A monthly roundup of people we’d like to have over for drinks, food, and conversation
Carlos Simon
The Georgetown University music professor was nominated for a Grammy for his “Requiem for the Enslaved.”
Gabe Klein
President Biden tapped him to lead a new government effort to facilitate the switch to electric vehicles.
Lauren Paylor O’Brien
LP, as the DC mixologist is known, won Netflix’s Drink Masters cocktail competition.
Jomo Tariku
A local furniture maker born in Ethiopia, he had pieces used in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Judy Woodruff
At the end of 2022, the PBS NewsHour fixture is retiring from the anchor desk.
This article appears in the January 2022 issue of Washingtonian.
