Both Kindra Crick and Carolyn Bernstein, jointly showing at the D.C. Jewish Community Center’s Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, operate at the intersection of art and science. For Crick, there’s an intriguing element of genetics-is-destiny to her approach—her grandfather was Francis Crick, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist and neuroscientist, and her grandmother was Odile Crick, a painter. [...]
Author Myla Goldberg (most recently of Wickett's Remedy) speaks tonight at the Jewish Community Center about her writing process, the inspiration behind her stories, and what it takes to put a novel together. Goldberg is best known for her terrific 2001 debut, Bee Season, in which a 9-year-old girl’s family falls apart after she wins [...]
From tonight's pick by Caroline Jones: "One part kitsch, one part political satire, and one part glitter, the Kinsey Sicks, describe themselves as “America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet.” The group returns to D.C. on Saturday night with a new set of parodies, skewering everyone from Condoleezza Rice to Vanna White. What began 15 years ago [...]
