Washington Speaks

Reviews and notices of events in Washington, D.C. including, but not limited to, the performing arts, speakers, authors, lectures, meetings, books, movies, cycling, hockey games, exhibitions, buildings, and an occasional post about other places and things.

Sunday, March 21, 2021

Book review: 'Daughters of Yalta,' a must for Russian and WWII history buffs

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Sex, lives, and history are all parts of the sagas in Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War...
Sunday, March 14, 2021

No box office success for 'Nomadland'

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Frances McDormand and David  Strathairn in one of the livelier scenes from Nomadland/ Searchlight Pictures (This is not to knock the people ...
Thursday, March 4, 2021

Make way for Alexandria's 'Revolutionists'

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From left: Justine Summers is Olympe de Gouges; Sophie de Waal, Marie Antoinette; Melanie Kurstin, Charlotte Corday, and Dayalini Pocock, Ma...
Monday, February 15, 2021

First Ladies charm Gallery guests

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The entrance to the exhibition, Every Eye is Upon Me at the National Portrait Gallery where Martha Washington welcomes visitors/ Photo by P...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

Mary Higgins Clark's memoir is a must for writers

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I've never read any Mary Higgins Clark (1927-2020), but I've listened to Mary Higgins Clark and just finished hearing her memoir, K...
Saturday, January 30, 2021

Today is the 372nd anniversary of the beheading of King Charles I

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   This anniversary of a king's beheading is  not to be forgotten by  supporters who will lay wreaths at the statue of  England's  K...
Monday, January 18, 2021

A sight for all eyes: the Marquesa at the National Gallery of Art

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Francisco de Goya, MarĂ­a Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, the Marquesa de Pontejos. c. 1786, National Gallery of Art, Washington Note the lovely...
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