- Remember how great the WWII warbirds flyover of the Mall was a couple years ago? Enjoy a mini-version TODAY (click on Potomac Flight) when a formation of T-6 Texans and a B-25 bomber will take off from Culpeper about 11:30 a.m. and fly along the Potomac River above the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
- Head to the DC Skate/Photo Jam at the bowl behind Union Market this Saturday. DJ Baby Alcatraz jams during the skate session, 3 to 6 p.m., with a photo slideshow sponsored by Burn and Thrasher magazines at 7 p.m.
- A 27,256 square-foot property (yeah, you read that right) has been transformed by 23 designers as part of D.C. Design House, the ultimate in home design inspiration and, more likely, straight-up envy. You can see it for yourself through Oct. 29 for $35. Proceeds go to Children’s National.
- D.C.’s latest concert venue, Anthem, was christened this week by the Foo Fighters. Washingtonian wondered whether any photographers would be able to cover it given the band’s strict contract terms.
- Lee Friedlander’s book “The American Monument” takes a look at how monuments hide in plain site and is being reissued with some coincidental timing.
- The hold of cable news on Americans is disturbing, as photographer Michael Amato shows in his series “Fear Culture, USA.”
- For those who use Lightroom and want to edit in fullscreen mode, there’s an app that turns your phone into an external control panel.
- The Monarchs are migrating! Click the dots for sightings and upload your own images as they head south.
- California is burning.
- Storytellers wanted: Get a grant from National Geographic, or this residency with the New York Times.
- Wild, a new exhibit at National Geographic, opens today with glorious animal photography by Michael Nichols. $15.