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Cathy Alter

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Journalist and author of Virgin Territory, Up For Renewal, and CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush
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The strange menagerie of sculptor Joan Danziger

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By Cathy Alter Verified
| The Guam Daily Post Verified
To visit Joan Danziger in her studio is to travel to another dimension. Located in the rear of her rambling Arts and Crafts home in Northwest Washington, past a cluttered dining room and sunny kitchen, down a long, dark, wood-paneled hallway, Danziger’s studio is a Serengeti of fantastic beasts. Here, a lion and fox with human bodies ride bareback on a gigantic parrot that is suspended from the ceiling, next to the world’s largest butterfly.
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The strange menagerie of sculptor Joan Danziger

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By Cathy Alter Verified
| Yahoo Entertainment Verified
(Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) Danziger's studio is filled with fantastical beasts, including ravens made from poultry netting and hand-cut slag glass. Each raven sculpture takes four to five months to complete, with Danziger creating a phantasmagorical world inspired by ravens as messengers between material and spiritual realms.
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A Day In the Life at an Arlington Pawn Shop

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By Cathy Alter Verified
| Arlington Magazine Verified
People What goes down in a typical day at Royal Pawn on 23rd Street in Crystal City? I worked a shift to find out. Cathy Alter By Cathy Alter December 5, 2025 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Email Copy URL Matt Fantz (left, sans mustache) and Nick Rizer at Royal Pawn in Crystal City. (Photo by Michael Ventura) I have always been fascinated by pawn shops. The few I visited as a kid with my father smelled of diesel fuel and featured greasy tools and combat knives in messy display cases.
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