Best Of D.C. 2008 : Arts & Entertainment

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Readers Picks

Best Art Gallery
National Gallery of Art

Best Dance Club
Town

Best DJ
DJ Wess at Town

Best Independent Movie Theater
E Street Cinema

Best Exhibit
Edward Hopper at the National Gallery of Art

Best Fetish Club
The Crucible

Best Gay Bar/Club
Town

Best Graffiti
Borf

Best Local Hip-Hop Artist
Wale

Best Jazz/Blues Venue
Blues Alley

Best Local Band
JunkFood

Best Multipurpose Art Space
Warehouse

Best Museum
National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (tie)

Best Music Venue
9:30 Club

Best Outdoor Venue
Wolf Trap

Best Parade/Festival
Capital Pride

Best Strip Club
Camelot Show Bar

Best Theater Company
Studio Theatre

Best Place to See Local Music
Black Cat

Staff Picks

Best Museum Acquisition
Jenny Holzer, For SAAM, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Best Curator
Andrea Pollan

Best New Gallery
Meat Market Gallery

Best New Artist
Benjamin Jurgensen

Best Art Scenester
Nathan A. Manuel

Best Art Blogger
Isabel Manalo

Best Art Walk
14th Street NW

Best Family-Friendly Mural
1840 14th St. NW

Best Outsider Artist
Mingering Mike

Best Creepily Secretive Arts Patron
Mitchell Rales

Best Career-Changer
Philippa Hughes

Best (Comic) Art Blogger
ComicsDC

Best Off-Kilter Night
Drunken Jenga at Rock & Roll Hotel

Best Dance Night
Nouveau Riche at DC9

Best Scenemaker
Brightest Young Things

Best Very Small Press
Big Game Books

Best Literary Personage
Richard Peabody

Best Readings
Politics & Prose

Best Reason to Be Unhesitatingly Positive About the Bush Administration
National Book Festival

Best Multiplex
Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14

Best Film Festival
Silverdocs

Best Band That Should Reunite
Black Eyes

Best Band That Should Return to Town
Midnite

Best Internet Hype
Wale

Best Local Reissue Label
Crucial Blast

Best Go-Go Ambassador
Maurice “Mo” Shorter

Best Go-Go Cause
Getting Chuck Brown Inducted

Best Label Honcho
Todd Hyman

Best Place to Make Out at a Rock Club
Rock & Roll Hotel

Best Record Store as Afternoon Killer
Joe’s Record Paradise

Best Record Stores–as–Punk History Lesson
Smash Records

Best Place to See D.C.’s Diversity in Action
Malcolm X Park drum circle

Best Music Venue
Velvet Lounge

Best Aspiring Brooklyn Band
Deleted Scenes

Deepest House DJ
Chris Burns at Rock & Roll Hotel

Best Place to Find Used Records You’d Given Up on Finding
Som Records

Best Jazz Club (Downstairs)
Bohemian Caverns

Best Jazz Club (Upstairs)
Twins Jazz

Best Reason to Leave the House on a Monday Night
Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra at Bohemian Caverns

Best Sideshow Duo
Tyler Fyre and Thrill Kill Jill

Best Jazz Musicologist
Tom Porter

Best Hyphenate Label
Cuneiform Records

Best Official Bootleg(s)
Fugazi Live Series

Best Proof That D.C. Rock Music Has a Future
Gypsy Eyes Records

Best Song
Georgie James’ “Need Your Needs”

Best Karaoke
Recessions

Best Poet
Rod Smith

Best Jukebox
Pharmacy Bar

Best Democratic Theater Experience
Capital Fringe Festival

Best Upstart Theater Troupe
Solas Nua

Best Theater for a View
Theater J at Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

Best Dance Company
Jane Franklin Dance