by Phil Hutinet Saturday March 12 Conner Contemporary Art (5pm to 8pm) The gallery presents two concurrent solo exhibitions by Janet Biggs and Wilmer Wilson IV. In Bigg’s second exhibition with the gallery, A Step on the Sun, Bigg’s multi-channel video installation shows miners extracting hardened sulfur at Indonesia’s Ijen volcano; the video references natural […]
Can one cook corned beef and cabbage on a grill? Seems like many are planning for first-ever St. Patty’s day cookouts thanks to this lovely May weather we are having. We already have run down the list of ways to celebrate your Irish heritage but what else is going on this weekend?
This week is turning into quite the carnival on Capitol Hill. We started with elephants and clowns parading through our streets, and the week ends with thousands of runners racing through the area (and greater Washington) as part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon 2012. (Throw in a giant music and drinking festival at RFK for […]
by Heather Cipu This weekend marks a monumental event, or at least a fairly exciting one for many. St. Patrick’s Day will land on a Saturday. While not a legal holiday, the fact that this year’s Irish celebrations will take place on Saturday means we can all pretend like it is one…with day drinking! (Not […]
A regular roundup of interesting miscellany from our fellow neighborhood bloggers. The Location has a photo of the discovery last month of the perfectly preserved sewer created to cover the old Washington City Canal, forming today’s Constitution Avenue. The Georgetown Metropolitan has been going through the American Community Survey results and presenting some of the […]