The earthquake-damaged Washington National Cathedral competes for $100,000 in repair money. [WTOP]
Imagination Stage announces its 2013-14 season. [D.C. Theatre Scene]
You can now buy Hard Art, the new book of D.C. punk photos from photographer Lucian Perkins, in the Dischord store. [Dischord]
Hey, theater people: Prolific Tweeter and playwright Gwydion Suilebhan holds the key to your Twitter [...]
Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser is getting married to a nice guy he met at the gym. Adorbs! [Post]
Following problems with the registration process, the 2013 Small Press Expo adds more tables—and now it might be the biggest SPX in history. [SPX via ComicsDC]
(Former) D.C. band Tennis System wants your donations. [Tennis System]
"Pump Me Up" curator Roger [...]
If you've sat within five feet of a liberal-skewing Facebook news feed this week, you've probably heard about playwright David Mamet's humdinger of a Newsweek cover story, delectably headlined "Hands Off Our Guns," that made an odd and miscalculated argument against President Obama's gun control plan. In it, the brilliant author of Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plow, [...]
City Paper-approved MC Kokayi goes head to head with his kid son in a freestyle battle. Watch! [Potholes In My Blog]
City Paper-approved guitarist Alex Minoff releases his album. Listen! [Bandcamp]
Bruce Springsteen throws his weight behind President Barack Obama in Virginia, and Rep. Eric Cantor's Democratic opponent in Virginia's 7th Congressional District has an advocate in bluegrass [...]
Arena Stage to host a memorial service for the late philanthropist Jaylee Mead [Post]
Dischord news roundup: According to the label's newsletter, Dischord will be the exclusive distributor for Bikini Kill's planned anniversary reissues. Also: There's a tune from a 6-song Rites of Spring demo floating around [Brooklyn Vegan], and you can now buy releases from Buildings, [...]
Kriston Capps leads this week's arts section with a profile of artist Cynthia Connolly, DIY lifer and curator of Artisphere's "Beyond the Parking Lot" exhibit. (Fun fact: Know the Minor Threat sheep? Yeah, she made those.) In theater, Chris Klimek meditates on superheroes, which have been highly visible in movie theaters and on D.C.'s stages lately. [...]
“If you don’t recognize that criminals aren’t the enemy, the system is, you may as well get out now,” we’re told at the top of Gwydion Suilebhan’s Reals. A moment later, we’re chastened, “Superhero movies are bad for you.”
The pronouncement is part of an odd direct-address prologue—intoned by a masked woman in black lace and purple [...]
The District has granted a $12,000 contract to May 3rd Films for a 30-minute documentary about Ward 8. [WAMU]
Peter Marks on Whorehouse at Signature Theatre: "Let’s hope this foray into pedestrian commercial material is a short detour." [Post]
A conversation with Linda Hesh, the artist behind the "trust" and "doubt" benches on New Hampshire Avenue NW [Huffington [...]
"At its worst, the [Barbara] Kruger installation [at Hirshhorn] is simply a backdrop, wallpaper for snapshots, superficial fodder for social media or a jumble of bold color leading to the gift shop, where matching tote bags and wallets are available for purchase." [Post]
Peter Marks says Kathleen Turner shines in Arena's Molly Ivins [Post]
Where does Gwydion [...]
A look at this year's Page to Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center [D.C. Theatre Scene]
Positive Force co-founder and author Mark Andersen reacts to the Pussy Riot sentencing, reflects on his own anti-executive branch punk action of the 1980s. [Post]
Reals playwright Gwydion Suilebhan on local real-life superheroes: "We now have a woman named Stormbringer who leads our [...]
