Arts + Culture

Dressed for Power & Purpose

How the extraordinary Washington designers are rewriting the rules of American fashion — one impeccably crafted garment at a time.She walked into the Senate reception in a gown no one had ever seen before — midnight-blue crepe cut with architectural precision, a silhouette that commanded the room without uttering a word. The designer? Not from Paris. Not from Milan. From a studio right here in the District. Washington, D.C. has long been synonymous with power. What it has never quite claimed —...

Home Services

Your Home Deserves a Signature

Signature Spaces DC provides; Interior design, construction management, and full home transformation, all under one roof.When homeowners across Washington DC, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac begin searching for someone who can translate a vision into a fully realized, beautifully built space, they often ask the same questions: Who can handle both the design and the construction? How do I find a designer who also understands the build process? Where do I find a luxury interior designer near me...

Food + Beverage

A Local Family Bakery Looks to the Future

A family business requires maximum emphasis on both: more family and more business. The Rurkas, a local Chevy Chase family, are no strangers to this dynamic. They’ve spent the last 33 years running the Spring Mill Bread Co. Now, the youngest Rurka, Ben, is stepping up in the hopes of continuing his family’s business. Spring Mill Bread Co. was started in 1993 by Katherine and her late husband Steve Rurka as a dream of escape from their corporate jobs. Living in Chicago at the time...

Arts + Culture

Aaron Goldman and the Sound of Community

Article by Yvonne Siu Turner | Photography by Steve Wilson & Scott Suchman At the highest level of orchestral music, perfection is not the goal. Connection is. That’s what Aaron Goldman, principal flute of the National Symphony Orchestra, has learned in his career as a professional flutist. Now playing alongside some of the most accomplished musicians in the country, he considers his position a dream job. And yet, when he first began in that role, he was so focused on technical perfection and...

Wellness

From Birkin Bags to Blue Fox Farm

Chevy Chase resident and veterinary neurosurgeon Lauren Rae Talarico is launching her memoir this June. Her story is not what you’d expect. Article and Photography by Collab Collective Lauren Rae Talarico’s kids have different answers when someone asks what her upcoming book is about. Her daughter V says it’s about Daddy dying. Her son P says it’s about horses. Her daughter Gigi says it’s about when their mom was fancy. They’re all right. The book is called Haute Couture to Oat Couture, and...

Health + Wellness

Failure Is Not a Bad Word

D.C.-area coach James Lewis is helping leaders across the DMV separate who they are from what they do, at exactly the moment the region needs to hear it. Article and Photography by Provided Ask James Lewis what struggle teaches a man that success doesn’t, and he doesn’t hesitate.“What you do is not who you are.” It’s the line his clients tend to remember first. He says it, then lets it rest with them for a moment before following up with, “Your identity is not what you’ve built. It’s what...

Arts + Culture

Advocacy Born From Experience

Kathleen transformed loss into purpose, advancing elder advocacy through compassion. Article by Vivian Mammen | Photography by Provided Kathleen’s work in elder advocacy began not as a career ambition, but as a necessity shaped by lived experience. When her father fell ill, she found herself navigating a healthcare and eldercare system that was fragmented, confusing, and often unresponsive. What should have been a time focused on care and connection became an education in systemic failure. “I...

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Fitness

Men, Testosterone, and the Nutrition Conversation Nobody Wants to Have Straight

Men, Testosterone, and the Nutrition Conversation Nobody Wants to Have StraightThere is a cold hard fact we need to address before we start pointing fingers at soy, seed oils, carbs, alcohol, takeout, or whatever supplement company is promising to “boost your T” this week:Men’s testosterone levels appear to be trending lower than they were in previous decades.In one NHANES-based study, researchers found that testosterone levels declined among adolescent and young adult men in the United States...

Entertainment

Pink Moon: A Third Place for Modern Motherhood

When most people first walk into Pink Moon, they say some version of the same thing: I can’t believe this place exists.Before it became a warm, layered, light-filled gathering space for moms and families, the Bethesda studio was one large, open, warehouse space. For founder Jill Adams, that blank canvas became part of the point. She was not simply building a fitness studio, a coworking lounge, or a children’s play place. She was creating space in the fullest sense of the word: space to land...

Arts + Culture

The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts Presents

Prize Will Be Awarded at the Trump Kennedy Center at a Gala Performance on June 28, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts will present the 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Bill Maher on June 28, 2026 in the Trump Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The Prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, will be awarded at a gala performance featuring some of the biggest names in...