Eric Althoff

Frozen cocktail maker Kelvin introduces new slush mix

Brooklyn, New York-based Kelvin Slush Co. has launched its newest flavor, Frose, or "frozen rose." Made from organic peach and strawberry juices, Frose is the sixth in a series of flavors from the company that also includes citrus, pina colada, margarita, ginger and tea.

July 4, 2017

TRAVEL: The Ivy Baltimore provides world-class accommodation, service

Opulence, thy name is Ivy. There is simply no place like Baltimore's Ivy Hotel, the luxurious -- and I do mean luxurious -- boutique hotel located in Charm City's historic Mt. Vernon neighborhood. But a short drive from Washington, the Ivy offers a pampering that is unmatched anywhere in the capital corridor region.

July 3, 2017

Fourth of July in Williamsburg, Virginia, features fireworks at Colonial site, Busch Gardens

Fireworks will alight the skies over Busch Gardens and Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, Monday and Tuesday as America celebrates its birthday.

July 2, 2017

CONCERT REVIEW: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour brings out all the hits

It's been a four-decade ride for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, and judging by their performance to a sold-out Wells-Fargo Arena in Philadelphia Saturday evening, the rockers will continue to keep coming back as long as the audiences demand it so.

July 2, 2017

CONCERT REVIEW: Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie play Fleetwood Mac, new tunes on tour

Even 20 percent of Fleetwood Mac -- plus a backing section of some of the best session in the biz -- can bring in a solid evening of rock old and new. Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, touring behind their eponymous new duet album, are touring to support that album, which brought them to the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia Friday evening.

July 2, 2017

Russia election hack seen as ‘paranoid’ in country, says director of film ‘Moscow Never Sleeps’

Dublin native Johnny O'Reilly was so confident of his Russian language skills that no only did he move to Moscow, he started making films in the city's native language. Mr. O'Reilly's new work is the slice-of-life drama "Moscow Never Sleeps," a Robert Altman-esque multi-character and multi-storyline work portraying the intersecting narratives of contemporary Muscovites dealing with families, careers, romance and the various other challenges of daily life.

June 28, 2017

CD REVIEWS: Styx, Barenaked Ladies, Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie unveil new tunes

Summer is officially here, and to christen that most glorious season, here are some new albums to add to your music collection.

June 27, 2017

Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne backup players brought forward in music doc ‘Hired Gun’

You know their riffs, even if you don't know their names. From Billy Joel's longtime drummer to a guitarist who has played with both Alice Cooper and Hilary Duff, the outstanding music doc "Hired Gun" from filmmaker Fran Strine shines a lot on a small -- one might even say incestuous -- roster of musicians who have backed up up the famous for decades, making a living, if not quite attaining stardom.

June 27, 2017

Cheese Journeys announces first East Coast tour in September

Artisinal cheese tour operator Cheese Journeys has announced a tour specifically for cheese-loving tourists for Labor Day weekend near Philadelphia. For that tour, turophiles will have the opportunity to sample cheeses produced in the greater Philadelphia region and in neighboring Chester County.

June 26, 2017

Evan Lambert joins Fox 5 in Washington, D.C.

The District's Fox affiliate, WTTG, announced that Evan Lambert will be joining the Fox 5 broadcasting family effective July 10, where he will report for both the Fox 5 and Fox 5 Plus news broadcasts.

June 26, 2017

‘Maudie’ director Aisling Walsh on casting Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke for painter biopic

"I thought it was just such an incredible story, and I didn't know anything about her," the director of "Maudie," Aisling Walsh, a native of Ireland now based in London, told The Washington Times during a promotional stop for the film in the District.

June 22, 2017

Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac discusses tour with Lindsey Buckingham

Since rejoining Fleetwood Mac in 2014 after a 16-year hiatus, Christine McVie has retaken up her lead vocals on "Little Lies," "Everywhere" and "Think About Me," thrilling fans who had long hoped the singer would return to the lineup of the English-American band. Accordingly, she began recording bits of compositions and sending them to Mac lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.

June 22, 2017

Dominique Dawes of 1996 ‘Magnificent Seven’ gymnastics team advocates for National Parks, motherhood

Former Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, but a few miles from some of the most important sites in America such as the White House, National Mall and the Capitol. But what the three-time Olympian never realized what exactly how many National Parks were located but a short drive from the Maryland suburb where she still lives.

June 20, 2017

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Abacus: Small Enough to Jail’

To date, no one has gone to jail for the 2008 banking scandal, and the new documentary from Steve James "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail," shows the government's one attempt to do just that. Abacus, a small financial institution in New York's Chinatown, had on its books an unscrupulous lending officer, whose actions happened to catch the attention of Manhattan's district attorney at precisely the wrong time.

June 19, 2017

CONCERT REVIEW: Metallica WorldWired tour keeps rock alive at Dallas stop

Now a full month and change into the WorldWired Tour, Metallica took over the thankfully indoors stage at AT&T Stadium in Dallas Friday night, in which the quartet engaged in a nonstop, energy-heavy and unapologetically loud parade through their nearly four decades of rock, from 1983's "Kill Em All" right on up to cuts from "Hardwired."

June 18, 2017

San Ignacio Resort Hotel in Belize celebrates 40th anniversary, upgrades

San Ignacio Resort Hotel, a luxury property in San Ignacio, Belize, is celebrating 40 years of hospitality in the Central American country with renovations to its property and hospitality options.

June 15, 2017

‘The Final Five’ on Fox 5 in D.C. scores No. 1 win

The District's Fox affiliate, WTTG, has scored the No. 1 local political show in the capital market with the debut of "The Final Five," which launched on June 5. The show beat out all local competition in the Washington, D.C., market as well as national shows like "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC.

June 15, 2017

World Sea Turtle Day sees Naked Turtle Rum team up with conservation group

Friday is World Sea Turtle Day, which was founded as a way to raise awareness of and respect for the world's endangered sea turtles. To honor the special day -- and the creatures it aims to save -- the Sea Turtle Conservancy has teamed up with Naked Turtle Rum to benefit the world's endangered sea turtles.

June 14, 2017

AFI Docs will feature documentaries about terrorism, government cover-ups, film treasures

AFI Docs is upon us, with Wednesday evening's kickoff at the Newseum set to screen Bryan Fogel's "Icarus," about the issue of performance-enhancing drugs in sports. While it's impossible to see all the films, here a few to keep on your radar this weekend.

June 14, 2017

‘The Big Lebowski’ star Sam Elliott discusses new film ‘The Hero’

But it was that voice, those unmistakable deep timbres, and his own history of voiceover, that provided the launching pad for filmmaker Brett Haley to pen a script specifically for Sam Elliott. Directed and co-written by Mr. Haley, "The Hero," opening Friday in the District, sees Mr. Elliott as Lee Hayden, an aging actor and voiceover artist known primarily for one role decades ago, and whose career unexpectedly gets a boost late in his life.

June 13, 2017