Let’s get this out of the way: Whether you like it or not, Annie Leibovitz is an American Icon. Her intimate portrait photographs of the famous are so pervasive that even if you don’t know the name, you’re guaranteed to have seen her work, and lots of it. She began her career with Rolling Stone magazine when it was in its infancy, photographing the musically talented, and quickly became known for her deconstruction of human…
MONDAY: Author Julia Serano will be at Busboys and Poets to discuss and sign her new book Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. 6 p.m. TUESDAY: The “Godfather behind creative nonfiction,” Lee Gutkind (as described by Vanity Fair), will be at Olsson’s Books & Records in Dupont Circle to read from The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 1, as well as a selection from his book, Almost Human: Making Robots…
>> As we mentioned earlier in Reader, Meet Author, Vanity Fair editor Cullen Murphy will be at Politics and Prose tonight to read from and sign copies of Are We Rome? As long as we can ruled by Simon Woods, I’m all for saying, yes, please, let’s be Rome. 7 p.m. >> Tickets are still available for tonight’s performance of Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa at Washington National Opera. Our critic called this production WNO’s “best…
MONDAY: Cullen Murphy, the Atlantic’s managing editor, will be at Politics and Prose to talk about his new book Are We Rome? Murphy is of course referring to spreading corruption in Washington, our imperialist tendencies and the outsourcing of government work to private contractors. Personally, we’d rather read a book comparing our government with a different empire, but we won’t hold our breath on that one. 7 p.m. TUESDAY: Dancer and award-winning actress Victoria Rowell…
Moby is most famous for his vegan lifestyle, his atmospheric techno, and the spartan NYC digs. Oh, who are we kidding? Moby’s really made a name for himself recently for his attack on TomCat and their decision to let Vanity Fair be the first to carry pictures of their little bundle of Scientological joy, Suri. But a little DCist digging (well, we were just reading his blog) has found a few things Moby had to…
MONDAY Eliot Spitzer, current New York Attorney General and likely Democratic nominee for governor, is known to have a “quick temper” and a “passion for reform,” but he just might be the only state attorney general in the history of the United States to share a stage with Yo La Tengo. And to at least two dozen East Village record store clerks, that means a whole lot. Brooke Masters will tell you a lot…
The weekly Ist wrap-up is written by Seattlest editor Dan Gonsiorowski. LAist tracks an award-winning TV writer who worked on Good Times to a homeless shelter and sees a Little Old Lady get a jaywalking ticket because she can’t get across fast enough (in the same post!). Poets invade Metro and an LAist contributor’s new book asks WWJB. Gothamist gets down with the immigration rally and their readers want to be heard. The anniversary of…
Well, this weekend looks like it’s going to be absolutely gorgeous, so we’re hard pressed to recommend doing anything besides rolling around in the grass outside. With a beer. Or seven. That’s our plan, at least. But if you’d like more options, our suggestions follow. And don’t forget to plan ahead: DCist’s Unbuckled concert, featuring Cartel and Bicycle Thieves, is a little less than two weeks away! FRIDAY: >> The third annual AFI and Discovery…
Editor’s Note: With the breaking news out of Chile that a retired army chief suspected of human rights violations under dictator Augusto Pinochet has flung himself from a 18th floor balcony at a Santiago apartment tower to his death (say that in one breath?), we thought it was odd timing that we were working on a profile of a monument remembering another violent passage from the Pinochet era right here in D.C.: The Embassy Row…
Its hump day! Hurrah! And what better way to celebrate than by reading Ms. Jessica Cutlers Playboy.com interview! She reveals gems like that shes had sex on the Mall, is registered as a Republican, and the storyline for her upcoming novel. (We say odds are 2:1 someone gets it in the butt.) If scheming, bloodthirsty women are more to your liking than sexterns, go check out “Macbeth”, which opened this week at the Shakespeare Theatre….
