Welcome to the first full week of August! This is pretty much last real month of Summer, so make sure you fully enjoy it. The students aren’t back at GW just yet, but that doesn’t mean Foggy Bottom is a ghost town. So get out there and see some of the goodies going on this week.
Monday (08/03)
- The last screening in a summer of Elizabeth Taylor, the National Theatre (1321 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW) will be playing “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Watch Mike Nichol’s deft direction of celebrity super couple Taylor and Richard Burton as they tear through the film adaptation of Edward Albee’s play. Try to come early, as tickets are free but required, and are handed out half an hour before the film begins. The showing starts at 6:30 pm and is sure to be packed (it won five Academy Awards, after all).
- Speaking of Freer & Sackler Galleries, don’t forget to buy your advance ticket to Asia After Dark! Jumping on the late night museum trend, the first AAD was in June and the next will be on September 3rd, with advanced tickets going on sale today!
- Tonight is also the penultimate Screen on the Green, so if you’re ready to do the HBO dance, head over to the Mall for On the Waterfront.
Tuesday (08/04)
- Becky’s Fund, an organization devoted to domestic violence awareness and prevention, is hosting a happy hour at Teatro Goldini (1909 K Street NW). From 6pm – 10pm, there will be free hors d’œuvres, discounted Bellini cocktails ($10), $8 glasses of wine, and $5 Miller Lights.
Wednesday (08/05)
- The Park Hyatt Washington (1201 24th Street NW) is holding its last Canines and Corks happy hour, where pet owners can bring their dogs, hang out, and drink on the outdoor grounds of the hotel. $10 gets you in and two drink tickets, and water bowls and doggie treats will be provided. Some proceeds will go to the Washington Humane Society. This event is perfect if you own a dog or just love dogs.
- Artomatic’s monthly (first Wednesday of every month) happy hour is at Science Club (1136 19th St NW), so relive your fond Artomatic memories by drinking, 6 pm – 10 pm. There’s also a facebook event.
Thursday (8/06)
- Asia Trash! at 7 pm, screening weekly Asian cult and horror movies at the Freer Gallery of Art. This week’s is The Host. There is a pre-movie tour at 4:30 pm, and all tour participants get two free movie tickets. (This event is $4, btw).
Friday (08/07)
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Tagged advance ticket, Air guitar, art, Asia Trash, domestic violence awareness, edward albee, film adaptation, Foggy Bottom, free movies, Freer Gallery of Art, gallery of art, horror movies, pennsylvania avenue, september 3rd, teatro goldini, virginia woolf, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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Showing now at the Corcoran, William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961–2008 is a show you won’t want to miss. Eggleston’s career arguably defined color photography in the art world. From an excellent New Yorker article on his work and significance:
You can always tell a William Eggleston photograph. It’s the one in color that hits you in the face and leaves you confused and happy, and perhaps convinces you that you don’t understand photography nearly as well as you thought you did.
He shoots like a shutterbug and executes like a painter.
The show is a retrospective — the equivalent of a “greatest hits” album, so this show should appeal equally well to both newbs and l33ts alike. Eggleston titled the show Democratic Camera to reflect his “democratic” way of looking at things through the lense: all things equally interesting and significant. Unlike other artists who focus their work on capturing the bizarre, magnificent, or surreal, Eggleston aims to make the ordinary extraordinary.
The show is running from now until September 20th at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (map). Make sure to check out the Corc’s hours here before you plan a trip though, and note that it costs $10 for adults, $8 for students/senior/military.
Click through for more photos from the event......
While we hope you find these selections interesting, the most important thing to remember this weekend is to avoid the Metro at all costs. There will be maintenance on all five lines this weekend, ensuring the inevitability of being trapped in an unairconditioned station for 16 minutes, watching as time moves backwards, only to be crammed unceremoniously into a car filled with three tourist families who refuse to move away from the doors. Everyone in that car is touching you. Don’t let that scenario come true. May we suggest the buses?
Saturday, 08/01
- Clearly contributors Rich & I will be at the Paul McCartney concert at FedEx Field, so you should think about attending.
- A reminder that the Corcoran Gallery of Art (500 17th Street NW) has free workshops and docent tours every Saturday. This week the workshop (10 am – 12 pm) is “Exploring Design and Color,” with a $12 materials fee for non members. Tours run at noon and 3 pm.
Sunday, 08/02
Out of FoBo Highlights
- The MidCity Dog Days Sidewalk Sale is happening both Saturday and Sunday in the 14th & U St. Corridor. Not only will the local retailers be represented, cultural booths, performances, and workshops will be held.
- On Saturday, DC9 is hosting Kids, a dance and music fest with tons of freebies — condoms, malt liquor, and entry — until 10 pm. Highlighted by the WaPo’s Going Out Gurus, expect a crowd and head there early. $6 after 10.
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