Looks like August won’t be as slow in the art world as it will be in the business-suit-wearing part of city. Kick off the month of gallery openings at First Friday in Dupont. At the Hillyer Art Space, a gallery funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, get lost in Eve: A Series, a macro view of artist Mia Rollow’s invented, video projected landscapes. First Friday runs 6 to 8…
“Listen, not a year goes by, not a year, that I don’t hear about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent — I don’t care which one — but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator.” —Brodie, Mallrats I was conditioned perhaps a little too heavily to fear and respect the escalator. While I had no trouble riding up, getting on from the…
>> There’s a great, free Caribbean-themed outdoor concert tonight on the Kennedy Center’s South Plaza Stage from 5:30 to 9 p.m.: Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Jamaica’s The Ska-talites, and Richmond’s jazz-funk outfit Plunky & Oneness. The show will go on rain or shine. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. >> Assuming the predicted thunderstorms late tonight don’t block the view completely, you might want to dust off that telescope and see if you can spot the…
Here’s the view today of the front of 1536, 1534 and 1532 9th St. NW, three of the four condemned rowhouse properties owned by Shiloh Baptist Church. Yesterday I posted a rear view of some properties that are also seriously dilapidated but that had some visible yard work recently completed, and one commenter pointed out that those are not the same buildings. This is absolutely correct: those properties, located next door, are part of…
Much like yesterday’s photo, this one struck us as being that perfect capture of people at home in their environments. Flickr user The Skipping Hippy took this photo of Harry the Manager in his domain at Chick & Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis, MD. Even better, the bright, cheery colors and the view down the length of the diner add a great feel to it. EXIF. The Skipping Hippy was at the DCist Exposed opening…
This marks the return of DCist’s bar feature, Coalition of the Swilling. Don’t forget Poland! Post by DCist contributor Brandon Gentry It’s no secret: 18th Street can be a real mess, especially on the weekends. Drunk folks crowd the sidewalks, angling for fights and hook-ups. Too many of the bars cater to the lowest common denominator (“Shots! Blaaaargh!”) or to adults playing dress-up (it’s hard to pretend you’re on a secret mission when you’re puking…
Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of “Friday Night Lights” production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending…
The Montgomery County School Board unanimously approved a new sex education curriculum for 8th graders and high school sophomores at their board meeting this morning. The district’s old curriculum caused an uproar in 2005 as it included a video for 10th graders showing a woman putting a condom on a cucumber, a discussion of homosexuality and bisexuality in 8th grade sex-ed classes, and the singling out of certain religions for being intolerant towards homosexuality. The…
If you can drag yourself out of bed early tomorrow morning (and if you’re like us, that’ll be difficult to manage with a post-Work Holiday Party Hangover), those of you in Virginia could be in for a nice treat: It’s time for the Geminid Meteor Shower. Astronomer Ken Wilson at the Science Museum of Virginia said as many as 120 meteors falling per hour are expected to be visible over Virginia at about 6 a.m….
If only this was the view we were graced with at the end of every Metro ride, some of us might greet the day with wide-eyed enthusiasm, instead of the cynical commuter rage to which we often succumb. Flickr user ulalume reminds us what we miss when we keep our heads down. Find the EXIF data here….
