Tag: reading
Things to Do This Weekend on the Hill
Saturday, July 22
Drag Queen Story Time with Tara Hoot | Crazy Aunt Helen’s (713 Eighth St. SE) | TICKETS $5
Join Tara Hoot and her...
The Literary Hill
As schools begin to let out, it’s time to stack up a few riveting reads for the long and lazy days of summer. This...
Keller and Franzén Grants Boost Enrichment at Capitol Hill Schools
Education innovators working in the Capitol Hill community have pioneered strategies to improve student performance and help prepare young people for success beyond school....
A Celebration of Art Books: The Capital Art Book Fair
“Art Books” are categorically difficult to define. They might be books that are themselves “works of art,” or collections of and deliberations on artistic...
Exhibit A: Behind the Scenes at the Smithsonian
Next time you visit a Smithsonian Museum exhibition, you might want to think about what went on behind the scenes to bring it to...
Just for Kids at BookFest May 1
This year’s Children’s Corner at the Literary Hill BookFest promises to be the best yet!
Capitol Hill schoolteacher Nicole Siegel is coordinating a day of...
The Hundred Choices Department Store
In “The Hundred Choices Department Store,” a novel for young readers (grades 4 to 7), Ginger Park paints a bleak but inspiring picture of...
Rising Tides: Wennersten Assesses Fight Against Climate Change
In 2017, John R. Wennersten and Denise Robbins issued a dire warning in their book, “Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century.” They...
Not Strictly A Memoir: Jill Strachan’s Honest Look Back
Jill P. Strachan offers this caveat to readers in the preface to her new book: “It is not strictly a memoir.” But the rich...
Somerset A Microcosm of American Racial Attitudes
In 1975, John R. Wennersten was teaching history at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore when he was asked by the local Bicentennial Committee...