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.

Thursday, April 29, 2021

'Emily Dickinson' stars in Alexandria

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Karen Jadloss Shotts is Emily Dickinson in Little Theatre of Alexandria's  The Belle of Amherst / Photo by Matthew Liptak It's a del...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

'Mole Agent' is dull...dull...s n o r e ....

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Moviegoers, Mole Agent ranks near the bottom of my "Worst Movies I Have Ever Seen" list along with the dreadful  Nomadland   and ...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

Salem's witches, worth a trip

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  The Salem Witch Trials 1692  was on exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts which featured era pieces, belongings o...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

'Courier' is worth admission price

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  Yay!  The movies are back! It's not the greatest spy movie I've ever seen but it will do in these days of entertainment starvati...
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...
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