also Jon Langford co-wrote a musical that's at Fringe, but the 'pay anything' matinee is tomw as well
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 May 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
im gonna go catch the end of happy hr at the Fireplace in Dupont, eat somewhere, then collapse
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 May 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
x-post--was out of town this weekend. Want to see that Jon Langford co-penned musical some time
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/2014/05/theatre-review-neropseudo-by-wsc-avant-bard-at-the-shop-at-fort-fringe/
Oh, still showing till June 1
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
Washingtonian has responded to NY Times meh re DC coffee w/, surprise surprise, a top 10 DC coffee shop list
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/bestbites/food-restaurant-news/10-great-dc-coffee-shops-the-new-york-times-should-visit-next-time.php
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
it's true though, whoever wrote that has no idea what they're talking about wrt dc coffee. i'm biased because my gf worked at big bear and currently works at peregrine, i guess
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
student video of 1968 riots, Gallaudet, H st:
http://www.popville.com/2014/05/1968-riots-dc-video/
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
I think I experienced CemeteryFail last Sunday when I was looking for the graves of Thurgood Marshall and Medgar Evers in Arlington, and instead ran across William Rehnquist and John Mitchell.
I did find J Edgar in the Congressional Cemetery w/ no assistance! While yupsters walked their dogs and had wine and empanadas whilst sitting on gravestones on a Sat afternoon.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
Didn't realize Marshall was buried there. Googling now tells me
He was buried in Section 5 of Arlington National Cemetery, near the graves of fellow Justices, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan and Potter Stewart.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 May 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
Are all of the Justices together?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 May 2014 14:18 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2014/05/22/the-future-of-d-c-arts-as-told-by-matt-yglesias-holly-bass-brendan-canty-and-victoria-reis/
Wish I had known about this. Sounds interesting although I'm not a fan of host MattY, and the panel coulda probably used a millenial contributer as well
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 May 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
no mudge, there are no group plots by professions afaik, unless yer a Kennedy. (even Bobby and Teddy are off to the side of that slope.) I think I saw Potter Stewart along w/ Rehnquist but none of the others.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 May 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
Other stuff in my life is getting in the way of me seeing various cool docs and such at the National Gallery of Art. Missing all those NYC old-school street ones so far.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 June 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/calendar/film-programs/onthestreet.html#onthestreet.html?pageNumber=1&_suid=1401812967789046795645288242393
This is the series I am referring to
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
Saw that (kinda disturbing at times) Art of Destruction exhibit on its last day at the Hirshhorn, so since this photography one at the National Gallery closes Sunday, I need to make it by:
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2014/winogrand.html
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 June 2014 13:04 (ten years ago) link
Glad I saw that Winogrand exhibit. Nicely shot b & w photos from the last century. A bunch of 'em were posthumously printed, as Winogrand toward the end of his life just started taking lots of photos, and never printing them. Contact sheets for some, was the most he did. Exhibits like this make me want to get a nice camera and learn how to use it well.
Cassavetes movie there next weekend.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 June 2014 14:03 (ten years ago) link
What's a "pop-up cinema"?
http://angelikapopup.com/
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
An outdoor screen or something till they build their new Angelika there, I guess
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 12 June 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45947/24-hours-of-eating-in-dc/
x-post--dcist.com :
Angelika says that they converted a warehouse space at Union Market into intimate screening rooms, where they'll show films this summer.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 12 June 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
http://bandwidth.wamu.org/how-two-art-spaces-have-survived-in-gentrifying-d-c/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 June 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
I did not realize DC had ANY warehouse spaces, really!
― aaliyah papi (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 14 June 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
National Gallery of Art's final showing of a movie in its East Wing Auditorium until 2016 (due to renovations) is a Sunday 4:30 screening of the Italian film Il Sorpasso -- a director Dino Rosi 1962 effort, described as a "sorely neglected ... commedia all’ italiana [that] reads as a sort of elegy on unfettered energies of the early 1960s — fast cars, sleek jazz, rock ’n’ roll, even fashion sense."
National Gallery will keep showing movies in the West Wing and elsewhere in the city, during the renovation period
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 June 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
Is there anywhere recommended to watch the world cup, preferably in Alexandria/arlandria/Arlington? I am in town the weekend of July 4 to takecare of some stuff, but there are major games on the 4th and 5th. So far I am considering rustica and Daniel o'connells.
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 20 June 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
I work down there in Old Town and I've watched a few matches in the Union Station Pub for convenience and it's been good. Lots of TVs and space and the sound is turned up. Never too busy. Not sure what it's like for US games, mind (I watched the Ghana match in the Iron Horse in DC and it was swamped).
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Saturday, 21 June 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
Babylon Cafe in a Bailey's Crossroads strip mall near Arlington & Alexandria has matches (lotsa Ethiopians as well as Hispanics go there). Plus the City Paper and W. Post have published links for lotsa places showing matches.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 June 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2014/06/20/2014-world-cup-where-to-watch-the-united-states-and-other-matches-outdoors-in-d-c/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2014/06/11/world-cup-2014-watch-the-games-at-a-top-soccer-bar/
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/worldcup
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 June 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
x-post--Relatives in town, so I missed that Italian film. Oh well...
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 June 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Apparently Il Sorpasso is having another screening in September (http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/calendar/film-programs/summer14-specialevents/sorpasso.html), at an AU venue.
― Miss Anne Thrope (j.lu), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 02:32 (nine years ago) link
good
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
lol @ courtland milloy
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 14:09 (nine years ago) link
He and John Kelly in the Post worrying about those biker terrorists making life tough for old-school DC car drivers...
Milloy:
On Wednesday, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s Bike Ambassadors will ride to the NoMa Summer Screen viewing of “The Muppets” “to hand out surprise goodies to people who biked.” There’ll be kids and bikes and Muppets, as if Kermit is supposed to make us forget about the biker terrorists out to rule the road.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
lol @ so many people linking Milloy's 1988 column on how difficult it was to get around on a bike after his license was suspended
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Thursday, 10 July 2014 03:52 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-in-petworth-a-robbery-and-death-tell-us-something-abut-ourselves/2014/07/11/468362de-085c-11e4-a0dd-f2b22a257353_story.html?hpid=z3
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 12 July 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2014/07/16/how-food-brings-d-c-s-iraqi-exiles-back-home-again/
I wonder how these Iraqi restaurants in Alexandria and Herndon are? Not easily metro-accessible for some of you tho
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
Every so often we talk about an ILXpedition to the suburbs for Vietnamese food, only for the idea to dissipate. Any interest in trying to go to one of these places?
― Miss Anne Thrope (j.lu), Thursday, 17 July 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
Good lunch joints on U Street or thereabouts?
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 18 July 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
Greek Spot, Chix, Amsterdam Falafel, G Sandwich, Zenebech Injera
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Friday, 18 July 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
Went with Greek Spot. It's good!
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 18 July 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
yes.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Have managed to miss the experimental films at National Gallery and the Asian ones at the Freer. Ugh. Oh well. Despite stereotypes about August being dull, there's lots happening culturally (at least music and movies and exhibits) plus the Nats....
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2014/08/15/why-photographer-lida-moser-couldnt-be-pigeonholed/
Maybe a local art space or museum can do an exhibit of this local resident (via NYC) who just died at 93 but was a talented, feisty photographer
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
http://dcist.com/2014/08/popcorn_candy_have_you_seen_my_baby.php
On most (some? ) Thursdays, Pat Padua (Library of Congress employee and writer) posts some nice writeups on movies to see at museums and artsy theatres and such
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-falls-church-eden-center-tenants-sue-landlord-say-mall-crumbling-around-them/2014/08/20/bb5ef4ae-23cf-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html?tid=pm_local_pop
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
http://nyadiff.org/adiff-dc-2014/
Little publicized movie fest this weekend of international films from Brazil and various African countries
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 23 August 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/46224/the-dives-of-others-how-to-open-a-new-old-bar/
Paul V's comments dissing the Thievery Corp places are kinda fun
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 August 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
wow what a prick
i mean damn, you're from rockville, worked at saint-ex and bar pilar and are trying to be punker than thou
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 August 2014 02:32 (nine years ago) link
He had a few self-deprecating comments early in the piece though. But he also got his Marvin Gaye facts wrong (aserting that Marvin lived nearly his whole life in D.C.)--Marvin lived in Detroit and L.A. a bunch (in addition to that 1 year in Belgium that Paul mocked in relation to the Marvin club)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 August 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
Thanks a lot Mr. Amazon:
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is replacing Publisher Katharine Weymouth with Frederick J. Ryan Jr., a former Reagan administration official who was part of the founding leadership team of Politico, a primarily digital news organization that competes with The Post on political coverage, the company announced Tuesday.
The departure of Weymouth, 48, ends eight decades of Graham family leadership of The Post, which her great-grandfather bought in 1933. Bezos, who acquired The Post for $250 million in a sale announced in August 2013, initially kept the senior leadership team intact. He told Weymouth during a visit to Washington, on Aug. 18, that he had selected a new publisher, according to people familiar with the decision. She will remain on the company payroll as an adviser through the end of the year.
Ryan, 59, an attorney, spent years rising in the Reagan administration, eventually becoming a top presidential aide and key leader in the construction of his presidential library and numerous other initiatives after Reagan left office in 1989.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, September 2, 2014 3:37 PM (4
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
Saw American Cool exhibit at National Portrait Gallery...Uneven & gimmicky but I kinda enjoyed it anyway
http://blogs.loc.gov/music/2014/08/directed-by-ken-russell-film-fridays-at-the-mary-pickford-theater/
Fridays this month (I've only seen Tommy)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 September 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link