By
Emma Dumain
| May 16, 2012, Midnight
In a two-day conference kicking off Friday, “Visualizing the Nation’s Capital: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C.,” the Library of Congress will bring together almost a dozen experts and scholars from a variety of disciplines, all of whom use maps and geographical history to shed light on how the city evolved.
Eugene Mulero
| May 15, 2012, Midnight
More than two dozen lawmakers are expected to participate in this year's American Council of Life Insurers Capital Challenge on Wednesday, including Republican Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas) and Kelly Ayotte (N.H.).
By
Neda Semnani
| May 10, 2012, Midnight
Just when the political stage started singing the chorus of a “war on women,” William Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” opens at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
By
Neda Semnani
| May 7, 2012, Midnight
Political theater and Elizabethan comedy collide Monday night in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s annual “Will on the Hill” performance. More than 15 Members of Congress will join notable journalists onstage.
By
Ivan V. Natividad
| April 25, 2012, Midnight
If the White House bowling alley were a person, it would now qualify for full Social Security benefits. Opened 65 years ago today, the Harry S. Truman Bowling Alley was constructed in the basement of the White House’s West Wing and then moved to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in 1955. For Capitol keglers, here is a quick rundown of Washington’s local lanes.
By
Neda Semnani
| April 24, 2012, Midnight
In the compelling Scena Theatre production of Conor McPherson’s “The Seafarer,” at the H Street Playhouse through May 20, the viewer is struck by how this Faustian tale reflects the political theater and individual sacrifice that is part of daily life under the Capitol Dome.
By
Emily Cahn
| April 24, 2012, Midnight
Almost 30 authors who call Capitol Hill home will gather to discuss — and hawk — their books with their Capitol Hill neighbors at the upcoming Literary Hill BookFest on May 6.
By
Ivan V. Natividad
| March 14, 2012, Midnight
Virginia “Ginny” Gano earned a reputation on Capitol Hill over the course of 37 years as the motherly taskmaster who kept the offices of Ohio Representatives running smoothly. Now she fills the same role as the administrative director of the Capitol Hill Chorale, a 90-voice ensemble that draws from the Hill community.
By
Jason Dick
| March 12, 2012, Midnight
The term "back alley" is seldom used to describe something positive. But in the case of the Fridge DC, a Barracks Row gallery and performance art space, the words are deployed simply to give people an idea of where to find it.
Chris White
| March 7, 2012, Midnight
Do you want your face melted in a deadline-oriented, first-draft-of-history kind of way? Are you ready to rock objectively? Journopalooza is counting on it.
By
Ivan V. Natividad
| Feb. 14, 2012, Midnight
District locals looking for love this Valentine’s Day can tilt the odds in their favor by going on 20 dates in one night.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| Feb. 9, 2012, Midnight
Benjamin Franklin died a decade before the nation’s capital moved to the swamps along the Potomac River. This week, he makes a grand entrance.
By
Neda Semnani
| Feb. 2, 2012, Midnight
Washington women have to navigate the same maze as their male colleagues but with different rules. To pretend they don’t is as silly as it is disingenuous. What’s more — as the exhibit “Shakespeare’s Sisters: Voices of English and European Women Writers, 1500-1700” shows — women have always faced this challenge. And we’ve done it with some serious style.
Kristin Broughton
| Jan. 26, 2012, Midnight
Asked a few years ago about photographs that Annie Leibovitz took on a 1975 Rolling Stones tour, lead singer Mick Jagger said, “She certainly conveyed something from behind the stage ... which had never really been seen before.” It’s a comment that also describes Leibovitz’s “Pilgrimage,” an exhibit of photographs from her newest book.
By
Neda Semnani
| Jan. 17, 2012, Midnight
Hedda Gabler, the quintessential mean girl, is strutting her stuff, shooting those pistols and ruining everyone’s life at the H Street Playhouse this month.
By
Jessica Estepa
| Dec. 20, 2011, Midnight
The latest exhibit at the National Building Museum, “Unbuilt Washington,” focuses on architecture plans for the federal city that never came to fruition.
By
Laura Barron-Lopez
| Dec. 15, 2011, Midnight
Holland Taylor’s theatrical take on the late Ann Richards is, she says, not political. “It’s about a persona, it’s about a person who lived life full out, money, marbles and chalk, all in.”
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Kate Tummarello
| Oct. 6, 2011, Midnight
When traveling around a new place, you might be tempted to stop at that familiar fast-food chain for a snack or meal. But south-central Pennsylvania offers seasonal, locally made options that are far more tempting, if you know where to find them.
By
Emma Dumain
| Oct. 6, 2011, Midnight
When viewed from a high hilltop, the vast expanse of Pennsylvania land that makes up the historic Gettysburg battlefields appears to have few secrets.
By
Laura Barron-Lopez
| Oct. 6, 2011, Midnight
Motorcycles aren’t the only product being made north of the border. South-central Pennsylvania is home to several factories and farms that welcome visitors for kid-friendly tours.
