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Joe Barber
September 19, 2011
 We are very saddened to report that our friend, colleague, and member of WAFCA, Joe Barber, passed away over the weekend. He was a thoughtful, dedicated, and remarkably knowledgeable critic who always had insightful commentary on a wide range of cultural events. As WTOP's longtime arts editor, he was one of the most hard-working and trusted guides to what to see and what to miss in the Washington area. He was also a very good friend to all of us in the arts community. He will be missed.
WTOP has a lovely tribute to him on their site and I am sure there will be more to come. His memory will be a blessing to all of us who will do better as we try to live up to his example.
— The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
Joe Barber has reviewed and covered entertainment and popular culture for a variety of national ad Washington-based broadcast, print and internet outlets for over twenty years. Joe's live and recorded reviews of and reports on film, theatre, DVDs and the club and concert scene air fourteen times from Friday through Sunday on WTOP-FM, Washington's all news station. Written versions of his "Best Bets" appear on the station's Edward R. Murrow Award-winning website, Wtopnews.com. He has been a critic/panelist on WETA-TV's award-winning arts review/discussion program, "Around Town," since 1994. Barber has been the movie critic and frequent guest co-host for Washington "Post" sports columnist and ESPN personality Tony Kornheiser's daily radio show, which has been a local and national favorite of listeners since its debut in 1992.
Barber's prior cedits include a regular column on films on video for the Washington "Post" 's "Fast Forward" magazine, a monthly segment on the same topic for NBC-TV's Weekend "TODAY" Show and numerous appearances on Tavis Smiley's B.E.T. pogram and Jim Bohannon's nationally syndcated radio show. He has moderated public programs and appeared on panels for the American Film Institute, the Smithsonian Resident Associates program, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Washington, DC Film Society. He is a founding member of WAFCA.
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