It is moving to a temporary space at 1990 K St NW come January 2016.
The 23rd annual festival of new films from New Films from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland opens Friday night.
These are the best places to catch repertory cinema in the D.C. area.
With Gute Aussichten, a group of young German photographers bring diverse visions — abstract, humanistic, and mundane — that engage in dialogue not only with each other but with the history of German photography.
The upper level gallery of the Goethe-Institut offers an intimate venue for this private, invite-only party. The Fringe Festival’s 7 Lessons On Suicide gathers five friends and acquaintances (and one party crasher) to end it all, because why die alone when you can, you know, die alone in a house full of people? Sisters Euney and Bea host the shindig, after Euney begins to lose her memory like her mother before her. She knows…
As we all know, storytelling is the lifeblood of history. Many storytellers use their skills to drive home the absurdities of current events (see our upcoming review of Fool for A Client), but Ellouise Schoettler uses this mode of preservation in its purest form in her Fringe Festival offering, Pushing Boundaries: to pass on her experiences as an activist for the Equal Rights Amendment to a new generation. Schoettler started her adulthood as most…
“Man-Made Wonders” by Monna Mönnig, courtesy The Goethe Institut Written by DCist contributor Pat Padua “In the age of Flickr & Co., photography as purely an illustration of reality is becoming less important.” This statement is made in a curatorial note for Gute Aussichten, an exhibit of New German Photography at The Goethe Institut, and you might wonder what that exactly means. The Flickr revolution has for some democratized photography and for others cheapened…
>> Tickets are still available to see Argentine-Swedish songwriter and solo classical guitar player José González, he of the awesome indie cover songs (and a bunch of originals, too) play the 9:30 Club. Doors 7:30 p.m., $20, with James Blackshaw. >> Washingtonians are, for better or for worse, often defined by their work, so tonight at the Goethe Institut the DC Asian-Pacific-American Film Festival has a collection of shorts related to job issues called…
>> It’s going to be hot, but tonight’s Fort Reno lineup will be worth it: Greenland, Statehood and Kitty Hawk will each take the outdoor stage. 7:15 p.m., free. >> Stop by the opening night party of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, at Andalu (1214 18th St, NW) starting at 9:30 p.m. DJ Rich Medina will spin a free set. >> D.C.’s geekiest lit fan-boys will be out in full force both tonight and tomorrow…
>> We’ve been waiting for this all year, and it’s finally here: Fort Reno kicks off this evening with Mass Movement of the Moth, Unbuckled alumni Deleted Scenes, and the Boom Orangutangs. Take Metro to Tenleytown/American Univeristy and head over to the grassy field at 3950 Chesapeake Street, NW. Shows usually start between 7 and 7:30. Picnics and camaraderie begin whenever you can get out of work. As always, leave the glass bottles and…
