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We're in this together.
#OpeningDayAtHome | #Birdland
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The Economic Club is hosting a cultural panel with Kaywin Feldman (director of the National Gallery of Art), Carla Hayden (Librarian of Congress), and Deborah Rutter (president of the Kennedy Center)—
—moderated by David Rubenstein, a donor to all three organizations. What the?!
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We never stopped believing.
We never stopped dancing.
We STAYED IN THE FIGHT.
We FINISHED THE FIGHT.
And now, we’re forever WORLD. SERIES. CHAMPIONS.
#STAYINTHEFIGHT
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This article has some people mad (check our FB page) because people don’t like to have their heroes questioned. 😶 Oh, well.
"Gauguin’s Predatory Colonial Gaze" via @hyperallergic hyperallergic.com/524297/gau…
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Don’t you tell me that Jim Vance and George Michael aren’t looking down, laughing it up, and loving every minute of this #WorldSeries! – at Washington, DC
D.C. ICON MEETS D.C. ICON: Ryan Zimmerman had to meet @patcollins4 before game 2 of the #WorldSeries
"Tell your wife she has very good taste, she likes me and she married you!" @HeatherZiMS #STAYINTHEFIGHT @nbcwashington
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D.C. ICON MEETS D.C. ICON: Ryan Zimmerman had to meet @patcollins4 before game 2 of the #WorldSeries
"Tell your wife she has very good taste, she likes me and she married you!" @HeatherZiMS #STAYINTHEFIGHT @nbcwashington
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The trend of miniature eye portraits being used as tokens of love originated in 1785 with the secret marriage between Prince George of Wales and Maria Anne Fitzherbert. ow.ly/I3V930pK3R1
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When I saw Oprah interview Michelle Obama, Oprah asked how Michelle got over feeling intimidated sitting at big tables filled with smart, powerful men and Michelle said, “You realize pretty quickly that a lot of them aren’t that smart.” I think about that quote every single day.
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Somehow I managed to have my pub date and birthday be the same day! The New Black Vanguard is now available and I’m officially old! Here’s a video of why I think this book and more importantly the artists are important and will define this generation in images: – at Manhattan, NY
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65 years ago today, Marian Anderson became the first black singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. Photo shows Anderson on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House with the Met's general manager Rudolf Bing in New York, Oct. 7, 1954. | Photo Tom Fitzsimmons
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It's only shocking if you've never been to Maketto on H Street which has been selling menswear and coffee and Cambodian street food for years. C'mon, P🥴Pville!
"SOMEWHERE® is a progressive mixed-use retail/café experience meant to push the boundaries of culture with a curated selection of multi-brand apparel, footwear, and coffees." popville.com/2019/09/somewhe…
I shit you not.
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Why even bother reporting on what the president says? Headlines this morning go from Trump having second thoughts on tariffs to wishing he raised them higher. And all of this before most Americans had had their first cup of coffee.
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The 2020 Census is on track to undercount black and Hispanic populations nationwide and *overcount* populations in mostly white red states: bit.ly/2ZbwSsI
