Relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic are better than they once were: In the 1840s, the former French colony tried to annex the former Spanish colony, and in the 1930s, the Dominican President ordered the killing of Haitians in the D.R. More recently, Haitians have served as cheap labor in their neighboring country. But [...]
When Mayor Vince Gray's budget dropped in May, cash-strapped arts groups got some disappointing news: no increase in funds for art grants.
What a difference two months makes: Given preliminary approval today, the D.C. Council's budget adjustments include an additional $6.8 million for the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities—bringing its total budget to about $11.9 million, [...]
The forthcoming issue from local food zine Runcible Spoon is swimsuit-themed. Hardy-har, Runcible Spoon. I see what you did there, with your recipes designed to pack on the pounds (a guide to D.C.’s best buffets, a recipe for lard pie). The ironic take on summer publications fits: The zine’s name references Edward Lear, the English poet behind [...]
Heard it yesterday on WPGC, weirdly. Gotye's Sting-channeling "Somebody That I Used to Know" already pulled a hat trick by topping Billboard's alternative, dance, and Hot 100 charts. I guess the hip-hop chart is next? Worth noting: "Gotye" does kind of sound like "Gotti."
In which Arts Desk and DCist discuss Veep, HBO's comedy series about the vice presidency
Everything got painted broadly in this week's Veep, didn't it, Ben? When Amy and Dan met with the senator from Arizona, the steakhouse—surely it was a steakhouse—was lit as dimly as Don Corleone's study. Make a deal with the dark side? [...]
TV showrunner/professional curmudgeon David Simon's been doing press for the upcoming Treme vs. The Wire Battle of the Bands benefit show in New Orleans, a concert where The Wire's Anwan "Big G" Glover will perform with his old group, the Backyard Band. Simon, who was born in D.C. and grew up in the Maryland 'burbs, tells [...]
Go-go doesn't usually grab headlines the way it has over the last two weeks. First, there was the news that Chuck Brown has been sidelined by pneumonia. And this week came word of a lawsuit against the Beastie Boys filed by TufAmerica, a group that oversees the rights to songs by Trouble Funk. The timing was [...]
Summer Music Guide! That's what you'll find on the cover of this week's City Paper—our picks for the best classical, jazz, hip-hop, indie rock, and EDM. Oh, and a fuck-ton of listings. Basically, you're covered.
Jeffry Cudlin leads the arts section with his review of the National Gallery of Art's "Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape," which [...]
The success of the temporary Ward 8 art festival LUMEN8 is owed in part to the support it received from L’Alliance Française, the D.C.-based French cultural center. The Francofication of Anacostia continues with “Le Temps Devant,” a show of portraits by Paris-based photographer Frédéric Nauczyciel. Another L’Alliance jam, the exhibition of vanitas portrait photographs attempts to [...]
The deal with the "Before I Die" chalkboard installation on 14th Street NW. [Post]
Moroccan photographer Lalla Essaydi discusses her images of women in the Muslim world, now on view at the National Museum of African Art. [Style Blog]
Members of D.C. indie-rock acts Imperial China and Black Clouds interview each other. [Vinyl District]
How DJ Chris Nitti [...]
