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Scary, but is this art? A show at Arlington Arts Center asks, why not?
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Turning off the taps: FLOW, a cautionary tale
IT’S OFTEN TAKEN for granted here that the faucet will work, that the bathtub will fill, and that the fridge at 7-Eleven will always contain bottles of Dasani. But filmmaker Irena Salina wants us to take a closer look at water.
Her documentary “Flow: For Love of Water,” opening at E Street cinema on Friday, examines the multifaceted water crisis, from scarcity to pollution to dams to private water companies that have restricted water access to only those who can afford it.
Let’s Go Out to ‘Lobby’: The Kennedy Center
Ricky Subritzky (the Kiwi) and Fiona MacDonald (the Aussie) have collaborated before on political pieces, and Subritzky doesn’t think it’s strange at all for the artists to take note of America’s political phenomena: “People seem a bit surprised — with New Zealand being on the other side of the world — that we’re interested. But the whole world’s interested.” He said the installation is inspired by what he and MacDonald see as the huge changes sweeping America’s political landscape; despite pundits’ rumblings about party schisms and military disasters, “Lobby” is a hopeful work.
Animated Imports: Anime Marathon
IF YOU RUSHED TO THE TIDAL BASIN LAST WEEKEND for the first blush of blossoms, you may be wondering how to deal with the next two and a half weeks without tearing your hair out. Easy: Get your jaded behind over to the Freer + Sackler Galleries for the 6th Cherry Blossom Anime Marathon. The … Continue Reading
Miracle on 14th St.: Source Theatre Sees New Life
IN ALL OF D.C.’S THEATERS, you won’t find a story like Source’s. Long known as a place that fosters emerging talent, the Source Theatre set up shop on 14th Street NW in 1977. Although the area today is a thriving arts corridor, Source’s debut was less than a decade after devastating riots ravaged the surrounding … Continue Reading
Re-imagining photographs: Wangechi Mutu
IT SEEMS AS IF WANEGECHI MUTU is the kind of artist who would hesitate to define herself based on a place — neither her birthplace of Nairobi, Kenya, nor Brooklyn, where she lives now. Instead, the provocative collage maker sees herself as a “contemporary, urban-raised woman.” Maybe that’s why she’s able to pull off her … Continue Reading
Teens on Bard
Erie Times-News Published July 27, 2007 by Rachel Kaufman All the world may be a stage, but these kids aren’t merely players. There was acting, yes, but also the trying on of costumes, running amok in the theater, attending workshops and, at one point, drumming on the floor to illustrate Shakespearean meter. It’s all part … Continue Reading