Weekend Round Up June 21, 2018

June 21, 2018

Metropolitan Washington BBQ & Grilling Week ends Friday. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, four blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue will be smokin’ for the National Capital BBQ Battle.

‘His Father’s Son: The Life of General Ted Roosevelt Jr.’ This biography of the younger TR inexplicably ignores several key components of the man’s life

June 20, 2018

Reviewed by Kitty Kelley After reading “His Father’s Son: The Life of General Ted Roosevelt Jr.” by Tim Brady, you understand why military service fired the passions of the 26th […]

Stunning New Cleveland Park Library Opens

June 18, 2018

The construction of the modernistic building at the corner of Malcolm Street and Connecticut Avenue had been observed by neighbors and Connecticut Avenue drivers and joggers for almost two years.

Weekend Round Up June 7, 2018

June 7, 2018

The DC Jazz Festival starts Friday, which happens to be the birthday of Frank Lloyd Wright. Saturday is all-pride, all-the-time; the parade steps off at 22nd and P Streets at 4:30 p.m.

‘Robin: The Definitive Biography of Robin Williams’ His Star Shines, This Biography Less So

June 6, 2018

Reviewed by Kitty Kelley Shakespeare set the gold standard for honoring a beloved comedian no longer alive. In Act 5 of “Hamlet,” when the Prince of Denmark sees the skull […]

Weekend Round Up May 31, 2018

May 31, 2018

June’s about to bust out with festivals, including the Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk, Jazz ’n Families Fun Days at the Phillips Collection and DanceAfrica’s closing performances at Dance Place.

Remembering WWI on Memorial Day

May 24, 2018

Dubbed the Great War or — hopefully but naively — the “War to End All Wars,” World War I changed America, as it had everything and everybody else.

Weekend Round Up May 24, 2018


Memorial Day weekend observances include the annual concert on the Capitol’s West Lawn on Sunday and the Arlington National Cemetery wreath-laying, followed by the Memorial Day parade down Constitution Avenue, on Monday.

Death of a New Journalist

May 17, 2018

“Bonfire of the Vanities” author Tom Wolfe, who died May 14 at age 88, changed the way we looked at writers, as we saw how they saw the world.  

‘The Watergate: Inside America’s Most Infamous Address’ A fact-filled (if less-than-scintillating) primer on D.C.’s riverside complex

May 16, 2018

Reviewed by Kitty Kelley Hotels can intrigue, even captivate. In the pantheon of places, nothing tantalizes so much as a good story situated in a hotel, particularly a luxury hotel […]