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1 month ago | 
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.
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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.
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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.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Christina Smart
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! “We’ve returned to the scene of the crime!” an impish Brian Ritchie, bassist of the Violent Femmes said when the band took the stage at HFStival at Nationals Park on Saturday, Sept. 21. The Violent Femmes played the second iteration of the festival in the summer of 1991 at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, Virginia. Same crime, different scene.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Amelia Roth-Dishy |Christina Smart |Serena Zets |Heidi Pérez-Moreno |Alan Zilberman
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! City Paper’s contributors have their fingers on the pulse of what’s happening in and around the city. These arts events, however, could be overlooked if you aren’t paying attention. Lucky for you, we are.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Pat Padua |Sarah Marloff |Brandon Wetherbee |Heidi Pérez-Moreno |Christina Smart |Amelia Roth-Dishy | +3 more
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Azymuth at the Black Cat on Sept. 5This jazz-funk band formed in 1973, and while bassist Alex Malheiros is the only surviving member of that original trio, the group have continued to make music, with a pair of solid albums in 2020.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Christina Smart |Amari Newman |Heidi Pérez-Moreno |Dora Segall |Sarah Marloff |Serena Zets
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! On 2023’s Pretty, D.C.’s alt-soul band Oh He Dead gave us the lighter side of love with tracks full of gleaming pop melodies and lyrics comparing relationship partners to cherry blossoms and honeybees (for real). On their follow-up, Ugly, things are no longer sunshine and lollipops. Actually, they’re downright … ugly. The album, released today, Aug.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Christina Smart |Rebecca Ritzel |Steve Kiviat |Louis Jacobson
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! As part of The View’s Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit cast reunion episode that aired in June, War and Treaty singer Tanya Trotter stepped center stage to sing the solo introduction to “Joyful Joyful.” Sixty seconds in, a male voice can be heard enthusiastically shouting from offstage “Go on, girl!” “Yes, that’s my big mouth,” Michael Trotter, co-singer and husband of Tanya, admits sheepishly.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Christina Smart |Alan Zilberman |Pat Padua |Heidi Pérez-Moreno
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! It’s not often that an artist’s first headlining tour happens nearly 30 years after their debut album. But when that artist is Missy Elliott, one of the most original, innovative hip-hop artists ever, one can forgive her for taking her time getting to the road (she was too busy hitting people with the hee). The announcement of Elliott’s Out of This World tour, which will hit Capital One Arena on Aug. 8, was exciting enough.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Dorvall Bedford |Christina Smart |Brandon Wetherbee |Serena Zets |Steve Kiviat |Ella Feldman
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Graphic artist Maurice James Jr. is reimagining Black history through art. Although his career only started in 2021, he’s become quite prolific during those three years. By March of 2023, he was displaying his work at three overlapping exhibits, and this year he was the first artist to be featured in Homme Gallery’s new location inside Union Station; he even did a show earlier this month in Oakland, California.
