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Painting above called Desire by H. Wesley Wheeler

From an email:

Opening at Nevin Kelly Gallery in Columbia Heights – “Atmospheric Conditions”: New Paintings by H. Wesley Wheeler

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009 FROM 6 TO 9 PM OR STOP BY AND SEE THE EXHIBITION BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL 11.

New paintings by New York-based H. Wesley Wheeler will be featured in a solo exhibition at Nevin Kelly Gallery located in the Highland Park complex in Columbia Heights. With an exquisite instinct for balancing composition, color and energy, Wheeler creates canvases on which each of us may overlay our own sense of mood and meaning. For more information, please visit us online at http://www.nevinkellygallery.com/news/.

Show runs March 17 – April 11, 2009. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Thursday, March 19, 6 to 9 pm.

LOCATION: The gallery is located in Columbia Heights at 14th and Irving Streets, NW in the Highland Park building in unit #132 on the first floor.

REGULAR HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday, noon to 6 pm or by appointment

Nevin Kelly Gallery
1400 Irving Street, NW, #132
Washington, DC 20010

Ed. Note: Nevin Kelly Gallery is a PoP advertiser.

CD Release Party at Dahlak (1711 U St. NW in Adams Morgan) this Thursday night.

From an email:

Maybarduk’s experimental indie rock, electronic & acoustic songs reflect the unique combination of cultures in which he grew up…a North American in West Africa & Latin America; a political wordsmith and punk rocker with a penchant for Spanish classical guitar.

Born on July 4, 1979, to an American diplomat and a social worker in Mexico City, Maybarduk has since lived in Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Cuba and Venezuela and across the United States from rural Maine to Berkeley, California, where he attended law school and fronted indie rock band Last Clear Chance. In 2007, he joined the non-profit advocacy group Essential Action, and now divides his time between music and work in Washington, D.C. and the Global South, helping countries improve access to critical medicines.

In “Darker Days,” Maybarduk sings, “I only want to be of use. To protect a people or an idea.” Many of his songs wrestle with the challenges of creating both personal and political change.

Maybarduk’s sounds range from innovative sample-based compositions (“Siddhartha on his raft”) to conversations on Spanish guitar (“Sundays”) to full-tilt post-punk rock (“Dom Helder Camara”). He self-released his first album, “Passengers,” a narrative of introspective songs bridged by field recordings, on New Year’s of 2007.

Maybarduk released his second album “No Hay Pueblo Vencido” (“No Defeated People”), produced by J. Robbins (Jawbox/Channels), on March 19, 2009. Maybarduk and Robbins invested months imagining arrangements and calling in established musicians of the mid-Atlantic indie scene to draw out the character of each song. “Vencido” compels as pop, as art, and as statement on living unique possibilities despite oppression.

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Ed. Note: If you have events you’d like included in the weekend picks please email [email protected].

Party for the new art going up at Eatonville (14th and V) Sat. and Sun.

What: Uniquely curated exhibit of large-scale art created at the installation site to celebrate Harlem Renaissance author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston.

When: Saturday, March 14, 2009 from 9:00pm to 12:00am – Opening reception featuring performance art, music and refreshments. Open to public. $10 suggested donation.

Sunday, March 15, 2009 from 10:00am to 4:00pm – The exhibition space will be open for public viewing.

Where: Eatonville, owned by Andy Shallal, 2121 14th St NW, Washington, DC (intersection of 14th Street NW and V Street NW)

Esperanza Education Fund launch party – TONIGHT March 20th
A party celebrating the launch of the Esperanza Education Fund, a new college scholarship program for immigrant students in the DC area.

The party will be a lot of fun — held at the largest non-network television studio on the East Coast, featuring an Indian buffet dinner by Delhi Dhaba, an open wine and beer bar, a performance by the Mongolian School Dance Troupe, and live music by Movimiento, a 10-piece salsa band — all for just $25.

Go to www.esperanzafund.org/invite.htm for the invite, www.esperanzafund.org/events.htm to buy a ticket, or www.esperanzafund.org to learn more about the organization.

Friday, March 20, 6-9 pm
Atlantic Video Studios (650 Mass. Ave NW)

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DCist Exposed photography show is running February 20 to March 7, 2009. DCist is partnering with the Gallery at Flashpoint to exhibit nearly 50 amateur and professional photographers chosen from more than 300 entrants who submitted their work through Flickr.com. Opening reception will be held Friday, February 20, 2009 from 5 to 9 pm at the Gallery at Flashpoint. Flashpoint is located at 916 G Street NW. The 2007 and 2008 DCist Exposed events saw over 500 people attend each opening night, with lines forming around the block.

One of the greatest bands around, Drive by Truckers, playing at 9:30 club Friday and Saturday nights. I’ll be there both nights. If I see anyone in a PoP t-shirt I’ll be sure to buy you a beer! You can read my interview from last year with lead singer, Patterson Hood, here.

A selection from some of the emails I received throughout the week:

Luck of the Draw: An Art & Music Experience
In the Capitol Riverfront Neighborhood

Friday, February 13
6 to 10 pm

Saturday, February 14
6 to 10 pm

Sunday, February 15
2 to 6 pm

The fun begins at the tent on Half Street, between L and K Streets SouthEAST.
@ Navy Yard metro (on the green line).
Take the Half Street exit and follow instructions from the friendly Clean & Safe folks.

More music and dance being added, but here’s a sampling:
Scrap Heap, Sejayno, Blue Sausage Infant, Shadow Farm, Doug Stailey and Dan Barbiero, Pilesar, Janel & Anthony.

Some of the visual artists you will be seeing in no particular order:
Sherill Ann Gross, Rebecca Katz, Andrew Wodzianski, David Barr, Chris Bishop, Carolina Mayorga, Alexandra Zealand, Albus Cavus, Tariq Rafiq, Andrea Collins, danny phantOM.

“RED: St. Valentine bled for us”
Curated by Sondra Arkin and Ellyn Weiss:
Sondra Arkin, Ellyn Weiss, Pat Goslee, Joan Belmar, Susan Finsen, Brian Williams, Tracy Lee, Anne Marchand, Tom Drymon, Chuck Baxter, Betsy Damos, Lynn Putney, Tory Cowles, Scott Brooks, Kristina Bilonick, Judy Jashinsky, Veronica Szalus.

Photography curated by Ten Miles Square:
Erin Antognoli, Amber Baum, James Calder, Chris Chen, Jason Colston, Max Cook, Brett Davis, Angela Kleis, Brian Knight, Marie Kwak, Amber Wiley, Pat Padua, Barry Schmetter, Alexandra Silverthorne, Matt Smith, Paivi Salonen, Steve Strawn, Sanjay Suchak, John Ulaszek, Brandon Wu, Josh Yospyn.

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