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The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden’s New Additions Show That It Embraces Fresh, Contemporary Ideas
A creature has arisen from the lower worlds. A witchy figure with twisted features and five furious faces. A swamp thing that looks like it crawled out of the muck, pushed […]
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So Popular: A New Podcast Dissects D.C.’s Gay Culture
The most progressive iteration of the pride flag suggests a united queer front. The traditional bright rainbow stripes we’re all familiar with are still there, representing folks who identify as […]
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The Weather Synthesizes a Career and Considers a Crisis
Laurie Anderson’s best-known song may be her unlikely hit “O Superman.” Released in 1981, it reached #2 on the UK Singles charts, thanks partially to the evangelism of influential DJ […]
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Performance Artist Maps Glover Charts a New Course for Himself
“The rush of performing is pretty unmatched,” Maps Glover says. “That vibration of you and the audience connecting on that unspoken level is an unmatched feeling, and I miss it tremendously.” […]
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New Startup Project Radical Plywood Activates Local Artists to Turn “Space Into Place”
Tarek Kouddous had 48 hours to find artists willing to paint murals on plywood in downtown D.C. Ted Brownfield of SJG Properties had asked him to fill the blank space […]
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People Watching Closes The Distance Between Us With Binoculars
“Who was I before?” That’s the question People Watching, the latest production co-produced by Extreme Lengths Productions and CulturalDC, invites us to ask ourselves. Part of CulturalDC’s Mobile Arts Season, […]
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City Lights: Peruse Old Postcards, Find the Full Story on Wardman Homes, or See the NGA’s Short Film Series
Peruse vintage postcards that capture D.C.’s past Last week, CityLab published an extraordinary piece, “How to Discover the History of Your Neighborhood, Without Leaving Home,” that documents writer and illustrator […]
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City Lights: Listen to A Local Supergroup’s New EP or Recordings from The Cellar Door’s Golden Days
The Half Stack EP In 2015, Jim Spellman, best known as a drummer with ‘90s indie-pop band Velocity Girl, put together a part-time band made up of fellow veterans from […]
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City Lights: Watch Sting Sing About Space, View a Different Kind of Pop-Up Exhibition, or Take a YouTube Gallery Tour
“Space Songs: Through the Distance” Being an astronaut is a notably lonely job; those who made history on the moon did so over 200,000 miles away from their loved ones. […]
