Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966–2016 by Kenneth Womack available September 4 Alongside all the readings they’ll be activities for young kids and outposts for book buying. This lineup of authors is really top notch this year. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Amy Tan, Danica McKellar (Winnie from The Wonder Years who’s also a freakin’ genius), Jeffrey Eugenides, Tayari Jones, Celeste Ng, Roxane Gay, Ron Chernow, and so many more. Starting at 9:30am to 7:30pm on Saturday Sept 1st, there are great readings and Q&As with a wide variety of notable authors and public figures, such as Dave Eggers, U.S. With the weather alternating between repulsively hot and rainy, it’s also such a perk that as of several years back they smartly moved the event into the air-conditioned confines of the Convention Center.
I’m not kidding when I say this one-day event, that’s FREE for an added bonus, rocks just as much in my mind. National Book Festival Washington Convention Center September 1Ĭhicago may get Lollapalooza, but DC gets the National Book Festival. In a city this expensive, you truly can’t beat that. It’s basically a choose your own adventure kind of night with weirdo, arty surprises lurking behind every corner. While the event has gotten wilder and bigger over the years, encompassing multiple neighborhoods and including both indoor / outdoor spaces, you can keep it small and simple if you want by narrowing down your neighborhood destinations. You know what Art All Night is… And even if you don’t know, you could probably guess from the title of the event that it involves looking at art… all night. Examining his portraitures of women, Corot’s mastery of color, contrast, and the delicacy of each stroke exemplify a truly transformative artist. The upcoming exhibition at the National Gallery alters this perception of Corot’s greatness, and reorients the discussion to focus on Corot’s lesser known figure paintings. When the discussion turns to Camille Corot, credit is usually given to his landscape painting style that blended elements of French neoclassical tradition and predicted tenets of impressionism. Your Best Months of 2018 are presented in partnership with our friends and partners at HiltonĬorot: Women National Gallery of Art September 9 through December 31ĭetermining the merit of art is a highly subjective endeavor, one in which a Paul Cézanne can either be a founder of modern painting or just a guy who painted a landscape near Paris in 1876.
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