Who doesn’t love to share their frustrations about Beltway Insiders these days? Earlier this week, former congressman Cliff Stearns, along with his guest and friend, journalist and author Patrick Buchanan, were on hand for a special luncheon and discussion to deliberate on the state of American… Read More
What’s an easy-to-take-home DC gift, memento, or award for conference speakers/committees/boards/PAC donors? It’s a question you hear (and ask!) all the time. But the answer can be elusive when you’re looking for something more “DC” than a 3 for $5 tourist tee or a flag… Read More
The DC Public Library Foundation will go underground to throw 2017’s UNCENSORED cocktail party, an annual fundraising event, taking place on Saturday, September 30. Linnea Hegarty, Executive Director at the DC Public Library Foundation, calls the event’s new venue, Dupont Underground, “the ideal spot” for… Read More
So everyone’s describing former lobbyist turned romance novelist Esme Oliver’s new book as next-gen Eat, Pray, Love. But it’s so not Eat, Pray, Love. Even Esme will tell you that. Smoke, Drink, F*#k is, instead, the anti-Eat, Pray, Love. Because she wasn’t expecting a Happily Ever After.… Read More
Good writing still matters. On March 16 at the Arts Club of Washington, the news came out that Rachel Corbett, author of a recently published book, You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, is this year’s winner of… Read More
In two weeks, MLK Library will be hosting it’s 3rd annual, Uncensored: The Cocktail Party. We all remember the very popular Miracle on Seventh Street Christmas pop-up ( yes, that one with the line down the block.) Well, Christmas is coming early for anyone who… Read More
Late last month, MLK Jr. Memorial Library celebrated intellectual freedom with an opening night party for UNCENSORED: Information Antics, an all media public art exhibition. The party kicked off the library’s Banned Books Week, an annual event that highlights the value of free and open… Read More
Moisés Naím’s latest book, “The End of Power,” was met with praise from notable leaders in the digital world, including Mark Zuckerberg and Arianna Huffington. And though his book was published over a year ago, the contents still offer much food for discussion. The Italian Ambassador, Claudio… Read More
A local author’s latest book starts with facts, and then gets fascinating. Just over 140 years ago, DC residents were ambivalent concerning the Northern Pacific Railroad, local author John Lubetkin explained to me. While they knew it would further unify the country, they also were… Read More
Next Saturday (February 28), get your sip AND your smize on! From 1 – 4 p.m. Nigel Barker, famed fashion photographer and author, is making a personal appearance at Capitol Hill wine & beer boutique DCanter for a book signing event in honor of his newest read, Models of Influence. Models of Influence profiles 50… Read More
