Category Archives: Other Writing

Among the things I’ve written lately for other outlets include: A report from Sunday’s  Kennedy Center Honors for Entertainment Weekly. A story on a bold new Hokusai exhibit at the Freer Museum of Art for Smithsonian Magazine.com. A preview of a lovely, previously unreleased track by Mister Rogers for the Vinyl District. A stroll through [...]

Here are some other things I’ve written lately: Looking over a new sculpture show at the Hirshhorn with the artist Lee Ufan, for Smithsonian Magazine.com. Some TV reviews I did for AARP’s feature TV for Grownups. An interview with singer Kathy Mattea about the “Country Music” documentary series and her career, for Songfacts. Catching up [...]

Here are some other things I’ve written elsewhere lately: A preview for TV Guide magazine of “Rolling Thunder Review: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese” that Netflix wouldn’t let me see first. A story for The Washington Post on a guy who runs a one man circus. An interview with two members of the [...]

Here are some other things I’ve written elsewhere recently: About the “Motown 60″ Grammy Special for TV Guide magazine, an event I actually got to attend. A review of a not very good musical about a Motown star, Marvin Gaye, that got its world premiere in D.C. A walk around the Smithsonian Gardens’ first campus-wide [...]

Here are some other things I’ve written elsewhere recently: How American artists responded to the Vietnam war, reflected in a new exhibit I covered for Smithsonian Magazine.com. A preview of a big Aretha Franklin tribute concert special for TV Guide. A review of a Los Angeles show by Pink for Entertainment Weekly. A Q&A with [...]

Here are some other things I’ve written lately: My first TV Guide cover story, about the upcoming Elvis special. This piece about a Smithsonian exhibition built around a Korean artist was delayed a month because of the government shutdown. My first report for Entertainment Weekly, covering the Kennedy Center Honors. A story about plans for [...]

Here are some other things I’ve written for other outlets in the last couple of months: Exploring the most extensive exhibit yet of Bill Traylor, who painted about life in the South and being born into slavery, for SmithsonianMagazine.com. Looking at another self-taught artist from the Deep South, Clementine Hunter, has an exhibit at the [...]

Here are some other things I’ve written recently: A survey of the new “Landline” exhibit from the artist Sean Scully for Smithsonian Magazine.com. A preview of the new season of “NCIS,” with a short chat from the producers, for TV Guide magazine. Review of a restoration era version of “Macbeth” at Folger Shakespeare Theatre. An interview with [...]

Here are some other things I’ve written this summer: A walk through a retrospective of Georg Baselitz for Smithsonian Magazine.com. A feature on the rise of the intimacy consultant in theaters, for The Washington Post. A list of the five best episodes of the original “Mission: Impossible” for TV Guide For the Washington Post Express, [...]