Political gridlock in Washington triggered across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, in March. As a result, the Pentagon has six months to eliminate $41 billion from the current year’s budget, and unlike past cuts, this time everything is on the table. Could the sequester be a rare opportunity to overhaul the armed forces, or will its impact damage military readiness and endanger national security?

WAMU 88.5 and Washington, D.C.'s only radio drama company, Lean & Hungry Theater, will present a special live-to-air broadcast of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" at American University's Woods-Brown Amphitheater.

The 33rd Annual Washington Folk Festival will be held on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, 2013.

Bobby McFerrin celebrates the transcendence of the American spirit with joyful new takes on familiar spirituals.