Kitty Kelley Book Club
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation’
Ellington School Ribbon-Cutting Is Aug. 19
• August 17, 2017
Mayor Muriel Bowser and Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will cut the ribbon at a public ceremony in the auditorium of the Classical Revival-style main building of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
Weekend Round Up August 17, 2017
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Flavors of Italy, comedy and theater, ukeleles, guitars and sitars — just another summer weekend in D.C.
Smithsonian Gets Baseball Treasures in Special Ceremony (photos)
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National Museum of American History board member Thomas Tull donated 14 artifacts used by baseball legends who played for six different major-league teams.
40 Years After His Death, Elvis Presley Stays With Us
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Forty years ago, on August 16, Elvis Presley, “the King,” died of what was officially called a heart attack in a bathroom of his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. He […]
Singers Glen Campbell and Barbara Cook Pass On
• August 10, 2017
Both Campbell and Cook had second acts after career and personal setbacks.
Weekend Round Up August 10, 2017
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Getting timelier every day, “The Second City’s Almost Accurate Guide to America: Divided We Stand” will end its Kennedy Center run this weekend.
This Summer’s Free For All: ‘Othello’
• August 9, 2017
“Othello” is coming, Aug. 15-27, to Sidney Harman Hall in a Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All production. Before we get to that, let’s discuss. In theater, audience questions have always […]
Gio and Friends Uncork for a Cause
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Photos by Mike Braaten Washington Nationals pitcher Gio González pitched his 2017 Uncork for a Cause charity program at Teddy & the Bully Bar on 19th Street July 27 to […]
The Changing Kennedy Center Honors
• August 7, 2017
Under President Deborah Rutter, the Kennedy Center has taken a lively interest in newer forms of popular music.
Speaking of Walls: Roger Waters’s Anti-Trump Show in D.C.
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Armed with music by Pink Floyd, the British rock band he cofounded in 1965, guitarist and lead singer Roger Waters brought a powerful and provocative show to the Verizon Center, […]
