PixTour

There's a lot of hoopla this week about FotoWeekDC, a city-wide effort by museums, galleries, and other independent spaces to show photography that kicks off on Saturday. Its founders hope the annual event will put DC on the map as a "major center for presenting photography," according to Theo Adamstein in today's Express.

Beyond the usual galleries and museums, I hope you'll also check out some of the alternative venues. Particularly the ones organized by PixTour, which is showing the work of area photographers at 40 bars, clubs, restaurants, theaters, and shops around DC.

PixTour brings art to the people who are out and about. Take a walk, have a drink and a meal, and see the art of photography in Dupont, Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights, 14th Street, Anacostia and More. PixTour is an informal showing of photography on local walls and windows.

What a great idea! See a listing of all the sites here.