Shaking Up the Bard: Folger Shakespeare Library’s $80.5 Million Renovation
• June 20, 2024

By Sophia Hall “Shake up your Shakespeare” is one of the many new interactive exhibits in the Folger Shakespeare Library, following a major $80.5 million renovation. On Friday, June 21, […]

Luke Russert’s Odyssey: ‘Look for Me There’
• May 4, 2023

This is not a story about Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, who went in search of his wandering father. But it is a personal story, an epic all his own, […]

Independent Film Forum Showcases Teens’ Strong Works
• March 2, 2023

Some of the top young visionary film-makers in the District and beyond came together February 25 for the annual D.C. Independent Film Forum’s 2023 High School Film Festival at the […]

Mapping Georgetown: Valentine’s Love and the Georgetown House Tour
• February 13, 2023

Happy Happy Valentine’s Day! Could Maya Angelou have had Washington, D.C. in mind when she gifted us this sweet quote: “The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious, the […]

Weekend Round Up, Oct. 6 – 9
• October 6, 2022

Another fall weekend awaits! Now that we’re fully into October, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the autumnal weather. Mount Vernon’s Fall Wine Festival and Sunset Tour is this […]

Inside the Jan. 6 Committee Hearing (photos)
• July 13, 2022

The cavernous Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, measuring 74-feet-long by 54-feet-wide and topped by a 35-foot-high ceiling, was built in 1908 to impress. It is, of course, the scene […]

Inside the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings (photos)
• March 24, 2022

The Senate Judiciary Committee this week began historic U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first African-American woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. […]

Featured Property: Hidden Treasure in Capitol Hill
• May 7, 2020

Built in 1850 and once owned by Frederick Douglass, the carriage house now makes a stunning contrast to the nearby Victorian-era (and older) homes.

Weekend Round Up December 19, 2019
• December 19, 2019

The World Squash Cup finals will take place on Saturday and the official lighting of the National Menorah on Sunday (the first night of Hanukkah).

Inside the State of the Union (photos)
• February 7, 2019

Photographer Jeff Malet shares a gallery of his photos from inside the House Chamber at President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union speech on Feb. 5.