Matthew McClure

Freelance project manager, editor, arts & culture writer, art historical and critical writing

[Matthew McClure @MattArt85]

More on this issue soon in @capitalcommnews

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

About 400 sites managed by the National Park Service are facing a maintenance backlog estimated at more than $24 billion, but the money aimed for repairs is being diverted. The Trump administration has reportedly used at least $90 million from national park entry fees to help pay for beautification efforts in the nation's capital ahead of the America 250 celebration.

[ABC News @ABC]

Beloved actor, singer and trailblazer Sheryl Lee Ralph delivers a powerful and heartfelt rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner from beside the historic Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to mark America's 250th birthday. #DisneyCelebratesAmerica

[Reagan Reese @reaganreese_]

How extensive has Trump’s DC beautification been? We have the numbers.

[Matthew McClure @MattArt85]

By far the best part of experiencing theater in DC is seeing who comes to watch the plays

[PoPville @PoPville]

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO/PHOTOS: Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park Fountains Flowing!! - Glorious: https://t.co/PeaBVKzlZK

[ray valentine @rayvalentine19]

You can tell that Pinto is serious about this plan because she's trying to leave a local office where she could pass it in favor of a symbolic national office with no power over planning or anything else

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Lithuanian composer and conductor Mindaugas Piečaitis, directs his orchestra on the notes of Nora the cat playing the piano.

She earns a standing ovation.

[Renee @PettyLupone]

Almost startling how relevant this still is.

[Matthew McClure @MattArt85]

@brookepintodc DC doesn’t have a housing crisis. DC has a housing legislation crisis. Hundreds of vacant, solidly built properties in my neighborhood alone. All rotting. All left vacant. Start there!

[US Department of the Interior @Interior]

Happy First Day of Spring 🌼

Here’s to warmer days, new life, and the colors that make America’s public lands unforgettable.

Photo at Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument by Anthony Southwood

[Mayor Muriel Bowser @MayorBowser]

Tomorrow, Congress votes on legislation that will make DC streets less safe.

I urge Congress to reject this proposal.

My full statement:

[Matthew McClure @MattArt85]

Some things change, some things stay the same

[Reuters @Reuters]

A US mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium's AfricaMuseum over who should digitize antique maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo in the museum's archive https://t.co/PHt2GfZrKU

[Matthew McClure @MattArt85]

Wake up!

[Adrian Fenty @adrianfenty]

Great post @FareedZakaria …

[Dr Helen Ingram @drhingram]

Yes I know war is breaking out, aliens are about to be unveiled and the royal family is imploding... but how is the little monkey today?

[Matthew McClure @MattArt85]

@SegravesNBC4 @nbcwashington Just in time for spring

[Hank Thomas @HankThomasDC]

This esteemed DC public servant showed up this morning, inspected my trash, decided it had too much recycling in it, and tossed the bags back onto the sidewalk. I guess he missed the 100 diapers in it. At this point in the movie, when your government hasn’t provided services for weeks, everything is garbage. @DCDPW @311DCgov

[Kevin Ambrose @dcstormchaser]

Rebecca Trinh figure skates this morning on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The temperature was in the low 20s. @capitalweather

[Matthew McClure @MattArt85]

@DDOTDC Dear @DDOTDC please assist neighborhoods east of the Anacostia by clearing bridge sidewalks? This is the second winter in a row that residents have had to shovel snow from the Ethel Kennedy Bridge sidewalk themselves, despite repeated requests to the ward 7 Councilmember to help

[Tom Sherwood @tomsherwood]

No questions allowed!
At a newspaper staff meeting!!
That’s all you need to know.

[Matthew McClure @MattArt85]

Sadly this all sounds way too familiar

[Sam Fortier @Sam4TR]

I am part of the mass layoffs at the Washington Post.

I am sad and angry. We all want to keep doing the work.

But for now I want to document a reality of being in journalism today.