Culture / Features

Feature stories on art, music, dance, education, archeology, animals, and journalism.

History Lessons: I discovered that my ancestors had enslaved people. Would connecting with a descendant of those who were enslaved bring anyone healing?

7/23/20 - Washington Post

Descendants of slaves and slave owners discovery legacy of Maryland's Sotterley Plantation

7/18/19 - Washington Post

The National Archives has billions of handwritten documents. With cursive skills declining, how will we read them?

6/17/19 - Washington Post

This 85-year-old hiking club is where Washingtonians go to get away from politics. It's also a great match-maker.

2/27/19 - Washington Post

Meet Pete Souza's Instagram-Famous Tortoise, Charlotte

1/25/19 - Washingtonian Magazine

How to Be Courteous While Traveling with Your Pet

7/25/18 - Washingtonian Magazine

How 400 DC Neighbors Banded Together to Get Their Own Dog Park

10/19/17 - Washingtonian Magazine

Want to Adopt a Pet? Try Fostering First.

4/21/17 - Washingtonian Magazine

There's the major media and then there's the 'other' White House press corps

2/21/16 - Washington Post

This Is Why Your Pet Needs Acupuncture (Really!)

12/16/16 - Washingtonian Magazine

Working with Soldiers at Walter Reed, Cellist Finds a New Creative Path

12/16/16 -- WAMU Bandwidth

'Everything...had sexual connotations': Being young, female and a reporter in the 1960s

10/8/16 - Washington Post

The female guru bringing a niche and intricate Indian dance to DC

4/8/16 - Washington Post

This 273-Ton Synagogue Is Being Moved for the Third Time

3/31/16 - Washingtonian Magazine

There Are More Ways Than Ever to Adopt a Dog in DC

The drum circle moves beyond Deadheads and Occupy protestors

3/13/16 - Washington Post

The saga of Matt Sesow: How a one-handed artist is seizing D.C.'s art world

1/2/16 - Washington Post

Can cancer ever be funny? Comedian Caitlin Brodnick thinks so.

9/13/15 - Washington Post

A hipster cultural salon for the short-attention-span generation

9/2/15 - Washington Post

What lies beneath: Searching for the bones of Yarrow Mamout, a turn-of-the-19th-century Georgetown celebrity

7/23/15 - Washington Post

A serendipitous life: Ysaye Barnwell and the healing power of music

5/1/15 - Washington Post

Apolo Ohno, Badminton Fan

3/23/12 - Wall Street Journal

Digging down to family roots

5/13/11 - Christian Science Monitor