Posts about National Gallery
Get searched to hear music, see sculptures: Getting into the Sculpture Garden for the weekly jazz is now more difficult, as several entrances are closed and guards are searching bags at the others to keep people from bringing in alcohol so they have to wait in interminable lines at the concession instead. (DCist) (Comment)
Security can't help us: Prompted by a crazy woman's attempt to destroy a Gaugin painting that depicts some women's breasts, Petula Dvorak rails against Washington's affinity for security theater. "Security barriers aren't always the answer to protect us from danger," she says. (Post) (Comment)
FTC HQ Mica's only priority: Rep. John Mica (R-FL) says he has "no other priority" than transferring the FTC headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue to the National Gallery. That's odd since he chairs the Transportation Committee, which has reauthorizing transportation funding as a key priority. (WBJ) (Comment)
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- M Street cycle track keeps improving, draws church anger
- O'Malley announces first projects using new gas tax money
- Prince George's County struggles to get trails right
Sun May 26
11:00 am Roosevelt Ride in Greenbelt
Sat Jun 1
10:00 am CSG walking tour of Wheaton
Tue Jun 4
6:30 pm Height limit meeting at NCPC
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