Arts Editor

Sarah Marloff is an award-winning reporter who covers queer culture and LGBTQ rights, as well as sexual assault, D.C culture, and women and queers in entertainment. As Arts editor, she’s always on the lookout for off-beat events and upcoming creators. Prior to joining City Paper in June 2021, Sarah was the associate news & Qmmunity editor for the Austin Chronicle. Her work has appeared in the Texas Observer, Smithsonian Magazine, The Counter, Curbed, and more. Sometimes, she throws queer parties in her spare time.

Sarah’s latest stories

Now Showing: Fall Film Events to See

Film writers Pat Padua, Alan Zilberman, and Sarah Marloff share the film festivals, screenings, and specialty showings they’re most excited to watch this fall—from noir to ’90s.

Washington may fall well short of New York’s sprawling repertory and festival scene. But one major advantage of the DMV is that, in addition to the commercial screenings at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center (a venue that beats any in Manhattan for style and screen size), you can supplement your continuing film education with…

In Search of a Sense of Place, Casey Jay Andrews’ Solo-ish Show Looks to the Stars

Oh My Heart, Oh My Home is a beautiful tale about family, loss, connection to a place, and “the delicate balance between holding on and letting go.”

Casey Jay Andrews has thought a lot about shooting stars. The British playwright used to not know if she’d ever seen one, but she also assumed this wasn’t uncommon—certainly the celestial occurrence couldn’t be commonplace. But if there’s one thing she’s learned from putting on productions of her show Oh My Heart, Oh My Home,…

Poetry for the People: Literary Event Recs From a Local Poet

Folger’s Poetry Program Manager Teri Ellen Cross Davis gives a rundown of fall’s best poetry and lit happenings in the DMV…and Harrisonburg.

Poetry has always been Teri Ellen Cross Davis’ “thing”—from forming a poetry club in high school to starting a coffeehouse poetry series in college. A former Cave Canem fellow (now board member), Davis has spent her days leading the poetry program at Folger Shakespeare Library since the early 2000s. But her nights—and seemingly every minute…