Washington City Paper: Contents for Mar. 17

Looking For Mr. Goodman
One matchmaker, not enough mensches, and all-too-much mishegoss on D.C.'s Jewish social circuit.

Cover Story

One matchmaker, not enough mensches, and all-too-much mishegoss on D.C.'s Jewish social circuit.

"Where's the lavender??!!"

Drips and drabs of black and white paint accented with splotches of metallic aluminum and salmon pink inhabit every square inch of Jackson Pollock's Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist). There's no trace of purple, violet, or even mauve. The conversation-starter murmured behind my back comes across as innocuous without being idiotic. Mildly pleasant and somewhat playful. Even ironically iconoclastic. And among the gang of self-identified art lovers prowling the lower level of the National Gallery of Art's East Wing this particular Sunday afternoon, this kind of observation has been internally vetted--at least twice, if not 10 times--before the larynx has even been primed for action.

As docent Michael Weyl ushers the group through Barnett Newman's 14 black-and-white Stations of the Cross, a late-30-something homely, dark-haired man wearing jeans and a blue sweater cozies up to a brunet 20-something woman and opts for a more prosaic approach: "So--you like this modern-art stuff?"

I see the cartoon bubble floating above her head: Oy vay iz mir! I know. I'm thinking the same thing.... Continued

Issue of Mar. 17 - 23, 2000

News and Features

Looking For Mr. Goodman
One matchmaker, not enough mensches, and all-too-much mishegoss on D.C.'s Jewish social circuit.
Cover Story By Elizza Silverman
Still Fishing
D.C. officials are still promising to remove Rock Creek's barricades--after they doom another year's worth of blueback herring.
The City By Holly Bailey
Bringing It All Back Home
A group of anthropologists, bureaucrats, and researchers get set to put D.C. on center stage at this summer's Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
The City By Guy Raz
Bad Blood
Almost a year after D.C. firefighter Louis Matthews died in the line of duty, his family can't seem to agree on who should benefit from his sacrifice.
The City By Annys Shin
D.C. Income Maintenance Office
The City By Judith Larsen
Taken to the Village
The Mail By Sandi Royster
House Proud
The Mail By Sonny Williams
Just a Little Note...
The Mail By Robert Northern (Brother Ah)
Slippery Ads
The Mail By Sarah Mason
Angry as He Wants to Be
The Mail By Bryce A. Suderow