Is it terrible to say that one of the reasons I love long weekends is that the entire town empties out, and while my friends are all stuck in traffic on the way to the beach, I can roam the blissfully quiet streets of D.C.? For those of us inclined to stick around town to enjoy the peace, or maybe because we’re just plain broke, take the chance to fill your Saturday night dance card…
After the whirlwind of April arts events, May looks to be a little quieter, perhaps even serene at times. Though if you’re looking for a party, we’ve got the info for this week’s Artomatic events, which is only just past its halfway point. >> Ever dream of being one of those madly rich people with original Van Goghs or Kandinskys in your climate controlled, wood paneled library (in the east wing)? Bring your envious eyes…
What is art? In D.C. there seems to be a fine line between destruction of property and what is considered an appropriate form of expression. Last month we talked about Stamp Act Congress’ campaign to stamp their logo onto money to show support for their cause, and questioned the legalities behind the defacement of such currency. In a similar fashion, two graduate students from an art school in San Francisco have recently started-up a website…
If you’re pouring one out for your boys at tonight’s happy hour, give pause for Kim Ward. It’s Ward’s Washington Project for the ArtsCorcoran that has set aside Georgetown’s former Staples store for some face melting art exhibits in the past few months (that small Post Secret thing, for example). Wallsnatchers is the venue’s most recent offering, a graffiti and street art installation that represents a stark contrast to the ink cartridge and paper…
FRIDAY: >> The Freer Gallery kicks off it’s 10th annual Iranian Film Festival this weekend, and it’s well worth a look. We’d recommend Tahmineh Milani’s latest film The Unwanted Woman, a story about a married couple confronted with the devastating effects that sexual desire can have in their society. Milani is the same filmmaker who was jailed after her 2001 film The Hidden Half perturbed the fundamentalist Iranian government. As you might imagine, Milani has…
Washington Post Magazine’s Photo Editor Keith Jenkins is an avid blogger and user of the community photo sharing website Flickr. After seeing lots of good photography produced by D.C. photobloggers and members of the D.C. area Flickr group, he decided to create a feature in the magazine highlighting some of the online community’s best work. He has invited anyone who “regularly posts photos to their own photoblog or flickr site” to submit photos to the…