Washington, D.C.
Eugenia E. Gratto
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ISO Oral Histories: StoryCorps Comes to D.C.
For one year, StoryCorps, an acclaimed oral-history project, will be making its way around the country with two mobile recording booths in Airstream trailers. From May 19 to 28, they will be stationed in Washington, D.C., outside the Library of Congress.
If you’d asked me a year ago if we’d ever get baseball back in Washington, I would have said no way, no day. Baseball? In Washington? It still seemed like a total pipe dream. But baseball did, in fact, return to the nation’s capitol on April 14, the night of the ...
Six Points Festival Returns for the Second Year
The second annual Six Points Music Festival, which will take place this year from April 7 to 11, will feature more than 40 acts at 13 different venues in Virginia, D.C. and Maryland.
The Improv Is D.C.'s Spot for Comedy
There’s plenty of funny stuff happening in Washington D.C., and it’s not all happening on Capitol Hill. Some of the nation’s funniest comedians and comediennes take their funny business to the stage at the D.C. Improv, part of the comedy club chain that stretches from Hollywood to Miami. From Margaret Cho ...
Fine Dining For a Bargain During Restaurant Week 2005
One event that has brightened away the post-holiday doldrums in Washington D.C. has been Restaurant Week, which kicks off again today and runs through January 16. For seven days, nearly 100 of the city’s top restaurants offer prix fixe lunch and dinner menus featuring some of their signature dishes. It’s a ...
A Lazy Trip Down the Potomac, Part I
Whitewater on the Potomac River is in a whole different category than, say, whitewater out west. The rivers here are pretty tame. But that also means there are opportunities for one of the most relaxing, laid-back ways to enjoy the river, and even to ride a teeny rapid or two.
Holidays are like your children. You’re not really supposed to have a favorite--you should love them all equally. But I’m not afraid to admit that I do, in fact, play favorites. The holiday I love best is the Fourth of July, and Washington D.C. is one of the best places I ...
First it was donkeys and elephants, and now pandas are taking to the streets of D.C. The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) has let loose PandaMania, a citywide exhibition of 150 panda sculptures decorated by local, national and international artists.
The latest buzz in Washington D.C. has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with bugs. Sometime in the next few weeks, Brood X will burst forth from the ground, covering the metropolitan area and making the city even louder than it usually is.
D.C. Festively Kicks Off National Poetry Month
As National Poetry Month kicks off in April, Washington D.C. will feature a block party dedicated to the spoken and written word. On Saturday, April 3, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will block off the street outside for “Taking Poetry to the Street,” an all-day street festival featuring local ...