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At Woolly Mammoth, a play about the war in Ukraine ⁠— and so much more

Jakob Cansler Sep 26, 2023
Eleven years ago, celebrated Ukrainian playwright Sasha Denisova won Russia’s highest theater prize. That play was one of 25 she has produced in Moscow. Today, though, none of her plays are performed there, or anywhere in Russia for…
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At a new Picasso-inspired exhibit, an interesting conversation that’s missing context

Jakob Cansler Aug 15, 2023
Tucked away in a small room on the third floor of the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) is a series of works that all seem to be in dialogue with one another. Their media, style and color vary, but among them is a clue to their…

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District Links: Bipartisan bill would upgrade faded MLK plaque at Lincoln Memorial; former AG crashes tenants’…

Sep 16, 2026 11
Amid concerns that a fading, nearly unreadable plaque at the Lincoln Memorial fails to appropriately honor the site's legacy as the venue for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark "I Have a…

District Links: Judge again blocks adding Trump’s name at Kennedy Center; new report warns of heightened food…

Sep 15, 2026 21
A federal court today ruled against a renewed effort to inscribe President Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center's exterior, with the judge reiterating his earlier ruling that doing so in any…

District Links: Two local landlords reach $9.3M in settlements over AG’s price-fixing allegations; Trayon…

Sep 14, 2026 6
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced $9.3 million in recent settlements with two landlords accused of participating in a price-fixing scheme to keep residential rents artificially high. …

District Links: House panel presses DC on use of AI to identify vacant homes; feds sue UDC over in-state tuition for…

Sep 11, 2026 14
A new initiative from the DC Department of Buildings to identify vacant and blighted properties across the city is drawing scrutiny from the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform…
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