other when considering the health of their unborn son was, “Should we stop smoking two packs a day?” (Morning sickness helped my mother decide.) Not so with...
  • Ralph Nader at Borders L Street
    Wednesday, November 25
    Ralph Nader may be the most hated man in American politics, more so than even establishment types Sarah Palin and George W. Bush, or fellow outsiders Lyndon LaRouche and Louis Farrakhan. Nader,...
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