The Week Ahead…& Photo Essay: “Legacy of the Deal”
by Larry Janezich
Posted Sunday, March 22
Legacy of the Deal at the Folger Library
Mandy Cano Villalobos is a Folger Artist Fellow who describes herself as a “cultural scrapper”. Her current solo exhibition, titled Legacy of the Deal, now through April 5, is featured as part of the “Contemporary Art at the Folger” series.
What’s the deal? Villalobos encourages us to conclude it’s a deal with the devil.
The exhibition features five mixed media works created from domestic objects like broken jewelry, discarded toys, and used clothing. Inspired by ornate book bindings in the Folger collection, Villalobos combined found objects into 3 dimensional art forms – assemblages. The resulting compositions explore ideas of time, memory, place, belonging and identity, highlighting themes we often don’t like to think about: the intersection of modern consumption and excess with Western history of colonization, injustice and environmental damage. For more on the artist, visit: https://www.mandycano.com/
Sugar Queen 2025. Decayed teeth reference Elizabeth I’s love of sugar, its status as a luxury item among the nobility, and the transatlantic slave trade.
Deeds of the Dead 2025. Ditto
Measure and Means 2025. Secondhand textile signifies the transatlantic slave trade and modern fashion industries’ reliance on child labor.
The Gambit’s Prayer 2025. Discarded plastic nods at environmental injustice, waste, and labor exploitation.
The Favorite 2025. A pig’s foot and bling might serve to remind us of the disparity between wanting and having.
The Week Ahead…
Monday, March 23
ANC6A Community Outreach Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
- For info on how to access, go here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- Community Updates – Round Robin
- ANC 6A Community Grants
- H Street NE Bid – What’s to Know
- Procott Overview – Investing in Community and Leading with Values
ANC6B Public Safety Committee will hold a hybrid meeting at 7:00pm
Meeting location will be 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Second Floor, Conference Room 1 (entry adjacent to Trader Joe’s).
- For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6b.org/
Agenda:
- Presentation with Q&A: Metro Transit Police
Tuesday, March 24
ANC6A Alcohol Beverage & Cannabis Committee will hold a virtual meeting 7:00pm.
- For info on how to access the virtual meeting, go here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- Discussion of a substantial change request to a license to add (3) Sports Wagering betting kiosks inside premises on the main floor and in the bar area for Allure Lounge, 711 H Street, NE
- Discussion of a substantial change request to a license to change hours of operation and alcoholic beverage sales, service, and consumption, and hours of live entertainment, for Transmission, 1353 H Street, NE.
- Discussion of a medical cannabis retailer license application for DC Dank, 712 15th Street, NE.
Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:
FREEDC EVENTS for March
Go here to see a list of upcoming events for this week and to sign up to join FreeDC: https://freedcproject.org/
Saturday, March 28 No Kings DC Rally
Sign up for March 28 No Kings DC Rally. For more info, go here: https://freedcproject.org/event-list/no-kings-3?link_id=7&can_id=5f5bb12be9968d6efc157f8fb54bb0c6&source=email-ward-6-february-news-events-4&email_referrer=email_3134147&email_subject=ward-6-march-news-events&&
Wednesday, March 25
Hill Center Event: Profs & Pints DC: The Search for Life Beyond Earth
Profs & Pints DC: The Search for Life Beyond Earth
6:00 PM – 8:30pm. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital.
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Search for Life Beyond Earth,” with Måns Holmberg, postdoctoral researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute and part of a team of astronomers looking for chemical traces of life on distant exoplanets.
(Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)
For more info and tickers, go here: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-ET
Sunday, March 29
Hill Center Event: Eastern-European Jewish Folk Music with Seth Kibel & The Kleztet
In-person – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
$23.00 – For more info and tickets, go here: https://bit.ly/3NX0dpH
Now at the Folger
As You Like It – Extended through April 19
by William Shakespeare
TICKETS: Starting at $20
Rosalind and her cousin Celia are forced to leave the court where they find respite and adventure in nature, inevitably succumbing to the madness of love and delightfully unpredictable circumstances.
Get Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4sErzzI
“This production offers a love note to DC, imbuing the forest of Arden with the familiar vibes, culture, and characters that mark the District as a singular, resilient, and redemptive place of belonging.” (Folger website.)
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