![[Vid] Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Desk – and More ‘Seriously Funny’ – Now at Newseum](http://kstreetmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/vid-jon-stewarts-daily-show-desk-210x158.jpg)
“Seriously Funny” From the Desk of the Daily Show exhibit opens today (June 21, 2019) at the Newseum! Jon Stewart and his “Daily Show” correspondents skewered politicians and the press, challenged the integrity of government, and made America laugh with their own brand of satire.… Read More
This year marks the 100th awarding of the Pulitzer Prizes. To commemorate the anniversary, the Newseum will unveil — on Jan. 28th — a portrait of visionary newspaper editor and publisher Joseph Pulitzer in its popular Pulitzer Prize Photographs Gallery, which features photographs from every… Read More
There are probably infinite stories to tell surrounding the November 4, 1979 raid on the US embassy in Tehran as 52 American hostages were held for 444 days. In its film “America’s Game and the Iran Hostage Crisis,” screened Thursday at the Newseum in a joint presentation with Politico,… Read More
There might have been popcorn served at the screening of “Los Abandonados” at the Newseum’s Annenberg Theater on Wednesday night, but that was about the only ordinary theatre-going experience of the premiere. No, there were no shared moments of laughter, nor were there any scenes… Read More
Let’s take two seconds to lament Jon Stewart leaving “The Daily Show.” One. Two. Le Sigh. Now get excited. Because the Newseum has announced that the set is coming to DC! No, Stewart won’t be hosting or handing out headlines, but that famous desk will be on… Read More
Does anybody even go to museums during the day anymore?? The Newseum is the latest to get in on the after hours culture craze, introducing Newseum Nights! An “after-hours party” at the city’s only museum dedicated solely to news, these events invite you to get up… Read More
On Friday (May 22) the Newseum will open “Reporting Vietnam,“ an insightful new exhibit that marks the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, America’s first televised war. The exhibit explores the dramatic stories of how journalists brought news about the war to a divided nation. Powerful… Read More
After a long, cold winter, the District could use some brightening up. Luckily for all of us, and tourists who will soon be visiting DC, cherry blossom season is nearly here. The Tidal Basin will begin to glow with the beautiful pinks and whites, reminders… Read More
Last Wednesday night at the Newseum, DC premiered The Good Lie, starring Academy Award-winner Reese Witherspoon. This true-story-turned-screenplay tells the tale of orphans from the brutal 1983 Sudan civil war. Actor Corey Stoll was on hand, along with co-stars Emmanuel Jal and Ger Duany, music supervisor Jonathan Watkins, writer/director Philippe Falardeau, and screenplay writer Margaret Nagle for… Read More
Arby’s tweeted Pharell that it wanted its hat back… so it might surprise that after they bought it at charity auction, they sent it away again! The singer’s iconic Vivienne Westwood hat debuted at the Newseum for a two month exhibit yesterday. The unveiling event… Read More
