Dr. Susan Pell The eye-catching conservatory and variety of plant displays of the US Botanic Garden at the base of Capitol Hill has long been a treasured destination for residents and tourists. At the Overbeck History Lecture on Monday, March 11, at Hill Center, Old Naval Hospital, Dr. Susan Pell will look back at the…
Established in 2013, The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of in-depth literary conversations. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Readings from that work are interspersed throughout the conversation. Originally moderated by Washington Post book critic Ron…
Presented in Partnership with East City Bookshop This event will be in-person at Hill Center and streamed live on our Facebook page. "Powerful.... Livesey’s lyrical perfection comes at no expense to the plot, which barrels like a runaway train. This is a gem.” - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) New York Times best-selling author Margot Livesey…
Celebrate Women's History Month and DC's beloved Cherry Blossoms as author and Capitol Hill resident Stephanie Deutsch moderates a conversation with Diana Parsell about her biography Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees. Born just before the Civil War, Scidmore broke gender barriers as a prolific Washington correspondent, a globetrotting travel writer from…
Veteran journalist Bill Press sits down for an in-depth conversation with acclaimed writer Alex Prud’homme, author of DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at The White House. “Dinner with the President is a splendid and captivating book about the power of food in American politics. ‘Breaking bread’ around the…
Stavridis and Ackerman are the bestselling authors or 2034: A Novel of the Next World War. Their new thriller 2054 opens twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that’s held power for over…