The Year in Museums
While most D.C. institutions tried to move out of their bubble, the Hirshhorn decided to move its bubble outside
Cover Story By Jeffry Cudlin
The Year in Books
E-books demanded to be taken seriously, even if Kindle users can't make that claim.
Cover Story By Mark Athitakis
The Year in Photography
The best exhibits discovered that words were as important as images.
Cover Story By Louis Jacobson
The Year in Theater
This year saw smashes, revivals, and panderings. Just like the nine years that preceded it.
Cover Story By Trey Graham, Bob Mondello, and Glen Weldon
The Year in Film
For our critic, a year that wasn't Precious
Cover Story By Tricia Olszewski
Distance Learning
At Hemphill Fine Arts, a study of scale in photography and economics
Gallery By Louis Jacobson
Crude Oil
Edward Burtynsky's overly ambitious visual chronicle of the petroleum industry
Gallery By Louis Jacobson
Hit Refresh
City Paper's autumn entertainment menu for three local bloggers
2009 D.C. Fall Arts Guide By Andrew Beaujon, Aaron Leitko and Sarah Godfrey
Silverdocs 2009
Our comprehensive guide to D.C.'s foremost documentary film festival
Cover Story By City Paper Staff
IT'S FILMFEST TIME!
Get ready for the 23rd year of your favorite international film festival.
Cover Story By Jule Banville, Andrew Beaujon, Hilary Crowe, Sarah Godfrey, Justin Moyer, Tricia Olszewski, Mike Riggs, Ted Scheinman, T.D. Smith, Aaron Wiener, Jeff Winkler
Views from Home
Giorgio Morandi pushed boundaries by placing severe limitations on his work and his life
Gallery By Jeffry Cudlin
Kindle in the Wind
Who needs agents and traditional publishing houses when there are e-books?
Arts By Ted Scheinman
Battle at Home
Clint Van Winkle's memoir tackles the aftermath of war
Book Reviews By Eve Ottenberg
Pain by Numbers
In 2008, D.C.'s museums had a hard time sculpting greatness in a down market.
Cover Story By Jeffry Cudlin
Optimist Opportunities
Shepard Fairey wasn't the only person selling hope in D.C. galleries this year.
Cover Story By Maura Judkis
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CP Museum & Gallery Picks
- "Titouan Lamazou: Women" at Adamson Gallery
Through March 30
It would be too easy to classify Titouan Lamazou’s photographic series, “Women,” as a United Colors of Benetton-meets-Oxfam tour through the poverty and prejudices women face worldwide—and how,...
- Paul Nicklen at National Geographic Museum
To March 25
Anyone who thinks the quintessential color of the polar regions is white ought to check out the photography of Paul Nicklen. In an exhibit at the National Geographic Society, Nicklen captures a...
- "Berhnard Fuchs: Roads and Paths" at Goethe-Institut
Through March 19
Bernhard Fuchs, a photographer now working in Dusseldorf, Germany, intensively documented the landscapes surrounding his native Helfenberg, Austria, for a series of 11-by-11-inch color prints now...
- "House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage" at the National Building Museum
To July 11, 2010
Has anyone ever had a good experience in a parking garage? Or, put it this way: Was there ever a more insufferable Seinfeld episode than the one shot entirely in one? This, in a nutshell, is the...
- "Directions: John Gerrard" at the Hirshhorn Museum
To May 31
By his biography, John Gerrard would not be the most obvious artist to zero in on America’s desolate, rural terrain, but somehow the Dublin-born, Vienna-residing artist became fascinated with the...

CP Book Event Picks
- Split This Rock Poetry Festival
Thursday, March 11
In 2008, the Split this Rock Poetry Festival was successful enough to prompt this purple lead from the Post’s David Montgomery: “The poets are in town. Dozens—no, hundreds. Hundreds of poets. Can you...