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Where to See the Oscar Nominees in DC

February 8, 2012

Or at least, where to see the harder to find nominees, since I’m assuming everyone has already seen The Help and no one has seen Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, even though it’s playing at the Georgetown AMC. Here’s your guide if you are an obsessive completest or are betting money in your office’s Academy Awards pool.

Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress
E Street Cinema & West End Cinema are both inexplicably showing War Horse, but these are your best bet for the slightly-more-indie films on this year’s Oscar list.
West End Cinema: this is your best bet to catch My Week with Marylin, and enjoy Michelle Williams’ glowing performance.
E Street: The Iron Lady & Albert Nobbs round up some more of this years Best Actress nods, and it’s also showing The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and The Descendants.
Recommended: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (3 nominations – Actor, Score, and Adapted Screenplay)

Best Foreign Films:
National Geographic will again be showing all five foreign film nominees as part of their Global Glimpse program, the weekend of February 17th-19th. Tickets are 8 dollars. Bullhead also opens at the West End on the 24th.
Recommended: A Separation (2 nominations – best foreign film & best original screenplay).

Animated & Live Shorts
These are great to catch if you’re gunning to win your office’s Oscar pool this year, and they come to E Street Cinema starting February 10th. They play for a week, and each showing will include both nominees and honorable mentions.
Recommended: If you can only pick on, go for Animated, it’s normally a nice change of pace from heavy hitting Oscar movies. You can also catch these at the National Archives for free on February 25th.

Documentary
The National Archives will be showcasing the Oscar-nominated documentary features, one each night from the 22nd thru the 26th. You can catch the documentary on dance, Pina, in 3D as it was submitted at the Georgetown AMC.
Recommended: Hell & Back if you liked Restrepo, Pina if you like beautiful things (unfortunately it will only be showing in 2D at the Archives).

Documentary Short
Unsurprisingly, these are also being shown at the National Archives, but starting February 10th, four of the nominated shorts will be shown together at the West End Cinema.
Recommended: I got nothing, y’all, as I haven’t seen a single one…yet.

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Start Your December Calendars Now

November 30, 2011

God I love punsDecember is always the busiest month in terms of all the awesome shit that’s happening in the city. And not even everything is Christmas music! (Spoiler alert: most of it’s Christmas music). So since we’re slowly creeping into making blog posts (!?!) again, here is what’s happening in the couple weekends of December. Music, black tie, galas, and more!

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Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Events, Nov. 14-17

November 14, 2011

A wild post appears!

The George Washington University’s Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service is hosting a week to increase awareness of the pervasive problem of homelessness. For every 10,000 people in Washington in 2007, there were 90 that are homeless. (National Alliance to End Homelessness). Current estimates have that number higher, estimating approximately 6,500 homeless folks living in the District. From 2008 to 2009, the number of people in homeless families increased 25%, and again by 10% from 2009 to 2010. This, coupled with the number of shelter closures throughout the city in the past few years (several of which resulted in lawsuits with the city), along with budget cuts to services, keeps this issue critical for the DC population.

GWU is hosting a wide variety of events this week, as well as a  food drive in residence halls benefiting Capital Area Food Bank. The week ends with the Fannie Mae-sponsored Health the Homeless Walkathon on the 19th.

Further reading: Occupy DC protesters welcomed by [some] local homeless, WaPo

Organizations (that you can volunteer with!): Capital Area Food Bank, Miriam’s Kitchen, Street Sense, Bread for the City

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Weekday Round Up, Intern & Capital Pride Edition

June 8, 2011

This week: Interns Rock! wristbands are available, DC gets extra gay, and museums let you drink in or around them.

PS – So posting’s light around here, but that doesn’t mean we’re not furiously bringing you up-to-date FoBo info. Check us out on the twitters @FoBoBlo!

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Weekday Round Up

May 23, 2011

So the world didn’t end yesterday. OR no one I know is good enough to be raptured. People who also weren’t raptured: summer interns, who were crammed into the FoBo Metro stop this morning and seemed unconcerned about basic escalator etiquette. With only two escalators running (“running”), this could prove hazardous.

It’s a light week for events, so let us know if you or a group you’re affiliated with is doing something exciting!

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