After work tomorrow, make sure to scurry over the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage for a free 6:00 performance by Birdlips. I can’t think of a better way to swing into a gorgeous, sunny weekend than with this duo’s soothing, beachy sound. Take a listen. The Millennium Stage has free shows every day at 6:00. From gospel to folk to dance,…
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Ms. Vedral Goes to Washington: Glasses Off, Lights Out, Song 1
Author’s note: I’m about to mix up some metaphors here. In previous posts, I’ve referred to DC as a nerdy guy and also as the girl next door. Since I’m assuming you’re reading this at work because someone posted it as their g-chat status, I’ll refrain from getting into a discussion about the social constructs…
Lumen8 Anacostia Recap
Hosted in the former DC Police Evidence Warehouse in Anacostia, the Lumen8 Anacostia opening party ran all day Saturday (literally, noon to midnight). If you missed the party, check back again this Saturday for Cherry Blast, the fourth annual celebration from The Pink Line Project and DC Arts Who’s Who Philippa Hughes. Nothing puts me…
Weekend [East City] Art Roundup: April Super Saturday Edition
Saturday March 14 52 O ST (11am to 5pm) This might be your last chance to visit the studios and visit the working artists as the wrecking ball looms to make room for yet another development in Eckington. For more information click here Off Rhode Gallery (12pm to 3pm) The Brookland Gallery will be hosting…
Magnetic Fields @ 930 Club
Touring in support of their latest album Love at the Bottom of the Sea, Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields brought their unique brand of acerbic indie rock to our nation’s capital last night. The opener, Devotchka (of Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack fame), was simply spectacular, playing a taut set of high-energy southwestern desert rock. Having seen…
The Hirschhorn Turns On
Everyone should head on over to the Hirschhorn after it gets dark. “But doesn’t the museum close at 5?”, you might ask. No worries, my dear friends – Doug Aitken‘s got you covered with his latest work, a staggering 82 foot tall, 725 foot wide giant art exhibit on the outside of our favorite donut-shaped…
Weekend [East City] Roundup: March Super Saturday Edition
Saturday March 12 Conner Contemporary Art (5pm to 8pm) The gallery presents two concurrent solo exhibitions by Janet Biggs and Wilmer Wilson IV. In Bigg’s second exhibition with the gallery, A Step on the Sun, Bigg’s multi-channel video installation shows miners extracting hardened sulfur at Indonesia’s Ijen volcano; the video references natural beauty as a…
Living Social’s 918 F Street: A Beautiful Prison
Ah, Living Social. I’ve always loved you. Even loved you too much. You made me feel so powerful, like I had DC under control while on a budget. Those were good days. Well, now you’ve moved into new territory. 918 F Street, your new flagship “event center,” is a beautiful, cruel prison. With pristine and…
Rick Ross at DAR
Purveyor of polished music videos (replete with tricked-out cars and busty babes) and recent recipient of MTV’s Hottest MC in the Game award, Rick Ross played DAR Constitution Hall last night. You’d think a big commercial name like Ricky Rozay would be sure to pack ’em in from miles around, but that’d be a negatory, good…
DC Style Is Real 