Click flyer to order tickets before 15 May 2009 or to learn more about WAVE BEACH PARTY at Pensacola over Memorial Day Holiday.
Monday, May 11, 2009
JustCircuit Promo Partner Memorial Weekend Pensacola
Click flyer to order tickets before 15 May 2009 or to learn more about WAVE BEACH PARTY at Pensacola over Memorial Day Holiday.
My Law Ride Assemblance Rally Video Compilation
Most years since 1998 I have photographed some aspect of the annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial LAW RIDE event which following the annual Blue Mass launches the annual National Police Week.As in most years I began my documentation of 14th Annual LAW RIDE at the Assemblance Rally at the RFK Stadium Parking Lot in SE WDC on Sunday morning, 10 May 2009.
Click the featured image to view my 14th LAW RIDE Assemblance Rally - 10 May 2009 video compilation which includes the following clips:
In addition to photos, the three video clips are included in the Assemblance Rally album which, along with the 14th Annual LAW RIDE 2009 webpage is still under construction.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Puglisi Barbers in Foggy Bottom
When during my Saturday, 25 April 2009 documentation of the April 2009 IMF/World Bank Protests that I took a stroll around the vacinity of the IMF/World Bank complex ... I took this series of Puglisi Barber Shop in connection with my ongoing Barber Shops series. Which Diego Hair Salon at 19th and Q Streets in NW WDC is amongst my favorite barber shop windows to capture.Located on 21st Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and G Street, NW, at the street level of the 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue Building, in a May 2007 special feature, Scott Elder of the Washington Post considers Puglisi Haircuts as one of Six Barbershops in That Make the Cut.
In a June 2004 GW Hatchet "Style" Best Of feature, Andrea Nurko reports that Puglisi is "Best haircut for your buck (male)".
And here is a great feature March 2004 article by Andrew Siddons of the GW Hatchet on the history of Puglisi's barbershop.
And here are some reviews of Puglisi Hair Cuts at Yelp which is where you will find two of my photos.
Click the image above to view my Puglisi Barbershop album.
Friday, May 08, 2009
NY Photo Festival 09 Submissions Due 10 May
The goal of the New York Photo Festival is to document the future of photography in all its forms. Our group of internationally-respected curators will deliver their personal vision of the newest and most important trends in contemporary photography, each exhibited in their own pavilion and promising to draw the attention of the entire photographic community.Submission deadline is Sunday, 10 May 2009.
Click banner for details.
8 May 2009 Friday's Photo of the Week
click image2008 National Police Week . 13th Annual Law Ride . Step Off
RFK Stadium & Constitution Avenue, SE, WDC
Sunday morning, 11 May 2008
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Thursday, May 07, 2009
Kylie Minogue SOLD OUT: SECOND SHOW ADDED!
Kylie Minogue's 11 October 2009 Hammerstein Ballroom show has SOLD OUT.SECOND SHOW ADDED for 12 October.
PRE-SALE TICKETS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD MEMBERS ONLY.
Click poster to read Josh Wood Productions En-flyer dated Thursday, 7 May 2009.
National Train Day - Saturday, 9 May 2009
Click image for information regarding NATIONAL TRAIN DAY, 9 May 2009. With events taking place through the county over the weekend, here is Washington DC's Union Station celebration.
7 May 2009 Metro Weekly Sneak Peek: 15th Anniversary Issue... A Step Forward in DC... Star Trek: New and Improved... EFN Lounge... More...
Click cover to get a sneak peak of the Thursday, 7 May 2009 issue of Metro Weekly which celebrates the 15th anniversary of the magazine.I am proud to say that as a newspaper and magazine collector I have many copies of the magazine's earliest issues. Which, I believe may first had been launched as MICHAELS ENTERTAINMENT.
I'll definately run out a grab a copy of the 15th Anniversary issue.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Kylie Minogue in Concert: Pre-Sale Info
click flyerKylie's North American fans will finally get a chance to experience the pop superstar live in concert when her 6-city tour kicks off in Oakland, San Francisco on 20 September 2009.
In partnership with Bill Silva Presents and Live Nation, Josh Wood Productions is proud to present KYLIE MINOGUE in her first New York concert on 11 October 2009 at Hammerstein Ballroom.
Click Josh Wood Productions enflyer dated Wednesday, 6 May 2009 for details regarding pre-sale tickets which go on sale tomorrow (Thursday, 7 May 2009).
SummerWood: Lykke Li, Sandra Bernhard, Amanda Palmer, Little Richard and more
Click flyer to view Josh Wood Productions en-flyer dated Monday, 4 May 2009 to order tickets for NYC's SUMMERWOOD June 2009 events, presented by Josh Wood Productions and Highline Ballroom.
Mid City Artists Launch Open Studios Weekend with Reception
Click logo to read Mid City Artists Newsletter dated Wednesday, 6 May 2009 regarding the Friday, 8 May 2009 COMMONALITIES opening reception at Coldwell Banker, from 5 until 8 pm, at 1606 17th Street in NW Washington DC.
Capital Pride Guide (All Glossy, FREE Color) Early Bird Rates Extended Thru Friday, 8 May 2009
Click logo to read Metro Weekly Update to reserve your AD SPACE for the Official 2009 Capital Pride Guide.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
DC Council votes to recognize same-sex marriages
Click logo to read Washington Blade Breaking News blog posted dated Tuesday, 5 May 2009.While I am a STRONG SUPPORTER of same-sex marriages and glad to hear that the DC Council passed the measure ... as a 50 something gay black male who, over the years, practiced integration ... I also understand why Marion Barry who has supported gay rights throughout the years ... may disagree.
The disparities that now exist between my white counterpart and I are far more extreme now than they were 30 years ago. And, as a 50-something gay black male, it is now very clear to me that the disparities that now exist between my white counbterpart and I have a direct correlation to the institutionalized racism that I have experienced, over the years.
I support same-sex marriage but, UNDERSTAND why Marion Barry does not.
Gay Documentary Filmmaker Kirby Dick's OUTRAGE opens this weekend
Having premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival two weeks earlier, OUTRAGE, a documentary film by Kirby Dick ... will open at select theaters this Friday, 8 May 2009.A Magnolia Pictures production, OUTRAGE is a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians with appalling gay rights voting records who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.
According to information in the press kit my work (Elvert Xavier Barnes) is listed in the Television Clips & Photography Courtesy Of credits.
Click poster for the OUTRAGE website.
Ackerman Legal Benefit for Point Foundation at MG+BW / Logan Circle on Thursday, 7 May 2009
Click logo to read the Washington Blade E-Invitation dated Tuesday, 5 May 2009 regarding the Ackerman Legal Benefit for Point Foundation hosted by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams on Thursday evening, 7 May 2009 at their Logan Circle / 14th Street store.
Wakili McNeil to Teach African Dance in Adams Morgan on Saturdays
Click image to read the Doc Powell, founder of Malcolm X. Drummers & Dancers email dated Tuedsay, 5 May 2009 regarding African Dance classes taught by Wakili McNeil on Saturdays in Adams Morgan at 1640 Columbia Road, NW, Washington DC.$10 per class.
Here is my Malcolm X. Park Drum & Dance Circle 4 May 2009 documentary project.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
My SEXUAL HEALING Progressive House (Freemasons Tribute) May 2009 Mix
Since hearing news a few weeks ago that FREEMASONS would make their first US appearance at Town on Saturday, 2 May 2009, I have been working on the SEXUAL HEALING compilation.Though I will not make it to their appearance at Town tonight, click the artwork to listen to my 2 May 2009 SEXUAL HEALING mix featuring works by the Freemasons.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
1 May 2009 Friday's Photo of the Week
click imageTwo Men Series . Dupont Circle Neighborhood Series
Q Street near 17th Street, NW, WDC
Sunday afternoon, 26 April 2009
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
One Mighty Weekend / Orlando, 4 - 7 June 2009
Click image to read Care Resource e-news dated Tuesday, 28 April 2009 containing Johnny Chisholm's press release dated Monday, 27 April 2009 regarding the 4 - 7 June 2009 ONE MIGHTY WEEKEND at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL.
16 May 2009 National CLOSE THE GAP RALLY Celebrates 55th Anniversary of Brown vs Bd. of Education
Click flyer to read excerpt from email from Keith Silver, WDC Mobalization Coordinator dated Tuesday, 28 April 2009 regarding the 16 May 2009 NATIONAL CLOSE THE GAP RALLY on the White House Ellipse.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
5K Run On The Bank Kicks Off April 2009 IMF/World Bank Protests
The annual spring IMF/World Bank protests kicked-off yesterday afternoon, 24 April 2009, with a 5K Run On The Bank from Malcolm X. Park at 16th and W Streets in NW WDC to Murrow Park. Which, situated directly across the street from the IMF / World Bank Complex is a triangle park located on Pennsylvania Avenue at 18th and H Streets in NW WDC.While there are many different groups and organizations involved with the 24 - 26 April 2009 "Break The Bank / Disrupt IMF / World Bank Meetings", yesterday's 5K Run and subsequent rally/news conference at Murrow Park was coordinated by Global Justice Action.
Click the above image to view my 5K Run On The Bank video which found in my 5K Run On The Bank - IMF / World Bank Protests - Friday, 24 April 2009 album captures the race from 17th and I Streets to Murrow Park.
Though still under construction, here are my Police Assemblance - IMF/World Bank Protest - Murrow Park - Friday, 24 April 2009 and "Break The Bank/ Disrupt IMF/World Bank Meetings - News Conference / Rally - Murrow Park - Friday, 24 April 2009 albums.
Friday, April 24, 2009
GNI's Early Bird Discount ends 30 April. Register ASAP!
Registration for Gay Naturists International’s (GNI) 25th Silver Anniversary has been open for the past month and hundreds of men have taken advantage of the special Early Bird Discount offering this year. Save up to $50 if you register before 1 May 2009!Click image to read GNI's Newsletter dated Friday, 24 April 2009.
Nike and Naked Running: Time to Start a National Movement!
Click banner to read Gay.com/Sports April 2009 "Nike and Naked Running: Time to Start a National Movement!" posting.
24 April 2009 Friday's Photo of the Week
click imageUS Navy Memorial . Memorial Plaza
NW WDC . Thursday afternoon, 23 April 2009
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Kirk Bockman and Jim Lee Return to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial To Engrave 387 Names
When during the 2009 National Police Week that the 21st Annual Candlelight Vigil is held on Tuesday evening, 13 May, Coloradans Kirk Bockman and Jim Lee of Great Panes Glass Works, Inc. will have engraved a total of 18,661 names on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial at Judiciary Square in NW Washington DC which opened in 1991.Of the 18.661 total, Bockman and Lee will spend the next two weeks engraving 387 names. Which will include 133 officers who were killed in 2008 and 254 who died in previous years but whose stories had previously been lost to history.
Click the image above to view my 2009 National Police Week - Engraving - National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial album.
And here are my documentations of the 2006 and 2008 engraving process.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Bruce Springsteen - Photographers Against Hunger
Hillside, N.J., April 23, 2009 - People say a picture is worth a thousand words, but "Photographers Against Hunger" is hoping that fourteen photographs of Bruce Springsteen prove to be even more valuable. In partnership with Backstreets magazine, the group is seeking to raise funds for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, member of Feeding America, by providing fourteen photographs--spanning over three decades of the iconic rocker's career--for a very special charitable effort. For each $25 donation to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Springsteen fans will have the chance to receive one of the photographs, signed by the photographer. Fans can view the images and enter at www.backstreets.com/hunger.Click image for details found in the Bruce Springsteen Newsletter dated Thursday, 23 April 2009.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
11th Annual Maryland Day at College Park Campus - Saturday, 25 April 2009
GRAB YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS - AND HEAD OUT TO COLLEGE PARK 25 APRIL 2009 FOR THE 11th ANNUAL MARYLAND DAY. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S POPULAR OPEN HOUSE IS FAMILY FRIENDLY – FILLED WITH LEARNING, EXPLORATION AND FUN. THERE ARE MORE THAN 400 HANDS-ON EXHIBITS, WORKSHOPS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES. COME ENJOY OUR GLOBAL VILLAGE.PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION ON CAMPUS ARE FREE FROM 10 A.M. UNTIL 4 P.M.
RAIN OR SHINE. FREE SHUTTLE FROM THE COLLEGE PARK METRO.
Click image to visit Maryland Day 2009 website. Here is my 2008 Maryland Day photo collection.
Nen Daiko photos and videos from 29 March 2009 performance at Cherry Blossom Festival Tidal Basin Stage
Though I still have quite a few more photos to upload of NEN DAIKO performing at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Tidal Basin Stage on Sunday afternoon, 29 April 2009 ... I just today completed the video projects which are listed below:- Videos #1 & 2 compilation
- Videos #3 & 4 compilation
- Video #6 clip
- Video #7 clip
Though still under construction, here is my 2009 National Cherry Blossom Festival webpage.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Josh Wood Productions launches 'new' annual pride music series SUMMERWOOD
With a portion of proceeds benefiting Heritage of Pride, JOSH WOOD PRODUCTIONS is very proud to present SUMMERWOOD, a new annual pride music series.Wood's mission is to present artists outside of the typical gay pride fare.
A roster which, for now, includes Lykke Li and Little Richard ... click the Tuesday, 21 April 2009 E-Flyer for details and to purchase tickets.
Most events are to be held at the HIGHLINE BALLROOM which opened 30 April 2007 with a special performance by Lou Reed or at B.B. King Blues Club.
DC Cowboys After Dark Party at Green Lantern - Saturday, 25 April 2009
Join the DC Cowboys at the Green Lantern on Saturday night, 25 April 2009, for a fun "After Dark Pary" featuring 50/50, underwear auction and jello shooters.Click flyer.
Experience CraftWeek DC at Caos on F
Click image/flyer above to read Caos on F e-News dated Friday, 17 April 2009.
1st Annual CraftWeek DC (22 - 26 April 2009)
Click image for details regarding the 1st Annual CraftWeek DC which, in conjunction with the 2009 Smithsonian Craft Show, takes place at various venues in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
27th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show Previews Tomorrow Night at the National Building Museum
H.E. Sir Nigel Sheinwald, KCMG, British Ambassador, and Lady Sheinwald will serve as Honorary Chairs of the 2009 Smithsonian Craft Show, continuing the long relationship between the Smithsonian Institution and Britain established by James Smithson’s legacy to the American people. Widely regarded as the country’s most prestigious juried exhibition and sale of fine American craft, the 27th annual show takes place 23 April – 26 April 2009 in the historic National Building Museum in Washington DC.Produced by the Smithsonian Women's Committee to benefit education, outreach and research programs within the Smithsonian Institution, a PREVIEW NIGHT BENEFIT reception at the National Building Museum launches the event on Wednesday, 22 April from 6:30 until 9:30 pm.
Held in conjunction with the First Annual CraftWeek DC, click the image above to learn more about the 2009 Smithsonian Craft Show.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sweetgreen / Dupont "Takes It To The Street"
Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman, and Nathaniel Ru, 23-year-old recent business-school graduates, first met in an entrepreneurship class at Georgetown University. Together they hatched a plan for an eco-friendly business and sought the expertise of Core Architecture + Design to redesign an iconic hamburger shack on M Street. The result of this collaboration is Sweetgreen ... a certified green restaurant offering healthy salads, wraps, and frozen-yogurt concoctions.Shortly after an August 2007 opening at the Little Tavern location on M Street in Georgetown Nicohlas, Jonathan and Nathaniel were making plans for two other locations of Sweetgreen at Dupont Circle and Bethesda.
Sweetgreen / Dupont opened its doors for business on Wednesday, 1 April 2009 ... serving FREE LUNCH from 12 noon until 4pm ... in honor of Spoons Across America, a non profit that provides food and nutrition education.
The two-day grand opening event carried over into a Thursday Night, 2 April Grand Opening Party featuring LA's DJ Grant Shapiro.
Grand Prize winners of the 2008 Retail Design Award and developers of the soon to hit the streets SWEETFLOW MOBILE ice cream truck ... as lovers of music, the owners of Sweetgreen host frequent block parties.
As was the case when during my Saturday, 18 April 2009 photowalk that I captured Nicolas and Jonathan 'takin' the music to the streets'. Click the image above to view my Sweetgreen / Dupont album.
In many ways they remind me of twin brothers Mark and Eric Michaels who after graduating from Georgetown University launched Occasions Caterers.
Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman and Nathaniel Ru are of a new breed of entrepeneurs.
They're GREEN and, mark my words, are THE FACES OF THE FUTURE and the rhythm of the times!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Busboys & Poets at 5th & K in the CityVista Complex
Since Kenny, a friend, mentioned to me just before Thanksgiving last fall when I ran into him at the Safeway at Waterfront Mall that he worked at the newly opened Safeway at the CityVista Complex I have been meaning to revisit the 5th and K Street area of NW WDC.My interest in the CityVista Complex was sparked again when a few weeks later that CW Kelly III of the DC Cowboys invited me to a grand opening event at the 5th Street Ace Hardware. Which, actually had opened a few months before in June 2008.
It was during my Easter Sunday Photo Walk last week through the Mount Vernon Triangle area that I realized, for the first time, that Andy Shallal had opened a Busboys and Poets at the CityVista Complex.
After delivering some photos and music cds to Bill at the DC Eagle on Friday night since I had not yet eaten dinner I decided to stop in at the Busboys and Poets at the CityVista Complex.
I've known Andy Shallal since the early 90s when a friend, Joe H, and I would frequent Cafe Luna at 1633 P Street in NW WDC. Which is where I held my first exhibit in the the summer of 1994.
Since then, not only have I frequented the various restaurants that Andy has been involved with including the Luna Grille and Diner on Connecticut Avenue and then Shirlington VA but have also documented and participated in many of the anti-war and political events that Shallal has been supported.
And, from the moment that I stepped onto the sidewalk in front of Busboys and Poets at the corner of 5th and K in NW, it was if I had 'come home'.
It was the same feeling that I got when I first visited Cafe Luna with Joe in the early 90's. And it has been the same feeling that I have gotten each and every time that I have ever frequented any of Andy's establishments. Or, when I happen upon him at protests, rallies and vigils.
From the moment that I walked into the door, the staff was more than accommodating. Busy and attentive but not intrusive. I ordered an ginger ale with lime and then an entree of Homemade Meatloaf with mashed potatoes and sautéed mushrooms in a red wine sauce. Garnished with spinich.
Though I was concerned that I may would have a problem with swallowing which is a condition that I have had for more than a year ... I manage to gulp the entree down with little difficulty.
As a big fan of meatloaf and mashed potatoes, Busboys and Poets version, at $11.95, is an entree that I highly recommend.
The tab came to $15.29. Having provided me excellent service, I thanked the waitress and handed her a $20 bill.
While I had wanted to get some photos of the current exhibit on display throughout the space I'll wait until my next visit to report on that. Which, hopefully, will be very soon.
After the First Busboys and Poets opened its doors on September 7, 2005 at 14th and V Streets in NW WDC, the second location opened in Shirlington VA in August 2007.
While the third location at the CityVista Complex opened last September, the 4th location at Arts District Hyattsville is slated for fall 2009.
Click the image above to view my Boysboys and Poets - CityVista Complex album.
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