It looks like it is going to be a beautiful weekend, and I know I am ready to finally put away the winter coat for good. In addition to switching out our wardrobes what else are we going to do? You know when I think about Romania all that comes to mind is gymnasts and Ceaușescu’s [...]
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Tonight the Talk of the Hill series continues at the Hill Center. Journalist and Hill resident Bill Press sits down with Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute and Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution to offer insight into hot topics and complex issues of the day. Seating for this event is on a first come, first [...]
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So it’s finally Spring I hope. How shall we spend this glorious weekend?? Tonight sing a song of the Anacostia at the Hill Center. Local singer songwriters will share their songs and stories about the Anacostia River. Hill residents/musicians Sarah Hill, Lee Cain and Chuck Schwartz are the performers at this free, family-friendly event which runs from 6:30 – 8:30. Learn more about [...]
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Happy Spring! Did you set fire to anything last night to welcome this new season of growth and renewal? Me neither. What are we doing this weekend? Today and tomorrow the Barracks Row event space Tabula Rasa (731 8th Street SE) is hosting a trunk show for the Alloro Collection. The collection designs fashionable clothes [...]
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This weekend brings that pukiest of holidays St. Patrick’s Day. Somehow the feast day for the patron saint of both Old Sod and New York City has become an excuse to drink your face off and/or eat things which normally are not green but have since been dyed green. Why? I have no idea. As an Irish [...]
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As I sat down to compile the weekly ‘To Do’ list, I just could not do it. I honestly could not summon the will to yammer on about concerts and gallery openings. It still feels too superficial and silly. This is problematic because arts-related yammering is a lot of what I do for the Atlas. [...]
First an apology. I totally forgot to do the To Do last week. I have no excuse. I neither traveled nor hosted the holiday, there was time spent with in laws. But I really just forgot. I hope you managed. I promise to make it up to you with some really fantastic suggestions. REALLY.
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It’s the weekend before Halloween, so this is generally the time the grown ups get to have fun, be it at a neighbor’s Halloween party or something at one of our local watering holes. Be sure to visit Backstage, as it is their last Halloween in the neighborhood. Next year, we’ll be trekking to the [...]
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I’m not going to make any assumptions that we have collectively healed from last Friday’s night brutal, painful and heartbreaking loss. No, my first foray into sports fandom has caused me to experience an existential crisis and I fear I can’t bear to do it all over again. Mercifully we don’t have to. Not for [...]
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