Alicia Adams has to have one of the best jobs in the world. She’s the vice president for international programs at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Her job takes her all over the world where she’s presented and introduced to new and traditional works in music, [...]
The Manifest Hope: DC gallery (3333 M Street, NW, Washington, DC) is accepting online art submissions for their exhibit — Jan. 17 - 19 –preceding the Presidential Inauguration. You can make one submission per category, totaling a maximum of three submissions. The three categories are: Health Care Reform (Manifest Change), Workers’ Rights (Manifest [...]
As one President exits the White House, and another one in waiting prepares for his entrance, there’s no time like the holidays to wind down the final days. The Bushes are wrapping up their White House years with a total of 25 holiday parties and 7 dinners for a total of 60,000 guests according [...]
Today I read President-elect Barack Obama will take the Oath of Office January 20, 2009 using the Lincoln Bible. I’m not talking about a versioning of the bible with a Lincoln-like writing style, but the 16th President’s own bible in which he laid his hand when he took the Oath of Office in 1861. [...]
I’m fortunate to have a few cheap friends who hip me to bargains that please my palate and my occasional need to splurge on a small scale. Here’s your chance to submit your recommended CTs that cost $5 or less. I’m talking wholesome and legal even though I doubt anything otherwise is less [...]
It doesn’t surprise me that American women on active duty in Iraq are also actively engaged in combat. These women are known as Team Lioness. Initially their assignment was to exercise cultural sensitivity i.e. search and engage Iraqi women, where men are prohibited, by custom, not to go. Being on the move [...]
Click your heels three times. The Smithsonian’s Museum of American History re-opens November 21 after a two year renovation. Are the ghosts still there? My uncle DQ spent many walking days in this museum. Is that cake I smell cooking in Julia Child’s kitchen? Keep up-to-date on the NMAH blog [...]
