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Admission to the Corcoran Gallery of Art is now free

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Now that the deal between the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the National Gallery of Art and George Washington University is signed and sealed, the first change in operations became apparent Friday: Admission to the Corcoran now is free. Adults used to pay $10 to enter — a contributing factor to the Corcoran’s inability to keep up with so many government-subsidized competitors in town, where admission is gratis. One of those competitors has been the National Gallery. Read More...

Aftersun: A father-daughter bond, seen through the haze of memory

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The fragile fabric of memory, rendered in both mist and digital media, is the subject of “Aftersun,” the assured and emotionally complex feature debut of writer-director Charlotte Wells. Wells has described her first film — a window into the loving relationship between an idealistic young father and his in-some-ways-more-worldly-wise tween daughter — as “emotionally autobiographical.” The filmmaker’s father died when Wells was 16, the recognition of which is only hinted at in a film that — though set on a sunny father-daughter vacation at a Turkish beach resort in the late 1990s — is overshadowed by a sense of gloom, maybe even doom. Read More...

Brookland Grove adding 60 townhouses to Northeast Washington

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Address: 436 Holmwood Dr. NE, Washington, D.C.Builder: Tri Pointe HomesType of home: TownhousePrices: Whitlow model starts at $909,900; Edgewood model starts at $859,900Number of units: 60 (11 sold; 10 available for purchase; six move-in ready)Bedrooms: 3 or 4Bathrooms: 3 or 4Square-Footage: Whitlow: 2,086 to 2,169; Edgewood: 2,149 to 2,167HOA fees: $210 a monthProperty website: Brookland GroveFeatures Brookland Grove is a Tri Pointe Homes development of 60 townhouses near Catholic University in Northeast Washington. Read More...

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