Spotted lanternflies are about to swarm the DC area. Here’s everything you need to know about what to expect and how to lantern-proof your yard. Spotted lanternflies are an invasive species notorious ...

If you haven’t invested in noise-cancelling headphones (or a second home outside of DC), now might be the time to do so. DC’s July Fourth fireworks, which are being run this year by Freedom 250 (the ...

And why on earth is the Trump administration so bent on closing the Kennedy Center in the first place? The situation has become fairly labyrinthine, but if you care about the fate of the Kennedy ...

In the early 1960s, long before bluegrass was streamed into the living rooms of genteel NPR listeners or championed by retro-craving hipsters, the place to hear the best hillbilly music around was the ...

Paul Yandura and I are cruising through Appalachian farmland on his ATV, mud spraying, twigs smacking the windshield of the camouflage four-wheeler. Over the roar of the engine, he’s talking up his ...

If you’re a Red Line devotee or a Yellow and Green Line party animal, WMATA is unveiling a new merch pop-up you may be excited about. The new collection is designed for Metro’s 50th anniversary and ...

The more Lisa-Marie Riggins spoke, the more flabbergasted Frank Fahrenkopf became. It was November 2016, and the two were having lunch at the City Club on 13th Street with Lisa-Marie’s husband, John, ...

Before finding refuge in suburban Virginia, Anya and Lera faced personal peril and growing political repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia—and risked everything for love. On a freezing day in January ...

It’s been a tumultuous time at DC’s beloved arts institution. Is it shuttering for two years? Is it staying open? A deeper look at what’s going on—and what it means to the people who love it most. By ...

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, here’s how to enjoy—and endure—the festivities in the Washington area. DC native Charles Drew, a surgeon and pioneer in blood-plasma research, wrote a patent ...

My best friend was born on the Fourth of July. In recent years—some difficult years for the country—that has given me a level of plausible deniability. I still go to the beach and watch fireworks and ...

Election night 2024 was rough for a lot of people. One of them was Allan Lichtman. The American University professor confidently predicted in September that Kamala Harris would win. On a livestream ...