The Observant Eye Photojournalist Harry Weber Captured Tragic, Tender Side of Life by Serena Lei The center room of the Austrian Embassy is a grand, two-story space that doubles as an art gallery and concert hall. Other than the piano at the far end of the room, the space is awkwardly empty, reflecting the echoes of voices from the rooms above. The current photography exhibit, “Harry Weber: A Retrospective,” is dwarfed by the size of the room. The 30 to 40 photographs displayed on each wall come across as decorations rather than an exhibit. Fortunately, what the presentation lacks in style, Weber makes up for in substance. Harry Weber was a press photographer and claimed that he only documented what he saw: “I do not compose, I shoot.” There are no abstract pictures, no tricks of overexposure—just black-and-white photographs documenting human life.... Imagining Don Quixote Two Artists Offer Different Visions of Legendary Spanish Character by Gary Tischler Don Quixote has to be imagined!” So says Juan Romero de Terreros, the Spanish painter, printmaker and sculptor, in reference to a sketch for his sculpture, “Don Quijote Deconstructed”.... Busy Stages Russian and Hispanic Theaters Invade Washington Area by Gary Tischler Stanislavsky does Goethe. Gala Hispanic brings back the golden age. Teatro de la Luna throws a festival, and Classika Theatre keeps Gogol in town. In other words, the Russian and Hispanic theater companies in the area are keeping busy.... Artistic Africa Four Exhibits Show African Art From Spiritual to Toys Made From Trash by Serena Lei The National Geographic Society presents “Explore Africa” through four exhibits currently on display at the Explorers Hall museum. The first, “Giraffe of the Sahara,” is an 18-foot-high aluminum cast of a pair of giraffes....

A Continent of Art IDB Exhibit and Book Reflect Diversity, Trends of Latin America by Gary Tischler If you want to talk about contemporary Latin American art, you have to talk about the effects of modernity, globalization and a remarkable burst of diversity. At least that’s what appears to be evident in the exhibition & #147;Paradox and Coexistence: Latin American Artists of the Last Two Decades,” now at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cultural Center Art Gallery.... Painting the Dancer American Artist ‘Captures’ Revolutionary Russian Ballet Star by Anna Gawel Dining: From Russia With Love Downtown’s Maxim Serves Hearty Russian, Georgian Dishes by Rachel Hunt and Stephen Qualiana Events Doom With a View Award-Winning ‘Son’s Room’ Offers Masterful Study of Mourning by Ky N. Nguyen Death is always tragic, but the sudden impact of an unexpected loss can be especially devastating. In “The Son’s Room,” a masterfully pensive psychological study of a family’s mourning.... • Repertory Notes • Cannes-Winner Moretti Gets Serious • Hidden Thicket of ‘Lantana’ • Flying in Exile • Heartfelt ‘Debut’ • Chaos Theory: Love 101 • Chinese ‘Bicycle Thief’ • Korean Cold War Film Directory/Cinema International Film Clips

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