Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, directed by Robert Richmond, is on stage now through June 11 at the Folger Theatre. This rarely produced satire delves recklessly into the dicy topics: wealth, false friends and the abuse of generosity. It’s a raw slap in the face of a drama — but see it tonight and you can soften it […]
Atlanta-based fast-food chain Chick-fil-A will officially open its doors to the Capitol Hill public on Thursday, June 1st. It will be taking over the space left behind by the former Checkers Drive-In at 1401 Maryland Avenue NE. Tomorrow, Wednesday May 31, there will be a special opening day store ritual: The first 100 eligible people […]
Starting tonight at 5 p.m., join The Monthly for drinks and conversation at Hank’s Oyster Bar, 633 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. You may be wondering what The Monthly is, and why you would want to show up to a bar with a box of tampons or maxi-pads, and the answer is very simple: We need to talk […]
To those (assumedly exceedingly small number of people) actually reading THIH today, I say, Welcome to beginning of summer! With it being Memorial Day and all, today’s column will be a rerun. This rerun is actually appropriate for the day, as it concerns a Capitol Hill resident’s work building the amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery, site […]
“Ulysses on Bottles,” by Israeli playwright Gilad Evron, at Mosaic Theater Company through June 11, 2017, is not perfect, but it’s mind-blowing, harrowing and uncomfortable. At turns, it’s also disconcertingly funny. The play and its staging are a perfect fit for a theater company that delights in bringing awareness to its audience by the cold-water bucketfuls. Evron’s […]