The New and Enclosed Arena Stage Once Arena Stage started their capital campaign to expand their complex, it became part of a larger urban plan for the Southwest waterfront area. At this point the new Mead Center for American Theater holds more than just the landmark Fichandler main stage and Kreeger stage inside the glass [...]
Inside the Beltway is quite exciting this time of year for all the best reasons…and this just scratches the surface. Sunday, September 5, 6 PM Graywolf Press and CAS/51 celebrates the publication of SKIN, INC. – Identity Repair Poems by Thomas Sayers Ellis (see the eclectique interview with Ellis) CAS/51 510 Randolph Street, Washington, DC [...]
STEP AFRIKA! HOME PERFORMANCE SERIES June 16 – 20 Opening night! After being out on the road for months (in the U.S. and abroad), Step Afrika! is back in DC for their annual home performance series at the Lansburgh Theatre – Harman Center for the Arts. There’s a “VIP Experience” which includes a roof-top reception [...]
Last week, the White House hosted a jobs forum. Those who were invited, showed up; those who weren’t, griped elsewhere. As much as the President has called for initiatives to improve education and encouraging and financing higher education, with the exception of the “green jobs,” you don’t hear much about technical education which often feeds [...]
Everyone’s talking about “The Wire” these days, a show that only recently wrapped up its run on HBO. DVD sets are on the shelves ready to buy or ready to fly into your mail box courtesy of Netflix. Articles and interviews about “The Wire” are all over the place. Here are a few: Bill Moyers [...]
