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Finding Empathy in ‘Disclosure’
Stephanie Peirolo premieres a one-woman show, inspired by her stories of sexual harassment in the advertising world, this weekend at 18th and Union.
ChrisTiana ObeySumner on ‘Porgy and Bess,’ Humanity in Institutions, the Canon
The social impact consultant wants to understand all our stories.
Preserving History: Chieko Phillips on ‘Lore Re-Imagined’
“An object can tell a thousand stories, so what lenses do we use to tell those stories?”
Meditating in the Marketplace: A Q&A with Kassa Overall, Drummer, Producer, MC, Prodigal Son
“You’re seeing jazz evolve in front of your eyes and you have to be part of it.”
Dance-Experimentalist Christin Call Embraces Her Ambition
“I love antiquated words. I love the grandiloquence of things that seem obsolete, and bringing them back fresh into this current world that we live in, and I think ballet is the same.”
Up Close and Personal with Mickalene Thomas
The day before to her photography show’s opening at the Henry on Saturday, Mickalene Thomas talks about her time as a model, the class that changed her life and how art is always personal.
Going Up
Rising playwright Seayoung Yim expands her horizons with ‘Persimmon Nights.’
The Trees Give Up Their Secrets
Eirik Johnson’s ‘PINE’ illuminates a peculiar kind of graffiti: messages carved into the living bark of trees
Welcome to ‘Trash Mountain’
Experiencing ridiculous novelty—as in this long-form GIF comic book/musical experience—has a disorienting effect.
Vermillion Celebrates 10 Years
Diana Adams reflects on the role her longstanding art gallery/bar plays in a dramatically changing neighborhood.
Grief, Joy, Identity, Community: Britt Karhoff’s ‘Still Wonder Full’
The artist’s ambitious, genre-blending solo work premieres this weekend at Georgetown’s BASE: Experimental Art & Space.