WTOP's Bob Madigan
Man About Town
Bob has one of the best jobs in the city. Enjoy some photos of what a "day at the office" is like for the Man About Town
Bob Madigan
Bob Madigan has been with WTOP Radio for 18 years. For most of that time, he has been covering the "Good" "Positive" news of Washington. Here is a chance to listen to some of his most recent pieces and you may even download if you wish. You can email Bob at bmadigan@wtop.com or follow him on Twitter.
** PHOTO: Bob Madigan, left, shaved his head for childhood cancer.
Trying to make Mothers' Day a Happy Day
The Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church Community Life Center held its 10th annual Mother's Day Caribbean Connection Brunch/Vigil. It was a day for DC Metro Area Women and beyond who have endured and overcome tragedies. Please listen to these two reports.
Fri Apr 26th, 2013
Queen Force One
It's the name of the Food & Friend's shuttle bus that ferried nearly a dozen drag queens around DC to some of the restaurants taking part in Food & Friend's Dining Out for Life. More than 100 restaurants throughout DC, Virginia and Maryland donated 25% -110% of their proceeds from lunch and/or dinner to Food & Friends helping to get daily nutritious meals to thousands of your neighbors facing HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses. BTW, the thumb nail picture is of "all dolled up" Craig Shniderman, executive director of Food & Friends standing with NBC News National Correspondent Steve Handelsman (who just happened to be at La Tomate in DuPont Circle when Queen Force One landed.)
Fri Apr 26th, 2013
Queen Force One part 2
One of the main stays of Food & Friends Dining Out for Life "Queen Force One" brigade is Bambi. We spoke on the shuttle bus with her photo on the banner!
Mon Apr 15th, 2013
And the winner is: YOU!
TheatreWashington's Helen Hayes Awards were handed out at the Warner Theatre. It was a terrific celebration of not just theatre in Washington but of audiences, too. Click here for the winners of the "Helens"! We have three clips below, one an indepth piece that includes parts of the other two and then some. Please enjoy them and as they say "Go See A Show"!
Sun Apr 14th, 2013
The blind leading the sighted
Ever played golf in the dark? Maybe it is time to see how a blind golfer does it. On Friday, May 10th, The Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind is holding their first-ever "Shot in the Dark" Golf and Dinner Classic. Listen to the two clips below to find out how it will be done. Individual tickets ( golf & dinner) are $350, dinner only (with entertainment) $150.
Woodmont Country Club, 1201 Rockville, Pike Rockville, MD
Sat Apr 13th, 2013
VEEP shines on DC
This weekend is the 'VEEP'season premier. So, HBO and the Motion Picture Association of America hosted a reception and special screening of Episodes 1 and 2, Season 2 of the HBO series, starring Julia-Louis Dreyfus. Hear what she had to say in the two clips below.
Sat Apr 13th, 2013
Save a life. Save the World.
It is more than just a saying as we learned watching HBO's documentary "50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus" . Check the HBO listings and if you have "On Demand". We have local reaction in the two clips below from people who watched a preview at the the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Sat Apr 13th, 2013
She's local, she's talented and she's back
After a 7 year hiatus from recording Alice Smith is out with a new CD "She" . It was a long 7 year stretch for her fans to take any new tunes with them but she's been performing in the interim. We caught up with stunningly talented, locally raised, and independent singing sensation at at DC's 9:30 Club.
Is there a young Shakespeare here?
Possibly! Thanks to the non-profit Young Playwrights Theater. Thousands of DC area students who have gone through the playwrighting program have experienced a pretty dramatic turnaround in academic achievement. Now there is a book "Write to Dream" ‘30 of the best plays written by YPT students from 1995-2012.'
Furloughs are not a free lunch, but 20% off??
Feds facing furlough have a friend in Silver Spring. The Daily Dish A Restaurant & Catering Company which is offering 20% off Lunch Monday to Friday with government ID and furlough document (email etc) on your furlough "day off." (food only, once per week, other restrictions may apply.)
Teens racing for a cure -- on stage!
Seventh through 12th graders at South County Middle School and High School have helped raise lots of money and awareness about breast cancer for the past 7 years. It's all to support Team Heather and the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure." May 11th this year. You can hear about the talent show by clicking on the two clips below.
How do you spell success?? LLS will work!
That's the Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS) which has helped fund research that saves lives. The Leukemia Ball is the huge fund raiser for the LLS National Capital Chapter and it has once again been a HUGE success. That's measured in both money raised and people honored such as Tammy Darvish Vice President of DARCARS Automotive Group, and longtime volunteer. To find out more check out the two clips below.
Talent is not idle in NOVA
As proven at NOVA Idol 2013. Contestants had to be enrolled in at least one NOVA course. High school NOVA Idol contestants had be enrolled in one of the area high schools. It started out with many auditions on multiple campuses, whittled down to 65 semi finalists and ten finalist who all performed At Norther Virgina Community College, Alexandria on the Schlesinger stage. We have two clips below and you can view a video of the college winner by clicking here.
interPLAY still "Mighty Special Music Makers"
Even if that is the original name for the interPLAYcompany Band. It is a band that is made up of adults with cognitive disabilities such as Down Syndrome and other differances. Their latest concert with amateurs and professionals, high school seniors and university musicians as 'bandaides' (mentors), all performing together was totally sold out in the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center. We have two clips below for you to listen to.
From love and tears
A new and incredibly moving ballet premiered over the weekend "Colin" about a 19 year old killed in action in Iraq. It was created and choreographed by Colin's mother Amy Grant Wolfe of Manassas Ballet Theatre, the ONLY professional Ballet Company in Northern Virginia! Below you will find three clips. The 3rd is a long form version.
Finding buried treasure! or Spring! or Both!
At this weekend's Washington Home & Garden Show there are lots of opportunities ranging from finding a real taste of spring (which has sprung, at least in doors)to new ideas on what do with your current home (inside or out) and if you have any real treasures laying about. Tickets to the Washington Home & Garden Show cost $12 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 to 12 and the event is free for children ages 5 and under. For more information click here. Children Ages 5 & Under FREE
Friday, March 22nd is Hero Day! Active and retired military.
Friday, March 22, 2013 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday, March 23, 2013 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is located between 7th and 9th Streets and N Street and Mt. Vernon Place in downtown DC, right across from the new City Museum.
Something every teenager should hear
It's the story of a local high school student who was abused and abandoned to homelessness by her mother. But Kim Tran, now a senior at Dominion High in Sterling has a new family, a new direction and a new lease on life. But this is more than a tale of whoa, listen to the two clips below and learn why she has been honored with the Children's Defense Fund's "Beating the Odds" award and the Loudoun Future Leaders award.
Girl Scouts it's more than just cookies!
This is National Girl Scouts Week (3/10-16) and the 90,000 girls and women of The Girls Scout Council of the Nation's Capital have been celebrating as you can hear by listening to the two clips below.
And the video is just below and a click away!
Girl Scouts celebrate movement, Women's History Month (VIDEO)
March 12 was National Girl Scouts Day, which commemorates the day in 1912 when Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization's first 18 girl members in Savannah, Ga.
"Sequester - The Musical! March Madness Washington" Style!
No telling what next month's show title will be because Planet Washington's motto is "When News Breaks -- We Fix it". Whatever the April 20th show is, it will be Ken Rynne's creation w/Frank Plumer on keyboard & back up. He's been creating musical political satire ever since he was a wickedly funny kid growing up in Boston. The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center
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