DC Scene: American Cool Meets Alvin Ailey, House of Cards
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President Barack Obama didn’t make the cut for the National Portrait Gallery’s “American Cool” exhibition in Washington, 100 curated photographs of some of the nation’s most intriguing people.
“We were considering Barack Obama,” said Joel Dinerstein, an American civilization professor and curator of the show, which celebrated its opening with a dance party this week in the museum courtyard.