So here we are: the first weekend of February in the good ol’ U S of A. What is there to do? For starters, there is apparently some fab game going on— they throw this funny-shaped ball back and forth and the players wear tight spandex. I hear it’s pretty good. If you want to […]
It’s been a long time since I’ve sat in an audience and squirmed as uncomfortably as I did while the menacing violence unfolds in the Folger’s production of Shakespeare’s Othello. The race and relationship tragedy, running through December 4, left me despairing over the damnable and downright creepy Iago, played cunningly by Ian Merril Peakes, and […]
Knuckles-deep in cinnamon sugar cookie-making this evening I took a break to do a little research on the weekend goings-on about the neighborhood, and I was struck by one thing: there’s more live music on the Hill than you might think. But first things first: don’t miss our bake sale on Saturday at Eastern Market. […]
Given the popularity of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the US, it would seem that many of us claim Irish ancestry or do for that one day anyway. The stereotype of the lyrical storyteller holding forth at the local pub over pints has great romantic appeal. Stereotype or not, the Irish storyteller is having his moment at […]
If you’ve spent January in a funk, wondering how best to start the year’s remaining eleven months, look no farther than the Folger Theatre: you can laugh, laugh some more, and perhaps even shed a small tear with their current production of A Comedy of Errors, through March 6th. Perhaps you consider Shakespeare too lofty […]