Washington City Paper: Arts & Events

What's Your Problem?
Helping D.C.'s arts scene work through its many issues.
What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess

Art Burn
Three performers live to tell about their battle with the health-care industry.
Show & Tell By Amanda Hess

Sticks and Stones
Silver Spring sculptor finds form in the Anacostia.
Show & Tell By Amanda Hess

Dub Scout
How an indie rocker became a hard-core reggae booster.
Arts By Aaron Leitko

What's Your Problem?
Keep Your Beer Away From My Camera!
What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess

Sweet Seventeen
Local haikuists/syllabic gladiators/who will be victor?
Show & Tell By Amanda Hess

What's Your Problem?
Artomatic: Problematic
What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess

Trip Hop
Do-gooders give truck stops a whole new meaning.
Show & Tell By Amanda Hess

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"Third Person Singular"
To Sunday, July 6, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The “he” and “she” of Amy Sillman’s “Third Person Singular” describes the couples the New York artist sketches and then, on a separate canvas, reduces to abstraction. These black-and-white drawings...
Lu Zhang
To May 24 at Randall Scott Gallery
The bowls of rice that Lu Zhang claims as an inspiration are allegorical, she says; they allude to her obsessive attention to detail, down to a single grain. It’s hard not to take her...
"Spring Thaw"
To Saturday, May 24, at Project 4
Christine Gray’s paintings are comprised of the stuff of children’s summer art-camp sculptures: plastic Easter eggs, martini olive swords, yarn, pipe cleaners, and archery arrows. Call it “Still...
Lu Zhang
To May 24 at Randall Scott Gallery
The bowls of rice that Lu Zhang claims as an inspiration are allegorical, she says; they allude to her obsessive attention to detail, down to a single grain. It’s hard not to take her...
"Spring Thaw"
To Saturday, May 24, at Project 4
Christine Gray’s paintings are comprised of the stuff of children’s summer art-camp sculptures: plastic Easter eggs, martini olive swords, yarn, pipe cleaners, and archery arrows. Call it “Still...

Laurie Lindeen
Monday, May 12, at Olsson's Dupont Circle
Laurie Lindeen is a former high-school cheerleader and University of Madison dropout who decided to start an all-girl punk band at 24. “I want my band to be all women because I want us girls to be in...
Lucille Clifton
Tuesday, May 13, at Folger Shakespeare Library
Lucille Clifton published her first book of poetry in 1969. How has she kept her writing fresh after almost four decades? She’s never stopped insisting on telling it like it is. The former Maryland...