Samantha Ostwald

Sep 13, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Samantha Ostwald

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Why trust me, a mere City Paper social media editor, to recommend dance events? Twenty years of ballet-induced trauma, permanently deformed metatarsals, and a BFA from New York University’s Tisch Dance (shout-out to my fellow survivors). Dance gets a bad rap for being esoteric, exclusionary, and expensive. If your opinion is based on The Nutcracker or Swan Lake, I get it. But dance is so much more than that.

May 1, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Heidi Pérez-Moreno |Michael West |Brandon Wetherbee |Pat Padua |Samantha Ostwald

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Don’t forget this show highlighted in last week’s City Lights: After Belle and Sebastian’s Sarah Martin graduated from university, she took a job in a local bookshop. “My mum was like, ‘Yeah, but what are you really going to do?’” Martin tells City Paper.

Mar 15, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Samantha Ostwald

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Artomatic announced its reopening on Friday, March 15, following a temporary closure. Despite encountering unforeseen challenges mere days after opening on March 8, the beloved local art festival announced via Instagram that it would resume operations by March 15 at 6 p.m. A spokesperson from Artomatic told Washingtonian that the Foggy Bottom venue where this year’s festival takes place came with unexpected permitting issues.

Feb 16, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Samantha Ostwald

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