Arts & Entertainment

The Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, shaded by Smithsonian buildings, is a nice rest stop for Mall visitors. The “living museum” boasts a big variety of blooms chosen partly for their unusual provenance and fragrance. A cast-iron fountain, benches, ...

Secrets, the all-nude gay club near Nationals Park, is a magical place where women’s lib takes on a whole new meaning. There, we ladies are free to ogle naked men who are completely uninterested in us. Unlike most places on Earth, Secrets is a loc...

you know all about espionage and the First Amendment. But you may not know that one perk of a yearly membership to each museum is a discount at a great Washington restaurant. Membership to the Spy Museum is $75 for an individual and $175 for a ...