Yes, Edward Kennedy Ellington was a teenager in Washington, DC. He played music at parties. He attended Armstrong High School. He had a job at the Griffith Stadium. He was a visual artist as well as a musician. And he had friends. He had a best friend named Edgar McEntree. The two young men took [...]
This week, First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed Rachel Robinson (wife of Jackie Robinson), cast and filmmakers of the new Jackie Robinson biopic “’42” to the White House for a “Film Workshop for Students.” Personally, I wouldn’t call this a workshop when students aren’t holding and operating cameras, writing scripts, or rehearsing/reviewing scenes. So this post [...]
This post has been updated…again The DC Public Library is hosting an event to kickoff a new website — DC By the Book — Wednesday, March 27 at 6 PM at Busboys and Poets (5th & K Streets, NW). Special guest authors Thomas Mallon (Watergate), Ann McLaughlin (The House On Q Street), and editor Adam [...]
Eating is the great preoccupation of both primitive and civilized man. But the savage eats from need, the civilized man from desire. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) When I did my close up for “The Angle Show” on food, creator/producer Gemal Woods asked me the all important question — “If you could heave a meal with anyone [...]
My grandmother used to say “There’s a lot of truth in a joke.”
