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Theater Night: Theater Alliance Performs With Intentionality

Jan 15, 2025 | hillrag.com | Matthew McClure

As we collectively take the first few tentative steps into 2025 – a year that promises to be filled with challenges and change – this month’s column examines intentionality. It’s a buzzword that’s recently found new popularity, but the members of Theater Alliance are living it. Theater Alliance has been making groundbreaking work in DC over 20 years.
Theater Night | HillRag

Nov 8, 2024 | hillrag.com | Matthew McClure

Human connection, touch, intimacy. Everyone craves it. The primal urge to forge bonds with those around us is encoded from birth. This election month column is all about theater that acknowledges the power of physical, human attachment and connection. As we head to the polls, shake your neighbor’s hand, give your mom a hug or have lunch with an old friend. There’s so much more that we have in common than what separates us. Read on for our curated selection.
Art and Culture East of the Anacostia

Oct 29, 2024 | eastoftheriverdcnews.com | Matthew McClure

Look no further than East of the Anacostia River for a stimulating dose of art and culture in Wards 7 and 8. We’ve done the leg work by chatting to some of the creatives living and working in these communities about what they’re working on and where you can visit and support them.
Chile-Rubbed Leg of Venison

Oct 29, 2024 | saveur.com | Matthew McClure

By Matthew McClurePublished on October 29, 2024Matthew McClure works as a chef in Vermont but grew up hunting white-tailed deer in Arkansas. No matter its provenance, a leg of venison is a big piece of meat—“from the rear of the animal; think of it like a ham,” he says—that makes a great centerpiece for a crowd. Unlike farm-raised deer, the wild stuff benefits from aging, which makes it more tender and flavorful.
Theater Night Chat With Jarrod Bennett

Oct 16, 2024 | hillrag.com | Matthew McClure

Change. Along with death and taxes, it’s pretty much unavoidable. As we bid farewell to summer and welcome cooler temperatures, we’re reminded that change is an essential condition of humanity. This month’s column looks to change and the disruptors that drive it; creative practitioners that ask tough questions, or pioneer a new art form, or take the wheel of an organization to steer it through turbulent waters.
Theater Night | HillRag

Sep 16, 2024 | hillrag.com | Matthew McClure

Nobody said it better than Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Women really do make the world go ‘round, so this month’s column previews theater that tells the stories of strong, independent women who have and continue to craft lasting legacies. We’ve also included a roundup of DC Theatre Week, running from September 26 to October 13, in case you needed a reminder of why you absolutely shouldn’t miss this performing arts extravaganza (discounted tickets, anyone?).
Prostate Cancer: A Helpful Guide

Aug 7, 2024 | eastoftheriverdcnews.com | Matthew McClure

What is prostate cancer? In men, the prostate is a gland located underneath the bladder and in front of the seminal vesicles. The urethra passes through the prostate, which adds fluid to ejaculate and helps move it out of the body. Adenocarcinoma (a type of cancer in cells that produce mucus) is the most common form of prostate cancer. It targets the glands that produce seminal fluid in the prostate and affects a staggering 70% of Black men.
Waterford Township 2024 Primary Election results

Jul 31, 2024 | clickondetroit.com | Sam Burne James |Matthew McClure |Anthony M. Bartolotta |Darla Jaros

Published: July 31, 2024 at 11:38 AMTags: Michigan Primary Election 2024, Michigan Election Results, Oakland County, Waterford TownshipSign up for our NewslettersCheck Michigan 2024 Primary Election results herePublished: July 31, 2024 at 11:38 AMTags: Michigan Primary Election 2024, Michigan Election Results, Oakland County, Waterford TownshipDecision 2024 (WDIV)Here’s where you’ll find the 2024 Michigan Primary Election results for Waterford Township.
What Does Independence Mean To You? - Theater Night

Jul 10, 2024 | hillrag.com | Matthew McClure

In July, we celebrate the the birth of our nation with fireworks, cookouts, flags and bunting. What does ‘Independence’ mean to you? The strength to forge a new career? The freedom to reinvent yourself? The bravery to seek a better life?
A Motown Family Reunion at the Anacostia Arts Center

Jul 2, 2024 | eastoftheriverdcnews.com | Matthew McClure

In the early 1960s, as segregation and Jim Crow tore at the fibers of American society and the Vietnam War drove restless American youth out of the suburbs and into the streets in protest, a distinctive sound began to trickle out of transistor radios from Ohio to Oregon and from New York to New Mexico.