Anyone out there catch underground music photographer Pat Graham at Olsson's in Dupont Circle this weekend? Graham was in town on Sunday promoting Silent Pictures, one of the most the most riveting coffee table book we've seen in a long time. Modest Mouse, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Blonde Redhead, and Shellac are just a few of the subjects in Graham's first collection of work. Many of his photographs have shaped the iconography of underground rock over the past two decades and we urge you to take a gander at this beautifully produced book.
We could not be at Graham's event, as we were with the kids under the big top at the Big Apple Circus. One ring, one tent, and one big extravaganza. There were several nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat moments, far more thrilling and spectacular than we ever expected. For those jaded DC-ites used to trekking out to RFK for Cirque, this year's BAC production is worth a trip to the 'burbs for a true circus experience.
Today kicks off the Fall the for Book Festival at George Mason University. You can catch the Happy Booker at noon with fellow alums Scott Berg and poet Betsy Andrews (Grand Tier, Third Floor, Center for the Arts)., Other highlights today include biographer Meryle Secrest, children's author Richard Peck (the only children's book author ever to win the National Humanities Medal), and National Book Award-winning author Alice McDermott. See the full schedule of this week's events here.
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