I must admit that I was skeptical. Despite the fact that Ambar, the new Balkan cuisine restaurant occupying the space that was once Jordan’s 8 on Barrack’s Row, is the newest culinary project of Ivan Iricanin, who has made me salivate at Maza 14 and El Centro. This guy is good, I knew, but even a great artist…
Author: Haley Fults
It's not New York or San Francisco, but DC has some surprising cultural moments to be discovered. And I'm going to tell you about them. Special attention to free, super cool, or just plain strange events.
Remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. to be Held
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop will offer a “Remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr.” on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 4th and Independence Avenue SE. Participants in the Remembrance include Fortissima, Capitol Hill Youth Chorus, Not What You Think, Nuance, Jubilee Singers of All Souls Unitarian, Washington…
Monthly Wine Tasting at Le Grenier
New local favorite Le Grenier, at 5th and H Streets NE, knows how to keep the local crowd happy. Every month the French restaurant will feature new wines by the glass, introduced at a free [read: FREE] tasting the first Tuesday of every month. I sat down at the beautiful and dimly lit bar to…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Happy 2013 Edition
Friday January 11 Honfleur Gallery (6pm to 9pm) Artists Michael Dax Iacovone and Kathryn Zazenski collaborated on a series of “Memory Maps” based on recent travels undertaken by each artist. In the Points That Bring Us from Here to There, audiences will experience Iacovones’ chronicle describing his crossing of all 123 Mississippi River…
Laura Elkins’ Homage to Michelle Opens in The Mini-Fridge
In a nod to the upcoming inauguration, The Fridge opens Laura Elkins’ Homage to Michelle in The Mini-Fridge, the newly opened space at the gallery. The artist will show a retrospective of works inspired by Michelle Obama during the first administration. Elkins uses First Lady imagery to create self-portraits that are at once deeply personal…
Hip Hip Hikari!
New Japanese restaurant Hikari Sushi opened this week at 644 H St NE, adding another exciting cuisine option to the burgeoning corridor. According to Thrillist, it’s named after the fastest bullet train in Japan. The polished decor includes samurai swords and red lanterns, and there’s an impressive skylight lining the entire staircase. The first floor…
Free Gilbert & Sullivan Workshop
Now how’s this for some local arts? You could be the one performing! Join the fun at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop’s free one-day Gilbert and Sullivan workshop on Saturday, January 12, 2013 from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. at 545 7th Street, SE. Peter DiMuro and Barbara Schelstrate, who direct CHAW’s summer Gilbert and Sullivan…
Opening Reception for Davis McLane Connelly’s Individuation at The Fridge
The Fridge presents Individuation, an exhibition of drawings by Brooklyn-based artist Davis McLane Connelly. Davis draws youthful figures in lifelike, surrealistic scenarios. In a departure from previous works in this series featuring stuffed toys and anthropomorphic animals, Davis is also showing drawings with human figures as part of his pursuit to fully realize this…
File That Under Hashtag Streetcar
Despite public assumption that the H Street streetcar line won’t be operational until the year 3000, DDOT assuaged our collection fear late today at a press briefing. Officials assured reporters that the car barn due to be constructed on the grounds of Springarn High School on Benning Road could be completed without any additional delays, and…
DC Style Is Real 