Photo by Nancy Pastor at The Sewall-Belmont House & Museum

We're still in the belly of FotoWeek DC, with three more days of photography goodness going on all around the city. We'll round-up a few not-to-be-missed events, then see how the art world plans on transitioning back to normal.

FotoWeek

Ongoing: Be sure to check out Night Gallery DC, with projections all over town (tonight at SAAM; tonight through Saturday at the National Museum of American History). Fotoweek Central is open late tonight, to 9 p.m., so go see the many big name exhibits at 3333 M Street NW and the finalists' exhibit at 3338 M Street NW. PixTour features work of local photographers all over the city through the end of the week; find your neighborhood haunts and check them out. And don't forget the many, many embassies, galleries and museums hosting exhibits.

Thursday

• Tonight head over to the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum for the opening of Women by Women: A Juried Exhibition of the Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW), featuring a silent auction of their prints. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
• Catch one of two interesting lectures: Irvine Contemporary talks with photographer Kerry Skarbakka about his new series of work, Fight Club, along with Martin Irvine and Lauren Gentile from the gallery, and collector Henry Thaggert. Champagne reception to follow. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Or head over to the Center for Digital Imaging Arts to hear Mirjam Evers from Photo Quest Adventures discuss Travel Photography and Photo Trekking Internationally. 7 to 9 p.m.
• Or if you're more in the celebrating mood, head over to the grand opening of LUMAS in Georgetown. This international agency represents over 120 photographers and will surely be hosting the party to be at tonight.

Friday

• Catch the last lunchtime lecture at Discovery Communications in Silver Spring with travel and documentary photographer Alison Wright. Space is limited to 100 so please RSVP to pam_huling[at]discovery[dot]com.
• Flashpoint opens a new exhibit with Elena Volkova's Airscapes, ethereal photos taken from airplanes. 5 to 7 p.m.
• Fans of the Black and White printing lab in Arlington will want to head down there Friday. The store is closing at the end of the year and are taking advantage of Fotoweek to throw a farewell bash with a reception and informal exhibition of the staff's work. 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
• Joyce Tenneson, described as "one of America's most interesting portrayers of the human figure," will be at VisArts in Rockville for a lecture from 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday

• The event to be at tonight is the Fotoweek Gala. Finalists will find out what place they took and receive their awards; photographers and photography lovers will hob-nob with just about every single person in the industry, from National Geographic reps and local fine art gallery owners to art organization leaders and collectors; and you'll do it all over drinks and a yummy spread of hors d'oeuvres. Get your ticket here, $85 each.
• Earlier in the day, don't miss Civilian Art Projects first ARTist Forum, featuring four photographers and industry professionals who will discuss the basic questions everyone has: how to price your work, how to work with a gallery, and what ever else comes to mind. 2 to 4 p.m.
• Or learn how to publish your own photobook during Transformer Gallery's first FRAMEWORK discussion of the season, held at Honfleur Gallery, 2 p.m.

Just Because It's Not Part of FotoWeek Doesn't Mean It's Not Happening:

Thursday

• Tonight the Washington Project for the Arts brings back its fantastic Experimental Media Series. Look out for our preview later today, and head down at 7 p.m. tonight for When Absence Becomes Presence.
• The Phillips Collection's last Soiree Carte Blanche was so successful they're doing it again tonight. Held in the Center for the Study of Modern Art behind the museum, the evening will feature light food, cash bar, a DJ spinning and movies of Christo and Jeanne-Claude projected on the walls. Tours of Over the River will be given at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Event runs 6 to 9:30 p.m.; $15 at the door.

Friday

• Hillyer holds their monthly HOME series this Friday, hosted by Fred Joiner and featuring Jonathon Tucker. Poets should arrive at 6 p.m. to sign-up; open mic starts at 7 p.m. $5.
• More photography, but not the FotoWeek kind. Head over to Tangysweet between 8 and 10 p.m. for Aperture - The Photography of the Coolout featuring work by Garai Rice, music by Adrian Loving and Harry Hotter, plus drinks, frozen yogurt, and no cover.
• DCAC opens an exhibit featuring Pat Goslee's new mixed media works in Flow on Friday, 7 to 9 p.m. Goslee received the Visual Artist Fellowship grant for 2008-2009 from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. [Ed. note -- we mistakenly listed this under Saturday]

Saturday

• Project Create is a great organization that is "committed to enriching and transforming the lives of at-risk children in Washington, DC by providing them with professionally-led arts experiences." Join them on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. for Ever Wonder what Everyone Sees in Ansel Adams?, a tour of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's ongoing exhibit led by Rachel Goldberg, Ansel Adams scholar and photography educator. $20; all proceeds benefit Project Create.
• G Fine Art holds an opening reception this Saturday for recent Trawick Prize winner Maggie Michael's new body of work, All at Once. 1515 14th Street NW, 6 to 8 p.m.
• Gallery Neptune features John Aquilino's urban landscapes in its new exhibit opening Saturday at 7 p.m.

Sunday

• The Athenaeum Gallery has an opening Sunday for paintings of Protected Landscapes by The Washington Society of Landscape Painters. 4 to 6 p.m.
• The Carriage House Studios near Union Station hold their Fall Open House on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 320 3rd Street, NE (enter in rear).