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Tiger Woods to Speak at Inaugural Concert Sunday

A short note on Tiger Woods's web site this afternoon announced that the world's best golfer accepted an invitation to speak in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, as part of the "We Are One" inaugural concert. His willingness to speak comes as a ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Michael Jordan

Twin Oaks Estate Celebrates 120th Anniversary

If you’ve ever been inside Twin Oaks estate, that massive mansion in Cleveland Park on Woodley Avenue NW between Wisconsin and Connecticut avenues, you are in rare company: it’s the largest privately owned estate in D.C. that doesn’t house the ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  10 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Alexander Graham Bell,  Barack Obama,  Jimmy Carter,  Barry Goldwater, Jr.,  George W. Bush

National Museum of American History Reopens Tomorrow

A 40-foot by 19-foot architectural representation of a waving flag is at the center of the new atrium of the renovated National Museum of American History. The artwork frames the entrance to the new Star-Spangled Banner Gallery. (Meaghan Gay) When the ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  20 Nov 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  White House,  Abraham Lincoln

National Press Club Book Fair Tomorrow

The 's book fair is tomorrow afternoon, where for $5 (or free, if you're a member) you can shmooze with over 80 authors from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. If you're looking to get your significant other's favorite author to sign something, you can head over after ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  17 Nov 2008
Related Topics: National Press Club

Slash Coleman Has Big Matzo Balls @ Fringe

The one-man play is a representation of the playwright-actor-jazz pianist-author-comedian-painter’s Jewish, eccentric, and quick mind. It is a collection of one-liners and songs, audience participation and balls-to-the-wind gimmicks. Actually, the ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  24 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Jeff Foxworthy

Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit On View

Anyone going to the Kennedy Center, the Watergate, George Washington University, or any other Foggy Bottom attraction should be sure to take a path down K Street, between 24th and 26th Streets NW. In the inaugural , the Foggy Bottom Association has ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  6 May 2008
Related Topics: George Washington University,  World Bank

The Nazi Olympics @ the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Sometimes the introduction to an historical event is better done with a smaller issue within the broader, chronological overview most museum exhibitions use. They help us forge a connection between our own familiar experiences and the vast unknowns of ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  28 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Jesse Owens

Library of Congress Opening Anew Saturday

The LoC has remained open in varying levels of capacity since then and has been closed completely since April 3 of this year to install new exhibitions. Tomorrow these new exhibitions, as well as the "New Library of Congress Experience", will launch. ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  11 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Thomas Jefferson,  James H. Billington

Revisiting the Jefferson Memorial

If you’ve been down to the Tidal Basin to see the Cherry Blossoms, then you’ve probably already revisited the . When we went down there the other day, we found the Memorial abuzz with a mix of tourists, regular locals, and locals who were hosting ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  3 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Christopher Columbus,  White House,  George Mason

Identity by Design @ NMAI

The exhibition, of course, is about cultural traditions. It features some 55 dresses and more than 200 accessories, all of which are meant to express the depth and development of Native women’s identities. For example, the various cuts of the dresses ...

From BEN SCHUMAN STOLER, DCist,  1 Apr 2008

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