Scott Stern is a guest contributor to The Hill is Home. He has lived on the Hill since 2007 and can often be found waiting impatiently for new things to open on H St NE. Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s production of Hamlet, directed by Joseph Haj, brings the play from the days of moats and drawbridges […]
As everyone knows, today marks the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. This historic event, better known as Cinco de Mayo, has long provided Americans with an excuse to party like it’s St. Patrick’s Day with margaritas. Here’s a rundown of some places to celebrate on the […]
The Capitol Hill Community Foundation-sponsored outdoor concerts return to Eastern Market this Sunday May 2 with a performance by the group Dead Men’s Hollow. The six-person bluegrass band is making a reappearance at the outdoor venue which is a favorite of band member and Hill resident Amy Nazarov. Amy is one of the four women […]
For those of you with a penchant for the arts and an interest in staying abreast of the cultural offerings of Capitol Hill, you may want to head over to H Street, NE this weekend. Last Saturday I spent my afternoon visiting two local galleries on H Street that are fairly new additions to the […]
Several local theaters were nominated for the 2010 Helen Hayes Awards, but it was Folger Theater’s Arcadia that came out on top. This Tom Stoppard play explores the relationships between past and present with a little chaos theory and rules of thermodynamics thrown in for good measure. It was one of the few trips to […]