Olsson’s Braces For Chapter 11 Filing – The PostOlsson’s the venerable local independent bookstore chain is on the verge of bankruptcy.
“The book business is getting a little soft. It’s not selling as much as it used to,” Olsson said. “Our music sales went from 50 percent of our business to maybe 15. We lost a [...]
Flashes of Memory – The PostI want to check out this photography exhibit at the Canadian Embassy.
They were just moments in time, gone and forgotten, except that photographers from the Black Star Agency were there to catch them on film, and now they’re on display in an exhibit of 330 photographs at the Canadian Embassy.
Founded [...]
Last Wednesday, when the the Kennedy Center announced that it was awarding the Mark Twain Prize for Comedy to George Carlin (The Post) and I thought he was an surprising choice. For one thing, I thought it would be odd celebrating the comedian of the “seven-dirty words” fame at the Kennedy Center and perhaps even [...]
The Newseum is now open. Admission is free today, but starting tomorrow, $20. The price seems steep, especially with the Smithsonian’s free admission, but it is worth it
I thought I would round up some articles about the museum, some pro, some con. I reviewed it last week after attending a preview.
Cityguide : Newseum – The [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since I am a “special friend” of the Newseum, I was able to get free preview tickets to the new museum. Erica, Fritz, dl004d (another media stuides major — I’m not alone!) and Grand Marnier came along as well. Back when the Newseum was in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Va., [...]
A Head Start for National Harbor – The PostDistrict Treasure Goes to Pr. George’s DevelopmentMore about the move of The Awakening moving to National Harbor with some details about that project. There is also a video:
PREVIOUSLY:
[flickr : The Awakening set/slideshow]
From 02.19.2008: The AwakeningFrom 02.14.2008: Awakening moving next weekFrom 10.18.2007: Grounds for Sculpture
The [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the final full day of its tenure at Hains Point, East Potomac Park, I visited The Awakening, a famous sculpture by J. Seward Johnson. After over 27 years in this location, the sculpture is being moved to the National Harbor development in Prince George’s County, Md.
Hains Point won’t be the same [...]
D.C. Giant to Be Unearthed Next Week for New Digs – The PostAfter residing in East Potomac Park since 1980, “The Awakening” will be dug up and moved to National Harbor starting next Wednesday. The J. Seward Johnson sculpture was owned by the Sculpture Foundation and loaned to the National Park Service until it was [...]
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, a traveling exhibit, is setting up shop in Franklin Institute in Philadelphia this weekend. Two years ago, during our Jaunary 2006 trip to Boston, we saw it at the Museum of Science. My brief review of the exhibit:
…has lots of models and costumes from the entire saga. The “science” [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — For years had this desire to buy Marshall McLuhan’s “The Medium is the Massage” off the shelf. I don’t know why, but it strikes me as a more fun way to find it than ordering it. I was hoping I would be able to walk into City Lights and pull that off, [...]
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