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…
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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…
Santarchy: Don’t Be Afraid, It’s Just Hoards of Santas
Put on a Santa suit and descend upon DC with thousands of like-minded Santas for the annual all-day Santarchy event! Santarchy/Santacons take place every year in major cities all over the world, involving tens of thousands of Santas. Santarchy is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious & non-sensical celebration of holiday cheer, goodwill, and fun. There is…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: “Miami? Whatever!” Edition
Friday December 7 Brentwood Arts Exchange (6pm to 9pm) In partnership with the Washington Printmakers Gallery, the Brentwood Arts Exchange presents the “Maryland Edition” of Mentor & Mentee with instructors and protégés showing work side by side. You have to love an exhibition with a piece called ““Out of the Jungle It Came: A…
Quick Byte: Celebrity on H!
Stop the presses, everyone. Dr. Horrible himself, Neil Patrick Harris, was spotted at hot ramen spot Toki Underground last night before going to help light the White House Xmas tree. Contrary to rumors from a tipster calling himself “Kumar”, NPH was not on ‘shrooms and ecstasy, but had ‘shrooms in his bowl of ramen and…
Opening Reception: TAXI GANG’s Exclamation Point.
The first solo-show by Fridge Owner and Director Alex Goldstein 7:00pm til 11:00pm, Sat Dec 1 [tomorrow!] @ The Fridge. Exclamation point. is the first-ever solo show by Owner and Gallery Director Alex Goldstein. The exhibit unites Goldstein’s heavily graphic design-influenced style with the visual and text-based themes he has been working with for many years in the…
NoMa Launches Recycling Program with Coca-Cola Grant
NoMa’s really hitting the big time with a new half million from the city for parks and now the recognition of growing pedestrian traffic in the booming neighborhood. From NoMa BID press release: Partners Include Keep America Beautiful, DC/MD Beverage Association, Harris Teeter The NoMa Business Improvement District, Keep Washington D.C. Beautiful and Coca-Cola Refreshments kicked off…
Weekend [East City] Event Round Up: Relaxed Edition
Friday November 16 The Fridge (7pm to 11pm) The Fridge presents Relax, an exchange print portfolio show featuring student work from the Corcoran’s graduate Art and The Book program An opening reception is scheduled for Friday November 16 from 7pm to 11pm. The portfolio includes woodcut, linocut, silkscreen, lithography, etching, letterpress, and digital prints. For…
Submerge DC: A No Kings Collective Production
Submerge DC is a No Kings Collective pop-up art space in what used to be Fashion One on the H Street Corridor. What does that even mean? Also known as a “flash art happening,” the two-floor space houses the artwork of about a dozen local artists. There is straight up graffiti from local fave Decoy, there are…
DC Style Is Real 