WASHINGTON — Move over, cherry blossoms — there's a new springtime obsession waddling into the spotlight! A mama mallard duck has chosen Planet Word’s Rooftop Terrace as the cozy headquarters for her ...

Jeffrey Brown: Words, words, words popping from the pages of books and revealing secrets in some 30 languages, through a speaking willow, even clean-cut only on bathroom walls. Ann Friedman, Founder ...

If a duck quacks on a rooftop, does anybody hear? Maybe not, but when she lays a nest full of eggs in a planter on the roof of D.C.’s Planet Word Museum, everyone starts watching. The momma mallard ...

Before reaching the entrance of Planet Word, Washington, D.C.’s new museum of language, visitors pass by an enormous sculptural weeping willow (designed by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer), its branches ...

When two eloquent D.C. institutions team up, you should hang on their every word. That’s the case with the new play “English,” running now through March 12 at Studio Theatre in Logan Circle in a ...

Nick Olsen first noticed the mother duck while he was setting up for an event one morning on the rooftop terrace of D.C.’s Planet Word museum two weeks ago. “I was like, ‘What’s going on?’” said Olsen ...

Planet Word, a museum in downtown Washington, D.C. that explores the history and power of language, collaborated with a Georgetown professor to create “Inside Look: Dyslexia,” an interactive exhibit ...

HEFFNER: I'm Alexander Heffner, your host on The Open Mind. I'm delighted to welcome today's guest, Ann Friedman. She's the founder and CEO of Planet Word. And Nikki Sertsu, she's the Executive ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ann Friedman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C., will receive the American Speech-Language-Hearing ...