Most galleries will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please check with galleries directly via phone or email for showing availability via the additional details link. 39th Street Gallery Through December 31, 2011 Friday 7pm to 9pm; Sat: noon to 4pm The Brentwood Gallery presents Shape Shifters a group show featuring the work of Karl…
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Looking to Wow Visitors? Take to the Water!
Whether you’ve lived in DC 6 hours or 6 decades, your relatives are equally susceptible to an affliction curiously closely associated with major US holidays—tourist-itis. Take advantage of this weekend’s great weather forecast to show off your city from a whole new perspective. The Potomac Riverboat Company has extended its Washington by Water Monuments Cruise for this weekend only—November 25th to…
H Street News Round-up
Long-awaited Hikari Sushi & Sake Bar, soon to be located at 644 H Street NE, is in the process of getting final approval for their liquor license and should open relatively soon. Hopefully this will alleviate the ludicrous 45 minute waits at Sticky Rice on Tuesdays. Unfortunately, as far as Le Grenier (upcoming French bistro…
The Tale of Three Scotches
Hello children. It’s almost that time of year when the burning scotch of Scotch is just right to take that cold edge off your walk from the Metro. But which Scotch will you take? Either for yourself or as a Christmas present for your grandfather/tweedy professor/hipster boyfriend (gender normative!)…you don’t want to make them think…
Meatballs: Whose Balls Are These?
There’s been a lot of press about the opening of new Chinatown/Penn Quarter restaurant, Meatballs. Is this really a Michel Richard restaurant? Are the meatballs really going to live up to the restaurant’s name? In my opinion, yes and yes. This is Michel Richard’s third DC restaurant, and for my budget, the only one I’ll…
Weekend [East City] Roundup: Fall Open Studios Edition
Friday November 11 Art Works Studio Gallery (7pm to 9pm) Described as “painting expressed as pure joy”, Laurie Breen’s Still-Lives-Accumulation of Meaning is a collection of colorful yet complex mixed media pieces. The accumulated layers of media, which include words, force the viewer to reconsider his/her relationship with the subject-matter. For additional details, click here. Art…
Rethink at Capitol Pecha Kucha
Howdy folks! Cramer here. And, first of all, let me say that I’m quite honored to be guest-blogging for such a fantastic and artsy blog, DC Style Is Real, and it was quite a pleasure to scope out the DC Foto Week Pecha Kucha and report on it here for you. The event took place…
Mixing Guide: In the Know at The Gibson
The Gibson is great. Everything about it makes us geeky DC wonks feel hip: You can imagine that guests and passers-by are impressed at how in-the-know you are for striding confidently through the unmarked entrance. The stylish, moody interior makes everyone look mysterious and alluring. And no one else in DC makes cocktails this good….
Weekend [East City] Round Up: Super Saturday
Friday November 4 G Fine Art (6pm to 8pm) Right next door to Conner, G Fine Art presents Iona Rozeal Brown Open.ed- Harmonious Diatribes l Works in Progress from the Stage. Brown has created her own ode to graffiti, incorporating illuminated manuscripts, inspired texts as well as abstracted figurative forms on wood panels and paper….
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