Not going out to restaurants much these days, but still craving a fine cocktail from time to time? Perhaps you want to make cocktails for your lockdown pod. And now you’re staring at all those bottles left over from parties (oh, days of yore!) – they’re not much use, and a pox on whomever brought… Read more »
Read Our September 2020 Issue
In This Issue
Perfect Pairings with Sommelier Brent Kroll + Chef Michael Rafidi
When asked how chefs and sommeliers work together to achieve perfect wine pairings in a restaurant, Brent Kroll has this to say. “It either burns up in flames, or the relationship matures over time.” Luckily for Kroll and business partner and chef Michael Rafidi, they’ve experienced the latter. “You just start to build chemistry and… Read more »
Serenata’s Andra “AJ” Johnson Fights for Equality
It wasn’t an early love of fine beverages that first landed Andra “AJ” Johnson in the hospitality industry. “In high school, I had a growing shoe fetish,” she recalls of her formative years spent in the DMV. “Waking my mom up at 6 a.m. to camp out in front of a store and pick up… Read more »
Radar
On Your Radar This Weekend: 10.1-10.4
Lace up your sneakers for a virtual 5K, help support the arts and activism of Halcyon and catch a movie at a cemetery to kick off your October. Read on for all this and more in our weekend events calendar. Note: All descriptions courtesy of hosts of events and edited for clarity. 10.1 Halcyon Homecoming Help… Read more »
‘Coalesce’ Exhibition Finds Synergy in Separation
Art galleries have a somewhat unfair reputation for being unapproachable and designed for a niche audience, but for Marta Staudinger and Christine Olmstead’s “Coalesce” exhibition, the opposite could not have been truer. As I stepped into The Bryne Gallery in quaint Middleburg, Virginia, I felt enveloped in a warm, golden embrace that seemed to reflect… Read more »
EAT
‘Beauty and the Beast’: Disney Looks to Nostalgia for New Golden Age
What I remember most from my first movie-going experience is the large cardboard cutout of The Lion King poster that stood outside the theater as my family and I went to go see the 1994 film. I honestly don’t remember watching the story of Simba unfold on the big screen. That, along with many of… Read more »
‘Intelligence’ at Arena Stage
Intelligence, at Arena Stage through April 9, is historical fiction – heavy on the history (sort of) and light on the fiction. The story clings to a struggling marriage between two people working under the federal government’s umbrella, while the government does everything in its power to protect itself and its decision-making (surprise!) Despite this… Read more »
‘The Little Mermaid’ Reimagined at the Kennedy Center
Think Hans Christian Anderson, but infused with contemporary music, an eerie mood and voiceless, in-motion actors. John Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid is a curious combination of these components. Neumeier’s rendition of the classic tale, at the Kennedy Center through Sunday, will leave you heartbroken, fascinated and wanting more. His ballet opens with a bright, cheery… Read more »
