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Oct 01, 2009

DCist Interview: Nick Hornby

Few writers have managed to pin the millennial male ego under glass the way Nick Hornby has. In his comic novels High Fidelity, About a Boy, and the new Juliet, Naked, among others, Hornby picks apart our vanity and insecurity in ways that are as scary as they are entertaining. He’s also written loads of great nonfiction about his love of soccer, literature, and pop music. Like High Fidelity, probably his best-known book, Juliet,…

Feb 24, 2009

Stevie Wonder Performs Original Orchestral Commission at the Library of Congress

Gershwin prizewinner Stevie Wonder-ful, as Tony Bennett likes to call him. The last time Stevie Wonder played in town, his venue was the Lincoln Memorial. Before that, it was the Verizon Center. But last night, the room was considerably smaller, and the music exponentially more unique. At the Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium, the overachieving 58-year-old pop/R&B legend, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer, Kennedy Center Honoree, and 25-time Grammy-winner led a reduced orchestra in the…

 
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