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In April, I wrote about the controversial plastination human body exhibit here in Washington, DC, Bodies - the Exhibition. The major controversy surrounding the exhibit were reports of questionable sourcing of Chinese bodies, for use in the preserved and skinless anatomical exhibit. The claims were that many of the bodies were used in Bodies [...]
The theme of a Comic Book or “comic” for short can be funny, serious, historical or action-oriented, and many involve a super-hero or notorious villains.
Dating back to the first American comic book, The Yellow Kid in McFadden’s Flats in 1897, the history of the comic book is divided into several historical eras. The time [...]
Just a few years ago (pre-9/11), you could take a quick 20-minute helicopter tour over Washington, DC. Now, if you want a bird’s eye view of the White House or the National Mall, you probably need to know a high-ranking government official that can get you a ride on Marine One.
But you can still [...]
Before it closed in 2006, Ziegfeld’s cabaret on O Street in Washington, DC’s Navy Yard area was famous, or perhaps infamous, for its campy and saucy female illusionist “drag” shows. But the club closed to make way for the new National’s baseball stadium.
Yet Donnell Robinson (Ella Fitzgerald), DC’s longest performing drag artists, keeps the [...]
Imagine living in a home where, when you spread your arms, you can almost touch both outside walls.
Back in the 1830s, a bricklayer named Hollensbury bought a narrow lot that had been an alley between his rowhouse and his neighbor’s.
The folklore suggests that he built a new two-story rowhouse for his two [...]
When you think of the best in American comedy, one name that must be included on the list is The Three Stooges. Whether you remember watching their slap-stick TV program on Sunday mornings or seeing their silly and often violent physical comedy in one of their movies on late-late-night television, they are an American treasure. [...]
In 1912, a gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo was presented to the people of Washington, DC. Since then, the annual cherry blossom festival has been a reminder of the bond with Japan.
For two weeks at the Kennedy Center, you can enjoy Japan Culture + Hypreculture as it explodes with over [...]
It’s not about being tough…it’s about being the toughest.
The rules are simple - put a cowboy crazy enough to try to ride an ornery 2,000 pound bucking bull, let him use just one hand to hang on, and see if he ride for 8 seconds. That’s professional bull riding, the most exciting 8 seconds [...]
What happens when you blend opera, old world Bohemian cabaret music from the 1920s, swing, tango, Ukrainian folk-punk, belly dance, Yiddish Klezmer music and an accordion? You get none other than Vagabond Opera.
This six-piece band delivers an eclectic, high-energy blend of about a dozen musical styles sung in eleven languages in a format that’s [...]
Imagine getting on the Metro and seeing a dozen riders without pants… in the middle of January.
In 2002, Charlie Todd, a New York actor and improv comedian, organized his group of Improv Everywhere “agents” to all ride on the same New York subway train, giving no indication that they knew each other. The only difference, [...]
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