Holiday Arts Preview: Performing Arts
• November 20, 2019

SCROOGES AND NUTCRACKERS The granddaddy of all Scrooges remains “A Christmas Carol” at Ford’s Theatre, with acclaimed actor Craig Wallace inhabiting the part on America’s classic stage (Nov. 21 to […]

Veterans Day: A Personal Remembrance
• November 11, 2019

Back in the spring of 2004 — in the days just before and around the time that the World War II Memorial at the National Mall on 17th Street officially […]

Calls Mount for Evans to Resign
• November 7, 2019

Ordered up by the Council, the O’Melveny & Myers report is said to include allegations that Evans was paid thousands of dollars by private clients for services that constituted conflicts of interest.

Verdi and Mozart at the Kennedy Center
• November 5, 2019

The confluence of “Otello” and “The Magic Flute,” with each other and with the city’s joyous baseball victory, proved again that the world of opera might not be so elitist as some assume. 

Our Nationals, Now and Forever
• October 31, 2019

Here in Washington, Wednesday’s game, we’re pretty sure, enveloped and drowned out the outside world, healed wounds and clamped down on the reality of political distraction and angry voices.

And Now This: Nats 12, Astros 3
• October 24, 2019

Athletes — certainly this bunch of Nationals and their irrepressible manager Dave Martinez — can sometimes at the height of triumphant effort make politicians look like, well, mere politicians.     

The Spirit of Louise Nevelson at Theater J
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From Nov. 7 to Dec. 8, the late sculptor will be among us at Theater J, a shadow portrayed, interviewed and interrogated in the Edward Albee play “Occupant.”

The Nats’ First World Series Win: Cherish the Moment
• October 23, 2019

We won! Last night was the moment, when the Washington Nationals learned for sure that they were a National League Champion worthy of the name — that they could indeed […]

Cummings Manned the Bridge of Justice
• October 18, 2019

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Maryland), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, died at three in the morning on Oct. 17 at age 68.

The Nationals News Sure Beats the National News
• October 17, 2019

The dichotomy of real-world angst and political conflict on the one hand and success on field and court on the other feels especially up close and personal in Washington.