It’s definitely not enough to just know the rules, get a samplin’, hear the introduction…so I’m going to take you inside my first Beltway Poetry Slam with the following videos. These are the artists in the order in which they appeared. Major thanks to Sarah Lawson for putting this together. And of course thanks to [...]

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Just in case you’ve never been, you have no idea, or it’s just generally seemed intimidating. Picture this, it’s November 29th, 2011. The Fridge. Southeast DC. The Beltway Poetry Slam is about to take off. These are the rules. This is how it’s done. FYI..special guest appearance by World Poetry Slam Champion 2011, Chris August.

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On March 18th, 2011 I made it out to the Red Palace for the very first DC edition of Super Art Fight. This is a video I shot with my iPhone of my very first bout – the first bout of the night. The rock em sock em artists featured in this video are Brandon [...]

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Jonny Goldstein and I reprized our roles of host and producer yet again, except this time instead of asking the questions – he took large scale visual notes for Chris Lehman‘s keynote for MSET 2011. I, of course, shot the video. Chris is the principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA and talks [...]

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I caught a little of the sideshow/hand shaking action after Albert Maysles spoke at the American Art Museum after a screening of two of his Christo films, “The Valley Curtain” and “Christo In Paris”. He touches, with humor, on the kind of projects that are (or aren’t) being funded today, some of his own new [...]

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Documentary filmmaker and Guggenheim award winner Albert Maysles introduces and takes questions at the American Art Museum in Washington, DC at a screening of his film “Christo In Paris”. This was shot on the spot with my iPhone. Audio/Video quality is sub-par due to the apparatus, but the subject is priceless as always. Enjoy! Formats [...]

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…go together like Inky, Blinky and Pinky (oh yeah, and Clyde) or so I found out this weekend at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Local artist Yang Ku has a variety of geeky accessories available from Scrabble jewelry for those gung-ho for the grammatical to Thundercats and Voltron cuff links for the [...]

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Out of place and out of time, the Maryland Renaissance Festival happens every August through October in Annapolis, MD. I’ve attended the last two years in a row and I have to say – it’s a lot of fun for anyone of any age. Eat a turkey leg like a carnivorous knight, have a beer [...]

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Multiverse, a light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal especially for the National Gallery of Art. I snapped this one while rolling down the moving sidewalk with my pal Amanda visiting from Colorado. I love this piece. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

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This is video of a vectorscope. This is what happens when video is out of whack. Sorta fun to look at though. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

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