SALLY QUINN speaks and CAN YASAR performs

Must RSVP by noon of the Sunday before

$60 admission includes a three-course meal payable at the door by cash or check only

Sally Quinn is a longtime Washington Post journalist, columnist, television commentator, Washington insider, and one of the capital’s legendary hostesses. She is also the founder of The Washington Post’s religion website “On Faith.” Quinn has been with The Washington Post for more than 50 years covering politics, culture, and social life. Quinn has written six books: We’re Going to Make You a Star, about her experience as the first female network anchor in the United States for “CBS Morning News”; Regrets Only, her first novel; Happy Endings, its sequel; The Party, in which Quinn offers an insider’s look at Washington entertaining and a personal view of the value of friendship. She published a memoir entitled Finding Magic in September 2017, about her marriage to the legendary Watergate editor of The Washington Post, Ben Bradlee. Bradlee was featured in the HBO documentary, The Newspaperman. He was played by Jason Robards in the film, All the President’s Men and by Tom Hanks in The Post, with Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham. She is also the author of the novel, Silent Retreat, a provocative love story that walks the electric tightrope between faith and sensuality, restraint and ecstasy, duty, and longing. Quinn was with the late Ben Bradlee for 43 years until he died in 2014. They have one son, Quinn Bradlee. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Can M. Yasar is an award-winning actor, writer, and musician based in NYC, originally from Türkiye. His work blends cabaret, musical theatre, and solo performance to tell stories of identity, faith, home, and belonging. His solo show “A Hundred Dollar Bill” won the Best Autobiographical Show Award at the United Solo Theater Festival at Theater Row, and his cabaret debut, “Turkish Rhapsody” at Don’t Tell Mama, earned the Broadway World Best Cabaret Debut Award and a MAC Award nomination for Best Male Debut. Other credits include “Smoke Point” at Brick Theater, “Master of Time” at Teatro LATEA, “Only Place I Belong” at The Tank, and “Can M. Yasar live @Pangea” at Pangea. Can has collaborated with institutions including Target Margin Theater, Noor Theater, The Jack Theater, NYTW, and MTC. He was a fellow at the O’Neill Cabaret. This year, he debuted at the 37th New York Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center and at Joe's Pub with SWANA Salon. He teaches cabaret performance at Northeastern University’s Theater Department.