Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free’  
• August 13, 2025

 Meet the most influential clothier you’ve never heard of.  Women might be surprised to learn that much of what hangs in their closets — the leotards and leggings, hoodies, denim […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television’
• July 6, 2025

He loved Lucy — and the small screen.  He was Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III from Santiago de Cuba, but you might remember him as Ricky Ricardo on […]

Q&A Cafe: Don’t Worry, Sally Quinn. You Were Not Boring
• June 12, 2025

A cozy dining room at the Georgetown Club filled with women of all ages and a surprising number of well-dressed men greeted 83 year-old Sally Quinn. She is an acclaimed […]

Author Laurence Leamer Explores Warhol’s Muses
• May 5, 2025

There is perhaps no one who defined the 1960s more than the artist Andy Warhol, and author Laurence Leamer set out to discover more about not just the intriguing figure, […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Yoko: A Biography’
• April 9, 2025

The artist was always so much more than Mrs. John Lennon.   Most biographers can only fantasize about unfettered access to their subjects — to know their thoughts and dreams and […]

A Harvard Art Historian at Politics and Prose
• February 6, 2025

“Girl With a Pearl Earring,” Tracy Chevalier’s novel about a 17th-century portrait by Johannes Vermeer, dropped into bookstores in 1999, four years later becoming a film starring Scarlett Johansson. Donna […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Memorial Days: A Memoir’
• February 5, 2025

The author will be speaking at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Wednesday, Feb. 19. “Memorial Days: A Memoir” by Geraldine Brooks is a spectacular ode to grieving and an elegant homage […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club : ‘John Lewis: A Life’ 
• November 13, 2024

A masterful biography is like a shooting star. It’s a celestial phenomenon that lights up the night sky and bestows a sense of wonder and excitement. Such a sensation occurs […]

Book Review: ‘War’ by Bob Woodward
• October 21, 2024

By Simon Henderson If newspapers are the first draft of history, the books of Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward can claim to be the second draft. The quotes from […]

Booked Up: Everybody Loves Connie
• October 17, 2024

Connie Chung was the center of attention at the home of Alan and Nancy Taylor Bubes on Oct. 9. A happy crowd on the outside penthouse balcony was there to […]