In late February of 2005, I found myself walking along a path in Central Park when, at dusk, a light snow began to fall. As the snow blanketed the landscape, it sucked up the sounds of the city, leaving only one thing audible: the sound of the saffron curtains over our heads lazily flapping in the breeze. Suddenly, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The Gates stood out in brilliant contrast to the ear just as they popped…

What a weekend to be in Washington. No doubt we’ll be seeing a whole lot of you around the Mall for one event or another this weekend. DCist would like to take this opportunity to recommend sunscreen with a high SPF. We just can’t have all our readers looking like lobsters come Monday morning. Not a sexy look. FRIDAY: >> The D.C. music scene says farewell to Q and Not U tonight at Black Cat….

Drawing 2004″ src=”http://www.dcist.com/archives/2005_2The-Gates.jpg” width=”181″ height=”300″ align=”right” hspace=”5″/>New York City is buzzing with the imminent opening of Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s public art project, “The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005,” this Saturday (weather permitting). The Corcoran, capitalizing on this buzz, is offering a “Preview” program of the project tonight at 7 p.m. Michael S. Cullen, Christo historian and sometime project director, will speak about previous projects on which he worked with the artists, including…