The Phillips Collection, one of the few museums in town I don’t terribly mind paying for (looking at you, Textile Museum) and “America’s first museum of modern art,” houses some of the most astoundingly masterful pieces in the world, all tucked away in a former residence in Dupont. Upon entering (and paying $12), the viewer…
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Weekend [East City] Roundup: Sacred and the Profane Edition
Saturday July 7 Conner Contemporary Art (6pm to 8pm) Conner Contemporary Art presents its annual Academy exhibition which showcases the most promising BFA/MFA students from the Baltimore-Washington area. This event is not to be missed. For more information, click here. Conner Contemporary Art is located at 1358 Florida Avenue NE G Fine Art (6:30pm to…
Dance It Out: Joy of Motion Summer Session
In a break from all derecho/storm-related news, we bring you the sunnier side of DC summer: dance. As summer sets in for serious (sorry, people without AC), we feature a summer program from Joy of Motion dance collective on H Street NE. Their summer Step Ahead program lets youth experience and create new dance styles…
Weekend [East City] Arts Roundup
All Weekend Artland Temporium Brookland (Friday 6pm, Saturday 6pm and Sunday at 4pm) Artland is a 12 week public art celebration offering free cultural events and promoting creative expression that are housed in temporiums in an effort to revitalize two vacant storefronts in the Monroe Street NE area of Brookland. Like LUMEN8Anacostia, this project…
How To: Crush It At Outdoor Movies This Season
Outdoor movies: stiff necks, long waits at the Port-a-potty, and mosquitoes galore. Are you destined to be uncomfortable and disappointed at every outdoor movie you’ve rounded up the St. Elmo’s Fire crew to attend? Not if you follow the Boy Scout motto. Be prepared. I know we all expect to be able to waltz onto the green…
Where Am I?
In a salute to the less photographed (but no less beautiful and surprising) parts of DC, this intrepid on-foot photographer brings you a classic: the Where Am I? post. Inspired by Prince of Petworth in particular, I found myself pausing from time to time as I walk around our fair city, thinking, “Wow, I just like the…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Temporium Super Saturday Edition
DMV International Film Festival (all weekend) The DMV International Festival at the Brentwood Arts Exchange will show a series of Arthouse films by international and local producers. Tickets are $10. Of note are the following films: Friday, June 15th 5pm – 7:30pm Featured Film: Film Screening of ‘Tin Man” (Dublin, Ireland) Saturday, June 16th 11am…
New Name for NoMa Metro Brings Fanfare
The NoMa Business Improvement District, along with Galludet University and WMATA, celebrated the renaming the metro station Noma-Galludet U (and not the tiring and uninspiring New York Avenue – Florida Avenue – Gallaudet University Metro Station–bleh). The ribbon cutting this morning featured some big names from the city (Mayor Vince Gray, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton)…
Spotted: Jay and Daisy in DC
It’s that time of the year again. Special events outfit Dandies & Quaintrelles put on their annual Seersucker Social at Hillwood Estate in upper Northwest. Similar to the autumnal Tweed Ride, the Seersucker Social starts with an eight-mile bike ride through the city, after which the large enthusiastic group dressed up in their best 1920s and 1930s era clothes…
DC Style Is Real 