Faith Ringgold's Who's Bad? , courtesy the Arlington Arts Center This week, some of the D.C. area’s best nonprofit and alternative art spaces push their boundaries in ways that commercial spaces often don’t. Get out your thinking caps and your love for interesting discussion, and mark these dates, times and locations in that day planner of yours. >> Friday from 7 to 9 p.m., the DC Arts Center holds a reception for its newest......

Yup. A bunch of sinks. And yet, there's something about the perspective and the hollow atmosphere that brings something a little clever to these ordinary objects. Flickr user LaTur went hunting around the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria for this shot. EXIF.......

Today's photo was taken at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria over the weekend by Flickr user andertho. The photo was taken on a Nikon D50, and you can see the EXIF data here.......

Written by DCist Contributor Alexa Steinberg. Past the girls with their Longchamp bags and sunglasses in January, down the entire traverse of King Street in Old Town Alexandria, is the Torpedo Factory, where the Multiple Exposures Gallery, on the third floor, is showcasing their 20th anniversary photography exhibition. While having 83 gallery spaces in one building, as the Torpedo Factory does, is incredible, one cannot help but wish there was more space to showcase good......

Forget the heat - DCist is ready for fall so we'll be able to see lots of new exhibits at area galleries. In the meantime, we've pulled together some highlights from the dreadfully slow month of August. >> Fine art photographer Tom Wolff and four of his former students are the focus of a new show at Spectrum Gallery in Georgetown. Wolff has taught at Glen Echo for 30 years and has picked some of......

>> Itching to display your own art? Artdc.org is seeking entrants for a group art show in Takoma Park scheduled to begin May 21. For the exhibit, titled "What Does It Mean to Emerge?," Artdc organizers will show the best artists within a 150-mile radius of the D.C. area. Entrants must be registered at artdc.org with a completed profile including username, interests and webpage, if available. The exhibit organizers are also seeking musicians and master......

This week's art events include exhibits inspired by the Cherry Blossom Festival, the monthly Bethesda Art Walk, and much more. Keep reading for DCist's picks -- and let us know what yours are! >> "Wish You Were Here," an exhibit of paintings by Isabel Manolo and floor sculpture by Jonathan Bucci opens Thursday at Flashpoint Gallery. In this multi-media installation, the artists explore and interpret the idea of personal and collective memory. An example of......

If you're sitting at your desk at work, a little bored and waiting for the weekend, we recommend surfing on over to the washingtonpost.com MP3 page, where in honor of their 4th birthday, they've picked out their top 20 downloads of the year. Otherwise, check out our suggestions for weekend fun below. FRIDAY: >> Vienna, Va. duo the Brindley Brothers, who also own local coffee house Jammin' Java, bring their catchy hooks and layered harmonies......

Oh my. Everywhere we looked this around, we were swamped by a multitude of events having to do with pine trees and carols and lights and cookies. You know what that means: the holiday deluge is officially upon us! Enjoy the next few manic weeks. FRIDAY: >> The ambitious and genre-hopping Magentic Fields, spearheaded by indie-god Stephen Merrit, play the Birchmere in Alexandria. $25. 10 p.m. >> Debbie Stoller, author of the hit Stich 'N......