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…
Category: Shows
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…
Ms. Vedral Goes to Washington: Cherry Blossoms: You Never Forget Your First Time
Ah yes. The long-awaited cherry blossoms. Well, maybe not that long-awaited, since they peaked early this year due to freakishly amazing weather. Regardless, if there was anything that I knew I needed to experience in Washington that I couldn’t get in New York, it was a walk around the Tidal Basin to see the cherry…
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…
Shecky’s: Take a Number, You Know They’ve Taken Yours
What the WHAT is Shecky’s? From the ads and emails for Shecky’s Girls’ Night Out that appeared in my inbox for the past few weeks, I found myself thinking that I was paying for a ticket to a fun and light-hearted girls’ night out last week. You know, the kind with cocktails and laughing and…
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…
On The Ground: Sad Doggie in the Window
This guy was inside on such a beautiful day. For the comments section: Where is this?
The Hamilton: Old Ebbitt Gets Refreshed
Need more proof that DC has arrived? Look no further than The Hamilton, the latest offering from the the Clyde’s braintrust located at the corner of 14th and F in Northwest. Holding a capacity of 850 over three massive floors, it includes Washington’s newest music venue and it’s an insomniac — the whole place is…
Rollergirls Don’t Mess at DC Armory
Replete with punny names, pigtails, and knee and elbow pads, it’s the 6th season of the DC Rollergirls! Hear me roar, yelled all the skaters as they invaded the Armory last weekend in a crazed fury. For those who aren’t already familiar with roller derbies, it’s a fringe sport played on a roller rink, on roller…
DC Style Is Real 