The Capitol Hill Community Foundation-sponsored outdoor concerts return to Eastern Market this Sunday May 2 with a performance by the group Dead Men’s Hollow. The six-person bluegrass band is making a reappearance at the outdoor venue which is a favorite of band member and Hill resident Amy Nazarov. Amy is one of the four women […]
For those of you with a penchant for the arts and an interest in staying abreast of the cultural offerings of Capitol Hill, you may want to head over to H Street, NE this weekend. Last Saturday I spent my afternoon visiting two local galleries on H Street that are fairly new additions to the […]
Couture in Washington? Sure, if you do it yourself, you can drape and dart while everyone else tucks and rolls thanks to new classes beginning this week at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) taught by Nora Elias, a former atelier member trained at the most prestigious fashion school in the world. No, not the one […]
What is it about Neil LaBute? The playwright and filmmaker is is known for brutal, heartbreaking portrayals of humanity’s easy cruelty. He became widely known in 1997 (Was it THAT long ago??) for the cringe-inducing and stomach twisting film In the Company of Men and has continued offering up explorations of the limits of morality […]
Usually when people are clamoring to squeeze into a hot locale on a Saturday night on H Street, its for the latest burlesque act at Palace of Wonders or a table at Sticky Rice. This past Saturday, though, it was art that got all the attention. City Gallery opened its doors last weekend with an […]