Ms. Cavanaugh Goes to Washington

Links for 2010-03-08 [del.icio.us]

2010-03-09T00:00:00-08:00

Austen’s Monstrous Legacy: A Q&A with Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters‘ Ben H. Winters

Happy Monday!

2010-03-08T11:46:00.001-05:00

Happy Monday, readers! I'm in Massachusetts, where it is lovely and springlike and filled with wonderful things like my parents and boyfriend and kitties and good food. Some links: • A profile of the new Screwtop wine bar in Clarendon. • An overview of the Josef Albers show at the Hirshhorn. • An interview with performance artist Josh Kornbluth about his new Andy Warhol themed piece. •

Links for 2010-03-04 [del.icio.us]

2010-03-05T00:00:00-08:00

Things to Read

2010-02-26T09:22:00.000-05:00

• The Washington Ballet's The Great Gatsby runs this weekend. I saw it last night and LOVED it. Here's an interview with the artistic director. • Poets Patricia Smith and John Burnside read at Folger Elizabethan Theatre on Monday. Burnside teaches at St. Andrews in Scotland. • Photographer Jennifer Dorsey has a show at Flashpoint which depicts empty schools.

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2010-02-26T00:00:00-08:00

Free daily cupcake at Georgetown Cupcake

2010-02-23T15:26:00.003-05:00

For those of you on Twitter, may I suggest that you follow Georgetown Cupcake? Every day they give away 100 free cupcakes at each location, and each morning they tweet the flavor to ask for. Today's flavor was salted caramel, which I just snagged, and is delicious. Follow Georgetown Cupcake here.

Links for 2010-02-22 [del.icio.us]

2010-02-23T00:00:00-08:00

Pulitzer-Winning Poet Charles Wright Reads Tonight - Arts Desk - Washington City Paper

Meet Phoebe Greenberg at the Hirshhorn Thursday

2010-02-22T09:00:00.001-05:00

Chinese New Year Dinner at Zentan

2010-02-19T09:41:00.000-05:00

If you're looking to celebrate Chinese New Year with delicious dishes, head to Zentan, where you can get a four-course prix-fixe dinner through February 28. I was lucky enough to taste the dishes the other night, and loved the Spicy Thai-ger cocktail, with Thai chili-infused vodka, sake, elderflower liqueur and cranberry, garnished with candied ginger. Kick off the four courses with vegetable

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2010-02-19T00:00:00-08:00

Tonight in Poetry: Jill McDonough and Atsuro Riley at Library of Congress

Things to Read

2010-02-18T09:23:00.000-05:00

• An influx of food trucks are using social media to let people know their location around the city. • It may be gross outside with all the dirty snow everywhere, but get a whiff of spring at the Botanic Garden's orchid show. • As always, check out the new content on Attic Salt.

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2010-02-18T00:00:00-08:00

Sorry for the Snowstorm, DC

2010-02-06T22:38:00.001-05:00

Greetings from Texas! I'm still traveling and my trip has just been extended due to the fact that you can't fly into BWI — Southwest says that "our ability to resume scheduled service [Monday afternoon] is contingent upon the conditions of the runways, taxiways, and other airport services." I can't believe I've missed the two giant storms to rock DC this year, but I can't say I'm too sorry about

Brainfood and Bordeaux: A Cooking Demonstration and Wine Auction

2010-02-05T09:00:00.006-05:00

Brainfood, an organization that teaches life skills to D.C. high school students through cooking, is holding Brainfood and Bordeaux: A Cooking Demonstration and Wine Auction on February 22 at 7 p.m. at Zola Wine & Kitchen, 505 9th Street, NW. Brainfood has two kitchens, one in Penn Quarter and one in Columbia Heights, where kids take part in after school and summer school classes. At the event,

Things to Read

2010-02-04T14:00:00.008-05:00

• Next week's reading at the Arts Club of Washington with Joanna Smith Rakoff and Dylan Landis looks like it will be pretty cool. • At Express, the spring arts preview came out today, and I wrote the visual arts preview for galleries and museums. I'm excited about a lot of spring shows, including Eadweard Muybridge at the Corcoran. • A review of Joshua Ferris' The Unnamed at Washington City

Buzz Bakery's New Energy Bars

2010-02-04T10:00:00.000-05:00

Pastry chef Josh Short of Buzz Bakery in Alexandria recently start making energy bars to sell at the bakery. Go read a piece I wrote for Express' Fit section to learn more and see a recipe.

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2010-02-04T00:00:00-08:00

D.C. International Wine and Food Festival

2010-02-03T11:30:00.001-05:00

I went to the D.C. International Wine and Food Festival last year with a couple friends and had a great time sampling wines. This year's main event is on February 13 and 14, and there are over 600 wines to try from 100 wineries from around the world. This year, there's a new international food pavilion, and you can watch cooking demos by chefs like Jose Andres. The event runs from 2-6 p.m., and

Things to Read

2010-01-29T11:06:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday, blog readers! I'm currently in Chicago, where I am eating lots, but also working. Below are some links to distract you. • A new exhibit, Extending the Book, opened at the Folger Shakespeare Library opened this week • A trend story on restaurants that are serving breakfast items for dessert is guaranteed to make you hungry. • A profile of the new, cool Cork Market in Logan Circle.

Christenberry Show at Hemphill

2010-01-21T09:36:00.004-05:00

Hemphill Fine Arts opens three new shows this Saturday with a reception from 6:30-8:30 p.m. One of the artists is my pal William Christenberry, who is showing works taken with a Kodak Brownie Holiday camera. The first exhibition of vintage work by Christenberry, the tiny photos were originally taken as inspiration for paintings. Also on display are Robin Rose: Distortion, Delay & Sustain and

Things to Read

2010-01-14T08:30:00.006-05:00

• In DC Modern Luxury, a mini-preview of the upcoming Josef Albers show at the Hirshhorn and how it's in response to the economy • More on the Elvis show at the National Portrait Gallery • A profile of Sou'Wester at the Mandarin Oriental • An interview with author Tracy Chevalier • Finally, you can read my blog posts for the Washington City Paper's Arts Desk blog here.

Happy Birthday, Elvis!

2010-01-08T09:57:00.000-05:00

Today is Elvis Presley's 75th birthday, and to celebrate, the National Portrait Gallery opens One Life: Echoes of Elvis today in the One Life gallery. Look for paintings, photographs and sculptures that illustrate the span of Elvis' life. It's the first of two Elvis shows on display at the gallery this year. In October, Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer, opens.

Things To Read

2010-01-04T14:57:00.001-05:00

Lots for you to read today, because while I am bad at updating this blog, I'm fairly prolific elsewhere. • A profile of The Passenger, where I am very excited to be heading to happy hour on Wednesday • A Q&A with Nathan Anda of Red Apron Butchery, who makes some of the best bacon I've ever had • A look at the Phillips Collections' Intersections installations • The Poetry Foundation launched a

Happy Christmas!

2009-12-24T10:00:00.002-05:00

A little video for your holiday enjoyment.

Guest editing!

2009-12-21T15:08:00.000-05:00

If you aren't following me on Twitter, you may not know that today (and next Monday!) I am guest editing DCist. So click on over there for lots of content (and some interesting features) written by me.

Things for you to read

2009-12-09T18:16:00.000-05:00

• An update on what G Street Food has been up to. • A profile of the new and very delicious Kellari Taverna. • A look at the holiday card exhibit by the Archives of American Art. • There's been lots of new content lately on Attic Salt, so be sure to meander on over there.

Urbana's Repeal Day Party

2009-12-02T14:00:00.004-05:00

If you aren't heading to the Repeal Day Ball on Saturday, plan to swing by Urbana, which will be celebrating the 76th anniversary of the 1933 repeal of Prohibition with bathtub gin fizzes and cocktails. There will also be '20s music and if you're a fan of Urbana on Facebook, you'll have access to a secret password that will get you an extra treat. There will be a literal bathtub in the bar, and

Brazilian Film Week

2009-12-02T10:16:00.000-05:00

The third annual Brazilian Film Week kicks off today, and Brazilian dramas, documentaries and animated films will screen at the Greenberg Theater at American University. The free festival runs through Sunday, December 6. Highlights include opening night film Time of Fear, about a piano teacher who becomes involved in attacks performed by a criminal group in São Paulo on Mothers’ Day in 2006,

Phillips After 5 on Thursday

2009-11-30T16:06:00.001-05:00

The next Phillips After 5 at the Phillips Collection is this Thursday, and this month there's a special holiday theme. The event runs from 5-8:30. The line-up: • this is not that Café: Art is _________ The Pink Line Project brings in DJs to remix the definition of art, using Duncan Phillips’ writings as source material. Visitors can text message their own definitions to the DJs, who project them

Five Questions for Garrett Peck

2009-11-25T11:24:00.002-05:00

Next Saturday, December 5, is the second Repeal Day Ball, the party put on the D.C. Craft Bartenders Guild, which celebrates the 76th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. I attended last year's festivities, and it was one of the best parties of the year. The Repeal Day Ball will be held at PS7's, which means snacks from Peter Smith, one of my favorite D.C. chefs. The theme is the "Spirit of

Holiday Shop-n-Stroll in Silver Spring

2009-11-25T09:00:00.001-05:00

This sounds like an adorable event: Handmade Mart, the indie craft fair, and FRESHFARM Markets teamed up to put together a holiday shopping event in downtown Silver Spring on December 5. There will be artisans and crafters selling handmade goods, produce and other items from farmer's market vendors, and a lighted Christmas tree. It will take place along Ellsworth Drive between Georgia Ave. and

The Art of Power closing soon

2009-11-22T09:00:00.006-05:00

You still have a week to see The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain at the National Gallery of Art before it closes November 29. I went to see it recently, and loved looking at the beautifully wrought pieces of armor, all of which were heavily detailed. Some of the 12 full suits of armor were for battle, others were for parades and still others were to wear while riding