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Desk stuff becomes the stuff of art
We’re the city of desk jobs, news desks, “what desk are you on at State?” Desk portraiture seems an eerily accurate depiction of Washington living. But E. Brady Robinson excludes the usual bureaucrats. For her, the buck stops at the arts desk.
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Summer movie hits and misses
“Bridesmaids” and “The Help” hit. “Green Lantern” and “Cowboys & Aliens” missed. We look at some of this summer’s movie surprises and what they might predict going forward.
Baltimore leads in integrity
Baltimore’s not a Very Important Place — which is just what its residents like about it.
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Literary novelists take a page from kid-lit fantasies
Adult fiction that invents, and muses about, wildly popular children’s fantasy series is becoming its own genre.