Former President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to appear in Washington, D.C. today to discuss his new book White House Diary, which includes selections from over 5,000 pages of personal notes he took while in office on everything from the Iran hostage crisis to creating the Department of Energy. Carter fell ill on Tuesday in Cleveland and was rushed to the hospital with stomach issues. He appears to be back to “normal,” in a statement issued by the Carter Center this morning, but has canceled his D.C. appearances today, including the 12:30 p.m. book signing at Politics and Prose and the 7 p.m. discussion at the Lisner Auditorium. Neither have been rescheduled.
The holiday shopping season is officially in full swing, so the literary reading cup runneth over and ruineth your coffee table with big names. Message from Big Literature: Books make great gifts! Message from DCist: Free readings help keep your entertainment budget low, which is helpful since you already have to spend your entire bonus on gifts for other people. MONDAY: Joan Collins is 73 years-old and still fabulous. We’re not sure how she does…
Chris Palmer doesn’t fit the stand-up comic profile at all. Wildlife documentarian. Harvard Kennedy Scholar. Founder, President and CEO of the non-profit National Audubon Society Productions. AU Film Producer in Residence. And he won’t look the part either — perfectly-coiffed and suited for every performance, as demonstrated at right, with the proper Brit accent to match. It all started in January, when his daughter Kimberly showed him a flyer on stand-up comedy training at the…
Written by DCist contributor Erie Meyer. John Kerry will be speaking today at 1 p.m. on American University’s main campus about patriotism and the right of dissent as part of a nationwide tour, according to an email sent to students by the university. After his speech on dissent, however, students will not be allowed to, you know, dissent. While signs and banners are forbidden, as is standard, the Massachusetts Senator and failed presidential candidate has…
On Monday DCist reported on the release of a report by the Commission on Federal Election Reform, whose 87 proposed recommendations for reforming the country’s electoral system did not include any mention of the District’s long-standing lack of voting rights. We — being fierce and unwavering advocates for D.C. voting rights — were obviously a little perplexed. Report on improving elections? No recommendation on granting District residents the right to vote? Huh? So, being the…
If you were wondering what deep pocketed inauguration visitors will be doing in D.C. tonight, odds are they will be attending one of three candlelight dinners taking place at Union Station, the National Building Museum and the Washington Hilton (AKA the “Hinckley Hilton”). Those who donated more than $100,000 to the inauguration will be invited to one of the events. According to the Post, the dinners “are intimate — in inaugural terms — with about…
