Closing: & Other Stories, Used Bookstore
A women's clothing store owned by H&M and an independent bookstore are shuttering this month and next, respectively, in Georgetown.
Weekend Round Up August 15, 2019
This Sunday is Signature Theatre’s annual open house and season preview. Looking for something active? Try baby goat yoga on Saturday morning, then ping-pong lessons after lunch.
The Freedom of Toni Morrison
When she learned of the much-honored novelist's death, our writer thought about all that Morrison meant to her as a writer and a black woman.
Weekend Round Up August 1, 2019: Let Them Eat Oysters!
More than 80 restaurants in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. — including Martin’s Tavern and Tony and Joe’s — are supporting the Oyster Recovery Partnership this weekend.
Maureen Dowd Party Trashed on Twitter
The dust-up concerned the New York Times columnist’s July 24 party at her N Street home for Times colleague Carl Hulse and his new book.
Weekend Round Up July 25, 2019
On Friday and Saturday, you can preview Spring/Summer 2020 fashions at DC Swim Week at the Italian Embassy. And Sunday is your last chance to get unhinged at Capital Fringe.
Jim Bouton: Yankee Pitcher, ‘Ball Four’ Author
Baseball was America’s green-grass-in-the-outfield game, often made romantic, patriotic and whatnot, and the baseball upholders of the faith didn’t like locker room stories.
‘Food on the Move: Dining on the Legendary Railway Journeys of the World’
Reviewed by Kitty Kelly
“Food on the Move” is an uninspired title, especially for a book that presents epicurean dining on some of the world’s...
‘The Naked Truth’: Q&A With Leslie Morgan
Morgan, a former general manager of the Washington Post Magazine, is the author of “Mommy Wars,” “Crazy Love," “The Baby Chase” and now “The Naked Truth.”
Herman Wouk: Writer With a Big W
For a considerable time, starting in 1951, Wouk and his wife Betty lived on the corner of Potomac and M Streets in a home that is part of Smith Row, dating to 1810.
