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Mad Men is more than a tv series!
It's a whole theme for New Year's Eve at The Kennedy Center: Cheyenne Jackson...Music of the Mad Men Era. He's a 30-something leading man on Broadway, a film, and television star (including 30-Rock) and a whole lot more. Then you are then invited to welcome 2013 in style after the concert, with dancing to the sparkling arrangements of D.C. jazz band Chaise Lounge in the Grand Foyer until 1 a.m. There's a big balloon countdown at midnight. Free for all patrons with any December 31 evening performance ticket or Roof Terrace Restaurant receipt from that evening. So,the NSO, and Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke Mon., Dec. 31, 2012, 8:30 pm in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
Owner of Jack's Boathouse says meeting with NPS did not go well
WTOP's Andrew Mollenbeck
D.C. Sports 2012: A Christmas poem
WTOP sports reporters Craig Heist and George Wallace
Santa to make a splash
The Water-Skiing Santa and his kneeboarding reindeer! Also featuring The Flying Elves, the jet-skiing Grinch, and Frosty the Snowman in a dinghy all at National Harbor Monday December 24th at 1 pm sharp!
Can you hear the people sing????
Lots of people are headed to the National Theatre to see the US Tour LIVE version of the musical "Les Miserables." Among them Vice President Joe Biden who brought his granddaughter to see one of his all time favorite musicals. But he was not alone. Click on both stories below.
Santa's spirit spreads
This is the story of a young man who combined religious traditions to do the most good!
Santa and the Skins!
The Burgundy & Gold is shining on so many different levels. The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and the U.S. Marine Corps teamed up to distribute more than 1,100 toys to underserved youngsters at the annual "Skins Santa Shoppe" toy distribution event at FedExField.
Redskins v. Eagles: Players know they can't afford mistakes
George Wallace, WTOP Redskins beat reporter
'Fast & Furious' program: U.S. guns found at crime scenes in Mexico
J.J. Green, WTOP national security correspondent
What to do with the Christmas tree after the holidays
Mike McGrath, WTOP garden editor
Audit: Va lags at using homeland security grants
Virginia has not used more than $38 million of the $90 million in federal homeland security grants it was given from 2008 through 2010, a federal audit has found.
Community group proposes green space north of RFK Stadium
WTOP's Rosemary Frisino Toohey
So long to a shining star of Wolf Trap
For 17 years Terre Jones has been at the helm of Wolf Trap guiding it through a tremendous time of growth not just in the scope of entertainment on the Filene Stage or the Barns of Wolf Trap, the commissioning of more than 70 new pieces in diverse genres but especially in education programs. The board of directors hailed the opening of the Center for Education at Wolf Trap as "one of Jones' greatest achievements during his tenure. It is a national resource for artists, teachers, children, and the community". Now that he is retiring at year's end, a wing of the center has been named in his honor: "The Terrence D. Jones Family Education Hall."



