Street Funk
An open mic and U Street dive bar grad, Reesa Renee cheers on the noise in the city she loves. Reesa Renee describes her sound and her style as “funky” and “eclectic,” then...
Category: Front Page Features
Dads With Capes
Just like Batman says, ‘It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.’ These are no ordinary dads.From passionate politician to Grammy-award winning musician, and from home design icon to...
Philanthropic 50: David Rubenstein: The Patriotic Philanthropist
David Rubenstein’s view of giving—and giving. David Rubenstein is best known for what he has labeled “patriotic philanthropy,” which involves acquiring and giving to the nation historic documents including a contemporary copy of the Magna...
Philanthropic 50: Adrienne Arsht: Building Resilience A Million Dollars at a Time
Adrienne Arsht takes a new direction in philanthropic giving. Adrienne Arsht doesn’t do things by half. In 2013, she gave The Atlantic Council $5 million to start the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center when...
Philanthropic 50: Calvin and Jane Cafritz: They Sing For More Than Their Supper
The “Cafritz” in the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program. In May, Jane Lipton Cafritz hosted a lunch that brought together a number of young opera singers and many of their supporters and admirers. The singers...
The 2019 Philanthropic 50
Philanthropy makes the world a better place, one gift, bequest or donation at a time. Nowhere in the world is charitable giving more deeply embedded in the national culture than in the United States....
A.J. Croce: His Own Man
By Steve Houk livinonmusic.com For singer/songwriter AJ Croce, being an up and coming musician and having the name Croce, in addition to looking just like his revered late father, well, that connection didn’t hurt...
Music Notes: Nils Lofgren’s Rocky Beautiful Fifty Years
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com Three years ago, a movie called “Hired Gun” came out. The well-told documentary highlighted the stories of some of rock and roll’s best musicians, many largely unknown to the average...
RESPECT THE POWER MOMS: Katie Beirne Fallon, Kimberly Johnson, Nicole Ehrhardt and Guiomar Barbi-Ochoa
Four heavy hitters show how it’s done Ambitious moms know a thing or two about how to scale the ladder to the top, while also intricately managing their home life. It might involve working...
