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Close to 70 authors, illustrators, writers and poets join this year’s 2008 National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
This year the list of highly recognized authors includes:
Travel guidebook writers Arthur and Pauline Frommer.
CBS Evening News host, Bob Schieffer.
The last of Edward R. Murrow’s legendary gang of CBS reporters, Daniel Schorr.
No. 1 [...]
In 1908 New York, an art exhibition consisting of works from eight artists, mostly Philadelphia and New York newspaper illustrators, opened. The works were reflecting the rebellious attitude of eight artists against the current American Impressionist movement. Their style reflected rough and tough urban life — drunks, prostitutes, boxers, and other working class images were [...]
“Here’s a bold Cabernet Sauvignon I created last season. Can you taste the raspberries and the hint of lavender?” That might be something you proudly state at your next wine tasting or dinner party.
But even if you don’t own your own vineyard or winery in the South of France, Tuscany or the Napa Valley, [...]
In Washington, DC, when you are outside in public, you have to believe you are being monitored or at least will be at some point.
With over 5,200 surveillance cameras operational in the District, not including the ones in and around private and public schools, cameras run by news organizations, hotels, tourist attractions and even [...]
If you have already toured the inside of the US Capitol Building, perhaps, now that the weather is starting to get a bit more bearable, it’s the perfect time to take an outside walking tour of the most recognizable landmarks in Washington, DC.
George Washington laid the Capitol’s cornerstone in 1793 and since it opened [...]
Seismologists at the U.S. Geological Survey research and monitor seismic activity.
Using technology first developed by Charles F. Richter, a professor at the California Institute of Technology in 1935, scientists track and record every earthquake and seismic event that occurs around the world.
And volcanic eruptions, major earthquakes and deadly tsunamis have dominated the recent news. [...]
Originally on the site of a Methodist Episcopal church, the Greater New Hope Baptist Church at 8th and I Streets NW, just outside of Washington, DC’s Chinatown is an architectural landmark church, dating back to 1898.
The building’s style with its twin tall towers is considered similar to Berlin’s famous New Synagogue, build in 1866.
Originally on [...]
Join the famous Blue Angels along with stunt and acrobatic fliers, skywriters, barnstormers, dog-fighting jets and more as they perform at the annual Oceana Air Show, in Virginia Beach, VA.
The base is just 3 hours from Washington, DC and the East Coast’s only Master Jet Base, the largest type of tactical fighter air base. [...]
During my last trip to Las Vegas, I had the opportunity (thanks to my brother-in-law, Mac) to drive the super-fast Dodger Viper, with its 510 cubic inch, 600 hp engine. It was an experience that still makes me smile.
And during a couple weekends over the fall, you too can experience driving not one high-priced super [...]
It’s voting season – but I’m not talking about the presidential election. It’s time to vote for your favorite “short”, short film, that is.
The 102 short films presented at the 5th annual DC Shorts Festival in Washington, DC run from just one minute to over 20 minutes, and include a wide ranges of genres [...]
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