Author Archive for Orrin Konheim

Screen on the Green: What You’ll See and When to Pee

People love their Screen on the Green—so much so that, when it looked like HBO was going to nix the annual summer film series several years ago, the D.C. Film Alliance was able to channel significant local outrage via Facebook and save the event. So expect this year's Screen on the Green, which begins tonight [...]

Does the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Have Too Many Government Exhibits?

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has been a fixture on Washington’s summer calendar for more than 40 years, and is arguably the most ambitious use of the National Mall each summer. For two weeks every year the Smithsonian brings in musicians, artists, storytellers, and craftsmen from around the world to put on a living exhibition. The festival [...]