Marian Robinson, the mother-in-law of President-Elect Barack Obama is moving into the White House- at least temporarily- to assist daughter Michelle and granddaughters Sasha and Malia as they adjust to their new life in Washington, transition officials said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Madame Tussauds Museum in London will unveil a wax statue of President-Elect Barack Obama, with free admission to U.S. citizens, on Inauguration Day January 20, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
President-Elect Barack Obama will meet Spider-Man in a special Inauguration Day issue of Marvel’s “The Amazing Spider-Man.” According to Marvel’s Web site, the story will find Spider-Man attempting to stop one of his oldest foes from interfering with the inauguration.
The issue will be available for $3.99 at local comic book stores January 14.
The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network will host the Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball Jan. 19, at 8 p.m., at The Harman Center for the Arts, 610 F Street, N.W., Washington. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay-Z will play a special concert in Washington, D.C., on eve of President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.
The “In Concert On The Eve of Change” Concert, billed as an “intimate performance,” will take place at the Warner Theater and will feature Jay performing with full band.
Tickets for the performance go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
The Obamas arrival in Washington has brought a throng of paparazzo to the Nation’s Capitol, and we hear the snapping shutterbugs are offering serious guap to Sidwell Friends School students who can provide cell-phone photographs of soon-to-be First Daughters Malia and Sasha Obama’s first days at the Quaker school in Upper Northwest.
Silver-spoon fed tots who take the bait risk immediate expulsion if caught by school authorities.
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama got future First Daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, ready for their first day of school in Washington, on Monday, Jan. 5. Read the rest of this entry »