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  • 5 days ago | downbeat.com | John Murph

    By John Murph   I  Jun. 3, 2025 On a Thursday afternoon in early March, the lights are dimmed inside Blues Alley as employees polish tables and scrub the floors. The Washington, D.C.-based, red-brick carriage-house jazz club is preparing to welcome Nicholas Payton.

  • 1 week ago | dcbar.org | John Murph

    Coping with unexpected loss and cultivating resilience were major focal points of the D.C. Bar’s annual Well-Being Summit on May 21, co-presented by the Lawyer Well-Being Community and Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) under the theme “Meeting You Where You Are.” In his welcoming remarks to more than 150 attendees, D.C. Bar President Shaun Snyder reflected on his work as former chief operating officer of the American Psychiatric Association and at the D.C. Department of Health.

  • 3 weeks ago | dcbar.org | John Murph

    On May 14 the D.C. Bar Intellectual Property Law Community presented its Champion of Intellectual Property Award to Clark S. Cheney, chief administrative law judge (ALJ) at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Held at the Bar’s headquarters, the event was attended by approximately 40 people, including Cheney’s colleagues, mentors, and husband, Greg Newcomb. Cheney held back tears of joy upon accepting the award from Judge Doris Johnson Hines of the ITC.

  • 3 weeks ago | dcbar.org | John Murph

    The Association for Bar Professionals (NABE) has chosen D.C. Bar CEO Robert J. Spagnoletti as the recipient of its 2025 Bolton Award for Outstanding Bar Leadership, the organization’s highest accolade for professional excellence. Spagnoletti will be honored at NABE’s Annual Meeting in Toronto in August. Spagnoletti said he was “speechless, which is extremely rare,” when he received the call from NABE President Whitney von Haam.

  • 1 month ago | downbeat.com | John Murph

    By John Murph   I  May. 5, 2025 This year’s edition of International Jazz Day served as its most peculiar chapter so far as jazz luminaries from various regions of the globe — including the U.S., Panama, Japan, China, Morocco, Iraq and India — swarmed down on Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which hosted the annual event’s main April 30 concert.

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12 Nov 22

RT @ProfRobStew: LIKE #JESUS, WE/I am CHAMPION of THE POOR & OUTCASTS: *DR. GEORGE BUTLER* 👏❤🙏 @QuincyDJones is GREAT but GEORGE SINGLEHA…

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RT @ProJazzNet: Dr. George Butler: Executive Honor https://t.co/nHWtrPDIXI A gifted producer, he coaxed Miles Davis back into the spotligh…

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10 Jul 22

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