So.. cold… If you want to venture out from under your pile of blankets here are some ideas for fun: Tonight, Washington Post book editor Ron Charles interviews poet Frank Bidart, winner of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle award. The event begins at 7pm and is free. More information can be found here. Friday […]
Hey everyone! How did it go on your #SnowDay? Did you get to pad around in your jammies until noon, drink your weight in hot cocoa and get kicked off Capitol Hill for sledding in a menacing way? Yeah, us either. But some of you guys did, and you shared your photos with us, AND […]
When I was a kid, snow days meant sledding down the best hill in the area: Capitol Hill. It was part of the fun of living in this neighborhood. We were a short walk from a huge hill that was protected from traffic, and we had the added benefit of a beautiful view of the […]
Last week, we looked at the first public school for African Americans, opened in the Little Ebenezer church. Its explosive growth, fueled not only by the D.C. Emancipation Act but also by the law securing schooling for all children, meant that they soon outgrew their modest beginnings. And so, a new school – and this […]
There is a moment in the Folger’s production of Friedrich Schiller’s “Mary Stuart” that is so funny and tragic, you start wondering if what you’re watching is theater of the absurd. It comes during the second half, when Sir William Davison (played by Todd Scofield) realizes that following his Queen’s command will be the end […]