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Arts in the Media
A Guide to Local Arts Listings, 2006-2007


This is a listing of arts calendar editors and features editors at the region's news periodicals.

Weekly Listings
The Bowie Blade-News (Circ. 26,000)
P.O. Box 790 Bowie, MD 20718
Phone: (301) 262-3700 Fax: (301) 464-7027
John Rouse, news/features ed., jrouse@dc.infi.net
Beverly Koepper, calendar ed.
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub. on Thurs.

The Catholic Standard (Circ. 51,000)
145 Taylor Street NE Washington, DC 20017
Phone: (202) 281-2410 Fax: (202) 281-2408
Mark Zimmerman, news ed., mark@cathstan.org
Richard Szczepanowski, calendar ed.
Deadline: Friday before pub. on Wed.

The Connection Newspapers
(Combined circ. 175,000)
7913 West Park Drive McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (703) 917-6444 Fax: (703) 917-0991
Burke, Fairfax, Springfield, Vienna:
Michael O’Connell, news ed.
Reston, Herndon, Loudon:
Megan Williams, calendar ed.
Steven Mauran, news ed.
Centerville, Chantilly:
Steve Hibbard, news/calendar ed.
Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Arlington:
Steve Mauran, calendar ed.
Alexandria, Mount Vernon:
Megan Williams, news ed.
Arlington, Great Falls, McLean, Potomac:
Mary Anne Weber, news ed.; Miguel Koropecky, feat. ed.
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub on Fri.

The Current Newspapers (Combined circ. 48,000) (Includes Dupont Current, Georgetown Current, and Northwest Current)
5185 MacArthur Blvd. Washington, DC 20016
Phone: (202) 244-7223 Fax: (202) 244-5924
Mark Longacre, correspondent
newsdesk@currentnewspapers.com
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub on Wednesday

Express (Circ. 160,000)
P.O. Box 17370 Arlington, VA 22216
Holly Morris, features ed. holly.morris@readexpress.com,
(703) 469-2829
Arion Berger, entertainment/calendar ed.
arion.berger@readexpress.com, (703) 469-2816
Deadline: For calendar: Thurs prior to pub on Fri;
for features: Tues prior to pub on Thurs or Fri.

The Gazette Newspapers
(Circ. Montgomery Co. 274,000; Prince George’s Co. 200,000; Frederick Co. 84,000.)
1200 Quince Orchard Blvd. Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Montgomery County:
Phone (301) 948-3120 Fax (301) 670-7183
Ellyn Wexler, features ed., ewexler@gazette.net
Phone: (301) 670-2045
News/Calendar Editors:
Lloyd Batzler (Gaithersburg Gazette)
Tammy Murphy (Germantown Gazette)
Judy Hruz (Rockville, Aspen Hill, Olney)
Joann Grbach (Bethesda, Potomac, Kensington)
Jim Brocker (Silver Spring)
Prince George’s County:
Phone (301) 731-2100 Fax (301) 731-2141
Vanessa Harrington, news ed.
vharrington@gazette.net
Rina Rapuano, features ed., rrapuano@gazette.net
Frederick County:
Phone (301) 846-2100 Fax (301) 846-2124
Jeff Allanach, news ed., jallanach@gazette.net
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub on Wed.

Metro Weekly (Circ. 20,000)
1012 14 St. NW Ste. 209 Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 638-6830 Fax: (202) 638-6831
Sean Bugg, ed. in chief, sbugg@metroweekly.com
Deadline: 1 week prior to pub. on Thurs.

The Montgomery County Sentinel (Circ. 10,000)
30 Courthouse Sq. Suite 405 Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 838-0788 Fax: (301) 838-3458
Brian Karem, editor, editor-mc@thesentinel.com
Calendar items should be e-mailed to: mcsentinel_calendar@hotmail.com
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub. on Thurs.

The Prince George’s Sentinel (Circ. 50,000)
P.O. Box 1229 Seabrook, MD 20703
Phone: (301) 306-9500 Fax: (301) 306-9596
Vincent Swan, news ed.
editor-pg@thesentinel.com
Ann Sucher, calendar ed., pg@thesentinel.com
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub. on Wed.

Sun Gazette (Circ. 74,000)
P.O. Box 11459 Alexandria, VA 22312
Phone: (703) 846-8502 Fax: (703) 846-8396
Scott McCaffrey, editor, news@sungazette.net
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub. on Thurs.

Times Community Newspapers
(Combined circ. 265,000) (Includes Times papers of Annandale, Burke, Centreville, Chantilly, Fairfax, Fairfax Station, Great Falls, Herndon, McLean, Reston, Springfield, Vienna)
1760 Reston Pkwy Suite 411 Reston, VA 20190
Phone: (703) 437-5400 Fax: (703) 437-6019
Michael Wilson, Weekender ed., mwilson@timespapers.com
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub. on Fri.

The Washington Afro-American Newspaper (Circ. 60,000)
1612 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 332-0080 Fax: (202) 939-7461
Khalil Abdullah, managing ed.
kabdullah@afro.com
Herbert Quarles, Art News column ed.
Deadline: 3 weeks prior to pub. on Thurs.

The Washington Blade (Circ. 37,000)
1408 U St. NW 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 797-7000 Fax: (202) 797-7040
Brian Moylan, arts ed., arts@washblade.com
Greg Marzuto, calendar editor
Deadline: 1 week prior to pub. on Fri.

The Washington Business Journal (Circ. 20,000)
1555 Wilson Blvd. Suite 400 Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (703) 875-2200 Fax: (703) 875-2244
Beth Hunt, news ed., bzhunt@bizjournals.com
Phone: (703) 312-8341
Deadline: for news items, 5pm Tuesday;
for calendar items, 3 weeks prior to publication on Fri.

Washington City Paper (Circ. 92,000)
2390 Champlain St. NW Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 332-2100 Fax: (202) 332-8500
Shauna Cowal, calendar ed.
John Metcalfe, arts ed., jmetcalfe@washcp.com
Deadline: 10 days prior to pub. on Thurs.

The Washington Examiner (Comb. circ. 261,000)
6408 Edsall Road Alexandria, VA 22312
Phone: (703) 560-4000 Fax: (703) 846-8366
Attn: Community Calendar editor
Fax press releases to main number; they will be forwarded to the appropriate regional editor. Indicate location of event on release.
John Wilpers, news ed.
jwilpers@dcexaminer.com, (202) 903-2000
Scott Fuller, feat. ed.
sfuller@dcexaminer.com, (703) 846-8354
Kathy McCray, calendar ed.
kmccray@dcexaminer.com, (202) 903-2000
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub. on Wed.

Washington Hispanic (Circ. 45,000)
2701 Ontario Rd. NW 2nd Floor WDC 20009
Phone: (202) 667-8881 Fax: (202) 667-8902
Mitzi Macias, ed., mitzi@washingtonhispanic.com
Phone: (202) 667-8881 x204
Deadline: the Mon. before pub. on Fri.

The Washington Informer (Circ. 17,500)
3117 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE WDC 20032
Phone: (202) 561-4100 Fax: (202) 574-3785
Sonsyrea Tate, managing ed.
state@washingtoninformer.com
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub. on Thurs.

The Washington Post
1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071
Section: This Week
District Weekly: fax (202) 334-5672
Montgomery Weekly: fax (301) 279-5665
Prince George’s Weekly: fax (301) 952-1397
Southern Maryland Weekly: fax (301) 934-1088
Arl/Alex./Falls Ch. Weekly: fax (703) 518-3001
Fairfax Weekly: fax (703) 273-2836
Loudon Extra: fax (703) 777-8437
Prince William Extra: fax (703) 670-7197
Deadline: Two weeks prior to pub. on Thurs.
Section: Sunday Arts
Editor: John Pancake
Phone: (202) 334-4204 Fax: (202) 334-5587
Deadline: Two weeks prior
Section: Weekend
Entries must be mailed to:
Weekend Section, Washington Post
1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071
Deadline: 10 days prior to pub. on Fri.

The Washington Times (Circ. 100,000)
3600 New York Ave. NE Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 636-3000 Fax: (202) 832-2235
Carlton Bryant, Metro ed. cbryant@washingtontimes.com, (202) 636-3131
Thomas Walter, Weekend Calendar ed.
twalter@washingtontimes.com, (202) 636-3230
Daniel Wattenberg, Saturday Arts ed.
dwattenberg@washingtontimes.com
Deadline: 2 weeks prior to pub. on Thurs.

Biweekly Listings
The Common Denominator (Circ. 10,000)
680 Rhode Island Ave. NE Ste N, WDC 20002
Phone: (202) 635-6397 Fax: (202) 635-1449
Kathy Sinzinger, ed. news@thecommondenominator.com
Deadline: one week prior to pub. on Mon.

The Georgetowner (Circ. 50,000)
1054 Potomac Street NW Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 338-4833 Fax: (202) 342-0751
Megan Maher, ed.
megan@georgetowner.com
Deadline: 2 weeks before pub. every other Thurs.

Monthly Listings
Arts Washington (Circ. 4,000)
1436 U St. NW Suite 103 Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 638-2406 Fax: (202) 638-3388
Rebecca Mills, ed., staff@cultural-alliance.org
Deadline: Six weeks prior to publication

Capital Community News (Combined circ. 60,000)
(Includes DC North, East of the River, Hill Rag)
224 7th St. SE Ste 300 Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 543-8300 Fax: (202) 544-8941
Melissa Ashabranner, executive ed.
submissions@hillrag.com
Deadline: Third Friday of each month.

The InTowner (Circ. 30,000)
1730-B Corcoran St. NW Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 234-1717
Peter Wolf, ed., newsroom@intowner.com
Deadline: First Friday of each month.

Old Town Crier (Circ. 25,000)
112 S. Patrick St. Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 836-0132 Fax: (703) 836-4057
Lani Gering, ed., office@oldtowncrier.com
Deadline: 15th of the month prior to pub.

Takoma Voice/Silver Spring Voice
(Combined circ. 30,000)
6935 Laurel Ave. #207 Takoma Park, MD 20912
Phone: (301) 891-6744 Fax: (301) 891-6747
Eric Bond, ed., voice@takoma.com
calendar@takoma.com
Deadline: 25th of the month prior to pub.

Voice of the Hill (Circ. 13,500)
1311 Linden Court NE Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 1-866-220-2736 x5179
Fax: (202) 318-7806
Bruce Robey, owner, bruce@voiceofthehill.com
Deadline: 20th of each month

Washingtonian (Circ. 161,000)
1828 L Street NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 296-3600
Fax: (202) 862-3526
Susan Davidson, arts ed.
s.davidson@washingtonian.com, (202) 296-3600 x2029
Ann Limpert, online ed.
alimpert@washingtonian.com, (202) 296-3600 x3515
Deadline: Eight weeks prior to the first of the month

Bimonthly Listings
Capitol File
(Circ. 70,000)
1660 L Street NW Suite 316 Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 293-8025
Fax: (202) 293-8022
Kate Gibbs, ed. in chief
kateg@nichemediallc.com, (202) 293-8590
Anne Schroeder, executive ed.
annes@nichemediallc.com, (202) 293-8371
Deadline: Contact editors for information

 

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