Washington Life's list of "The 100 Best Washington Movies Ever" earlier this week was, well, pretty stupid. Nearly every film listed was about federal Washington; the titles were chosen by a mysterious, unnamed WL Film Committee; and then there was Arch Campbell's introduction salivating over the scenic but very obvious beauty of the National Mall and [...]
Plenty of people embark on second careers. But for anyone who’s had even the smallest brush with fame, there’s really only one sensible path: memoirist. In recent weeks, a number of books from D.C. luminaries, bright and dim, have crossed our desks: former TV producer and Nathans owner Carol Joynt’s Innocent Spouse (tell-some), iconic boxer [...]
Founded in 2004, Solas Nua is a D.C.-based arts organization dedicated to the production and proliferation of contemporary Irish art. Though it is still a young organization, Solas Nua has already received rave reviews for past productions of Enda Walsh’s Disco Pigs, organized the yearly Capital Irish Film Festival, and [...]
He's been active on Twitter all day, so it looks like DJ Stereo Faith is doing OK following surgery to remove a tumor from his auditory canal. Recently, the city's alt-DJ scene came together to throw a benefit for Stereo Faith to help cover the bill. Check back here during the week for an update on [...]
We're a day late getting this online, and already, Arcade Fire's anticipated third album, The Suburbs, seems to have generated a long and full debate. Pitchfork is a fan; The Washington Post's Chris Richards is not. For the most part, the notices are enthusiastic.
Washington City Paper's Ramon Ramirez is less chipper, however. He says the [...]
The director Christian Carion's latest film, Farewell, opens this weekend at Bethesda Row Cinema. Benjamin R. Freed reviewed it in April when it showed as part of Filmfest D.C.:
Farewell, which gets its title from the code name of a KGB turncoat who gave Soviet intelligence to France in the early 1980s, would like to be [...]
OPENING: Work by John Acquilino opens today at Gallery Neptune; work by Steven Cushner and William Willis opens today at Hemphill Fine Arts; work by Fierce Sonia opens today at the Art League Gallery; work by Trevor Young opens tomorrow at Civilian Art Projects; work from Salamandra Studios opens tomorrow at the District of Columbia [...]
OPENING: Little Shop of Horrors today at Ford's Theatre; Nights at the Opera: Golden Age today at the Kennedy Center's Family Theater; The Front Page today at Port City Playhouse; Clybourne Park Monday at Woolly Mammoth Theatre; Stomp Tuesday at Round House Theatre Bethesda; My Name Is Asher Lev Wednesday at Round House Theatre Bethesda.
CLOSING: [...]
"El Dormitorio" by Eric Scibor-Rylski from "Mexico 2010" at the IDB Cultural Center.
OPENING: "Peep and Strip Show" opens today at the Art League; work by Freya Grand opens tomorrow at Gallery Neptune; "The Fantastical" opens Saturday at Project 4 Gallery.
CLOSING: Work by Margo Humphrey closes tomorrow at the Driskell Center at University of Maryland; work [...]
Ted Leo, it bears repeating, is no longer a D.C. artist.
But he's sometimes considered one, which can be attributed to the fact that he lived here for a period, and that at various times his groups have channeled D.C. sounds and concerns. The latter remains true, but perhaps only on the surface, on The Brutalist [...]
