Special (Nerd) Announcement

No quiero. (via The Bag Lady.)

Something has just come to my attention, and I know it's a little late in the game to be sharing this with yinz, but we're so often banging the drum on this subject it seems a crime not to share.

There will be a special screening of the film Made in L. A. (Hecho en Los Angeles) today at 4:30 PM at Catholic University's law school. (This is literally feet away from the Metro.) A reception (free food!) will follow the screening, along with a discussion led by super-genius fashionista Dr. Jennifer Horne.

According to the film's site, Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21. Like, you had me at basic labor protections. Sweatshop-free clothing is something that Listopad is really amped about, and F21 definitely does not fall under that category. Hecho a difference, y'all.

Get To It

North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xaiver Guerrand-Hermes Collection opens on Wednesday at the African Art Museum.

Check out Combat, Commemoration, and Conversation, a screening of student films, at Catholic University's Caldwell Auditorium on Thursday.

Friday through Sunday, some reasons to road trip into Virginia (aside from the increasingly stunning weather we're enjoying): the Shenandoah Antiques Expo and the Richmond Folk Festival.

Saturday, some epics come to town: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over the River opens at the Phillips Collection; Wire plays the 9:30 Club.