Steve Kiviat
@dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Freelancer re music & food for Washington City Paper; DMV DC concert list blog; guy recently retired from fed gov dayjob; dad, husband; fan of ilxor.com, Orioles, Terps, Wizards ; http://stevekiviat.blogspot.com/
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Steve Kiviat
@dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Remembering Flyboy Greg Tate
How D.C. shaped the acclaimed author, musician, and cultural critic Greg Tate, who passed away last month at the age of 64.
washingtoncitypaper.com
My 2022 tribute piece on late author/musician Greg Tate conveys how DC impacted his life — WPFW, d.c. space, go-go, Howard Univ, HilltopHU, Bad Brains, Haile Gerima, E Ethelbert Miller, poetry & spoken word, Coolidge High…
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/5440...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/5440...
*Just added* Mon. 11-10 -*Push Play 8-12 mdt @ Mix & Mingle coffee Lounge Clinton, MD (go-go) *; *DJ Casper blue-eyed soul & yacht rock party 7 pm @ Everyday People, U St NW *;
Wed. 11-12- George Pelecanos & others noir reading @ Quarry House; Sat 11-15- Rumba in Dupont Underground; more*
Wed. 11-12- George Pelecanos & others noir reading @ Quarry House; Sat 11-15- Rumba in Dupont Underground; more*
Mon. Nov. 10 in DMV DC-Stepmom , Beach People, Velvet Zombie @ Le Mondo; more November dc & baltimore music events @ stevekiviat.blogspot.com/2025/11/dc-b...
DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More November 2025 Concert Calendar Gig List
DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More November 2025 Concert Calendar Gig List Compiled & curated list of area gigs by local and tour...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
*Just added* Mon. 11-10 -*Push Play 8-12 mdt @ Mix & Mingle coffee Lounge Clinton, MD (go-go) *; *DJ Casper blue-eyed soul & yacht rock party 7 pm @ Everyday People, U St NW *;
Wed. 11-12- George Pelecanos & others noir reading @ Quarry House; Sat 11-15- Rumba in Dupont Underground; more*
Wed. 11-12- George Pelecanos & others noir reading @ Quarry House; Sat 11-15- Rumba in Dupont Underground; more*
Mon. Nov 10 in DMV DC- Rare Essence & Northeast Groovers Veterans Day @ Howard Theatre (go-go); TCB 25th year anniv. 10 pm @ Next Level 15 K St NE (bouncebeat go-go); Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Bad Religion) w/ photo book The Road w/ Tony Pence 7pm @ Central Library Baltimore, 400 Cathedral St; 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Mon. Nov 10 in DMV DC- Rare Essence & Northeast Groovers Veterans Day @ Howard Theatre (go-go); TCB 25th year anniv. 10 pm @ Next Level 15 K St NE (bouncebeat go-go); Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Bad Religion) w/ photo book The Road w/ Tony Pence 7pm @ Central Library Baltimore, 400 Cathedral St; 🧵
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The replacement for Tom Sietsema as the Washington Post’s restaurant critic is Berkeley CA native Elazar Sontag, who’s been the restaurant editor at Bon Appetit magazine for past 3.5 years and lived in New York for past 6.
Now lives in Columbia Heights
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/11...
Now lives in Columbia Heights
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/11...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The replacement for Tom Sietsema as the Washington Post’s restaurant critic is Berkeley CA native Elazar Sontag, who’s been the restaurant editor at Bon Appetit magazine for past 3.5 years and lived in New York for past 6.
Now lives in Columbia Heights
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/11...
Now lives in Columbia Heights
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/m... saw Iranian director Panahi’s retribution against authoritarian officials mystery “It was Just an Accident “ @ the AFI Silver , & you should see it too
What did Jafar Panahi Do After Prison in Iran? He Kept Making Movies.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/m... saw Iranian director Panahi’s retribution against authoritarian officials mystery “It was Just an Accident “ @ the AFI Silver , & you should see it too
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"He befriended Stravinsky and, no stranger to the arts of chance himself, Lam became acquainted with composer John Cage on a trip to New York in 1946. But it was Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean ritual music and dance that would most profoundly reverberate in his work."
Afro-Cuban Music and Dance Reverberate in Wifredo Lam's Work, on Display in MOMA's Historic Retrospective
"My painting is an act of descolonization."
cubaonrecord.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"He befriended Stravinsky and, no stranger to the arts of chance himself, Lam became acquainted with composer John Cage on a trip to New York in 1946. But it was Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean ritual music and dance that would most profoundly reverberate in his work."
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Newness Cuba drops on Friday. Some beauties, every week. open.spotify.com/playlist/1gP...
Newness Cuba
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November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Newness Cuba drops on Friday. Some beauties, every week. open.spotify.com/playlist/1gP...
Takaat, w/ 3 members of Mdou Moctar’s band were noisy & rhythmic @ Rhizome DC Friday Nov 7
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Takaat, w/ 3 members of Mdou Moctar’s band were noisy & rhythmic @ Rhizome DC Friday Nov 7
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I am with the Grammy cynics wondering how Bad Bunny's producers did not get nominated for "best producer, non-classical"
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I am with the Grammy cynics wondering how Bad Bunny's producers did not get nominated for "best producer, non-classical"
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
Sunday Nov. 9 in DMV DC
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Sunday Nov. 9 in DMV DC
Kickstarter for Something for the People doc about Yaddiya & the Moe chella go-go protests
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stf...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stf...
Something for the People- The Documentary
From D.C.’s joyful beats to its rhythm of resistance, Go-Go endures—echoing through triumph and tragedy.
www.kickstarter.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Kickstarter for Something for the People doc about Yaddiya & the Moe chella go-go protests
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stf...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stf...
I need to listen to new Mavis Staples album, new Juana Molina, give another try to Rosalía ‘s Lux ( just ok on 1st listen) , catch up on Afropop & southern soul singles , & dig into late Lo Borges catalog. Some rock stuff I am forgetting now also.
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I need to listen to new Mavis Staples album, new Juana Molina, give another try to Rosalía ‘s Lux ( just ok on 1st listen) , catch up on Afropop & southern soul singles , & dig into late Lo Borges catalog. Some rock stuff I am forgetting now also.
Lots of albums from all over worth checking out below
Jazzwrld/Thukuthela's Swiftian run, Jubal Lee Young's four-word KJV, Wednesday's Southern Gothic podcast audition, SilkMoney making me fail my Mavis Beacon, plus progressive thrash, the least Latin name in Latin jazz, and #tetas in this month's Semipop Life:
bradluen.substack.com/p/semipop-li...
bradluen.substack.com/p/semipop-li...
Semipop Life: Step step step, brothers
Jazzwrld & Thukuthela, Jubal Lee Young, Wednesday, Fieldwork, and more!
bradluen.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Lots of albums from all over worth checking out below
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Sat. Nov. 8 in DMV DC- Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley, Ethan Miller Trio, Ribs @ Comet P Pong ( avante-power guitar trio); National Hand Dance Assoc.'s Sock Hop Fundraiser 4-8 pm @ VFW 9619, 6527 Suitland Road, Morningside, MD; "Sun Ra: Do the Impossible" film @ MD Film Fest 5pm @ Parkway Theater 1 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sat. Nov. 8 in DMV DC- Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley, Ethan Miller Trio, Ribs @ Comet P Pong ( avante-power guitar trio); National Hand Dance Assoc.'s Sock Hop Fundraiser 4-8 pm @ VFW 9619, 6527 Suitland Road, Morningside, MD; "Sun Ra: Do the Impossible" film @ MD Film Fest 5pm @ Parkway Theater 1 🧵
Listening to the southern soul party show on WPFW now. Heard a good line dance song and this Big Yayo song.
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Listening to the southern soul party show on WPFW now. Heard a good line dance song and this Big Yayo song.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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most of my group chats right now are federal workers trying to help each other find food and emergency help
people are getting tripped up in red tape trying to get a pittance of unemployment that doesn’t cover DC housing
people don’t have assurance about backpay and are worried savings are gone
people are getting tripped up in red tape trying to get a pittance of unemployment that doesn’t cover DC housing
people don’t have assurance about backpay and are worried savings are gone
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
most of my group chats right now are federal workers trying to help each other find food and emergency help
people are getting tripped up in red tape trying to get a pittance of unemployment that doesn’t cover DC housing
people don’t have assurance about backpay and are worried savings are gone
people are getting tripped up in red tape trying to get a pittance of unemployment that doesn’t cover DC housing
people don’t have assurance about backpay and are worried savings are gone
Got a tour from Yaddiya from the Long Live Go-go entity of the 1223 Potomac Gallery in Georgetown that includes artwork by Jett Carter
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Got a tour from Yaddiya from the Long Live Go-go entity of the 1223 Potomac Gallery in Georgetown that includes artwork by Jett Carter
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We’ve been trying for 10 months to remove Judge Cannon’s gag order blocking the full release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s mishandling of classified documents.
This week, a federal appeals court gave Cannon 60 days to rule.
americanoversight.org/appeals-cour...
This week, a federal appeals court gave Cannon 60 days to rule.
americanoversight.org/appeals-cour...
American Oversight Applauds Eleventh Circuit for Pressing Judge Cannon to Address Delay in Special Counsel Report Case - American Oversight
Court finds “undue delay,” encourages Cannon to resolve American Oversight’s pending motions within 60 days.
americanoversight.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We’ve been trying for 10 months to remove Judge Cannon’s gag order blocking the full release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s mishandling of classified documents.
This week, a federal appeals court gave Cannon 60 days to rule.
americanoversight.org/appeals-cour...
This week, a federal appeals court gave Cannon 60 days to rule.
americanoversight.org/appeals-cour...
Fri. Nov. 7 in DMV DC- Punk the Capital movie doc & farewell of DC punk photo exhibit @ Galactic Panther; Takaat, Comm Unlimited @ Rhizome (desert blues band playing more noisy & punky) (SOLD OUT) ; Charlie Aponte & orchestra @ Diamond Lounge (salsa singer who was in El Gran Combo); 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Fri. Nov. 7 in DMV DC- Punk the Capital movie doc & farewell of DC punk photo exhibit @ Galactic Panther; Takaat, Comm Unlimited @ Rhizome (desert blues band playing more noisy & punky) (SOLD OUT) ; Charlie Aponte & orchestra @ Diamond Lounge (salsa singer who was in El Gran Combo); 🧵
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2... The Washington Post has an obit for the great Brazilian Lo Borges .
Lô Borges, whose music resonated far beyond Brazil, dies at 73
Fusing pop, jazz and psychedelic rock, he helped craft the landmark album “Clube da Esquina.” His music inspired artists from Herbie Hancock to Paul Simon.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2... The Washington Post has an obit for the great Brazilian Lo Borges .
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The @phat59.bsky.social Antonia Tricarico photo exhibit @ Galactic Panther in Alexandria runs thru Friday when there’s a closing party & a showing of the film Punk the Capital
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The @phat59.bsky.social Antonia Tricarico photo exhibit @ Galactic Panther in Alexandria runs thru Friday when there’s a closing party & a showing of the film Punk the Capital