Archive for April, 2011

We Love Arts: Photograph 51

Biographical plays can be tricky. The best – works like Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus or Hugh Whitemore’s Breaking the Code – have come to brilliantly define the genre but also created conventions that theater audiences now take for granted. There are the poetic monologues illustrating the main character’s motivations, the chorus or narrator trying to shape [...]

19th Century breasts incite painting attack at National Gallery

The Gauguin painting Two Tahitian Women (NSFW, painted breasts), on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to the National Gallery, came under attack by a patron on Friday afternoon. The post-impressionist work was protected by a plexiglas case which the attacker attempted to rip from the wall, and then banged on [...]

WeLove BabyLove DC

‘Pink Knit Baby Booties’
courtesy of ‘[F]oxymoron’
Based on a successful charitable model, BabyLove DC provides clothing, products, gear and other necessities to pregnant mothers and their children in DC’s inner city. The group hosts monthly drives to collect new and gently used items, such as baby monitors, crib bedding, bottles, clothing, toys, diaper carriers, etc. All donations [...]

We Love Music: Tim Reynolds @ Blues Alley, 4/1/11

all photos by author.
As a photographer, I’ve never had band management ask me to check on a venue’s photography policy. But when Tim Reynolds publicist sent an email asking me to check on the photo policy for Blues Alley in Georgetown, I hopped on the phone.
“Yes, I’m a photographer and I’m scheduled to shoot [...]

Director of DOES fired late Friday

This is Dr. Rochelle Webb (University of Phoenix), former nominee for the head of DOES. Late Friday, the word got out, first to Alan Suderman, that she’d been fired from her position at the agency.  Webb, who has been staying at the W Hotel downtown to the tune of almost $5,000, and had been driven [...]

Weekend Flashback: April 2-3

Tidal Basin Seagull Swarm courtesy of Mr. T in DC
Early Spring is a fantastic time to take photographs in DC, and this weekend’s Flickr Pool was a great place to lose an hour to all kinds of gorgeous shots from the Tidal Basin, the night clubs, the parks, and beyond. Great work everyone. Click [...]

ARTINI Congratulations!

Congratulations to Ronald Flores of Art and Soul, who was awarded the Critics’ Choice at Saturday night’s ARTINI 2011 celebration at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The intrepid We Love DC drinks team had been following the entries closely every week with our Friday Happy Hours, and congratulations are really due to all the competing [...]

We Love Sports: The U.S. Armed Forces Wheelchair Basketball Game

Billy Demby travels to Walter Reed Medical Center to coach their wheelchair basketball team two times a week for two hours at a time. Demby, a Vietnam veteran and bilateral amputee himself, coached the All-Marine wheelchair basketball team to win gold in the 2010 Inaugural Warrior Games before starting with Walter Reed a couple years [...]

Nationals lose laugher to Braves 11-2

’scooting through’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
April baseball can be a peculiar thing. The Nationals today displayed that peculiarity in all of its ugliness before a crowd of 22,210, surrendering 11 runs to the Braves,
Despite a month of Spring Training ball, both the Braves and Nationals made some ugly miscues in the field this afternoon.  In the bottom [...]

Ovechkin’s OT winner sends Caps to the top of the East

Thunder and finesse from Ankiel and Nats power past Braves

‘7TH’
courtesy of ‘MissChatter’
One swing of Rick Ankiel’s bat made John Lannan and the Nationals winners for the first time in 2011 on Saturday as Washington beat the Braves 6-3 in a soggy affair at Nationals Park.
Ankiel took a 91 mile-per-hour four-seam fastball from Braves starter Tommy Hanson to right field above the out-of-town scoreboard in [...]

Nats Offer Japan Relief Effort

‘Moon over Nationals Park’
courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’
The team launched a special “text to give” program on Opening Day and will continue to encourage Nationals fans to donate to UNICEF throughout the weekend. In order to successfully “text to give,” text “JAPAN” to 864233.
Fans can also purchase $10 Japan aid game tickets Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3. [...]

Blatche, Crawford lead Wizards over Cavs

We Love Arts: Liberty Smith

Photo by T. Charles Erickson
With the success of films like Shrek and Toy Story, there has been newfound respect for the “family film”. Gone are the antiquated tales of Princesses and “Happily Ever After”, instead today’s G-rated fare uses satire and pop culture references that hits with a savvier generation of children and their parents.
After [...]

Friday Happy Hour: ARTINI Edition – Week Four

For the last time in 2011, Friday Happy Hour takes a look at the Cocoran’s ARTINI 2011 Each of the twelve participating bars have a created a special cocktail inspired by works from the Cocoran’s collection which are on offer leading up to the April 2nd gala. Each bar gets one “feature night” when [...]

Tourism: Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens

Nestled in Northeast, you’ll find a time capsule from the past, where the remnants of Washington’s natural history of wetlands and rivers flourish. Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens is the hidden gem of the DC area National Park System and a excellent spot for DCers to escape to for a serene and educational respite.
In the late 1800s, [...]

Food Tweet of the Week

‘Lobster Truck’
courtesy of ‘yostinator’
It’s funny how self-promotion can either come across as annoying and uneccessary or cute and endearing. Food trucks pretty much have to promote themselves to survive, and make sure customers know what they’re offering, when, and where.
In this case the popular Red Hook Lobster Pound was hoping to score another popularity title. [...]

We Love Music: Cut Copy @ 9:30 Club, 3/29/11

photo by Mike Kurman.
As you may have read earlier, I went down to Miami last weekend for the Ultra Music Festival. Cut Copy and Holy Ghost! performed there, but since I knew I would be seeing them at 9:30 Club on Tuesday night, I opted to skip them at the festival. Ultra turned out to [...]

Nationals Still Against Spell Check

It’s a happy day when I get to use to Natinals tag here at We Love DC. A pair of spelling errors were caught by a few folks over at Mr Irrelevant this morning. A video board for player intros left John Lannon (neé and actually Lannan) with a name change, and the Nats’ also [...]

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