Diplomatic Support for MS Fight
• September 25, 2019

The 41st Annual Ambassadors Gala on Sept. 10 at the Anthem clearly showed the diplomatic engagement and support for research on multiple sclerosis. The annual event also attracted State Department […]

‘Patrimony: A True Story’
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WORTH A REVISIT: PHILIP ROTH’S PLAINSPOKEN, POIGNANT MEMOIR One of life’s toughest journeys is accompanying a loved one into old age or disability. It is a trip that will inevitably […]

Teeing Off for Bright Faces
• August 21, 2019

Bright Faces, a non-profit charity organization dedicated to providing cleft palate and lip surgery to children around the world, held its Second Annual Charity Golf Tournament at Raspberry Falls Golf […]

Celebrating Social Secretaries at Meridian
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Meridian Center welcomed more than 120 guests for its annual celebration of Washington’s social secretaries and cultural attachés. To illuminate the significance of their work to advance diplomacy, the Aug. […]

‘The Drama of Celebrity’
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THE CULT OF FAME FOUND AN EARLY GODDESS IN SARAH BERNHARDT “The Drama of Celebrity” by Sharon Marcus is a hybrid of biography and sociological treatise on one of the […]

‘Conversations with Abner Mikva’
• August 7, 2019

A RECENT COMPENDIUM CAPTURES THE UNVARNISHED VOICE OF THE LEGENDARY PROGRESSIVE  The Land of Lincoln has produced giant oaks in the political forest, none more majestic than Abraham himself. But […]

Weekend Round Up August 1, 2019: Let Them Eat Oysters!
• August 1, 2019

More than 80 restaurants in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. — including Martin’s Tavern and Tony and Joe’s — are supporting the Oyster Recovery Partnership this weekend.

Capital Fringe Is in Full Swing
• July 11, 2019

This year’s festival fairly sings with ideas about what it’s like to be a young, old, female, male, transgender, serious or silly human being today in a world that we made ourselves, in our dreams and schemes and in our ballot box.        

Chamber Meets at O
• July 10, 2019

The DC Chamber of Commerce met June 20 at the Mansion at O Street & O Street Museum for its 81st birthday and a pre-party for its Oct. 26 gala […]

‘L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Ddeath of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated “Female Byron”’
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In this account of a little-remembered 19th-century poet, tireless research makes for tiresome reading Reviewed by Kitty Kelley “LE.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the […]