CONTRIBUTORS
Unwrap a weekend
in Washington, DC.
30 AMERICANS
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Through Feb. 12
NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE
AND PAGEANT OF PEACE
White House Ellipse
Early December–Jan. 1
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts ★ Dec. 15-18
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Ford’s Theatre ★ Nov. 18-Dec. 31
DEGAS’S DANCERS AT THE BARRE
The Phillips Collection
Through Jan. 8
WHITE HOUSE HOLIDAY TOURS
The White House ★ December
MERRIMENT IN GEORGETOWN
Georgetown ★ Dec. 9-20
Liz Johnson is the award-winning food editor of The
Journal News in Westchester,
N. Y., and a blogger and producer at Small Bites on lohud.
com. She lives in Nyack, N. Y.,
on Sour Cherry Farm, a tiny suburban plot where she and her
husband grow fruit, herbs and
vegetables, and chronicle their
gardening, cooking and dining
on sourcherryfarm.com.
Alison Prato is a writer and
editor specializing in entertainment journalism. Her work
has appeared in an array of
publications, including
Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar U.K.,
Women’s Health, Men’s Fitness,
Watch, New York, Maxim, Page
Six Magazine, Playboy and
The Daily Beast. She lives in
Brooklyn.
SEPTIME WEBRE’S
THE NUTCRACKER
The Warner Theatre ★ Dec. 1-24
SCULPTURE GARDEN ICE RINK
National Gallery of Art
Opens mid-November
(weather permitting)
WARHOL: HEADLINES
National Gallery of Art
Through Jan. 2
ZOOLIGHTS
National Zoo ★ Dec. 2-11, Dec. 16-Jan. 1
Find more holiday happenings
and events at Washington.org
Peter Murphy, a New Jersey-based photographer, has
shot for Time, Wired, GQ,
The New York Times and
other publications. For this
issue of Arrive, he photographed Sir Ben Kingsley in
New York City. His past Arrive
covers include James Blake,
Robert Kennedy Jr. and Ricky
Gervais.
Joseph Ciardiello has been
drawing for as long as he can
remember. He was born and
raised on Staten Island, a short
ferry ride to Manhattan, where
he attended The High School
of Art and Design and college
at Parsons. During his 35-plus-
year career, he has worked
for most major magazines and
newspapers, as well as for corporate and advertising clients,
book publishers and record
companies.
