If you're in New Orleans on 6/8, the Prytania Theater (Uptown) is hosting a 50th anniv screening of "All the President's Men" at 7 PM, hosted by Henry Griffin and featuring a Q&A with some guy who once worked at @washingtonpost. (Spoiler: It's me. Other spoiler: Nixon Resigns.)

One last story I filed before leave. I spent some time with @deathcabforcutie.bsky.social's two earliest members ahead of their heartwrenching new record. Check it out: wapo.st/4dSyiQU

Ben Gibbard runs ultramarathons. Death Cab for Cutie is his longest.

After 29 years, the indie music front man still can’t slow down.

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Ten years in and I’m still excited when a piece I care about leads the Style print section. If you missed it this weekend, I wrote an essay about the idea of home — and some other stuff. It would mean the world to me if you read it. Here’s a gift link: wapo.st/4wnMY2A

Column: What is home? When his D.C. dwelling was in jeopardy and employment future murky, his search began.

Column | My ambassador landlord wanted his house back. I wanted to find my way home.

What is home? When my D.C. dwelling was in jeopardy and my employment future was murky, my search began.

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I'm on parental leave until August, but I wanted to share a piece that's special to me. I wrote about being kicked out of a house, layoffs, purple monkeys in bubblegum trees (IYKYK), New Orleans, D.C. and mockingbirds. I'd be honored if you read this one. wapo.st/3RaMzR1

Column | My ambassador landlord wanted his house back. I wanted to find my way home.

What is home? When my D.C. dwelling was in jeopardy and my employment future was murky, my search began.

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I’m on parental leave until August, so you won’t see my byline much until then — save for a couple pieces I filed before leaving. Be sure to follow @jonathanwrites.bsky.social , who has taken on the Kennedy Center, along with several other institutions, as part of the arts and govt beat.

I went to Los Angeles and Bob Odenkirk taught me how to stage-fight and told me about the break-ins that led him to want to be an action star. My latest: wapo.st/4codv6Q

Bob Odenkirk had a solid career in comedy. What happened next wasn’t so funny.

The threat of real-life violence helped lead a master of comedy and star of “Better Call Saul” to an unlikely second act as a big-screen action hero.

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“The men and women who lie in Arlington have earned that peace, and they deserve our quiet, humble gratitude, not this monstrous monument to power, war and one man’s ego.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Column | America fought to defeat fascism. This ‘triumphal arch’ reeks of it.

Detailed renderings of President Donald Trump’s proposed victory arch near Arlington National Cemetery reveal a confused and offensive symbolism.

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The Advocate news group is seeking a photojournalist in Baton Rouge. Great opportunity for a good photog at a locally owned operation that still does it all (digital, print, real work about real people, made by real people and read by real people). Wanna? workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

Great job opportunity here! Come join me on the Arts and Govt beat -- KenCen, Smithsonian, etc. Happy to answer any questions about it -- feel free to reach out. washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washin...

Arts & Government Reporter

Application Instructions Please list all professional experience and explain any gaps in employment history. All of your application materials, which may include PDF files of work samples and/or links...

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I didn’t begin this week thinking I would be writing about the Iran War, Chuck Norris, and Kid Rock, but one of the “joys” of living through the Trump era is that every week seems like the worst game of Mad Libs you’ve ever played: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-mythol...

The Mythology of Pete Hegseth

The Iran War cheerleader-in-chief embraces a dangerous alternate history of the 21st Century

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Apparently it’s Hug a Journalist Day, but let’s not get HR involved, ok? You can, however, get a one-year subscription to my new gig for 12 months for $12. Today only (4/2) And I love you, too. subscribe.nola.com/digitalhug?o...

Absolute must-read story about the Kennedy Center’s longest-serving volunteer by @janaykingsberry.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

The Kennedy Center’s longest-serving volunteer fears ‘this is the end’

Marilyn Schoon has given her heart to the national cultural center since 1972, a year after its inception. But she no longer fully trusts it.

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BREAKING: Layoffs rock the Kennedy Center, ahead of the two-year closure. It's unclear how many staffers are affected. They span departments. They're taking place on the same day Bill Maher was announced was the Twain Prize recipient. My latest: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Kennedy Center begins layoffs, rocking institution ahead of two-year closure

According to several staff members, the people cut include Nick Meade and Rick Loughery, whom Richard Grenell installed in top roles after Trump’s takeover of the center.

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BREAKING: It turns out the Mark Twain Prize is going to Bill Maher after all, despite the White House flatly denying it last week. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Maher is Kennedy Center’s Twain recipient, despite previous White House denial

The satirist Bill Maher was confirmed as the official pick for the 27th annual humor award.

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Glad this story is being told but I’m extremely disappointed that it fails to mention that The Washington Post has laid off nearly all of its arts critics A decades-deep legacy of arts coverage has been destroyed here and it hurts our city and our world www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

If you aren’t reading @janaykingsberry.bsky.social and me in The Post for Kennedy Center coverage, read the editor who guided it and is now at the Atlantic, @jonfischer.bsky.social. His piece on Grenell’s departure: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026... (But also please still read Janay and me!)

Why Trump Got Sick of Ric Grenell

The outgoing president of the Kennedy Center leaves the institution renamed, nearly closed, and wildly unpopular.

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THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

I wrote about how, and why, the Scream franchise endures -- even if there are some duds in its run. Check it out: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Why ‘Scream’ endures

Thirty years after the original, ol’ Ghostface is back in “Scream 7,” repping horror’s most reliable franchise.

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The Kennedy Center Honors will continue during closure, but with a new name: The Trump Kennedy Center Honors. Venue TBD. My latest: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

The Kennedy Center Honors will continue during closure — with a new name

Interim president Richard Grenell announced that the awards show would be moved to an alternate venue and be renamed the “Trump Kennedy Center Honors.”

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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

Journalists in New Orleans have no idea how their work lives are about to change for the better. Or maybe they do! Either way, wonderful for everyone involved, @hankstuever.bsky.social especially. www.nola.com/news/veteran...

Former Washington Post journalist Hank Stuever joins The Times-Picayune and The Advocate

Hank Stuever, who twice has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing, will start in his new role next month. “He’s one of the best journalists in the country.”

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I'm going to write one long thread over the next couple of days about the people I worked with at the Post. They deserve the extra time and attention. I'll start with someone you likely know well: @roncharles.bsky.social 1/TK

I cannot imagine better news. Hank is the best I’ve ever worked with. My hometown newspaper is so lucky to have him, and he’s so lucky to get to work with an awesome crew down there.

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Hank Stuever, who twice has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing, will start in his new role next month. “He’s one of the best journalists in the country.”

@chrisrichards.bsky.social review of the Bad Bunny halftime show is perfect and brilliant. And here! substack.com/@thefutureis...

An end zone dance in the shape of infinity

Notes on Bad Bunny’s halftime show in the middle of a national crisis

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The final Sunday arts section I worked on. (It’s a lovely one.)

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I left The Washington Post last year, but wrote my love letter in the middle of my time there, in 2015. Everything changed, over my 1st decade there. Then everything changed again, in the decade after this was written. But there were 2 constants: the work & the people. www.mrdanzak.com/blog/10years

A good shot at the facts — Mr. Dan Zak

Ten years ago today I first reported for work at The Washington Post. Deep Throat had come out a couple days earlier. I might have been wearing a tie. My pants sure as shit didn't fit.

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Definitely worth noting since it wasn't announced in that way.

Jonathan L. Fischer@jonfischer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It is worth noting the Post slashed the bulk of its arts coverage, including most of the critics, ending a great tradition in journalism.