‘Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball’s Home Run Revolution’
• August 13, 2020

THE OLD-SCHOOL STYLE OF BATTING HAS BEEN TURNED ON ITS HEAD From the title, “Swing Kings,” readers might think Jared Diamond is writing about Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. But […]

Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, July 23, 2020
• July 23, 2020

The zoo gates are opening on Connecticut Avenue and the hangar doors are going up (so to speak) in Chantilly. But don’t put your screens away yet.

Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, July 16, 2020
• July 16, 2020

The National Gallery of Art has reopened the ground floor of its West Building and the Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, is presenting “Elzbieta Sikorska: Everything is Double.”

‘Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography’
• July 15, 2020

UNSUNG OR UNWELL? REEVALUATING THE FIRST LADY THROUGH A FEMINIST LENS “Mary Todd Lincoln remains America’s most provocative First Lady,” writes Jean H. Baker in the first sentence of her […]

Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, July 9, 2020
• July 9, 2020

Those venturing out can augment their reality on the National Mall or visit niche museums in Frederick and (starting July 17) Middleburg. And French cuisine would be apropos this weekend.

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The Story I Am’
• June 11, 2020

In “The Story I Am: Mad About the Writing Life,” acclaimed author and essayist Roger Rosenblatt mines his personal oeuvre.

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Pelosi’
• May 28, 2020

Molly Ball’s book is expertly crafted and thoroughly researched, but readers are kept at a remove, being deprived of on-the-record quotes from Pelosi’s family, friends, colleagues and adversaries.

Author and Agitator Larry Kramer Dies
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After his removal from the board of Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Kramer went on to found the agitprop group ACT UP, AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power.

A Virtual Chat With Madeleine Albright
• May 21, 2020

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will talk via Zoom about her latest book, “Hell and Other Destinations,” on Thursday, May 28, to benefit Georgetown Village.

DC Artswatch: Wolf Trap, In Series, Hillwood Book
• May 19, 2020

Wolf Trap’s summer season is now set to start on Friday, July 3. As of this writing, the rest of the season remains on the books.