Barb Bernstein, our resident salsa instructor, wants you to know that you, too, can master the art of salsa dancing. “I want people to gain confidence from learning to dance by absorbing this simple lesson: Everything is hard ’til it’s easy,” she said. The director of DanceInTime Productions, a DC-based[…]
In 2013, a scattered group of ska aficionados were all vexed by the same woe: the tragic deficit of ska acts in the DMV. But thanks to the great gatherer of similar souls known as Craig’s List, it took but a few ads to bring these birds of a feather together to[…]
When the Washington City Paper announced its 2016 “Jazzies” – nods to the best of the best for jazz in the city – Sriram Gopal was not expecting to see his name in print. His album, The Fourth Stream – along with Mark G. Meadows’ To the People – was selected as Recording of the[…]
Sitali Siyolwe is one of those singular artists that has diehard fans on standby with the phrase, “I knew him back in the day”. His shows are collisions of genres that ride on the wings of lyrics so unusual and elegant that they supersize every sentiment they impart. It’s not[…]