Director Timothy Douglas gives us a uniquely-DC take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Folger Theater. Set in present day against the backdrop of the DC Caribbean Carnival, it is a bright, engaging retelling of the witty back-and-forth between an avowed bachelor and bachelorette, Benedick and Beatrice, and the consequences of meddling in […]
If money were no object, we would pick party dresses off gilded racks like fruit off trees, order up dresses for the grand ball from couture dressmakers in Milan and Paris or over at those glassy buzz-in boutiques flanking Mazza Gallerie, but this being Capitol Hill circa 2009, both savvy and thrift prevail. The economic downturn of the […]
Police have arrested 17- year-old Jeffrey Britt for the shooting murder of George Rawlings, who was gunned down while boarding a bus on H Street NE last week, the DC Metropolitan Police Department announced today. The arrest was made Nov. 13th in Landover, Md. Britt, of no fixed address, was charged with first degree murder while […]
It’s been quite a week around here with our first happy hour with our readers, some heated discussions in the comments section, rock-throwing kids making the news, a shooting that could have been a storyline in The Wire, and the biggest shocker: the Redskins actually won a game. And here’s what some other area blogs […]
Continuing our series of “How the Schools of Capitol Hill Got Their Name,” I’ll follow up on fellow tour guide and Hill dad Tim Krepp’s recent article with a discussion of my son’s school, Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School. Zachary Taylor is a no-brainer– Old Rough and Ready, Mexican-American War hero and 12th President of the United […]