Christina Smart

3 days ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Steve Kiviat |Christina Smart |Brandon Wetherbee |Matt S. Siblo |Allison R. Shely

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Professor I. Augustus Durham’s talk with Marvin Davis of the Library of Congress, “Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media,” will go way deeper than simply describing how the late soulful Motown star was born in D.C., had a number of commercially and critically successful songs, and was shot and killed at age 44 by his father after a family dispute in 1984.

2 weeks ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Christina Smart |Brandon Wetherbee |Will Lennon |Allison R. Shely

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! It’s been nearly 20 years since Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks” came whistling into our lives, turning into an ubiquitous hit spawning more than a few imitators (I’m talking about you, Foster the People with your “Pumped Up Kicks”). Now the Swedish trio are hitting the road in celebration of Writer’s Block, the 2006 album that spawned the hit, playing the release in its entirety.

Mar 5, 2025 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Stephanie Rudig |Christina Smart |Will Lennon |Matt S. Siblo |Louis Jacobson

“I never thought of happiness as something reachable. Happiness is not something you can hold onto.” So says artist Hung Liu in the wall text of Hung Liu: Happy and Gay, an exhibit that examines the painter’s series based on Maoist propaganda books for children that were prevalent throughout her childhood in China. The slipperiness of joy and of memory is evident in the paint drips that stain what are usually otherwise placid scenes.

Oct 23, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Serena Zets |Steve Kiviat |Anupma Sahay |Brandon Wetherbee |Christina Smart

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Diwali is approaching next week and events celebrating the Hindu Festival of Lights are popping up across the city. One unmissable event is the third annual Diwali Rock Show at Atlas Brew Works, featuring local bands led by Indian American artists including Laal Taal (a member of Bottled Up), NAYAN, Prabir Trio, and Sravani.

Oct 9, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Meg Richards |Will Lennon |Christina Smart

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Rhythm, light, and shadow: These are the three main motifs featured in fine art photographer Anice Hoachlander’s work. Hoachlander centers a wide variety of natural life and human creation in her art—from the geometry of modern architecture to the way Spanish Moss dances in the warm breeze of the Carolinas. Hoachlander has an eye for the naturally occurring patterns in both organic life and inorganic matter.