Category Archives: Other Writing

A story about Ai Weiwei finally getting to see his “Trace,” depicting political prisoners, at the Hirshhorn. A feature about the new season of “Playing House” on USA. Describing how one Matthew Brady photograph may have elected Abraham Lincoln, in conjunction with a show at the Portrait Gallery. A review of the opera “Oberon” by the In Series.   [...]

A story for SmithsonianMagazine.com about the German artist who is finally getting his first U.S. museum showcase in two concurrent shows in D.C. An overview of Donald Sultan’s chilling Disaster Paintings, collected in an exhibit at the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum. A review of a play based on the work of Oliver Sacks at Spooky [...]

  A Q&A with Cher about her casino gig here, for The Washington Post. A story for Smithsonian Magazine about a new exhibit marking the 75th anniversary of Japanese American internment camps. An interview with David Duchovny for the Post about his turn from acting to performing singer/songwriter. A look at the insanely popular Yayoi [...]

A chat with Gladys Knight, minus the Pips, for The Washington Post A look at the orchid show at the Hirshhorn Museum for Smithsonian Magazine.com An interview with R&B’s “Uncle” Charlie Wilson for the Washington Post. A story about a troupe that mixes juggling with dancing for the Post. Talking with the creators of the [...]

An interview with Maxwell for The Washington Post about his music and the influence of Prince. A survey of an exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian by photographer Horace Poolaw, for Smithsonian Magazine. Talking to Darlene Love about Christmas and comebacks, for the Post. Enumerating the opening of the new MGM National [...]

Taking the temperature of the electorate in an interview with Lewis Black for The Washington Post. Determining what a Mark Rothko painting has in common with a Ming Dynasty dish, in a piece for the Smithsonian Magazine.com. A chat with Kevin Haskins, who is putting together a book bout his days in the band Bauhaus, [...]

 An interview with the comedian and filmmaker Mike Birbiglia for the Washington Post. A review of a wordless presentation of “Dante’s Inferno” at Synentic Theater. An overview of the Musical Crossroads exhibit at the new National Museum of African-American History and Culture for Smithsonian Magazine.com An accompanying story about the new Visual Arts Gallery at [...]

An interview with country star Miranda Lambert about a hard year and the Hag, for The Washington Post  A look at a Library of Congress exhibit on the early work of muckraking photographer Jacob Riis, also for the Post.  Grace Gummer talks about her new role on the second season of “Mr. Robot,” for the [...]

Here are some other things I’ve published elsewhere recently: A chat with Ringo Starr about his summer tour, for The Washington Post.  Disentangling the complicated family tree of gospel’s prolific Winans, some of whom are subject of a new musical, starring others, also for The Post. A new look at the groundbreaking work of artist [...]