Photograph by Evy Mages
Peak bloom will come to the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin between April 2 and 5, 2021, the National Park Service announced Monday.
Big news! We re projecting cherry blossom peak bloom to fall between April 2 – April 5. Peak bloom is the day when 70% of the Yoshino #cherryblossoms are open, creating gorgeous clouds of white & pink flowers floating around the Tidal Basin: https://t.co/Yd0Z1y1FHD#WashingtonDCpic.twitter.com/Twikj5mOs4
Chances are pretty good that if you experience the cherry blossoms this year, it will be virtually: “Working with our cherry blossom partners and in consultation with the most recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and local health guidelines, the National Park Service continues to evaluate what, if any, opportunities will be available to view the blossoms in person at the Tidal Basin,” Park Service spokesperson Mike Litterst tells
March 4:
Okay, forget about January 6 being the date of “the Storm,” the day that would kick off the military takeover of the US that leads to the execution of many Democrats. Turns out, the Capitol riot wasn’t actually carried out by Trump supporters but by Antifa (you can see their excellent camouflage in the above photo). The new date circled on some Qanon believers’ calendars is March 4. As Vox explains:
QAnon believers claim that the US federal government secretly became a corporation under a law they believe passed in 1871 but does not actually exist, rendering every president inaugurated and every constitutional amendment passed in the years since illegitimate.
Martin Baron will retire from his job as the executive editor of the
Washington Post on Sunday. Steven Spielberg, Liev Schreiber, and
Vanity Fair. Managing editor Cameron Barr will serve as interim honcho until Baron’s replacement is named.
Baron came to the post in January 2013 following the ouster of its previous executive editor, Marcus Brauchli. He arrived from the
Boston Globe, where he earned a reputation as a “scrupulous and efficient budget-slicer,” as
Post media critic Erik Wemple wrote, as well as someone who managed to maintain journalistic ambition during difficult economic circumstances. That was certainly the case at the
Bamberger before and after going under the knife. Photos courtesy Rob Bamberger/WAMU.
The goal was $30,000. That’s how much Rob Bamberger hoped to raise during the December 5, 2020, of
Hot Jazz Saturday Night, the three-hour show he hosts each week on WAMU at 7 PM. His brothers back home in Ohio had pulled together a $10,000 challenge grant for the station’s year-end membership drive with two conditions: 1) Bamberger had to raise $30,000 on his own; 2) he had to agree to get his pandemic hair and beard cut. (“I think it’s because the beard and the hair now makes me look more distinguished than they look,” Bamberger says.)