Arrive Magazine - November/December 2012

by CORINNE WHITING

CITY GUIDE

Washington, D.C.
Through
the Lens
Exposure to photographers
from around the globe
Calling all shutterbugs! FotoDC founder and
executive director Theodore Adamstein talks
animatedly about the many exciting things
happening with his organization, including its
expanded, year-round presence in the nation’s
capital. This November, however, things
really come into focus with the fifth annual
Foto WeekDC, a citywide celebration of pho-
tography, Nov. 9–18.
Exhibits, lectures, receptions and partner
events showcase beautiful, poignant and
sometimes jarring works taken by amateurs
and professionals in genres from photojour-
nalism to commercial photography. Events
(some are free) take over spaces like museums,
galleries, the National Geographic headquarters
For additional event, attraction,
restaurant and hotel information,
go to arrivecityguides.com
and Chinatown’s Goethe-Institut. Some of
last year’s exhibitions included “Through the
Lens of DC Youth,” “Beyond Witness: New
Approaches to Crisis Photography” and “2011
Foto WeekDC Cherry Blossom Festival Con-
test Winners.”
New educational programs now draw even
more photo fanatics from near and far; work-
shops and portfolio reviews allow participants
to receive feedback from expert curators.
Adamstein explains how the event not only
provides countless opportunities to view stun-
ning examples of art but also gives talents a
platform to showcase their works and poten-
tially get discovered. fotoweekdc.org.
Art Corcoran
Gallery
“Taryn Simon:
A Living Man
Declared Dead
and Other Chap-
ters” opens Nov.
10 in its only
full-scale show-
ing in the United
States. Simon,
a contemporary
photographer
whose work dances
the line between
documentary and
fine art photog-
raphy, traveled
the world for four
years researching
and recording 18
bloodlines—starting
with an individual
and including liv-
ing ascendants
and descendants
and their related
stories. Subjects
include feuding
families in Brazil,
the body double
of Saddam Hus-
sein’s son Uday
and the “living
dead” in India. Also
at Corcoran: com-
missioned, Wash-
ington-specific
projects by excit-
ing contemporary
artists as well as
work by American
photographer Ivan
Sigal, whose pho-
tography of Central
Asian communities
complements the
Corcoran’s history
of showing politi-
cally relevant
photography.
corcoran.org.

ave
Date
NATIONAL MALL
the
Smithsonian
Tours by
Segway
Ongoing
Thanks to a recent col-
laboration between
the city’s omnipresent
people movers and
its beloved museum
institution, visitors
zoom around the sights
of the Mall in any
season. segway.com/
smithsoniantours
FOGGY BOTTOM
War Horse
Through Nov. 11
The Kennedy Center
Opera House welcomes
a po werful, imaginative
drama, and the winner
of five Tony awards,
including Best Play.
kennedy-center.org
NATIONAL MALL
The Hero
Summit
Nov. 14–15
Newsweek & The Daily
Beast editor-in-chief
Tina Brown presides
over an exploration of
character and courage,
with Bono, Madeleine
K. Albright, Steven
Spielberg, Gen. (Ret.)
David Petraeus and
others. Watch online.
theherosummit@news-
weekdailybeast.com
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Mount Vernon
by Candlelight
Nov. 23–25,
Dec. 1–2, 8–9
and 15–16
Enjoy evening tours,
fireside caroling, hot
cider and ginger cook-
ies at the estate the first
president and his wife
once called home. Char-
acters from the era lead
tours through the deco-
rated historic estate.
mountvernon.org
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Scottish
Christmas
Walk Weekend
Nov. 30–Dec. 1
The two-day event
draws nearly 30,000
folks who gather for
holiday festivities
with a Scottish twist.
scottishchristmaswalk.com
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MAx WELL MACKENzIE

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