And the winning entries for the 2012 DCist Exposed Photography Show are... more ›

Roll up, roll up! Submit your entries for the sixth annual DCist Exposed Photography Show! more ›

Need something to do on this cold, dreary day? Please go see DCist Exposed at Long View Gallery (1234 9th Street NW) right off the Mt. Vernon Square metro stop. Today is the last day the exhibit is open, so swing on by between now and 5 p.m. While you're there, be sure to pick up a copy of the 5th Anniversary magazine for the discounted price of $25. And as usual, admittance into the gallery is free. more ›

Once more, with feeling: night two of our official DCist Exposed Photography Show opening was as great as the first. Roughly 1,200 people came out over both evenings to see the work of our winning photographers, and hopefully had an easier, no-waiting-in-line, more breathable time doing so by splitting it up over two nights. more ›

If you spend about 10 seconds looking at each picture entered in the DCist Exposed contest, it would take you roughly three hours to make it through the over 1000 images submitted. Each of our judges spent that, and more, and did so gladly. more ›

Did you guys forget about DCist Exposed? What if we tell you that the opening nights at Long View Gallery will be on March 15 and 16 and that the show will run through March 27? Will that nudge you into action? more ›

Five. Five whole years. That's the length of time that Exposed has been running -- and we're pretty darn excited about hitting this milestone. more ›

Those of you who missed banished? productions's A Tactile Dinner at last year's Fringe Festival have another shot to catch this unusual combination of food and theater this month. more ›

Join us tonight for the last big event of the 2010 DCist Exposed Photography Show. The Pink Line Project presents Emerge Exposed: Photography for the Emerging Collector for its third year. more ›

We had a feeling that by holding the 2010 DCist Exposed Photography Show at the 5,000 sq. ft. Long View Gallery, we'd encourage a few more people to attend the opening reception this year. But we're not sure we were emotionally prepared for Saturday's big event to draw close to double the number of people who showed up last year. Eager early birds started lining up outside the door half an hour before the gallery even opened, peering in through the windows as we hurried to finish setting up the bars and music. By the end of the evening, roughly 1,800 of you made it inside, drinking and yes, even dancing through the night with us surrounded by 47 gorgeous photographs that celebrate the best of Washington, D.C. more ›

We just wanted to take a moment this morning and thank all of you for coming out and making last night's 2010 Exposed opening a smashing success. While we will obviously have larger thank yous and plenty of images from the party to share in the coming week, we at DCist wanted to remind you that Exposed is showing on Sundays this year, including today -- the first time we've done that. Long View Gallery is open from 12 to 5 this afternoon -- while you're out and about enjoying today's immaculate weather, why not stop in and check it out? Obviously, all photographs on display in the exhibit are still for sale; if you saw a photo you loved last night (and let's be honest, who didn't?), but just didn't know who to talk to about purchasing, you should contact Long View at 202.232.4788 or our arts/managing editor Heather Goss at heather@dcist.com. more ›

I moved to D.C. in 2006, which -- though surely trailing several of you reading this right now in experience -- has been enough time to be here for the party on U Street after Obama's election, the first season of baseball's return to D.C., the running joke that was and is the Roy Pearson lawsuit, George Mason's magical run to the Final Four, snowpocalypses and many false alarms, last year's terrifying Red Line crash, and plenty of other notable events that I'm sure will be replaced in my mind by even more memorable days. Of course, this also means that I've been in town for three Exposed exhibits. And every year -- much like our awesome photography pool -- Exposed has gotten bigger, more diverse and just...better. It's not just a chance to take in some excellent photographic work, but a chance for us to connect with those of you who have experienced all of the above alongside us. To say we all look forward to Exposed every year would be a gross understatement. more ›

That's just eight short days from now! It's time to get excited, folks. Next Saturday, March 6, from 6 to 10 p.m., we'll be at Long View Gallery to celebrate 47 fantastic photographs that each showcase our city in a different way. More than an art show, DCist Exposed is a celebration of local talent: the awesome photographers who contribute images to DCist, and the faithful readers (that's you!) who click through to see them every day. more ›

We love judging the DCist Exposed contest. We already see every day how talented our regular contributors are, so you might imagine how much we look forward to this annual "best of" pool -- and how hard it is to pick just a handful to showcase in our annual show. If you have a couple hours free, head over to the pool and hit "slideshow" in the upper right to see all of the 2010 entries. more ›

In the wake of Tuesday's D.C. Council vote to legalize same-sex marriage, supporters celebrated while opponents promised war. more ›

Believe it or not, this year marks the fourth annual DCist Exposed Photography Show. For three years in a row, we've had the pleasure of working with local galleries to show off the stellar work of our photography community. We conceived the exhibit in 2005 as a "thank you" to our thousands of contributors -- our Flickr pool currently has over 2500 members and nearly 70,000 images. Just over five years ago, when DCist.com was just a tiny speck of the Internet, we started asking readers to submit images that we could use to illustrate our posts, and the success of that endeavor is part of the reason the site has grown to the readership it has today. more ›

Long a fixture in the small Shaw rowhouse at the corner of 9th and N Streets NW across from the Convention Center, the Long View Gallery has moved a half block south to the larger-than-life, newly renovated 5000 square foot building owned by Douglas Development at 1234 9th Street NW. This Thursday, the gallery marks their grand opening with a celebratory gala and artists salon featuring many of the tried-and-true D.C. area artists who often populated the walls of the former venue, including Dana Ellyn, Matt Sesow, Drew Ernst, Scott Brooks, and Billy Colbert. more ›

Today is National Coming Out Day, a day when gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are encouraged to be open about who they are. The annual observance began on October 11, 1988, exactly one year after the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. (The first one was held October 14, 1979.) While there aren't usually major events to commemorate the day, there are a couple of local events that coincide with... more ›

Let's see. What could possibly be going on in the arts this weekend? Hmm, oh right. DCist Exposed has been getting some love from the Post (did you check out last weekend's Sunday Source?), Washingtonian, and a whole slew of online sources. We just got back from hanging the show and, oh man, it looks great, so we hope you'll give it some love, too, tomorrow night at Warehouse, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Please forgive... more ›

There's more to this weekend than axe-wielding haunted house props and bars full of Sexy Nurses sexily vomiting from too many Jäger bombs. Those of you who feel pained at the thought of breaking out the zombie costume again have a wealth of options to satiate your creative side without resorting to make-up that'll make you break out like a 15 year-old for the next month. Now that I've completely earned the ire of half my fellow, but inexplicibly pro-Halloween DCist staffers, let's get to the agenda. Jeans and t-shirts encouraged at all events. more ›