The biographical note in Mark Kraushaar’s new Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize-winning poetry collection, The Uncertainty Principle, explains that he’s worked as a cabbie, welder, and nurse. In keeping with those working-class bona fides, the D.C. native’s poems tend to evoke down-to-earth life in down-to-earth language. “Fit Club Family Plan” opens with the line, “If that fat [...]
It’s time again for FotoWeek DC, the week-long festival of photography that began in 2008. It kicks off with a launch party tomorrow night and runs through Nov. 12.
We’ve already reviewed a number of the exhibits. One of the others that's already open to the public is “Ocean Soul, Photographs by Brian Skerry” at the [...]
It takes a little while to appreciate Matthew Black's exhibit of portrait photography, "The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: Identity Writ Large." At first there seemed to be nothing especially remarkable or inspiring about his collection of photos of members of the social activist group The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who take on alternate personas and [...]
Good morning. It's been six days, and Lil' Wayne is still a free man. So, that new mixtape should be only a few hours away right?
City Paper's Louis Jacobson had a double shot of FotoWeekDC yesterday, taking a gander Noelle K. Tan's "The America Project: utopia" and Studio Gallery's "The Breadth and Beauty of Photography," [...]
Forget the inane spelling, FotoWeek DC is a killer event showcasing that arguably most accessible form of visual art–photography, duh–at venues throughout the D.C. metro area. The third annual event officially kicks off tomorrow and ends next Saturday, but tonight, for $45, you can attend the launch party at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Attendees [...]
Memorial Gathering for Jerry Fuchs in Brooklyn This Thursday
10 Things You Should See for FotoWeek DC
Meet New Moon Cast Members at Fair Oaks Mall
Wale Watch: The “Support The Movement” Movement
Arts Morning Roundup: RIP Jerry Fuchs
It's FotoWeek DC, a celebration of local and international shutterbugs. But between the dozens of events featuring thousands of images from photographers in 39 states and 28 countries, it's easy to be overwhelmed by choice. If you only have time for 10 events, make it these ones:
