John Kirkpatrick knew that putting a beaver in charge of protecting Washington’s treasured cherry blossoms was an idea that challenged logic. It was a bit like making Bernie Madoff treasury secretary.

The phrase "cherry blossom season" often conjures up images of lush, full trees, with strong branches reaching up toward the sky and hundreds of flower petals gently drifting into the Tidal Basin. But ...

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Hair Love filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry and Chaz Bottoms, who worked on John Legend’s animated Facebook series Dear John: Legendary Love Letters, have teamed up to develop an animated musical comedy ...