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Guest List: 5 People We’d Love to Hang Out With This May

A monthly roundup of people we’d like to have over for drinks, food, and conversation.

About Guest List

Guest List is Washingtonian’s fantasy cast of who we’d like to invite over for dinner each month.

Kermit the Frog

He’s this year’s commencement speaker at the University of Maryland.

 

Sherrilyn Ifill

She’s leading Howard University’s new 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy.

 

Laurence Leamer

The DC author’s new book is Warhol’s Muses, about Edie Sedgwick, Nico, and the artist’s other “superstars.”

 

Cagla Onal-Urel

Fans of her Green Almond Pantry are excited about the new sit-down spot My Little Chamomile.

 

Jonathan R. Alger

He recently started his job as the 16th president of American University.

 


Disinvited! Richard Grenell

The new head of the Kennedy Center had a bizarre email exchange with acclaimed local guitarist Yasmin Williams.

This article appears in the May 2025 issue of Washingtonian.