People who have lived in the District for over a year inevitably start trying to sum up current and past fads. Usually done with a wave of the hand or toss of the head (or both!), we can say things like, “Yeah, first it was cupcakes, then crepes, now it’s hot dogs. What will those…
Category: Eastern Market
Cold Light and Bioluminescence at The Fridge
The current show at The Fridge, located down an alley and behind a dumpster in Eastern Market, is not a normal show. Not that The Fridge shows very much that is normal or expected, but visiting this exhibition gives one the feeling of swimming underwater. Cool, dark and scintillating, walking around the black lighted space…
Welcome to Wisdom
Thanks to the foodie revolution, DC denizens now have the option to frequent a “cocktail parlour.” Wisdom would never have been able to get away with that extra “u” only a few years ago. But they do, and I’m happy to allow for that and much more. But there’s nothing to gripe about at Wisdom….
A Peek at the First Ladies at the Fridge
It’s really hard to stop myself from using a refrigerator analogy for the art one finds at Alex Gold‘s back alley art space in Eastern Market. Something about there always being something satisfying in the fridge. There. I did it anyway. I really love what goes on at The Fridge. Saturday night’s opening of Laura…
Capitol Hill Books Is Perfect
I have found my Platonic ideal in Capitol Hill Books. This bookstore is everything a used bookstore should be. It has mounds and stacks and piles of semi-organized books filling up its two stories in Eastern Market. It has an amiable yet prickly proprietor. It is filled with bookish customers discussing deep thoughts. It is perfect….
Graham Boyle at the Fridge
Earlier in the season I wrote about the Fridge. The Fridge, one of the new art spaces cropping up in DC lately. A space can be used for anything, but must have an industrial, warehouse feel. Otherwise, it is not a space. It is a gallery. Yuck. Even though found in Eastern Market (in an alley…
the Fridge Seems to Be a Pretty Cool Joint
The Fridge is easily the coolest place in Eastern Market. It can be hard to find, but once you do, you feel as if you’ve entered an exclusive speakeasy in Prohibition-era Chicago. It’s the place to be, evidenced by the cool glances you receive from the artistes once you step inside. But what do we…
DC Style Is Real 