Filmfest DC is back from near-certain death with a slimmer schedule and fewer films. [Arts Desk]

For three decades, R.W. McCluskie has hand-made violins and violas in MoCo. [Post]

Maryland artist Ronnie Joyner may be America’s last sports cartoonist. [Arts Desk]

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike director Aaron Posner on the challenges of producing a theater experience rich enough to resist the pull of digital media [DCist]

The Funk Parade will shut down U Street on May 2. [D.C. Music Download]

Director Oliver Stone, who’s making a movie on Edward Snowden, scouted AdMo for filming sites. [Post]