Next weekend, on March 6th and 7th, the St. Mark’s Players will be holding auditions for Oliver! It is a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, about an orphan that falls in with a band of pickpockets. Performances will be the first three weekends in May. The organizers are looking to cast all […]
My friends on NPR this morning were waxing about the slow approach of spring (March 21st — less than a month away, whoohoo!) and this announcement about Tennis on the Hill seemed just the thing to inspire thoughts about taking off the ski jacket, pulling out the windbreaker and beginning to thaw out. The group […]
Let’s establish a couple of things right from the start: in the days prior to seeing Orestes, a Tragic Romp at the Folger Theater I had, for the first time, seen Milk and attended opening night of Richard II at the Shakespeare Theater. Both were wonderful, but I had more than my fill of the […]
I recently spent a Monday morning getting fitted for a set of golf clubs and hitting a few balls with a PGA Pro. I tweeted about it and was asked if I was at Haines Point or Langston. My response? Right here on the Hill. In a garage behind A St. SE. Welcome to Capitol […]
Yes, it’s going to snow again, so at least you know part of your weekend is going to involve some amount of icy maintenance and/or stepping in frozen poop, leading to hours of wondering where that smell is coming from. Let’s find you more pleasant things to do this weekend, shall we? Need something nice […]