Washington may be deserted this week, but there is still art to see. If you are stuck at work without much to do, ducking out early to hit some less-crowded galleries would be an excellent idea. Here a few things to help you conclude 2006. >> You have a couple weeks, through January 15, to see Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor, a selection of 80 ceramic pieces at the Renwick Gallery. Many of these works are…

Longtime DCist readers know we love a good documentary. We’re particularly interested in a triple header WETA has lined up for tomorrow examining Hurricane Katrina and what lessons it left behind. The evening starts at 8 p.m. with the premiere of a NOVA on Hurricane Katrina titled “The Storm that Drowned a City”, examining the science behind the hurricane and how it caused so much destruction in New Orleans. Then at 9 p.m. is the…

Off the 18th St. strip in Adams Morgan is a bar that we’re a little hesitant to tell you about. You see, this is Adams Morgan — a neighborhood full of people with big beads or popped collars, descending on weekends like a plague of locusts, ending their nights by scarfing down jumbo slices at 3 A.M. Five years ago? Maybe. Nowadays, we’re curmudgeons. One of the exceptions to our general dislike of Adams…