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Feb 29, 2012
Christopher Naoum is the co-founder of Listen Local First, an organization that aims to create...
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Feb 14, 2012
The Phillips Collection teamed up with Looped Yarn Works for a call to all knitters to create their...
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Jan 25, 2012
Listen Local First and The Pink Line Project have teamed together to support and promote DC...
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Jan 3, 2012
I tend to gravitate toward the nerdier things and people in life, and in my experience, nerds make...
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Dec 15, 2011
Art is an expansive category. Always changing, always stretching, always groaning under the weight...
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Dec 12, 2011
Last week Julia Kliaber of CEO's for Cities made a strong case for why good design will be the...
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May 15, 2012
What a great week. Spiritualized played a gorgeous, epic show at the 9:30 and then I went out of...
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May 8, 2012
When I was 18 I gambled on not going to college and instead joined a band and went on tour. My Mom...
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May 3, 2012
The iPhone is more than a phone and much more than just a camera. It can do things that are...
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May 2, 2012
You know how when you go to see a Shakespeare play, everyone is really reverant and dresses up and...
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May 1, 2012
Happy May Day. According to Wiki, in some parts of the United States people make May Day baskets....
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Apr 26, 2012
We are constantly surrounded by technology and we are continually finding ways to share information...
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Apr 24, 2012
As any art appreciator can tell you, engaging with art is a joyful experience. The swell of emotion...
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Apr 18, 2012
Sara Barger made this nifty video of some highlights from the kickoff party for LUMEN8Anacostia...
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Apr 17, 2012
If you ever have a windburned face and think to yourself, "hey, I've got some Burt's Bees lip balm...
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Apr 10, 2012
Some old, some new... All totally working for me right now. If only they relieved allergy symptoms...
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Apr 10, 2012
I visited The Bridge Spot last weekend with my niece and nephew. They thought they were going to...
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Apr 9, 2012
Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company attacks choreography with poise and fluidity. They celebrated...
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Apr 5, 2012
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Apr 5, 2012
José Andrés, DC's celebrity chef, ran into a scheduling problem recently. He wanted to celebrate...
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Apr 2, 2012
Okay everyone, free association time. I say “karaoke,” you say:
Dive bars. Liquid courage. That...
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Apr 1, 2012
Marina Kanno and Giacomo Bevilaqua from Staatsballett Berlin perform several jumps captured in slow...
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Mar 31, 2012
It feels like it’s been a long time for Fiona Apple. By the rules of the universe she once occupied...
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 26, 2012
Boqueria has opened its doors to a new clientele - Washington, DC. The Spanish tapas restaurant...
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Mar 25, 2012
In this funny and blunt talk from TEDxUW, Larry Smith pulls no punches when he calls out the absurd...
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Mar 22, 2012
You must come see Monica Canilao's amazing and beautiful installation at the Lightbox on April 14...
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Mar 21, 2012
5×5, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’s new temporary public art project, will result...
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Mar 20, 2012
Get ready, D.C.! The National Mall is about become a sight to behold; No, I’m not referring to the...
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Mar 15, 2012
Walking to Feastly’s BYOB Southern Comfort Brunch on a Sunday afternoon, prosecco in one hand and...
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Mar 15, 2012
Washington, DC loves a good cliché. It is, but of course, Hollywood for ugly people. A city that...
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Mar 14, 2012
As I arrived at the theater in the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., I sat down behind two...
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Mar 14, 2012
5×5, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’s new temporary public art project, will result...
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Mar 12, 2012
Memo to Craig Finn: once your music career is over (and I for one hope it never ends) you’ve got a...
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Mar 12, 2012
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Mar 7, 2012
5×5, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’s new temporary public art project, will result...
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Mar 6, 2012
With today’s 24-hour media and relentless political barrage, our language can be altered beyond...
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Mar 5, 2012
[First published on Fork and Canvas on March 2, 2012]
Gourmet pizza is nothing new in this city,...
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Feb 21, 2012
I just went to four shows in five days. Anyone who tells you theater is purely for entertainment...
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Feb 17, 2012
DC-based typographer and graphic artist Carolyn Sewell finds a number of outlets for her work. One...
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Feb 16, 2012
Another studio building bites developer's dust. What now? 7 dares for YOU.
Mera Rubell is coming...
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Feb 16, 2012
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Feb 10, 2012
Last January, the most incredible thing happened: I received an apology letter from a guy who tried...
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Feb 9, 2012
Florida and Champlain, NW
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Feb 5, 2012
Popuphood is a small business incubator revitalizing neighborhoods, block by block.
Sarah Filley...
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Feb 3, 2012
The new industrial atmosphere led by the trend of increased decentralization of commercial and...
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Feb 1, 2012
Q: “In Her Words,” is a theatrical musical presentation celebrating the lives of five inspirational...
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Jan 31, 2012
The first thing that fascinated me about Wim Wenders 3D documentary "Pina," was that it reads like...
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Jan 30, 2012
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Jan 27, 2012