<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Arts Beat</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/columns/artsbeat?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><description>Arts Beat</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[From Cherry Red, A Latter-Day Silent Film Premiere]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51651-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51651-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Cherry  Red Productions has contributed some of the more, um, colorful titles  --  "Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack," "Zombie Attack!" and a couple that can't be printed in this newspaper  --  to Washington's theater scene over the past decade.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Show That Basks in Indie Attitude]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61758-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61758-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There's not a lot of subtlety in naming your art exhibition "Never Mind the Corcoran." But what better choice for DeadCity, the punk art and music collective behind the show. You get your homage to the Sex Pistols' 1977 landmark album "Never Mind the Bollocks," and you establish that you're here to, well, flout the establishment.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coloring Outside the Lines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22139-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22139-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the Environmental Film Festival unspools over the next 10 days, green activists won't have any trouble getting their fix of movies that address endangered species, the evils of factory farming and that all-time passion-stoker, global warming.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knit One,  Swirls Too]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12508-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12508-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Transformer launches two series of performance art, both in its own gallery and at other venues in Washington.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Room Where Anything Goes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40064-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40064-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Climb the stairs to the main gallery of Pyramid Atlantic, a center known for the art forms of making prints, paper and books, and you'll find just what you expect. Works by Billy Colbert -- silkscreen printing on aluminum -- line an expansive wall in an exhibition called "Menagerie," while display cases and shelves throughout the room hold other items reflecting the center's nearly 25-year history.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danish Dancing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5349-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5349-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Admirers  of sweaty teenage Danish ballroom dancers, rejoice! The work of photographer Morten Nilsson has made its way to Washington.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punk Theater]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21099-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21099-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When Marcus Kyd describes his vision for Taffety Punk Theatre Company, a new ensemble he's launched, it's intriguing.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Art Ads' to the Masses]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49828-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49828-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With her "Art Ads," Alexandrian artist Linda Hesh wanted to jump into the fray of the presidential election campaign and make sure her work was seen by a huge audience.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Cell to Sell]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11964-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11964-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a holiday shopping season filled with arts and crafts shows, what does it take to stand out from the pack? Try naming your event "Christmas in Prison."]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Bronze Nudes Purloined]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41349-2004Nov10.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41349-2004Nov10.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Seen any good art lately? Like in the past week or so? Specifically, four bronze nudes that were stolen from Aaron Gallery in Dupont Circle?]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Price Pandaphobia?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3957-2004Oct27.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3957-2004Oct27.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Philip Barlow's policy on PandaMania and Party Animals participants has cost him his job as curator of the Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran's 2005 Options exhibition.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture Vultures Hunt for Fresh Audiences]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31172-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31172-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ "Go artsy. Be a foodie. Meet people." This is the battle cry of Culture Vultures, one of the latest efforts in the arts community to appeal to the under-40 set with straining-for-hip marketing, social events and edgier programming -- at least by Washington standards.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitar Arts Center Revels in New Adams Morgan Home]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43462-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43462-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts in Adams Morgan unveiled spiffy new digs at an open house last weekend. The center occupies 10,700 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor of a residential building at 17th Street and Kalorama Road NW.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logan Circle's New Gallery Space]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6937-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6937-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Artist-turned-developer Giorgio Furioso unveils a building in bustling Logan Circle that will house several of the city's best art galleries under one roof.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sonic Pioneers, Taking Music In a Direction Beyond Measure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34149-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34149-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fans  of experimental electronic music gathered  recently at the downtown arts center Flashpoint for a preview of Sonic Circuits, the festival that showcases performers who are pushing aural boundaries in the new century.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting Into Character]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58325-2004Aug11.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58325-2004Aug11.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Joan Marcus, who got her start in Washington, has emerged as Broadway's preeminent production photographer.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campy Keepers of the Flame]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4344-2004Jul21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4344-2004Jul21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Fire-twirling performers? Check.<br>Old prom dresses to be transformed into flamenco costumes? Check.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Write Stuff]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35600-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35600-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["All the Stories Are True: African American Writers Speak" honors nine living, breathing writers.]]></description><author> Chris Richards</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GW to Cut Printmaking From Arts Curriculum]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1068-2004Jun23.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1068-2004Jun23.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Printmaking is getting the ax at George Washington University. Its top-of-the-line Foggy Bottom studio, which opened in 1982, is slated for conversion into a digital lab that can support the addition of a "new media" concentration for art majors, according to two art department reorganization plans presented to faculty during the 2003-04 academic year.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cast in Stone]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29831-2004Jun9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29831-2004Jun9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/artsbeat</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:37:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Patricia Ghiglino and Reinaldo Lopez have big plans for the Washington Sculpture Center, a new venture they're launching in Southeast Washington near the Navy Yard.]]></description><author> Jonathan Padget</author></item></channel></rss>