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Famous Authors and Food Writers at the National Book Festival
This year’s National Book Festival is almost here. It’s one of my favorite events, and another thing I love about living around here. Continue reading
The Cultural is Culinary: Review of Braided Heritage
Jessica B. Harris’ new cookbook is both intensely personal and broadly encompassing, a fine addition to our understanding of American culinary traditions. Continue reading
Posted in Cookbook Review, Events
Tagged Braided Heritage, cookbook, D.C., event, Jessica B. Harris, NMAH, Paula Johnson, review
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Two Lives in Four Quarters: King James at the Round House
We are invited to consider an unlikely pair of obsessed fans in scruffy Cleveland bonded by love of basketball and LeBron James. You don’t have to know a thing about the last two to enjoy this play. Continue reading
Posted in Media Review, Reporting
Tagged event, King James, LeBron James, reporting, review, Round House Theatre
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Review: Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with live and active cultures!)
When I saw the notice for Woolly Mammoth’s current play, Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with live and active cultures!), I thought, “Oh, boy! Another play using food as metaphor!” and I wasn’t wrong. Continue reading
Posted in Media Review, Reporting
Tagged Akira Kurosawa, D.C., event, reporting, review, Woolly Mammoth, Yogurt
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The Right Words Can Change The World: Review of Bad Books at Round House
Wit and irony sparkle from the start of Bad Books, as Kate Eastwood Norris and Holly Twyford engage in a face-off about control of children’s reading. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Media Review, Reporting
Tagged Bad Books, event, reporting, review, Round House Theatre
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Happy Pie Day! Celebrate With Not One But Two Contests
Yes, in honor of that unique mathematical relationship and MIT cheer (Cosine secant tangent sine, 3.14159), not to mention the tastiest of round desserts, we present: the Olney Theatre Center Pie Eating and Baking Contests! Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged event, Olney, Olney Theatre Center, Pi(e) Day, reporting, Waitress the Musical
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Pie in the Sky: Review of “Waitress” at Olney Theatre Center
If the singing and acting weren’t so enthusiastic and entertaining, this play might be upstaged by the hydraulics. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Media Review, Reporting
Tagged event, Olney, Olney Theatre Center, Pie, reporting, review, Waitress the Musical
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Review: What the Constitution Means To Me at Round House Theatre
Before I saw Round House’s production of What the Constitution Means To Me, I was only vaguely aware that this play was about a teenager debating the Constitution. I hoped that it would not be tedious, or tendentious, as that description suggests – but it’s only ninety minutes long, so how bad could it be?
I was totally unprepared for how energetic, funny, poignant, timely, and engaging this production is, with its fine performance by Kimberly Gilbert in the part originated by the playwright Heidi Schreck. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Media Review, Reporting
Tagged event, Heidi Schreck, reporting, review, Round House Theatre, What the Constitution Means to Me
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Worth Its Weight in Gelt
So for something completely different from all those Nutcrackers and Hallelujahs this season, Round House presents a mash-up of Dickens, Fiddler on the Roof, and wised-up Millennial humor – and it’s hilarious. Continue reading
Posted in Media Review, Reporting
Tagged A Hanukkah Carol, event, reporting, review, Round House Theatre
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Interactions and Reactions: Two Exhibits, and a Welcome Development
The NGA’s blockbuster exhibit is showcasing Impressionists – everybody’s favorite painting school – and the Phillips has an intriguing set of artworks drawn completely from their permanent collection. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Reporting
Tagged D.C., event, Impressionists, National Gallery of Art, NGA, Phillips Collection, reporting
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