joint show with 11 of his former students at the University of Maryland, University College. L. and I attended the opening exhibition on Sunday, which was much better than I'd anticipated. I liked much of Sheppard's work, but I also particularly enjoyed the sculpture by Akamu (see also da Vinci's Horse), Comas, and Harlow. The trompe l’oeil work by Molnar is also a trip as is the photorealism of Hofmann, Wilson, and Zuccarini. I'm no art critic or connoisseur, but it's always nice to see a good show. By chance, I also got to meet and talk to a fascinating character who retired from a high level government position after a 40 year career that began when he was 20 years old. This man graduated with a PhD in Psychology at the age of 20! His first job was working as a psychologist in Resurrection City, a tent “slum” on the Washington Mall that stood for something like 18 months in 1968-9 (according to this fellow) as an attempt by the nation's poor to draw attention to the problems of poverty and class inequality in the U.S. (See also here.) Have you ever heard of Resurrection City? I hadn't, and it's an incredible story. I got the feeling this fellow might be full of many more stories like this, including some from his time as a White House staffer attending black tie events night after night. DC is full of amazing stories, there's no doubt about that.