‘Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue’ at the National Portrait Gallery (photos)
• March 28, 2022

It was no ordinary crime. Some private campaign documents were photographed and telephones were wiretapped, but the burglary was foiled by an alert security guard. After the five perpetrators were […]

Weekend Roundup, March 24 – 27
• March 23, 2022

The cherry blossoms are in peak bloom, people are getting out and about again, what’s not to like? Here are just six of the many things to do this weekend, […]

Philip Bermingham: The Power of Photography
• May 17, 2021

Some of the people photographed by Philip Bermingham — Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with George H. W. and Barbara Bush, for instance — are figures known the world over. […]

Weekend Round Up December 27, 2018
• December 27, 2018

After a weekend of “Christmas Carols” and other theater and comedy offerings, New Year’s Eve falls on a Monday. Our roundup includes a few ways to ring in 2019.

The Washington Post: Always a Good Story
• December 20, 2017

“The Post,” a film coming to town on Dec. 22, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, promises to be the second Hollywood blockbuster about the […]

Ben Bradlee Biopic Premieres on HBO Tonight
• December 1, 2017

The 90-minute documentary — “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee” — covers Bradlee’s life from Boston to Washington, D.C., focusing on his legendary journalistic career.

Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girl
• November 22, 2017

Flip Off President, Get Fired A White House photographer snapped a photo of a cyclist next to the presidential motorcade as it wound through Sterling, Virginia, after a late October […]

Conspiracy Theories Old and New
• October 30, 2017

Today, distrust in government, the media and most institutions, including universities, is high. Many believe these disconcerting times of mistrust began with the assassination of JFK and Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s.