In ‘Renaissance,’ Blue Ivy steps into her own power

In ‘Renaissance,’  Blue Ivy steps into her own power

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save By the time Lauren Marte and her 9-year-old daughter, Lyla Quinones Marte, walked into the Regal movie theater in Charlotte, they had already made a day of cosplaying Beyoncé. They began their Sunday with a mani-pedi at the nail salon then rolled up to the … Read more

Review | What choir is this? D.C. meets the Washington Douglass Chorale.

Review | What choir is this? D.C. meets the Washington Douglass Chorale.

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save More choruses should make an entrance like the Washington Douglass Chorale. As evening settled in on Sunday, the 47 choristers filed two-by-two down the center aisle of National United Methodist Church reverently toting little battery-powered candles and singing the plainsong hymn “Of the Father’s Love … Read more

Review | ‘Eileen’: Thomasin McKenzie takes a walk on the wild side

Review | ‘Eileen’: Thomasin McKenzie takes a walk on the wild side

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save StarSolidStarSolidStarHalfStarOutline(2.5 stars) Of Ottessa Moshfegh’s debut novel, “Eileen” — the 1964-set story of a mousy prison secretary outside Boston who discovers her darker self — reviewer Patrick Anderson wrote in The Washington Post that the 2015 book “may bore some readers and repulse others, but … Read more

Review | ‘Alan Wake 2’ is the best, most creative game of the year

Review | ‘Alan Wake 2’ is the best, most creative game of the year

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save StarSolidStarSolidStarSolidStarSolid(4 stars) In a sea of exemplar video games released in 2023, “Alan Wake 2” is the work most interested in pushing the boundaries of its franchise, its genre and even its medium. More than any recent year, 2023’s guntlet of critically acclaimed games made … Read more