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1 month ago | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Rebecca Ritzel |Mary Manning |Will Lennon |Brandon Wetherbee |Allison R. Shely
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! DMV choreographers are always moving. Blame the transient nature of D.C.’s job market, which too often pulls artists in and out with their spouses, or area universities that draw MFA students who depart when they graduate. Nejla Yatkin may have moved to Chicago more than a decade ago, but whenever she brings a project back to Dance Place in Brookland, this formerly local dance icon deserves a homecoming party.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
euroagazette.com.au | Mary Manning
By MARY MANNINGEUROA'S Already Read Bookshop is already widely recognised for facilitating the recycling and re-using of books so that they can be re-read and re-loved. Our Christmas window this year takes this commitment to another level with the re-purposing of old books to create a delightful choir of angels. The display was created by the volunteer staff using "treasures" that have been donate...
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May 6, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Mary Manning
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Last year, City Paper wondered how the Washington Ballet would fare after artistic director Julie Kent, associate director (and Kent’s husband) Victor Barbee, and five top dancers left for the Houston Ballet. Another left for the Boston Ballet and three other dancers retired. In the span of a few weeks, the company lost a quarter of its roster.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
euroagazette.com.au | Mary Manning
Arts and Entertainment Novelist Glenna Thomson proves a hit in Euroa Mar 27 2024 Updated 16 minutes ago By MARY MANNING, FOR FRIENDS OF THE EUROA LIBRARYIT was a full house at the North Eastern Hotel last Thursday evening, as clo There's more to this story... Subscribe to Euroa Gazette.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Mary Manning
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! In February, Dance Place hosted a “hair show,” billed as a journey about Black hair and its symbolism of Black resilience, art, culture, and pride. City Paper receives at least 100 inquiries about upcoming dance performances a year—and this one, “Color Me (Curly) Hair,” is one of the most original we’ve seen. The event brought together fashion designers and dancers, hair stylists and models, and it sold out.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Mary Manning
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! The magical Christmas tree wasn’t the only greenery growing at the Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker in December. The company made $3.4 million in ticket revenue from 31 performances at the Warner Theatre—not counting its three shows at THEARC. To put it in perspective: That’s about $200,000 less than the production’s all-time high in 2022, but this winter’s run also included six fewer shows.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Colleen Kennedy |Mary Manning |Will Lennon |Matt S. Siblo
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! “You can do terrible things with this,” Vinny DePonto shares about his skills as a mentalist. “Or you can make people feel less alone in their own heads, a sort of collective catharsis. That’s what the show is an attempt to do.” We are discussing Mindplay, which takes Arena Stage following rave reviews from the production’s run at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Mary Manning
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! From a distance, the Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker glitters. But up close, the production shows its age. The hanging scenery is frayed. One of the carousel horse’s tails is glued back on. The settee where Clara falls asleep in act one is patched and tattered. “It used to be just green,” says Suzi Kilbourne, production stage manager at the Washington Ballet.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Emma Francois |Mary Manning |Camila Bailey |Joe Warminsky |Colleen Kennedy
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Food historian and cookbook author Francine Segan has lectured on a true smorgasbord of topics: from the art of dining in Downton Abbey, to the 21st-century breakthroughs in Italian ravioli to the myth-laden secrets of libidinous foods like oysters and ginseng.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
washingtoncitypaper.com | Mary Manning
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Kit Aylesworth, 25, graduated from American University with a double major in dance and musical theater in May 2020. It was not a promising time for a student who aspired to become a professional dancer. “Dance was basically nonexistent when I graduated,” Aylesworth says.
