Time Out Washington, D.C. - Time Out Guides

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With so many iconic sights it's hard to forget you're at the heart of power in the graciously proportioned, classically styled city of Washington DC. Time Out's local journalists, writers and experts take readers on an informed and detailed excursion around the city, taking in not only the likes of the Capitol building, the Supreme Court and the White House, but also Washington's highly individual neighborhoods, its restaurants and bars, and its unparalleled collection of museums and galleries. They delve into the vagaries of political life in the White House and on Capitol Hill, the patterns of immigration that have made the city what it is today, the DC music scene and shopping possibilities from high-end designer boutiques to neighborhood bookshops.

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Only guide that does DC art galleries, December 31, 2004

F. Lennox Campello "f. lennox campello" (Potomac, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Out Washington, D.C. (Time Out Guides) (Paperback)

The current Timeout 2004 guide for Washington, DC has really good coverage of DC art galleries; in fact it is the only DC guide that offers any decent "guiding" to Washington area galleries.

It is written by Jessica Dawson, who also pens the "Galleries" column for the Washington Post.

She has a good introduction and even lists her favorites for 2004 under "Names of the Game."

Jessica nails it when she recognizes in her intro that a new "optimism" is kindling a really good art scene in the Washington, DC region.

Unfortunately, throughout the pages dedicated to the galleries, and as it is to be expected, there are quite a few comparisons to New York this, New York that all over the place.

And reading through Jessica's descriptions of the various galleries also offers an honest and rare insight as to how this critic evaluates and views (she seems to have something about "safe art," whatever that is) most of the Greater Washington, DC...Read more

Time Out DC, July 29, 2009

Susanatoye "stoye" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Time Out Washington, D.C. (Time Out Guides) (Paperback)

Great general overview but I have found many a hole in the wall that is really fabulous that was not in this edition of Time Out so perhaps we need a new edition? It is good for when you have absolutely no clue about the DC area though and just need a pointer in the right direction. If you then go exploring its like a treasure hunt with lovely little gems on the way.