About "The Q&A Cafe"

The Q&A Cafe was created in October 2001 as a response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Its first home was the "back room" at Nathans restaurant on the corner of Wisconsin and M Streets in Georgetown (which I had inherited when my husband died in 1997).  The purpose was to bring together the community to learn more about the possible terrorist threat and preparedness. The first guest was Chuck Vance, a security expert and former member of the presidential detail of the U.S. Secret Service. From that followed other shows on terrorism and then the Q&A branched out to a broad range of subjects and guests. When Nathans closed, The Q&A Cafe moved to the Ritz Carlton Georgetown hotel for a few years and then to the George Town Club. Here is a list of guests and some photos. A selection of past Q&A broadcasts are available here on YouTube and here on the DC Cable website. 

In an interview with Diane Rehm on The Q&A Cafe set at The George Town Club

Interviewing Diane Rehm 

With Bob Woodward, (his 4th appearance)

An al fresco interview w/ Chef Patrick O'Connell


With Chef Daniel Boulud


With Derek Brown

With Tommy McFly

Interviewing Katharine Weymouth and Cathy Merrill Williams

Annual sports interview w/ ESPN's Thom Loverro and Kevin Sheehan 

With Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier

With Kojo Nnamdi of The Kojo Nnamdi Show

With Julia Reed

With lawyer Robert Bennett, mid interview, The George Town Club

 This is a selection of photos from The Q&A Cafe and the appearances of more than 300 notable individuals. Please also take a moment to watch the show.

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JULIA REED

CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY LAWFORD

KATE BENNETT, SOPHIE GILBERT AND JESSICA VOELKER

J. WILLARD "BILL" MARRIOTT

SHANE HARRIS

DAVID RUBENSTEIN

ERIC RIPERT

SEATON SMITH

OLIVER STONE

C.Z. GUEST

KEN GORMLEY

DAN RATHER

FRED SMITH

THEODORE SORENSEN

DOUGLAS FEITH

TIM RUSSERT

ERICA JONG

MARION BARRY

ALEXANDRA WENTWORTH

GWEN IFILL

SPINAL TAP

SIMON VAN KEMPEN

JOHN HEILEMANN

MARK HALPERIN

LETITIA BALDRIGE

MAYOR VINCENT GRAY

BOB WOODWARD

COKIE ROBERTS

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI

TOM BROKAW

DEB JOHNS

DAVID VISE

JACK EVANS

DAN TANGHERLINI

JOHN RIGGINS

LESLIE COCKBURN

CHRIS MATTHEWS

DR. TINA ALSTER 

MPDC CAPT. PETER NEWSHAM

JACK EVANS

SALLY QUINN

MICHAELE AND TAREQ SALAHI

OSCAR-WINNING FILM DIRECTOR OLIVER STONE 

Frequent Q&A Cafe guest, author and Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward

 

With DC "Mayor For Life" Marion Barry

Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein gets mic'd for The Q&A Cafe

 

AT THE RITZ: SIMON VAN KEMPEN OF "THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK"

 

THE Q&A CAFE AT NATHANS, HOLIDAY TIME, JUST BEFORE TAPING THE PROGRAM.

 

 

 SUSAN LASALLA AND DAVID GREGORY AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

CHRIS MATTHEWS AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

MICHAEL MCKEAN, HARRY SHEARER AND CHRISTOPHER GUESTS (AKA SPINAL TAP)
 AT THE Q&A CAFE

  

MAYOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS

ADRIAN HIGGINS

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

C. DAVID HEYMANN

SOPHY BURNHAM

SKIP NEWCOMB

HARRY SHEARER

BOB BALABAN

MICHAEL McKEAN 

MARK PLOTKIN 

SEATON SMITH

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON

KATHLEEN MATTHEWS 

CHRIS WALLACE 

ANA MARIE COX 

DR. RICK LEVY 

BILL PLANTE 

SEPTIME WEBRE 

DR. WAYNE CALLAWAY 

 

MARTHA KUMAR AND CARL CANNON AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

VERNON JORDAN AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

AMBASSADOR H.E. DEVINDA SUBASINGHE 

DAVID HUME KENNERLY 

TONY TAVARES 

FRIDA BURLING 

EDITH SCHAFER

MICHAEL ISIKOFF 

DR. WILLIAM HASELTINE

MATT COOPER

KENNETH FEINBERG

BARBARA CHILDS-PAIR

DAVID GREGORY

CRAIG CRAWFORD

TORIE CLARKE

SANFORD AIN

MARION BARRY

ROXANNE ROBERTS

GEN. BERNARD E. TRAINOR 

KATHERINE (KATIE) TARBOX 

 

THEODORE SORENSEN AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

WASHINGTON DC MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY AT THE Q&A CAFE 

DAVID PATRICK COLUMBIA

FRED THOMPSON

GEORGE STEVENS, JR.

SUSAN ISAACS 

GORDON PETERSON 

DR. MICHAEL HOCKSTEIN 

ANN HAND

DC Police Chief CATHY LANIER 

JEFF GANNON

HARLAN K. ULLMAN 

DEBORAH JEANE PALFREY 

MARK SHIELDS 

DAVID BURD 

HOWARD FINEMAN 

MARK WARNER 

SHEILA JOHNSON

MICHAEL HERRRALD 

AMY HOLMES 

SAM DONALDSON 

CARL CANNON 

JONATHAN ALTER 

PHILIPPE COUSTEAU 

STAN KASTEN 

SCOTT SIMON 

CHUCK TODD 

MICHELLE RHEE 

ROBERT BENNETT 

BRENT GLASS 

ROBIN GIVHAN 

TED LEONSIS AT THE Q&A CAFE

C..Z.GUEST

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS

MALCOLM “MIKE” PEABODY

ANDREA MITCHELL

WALTER ISAACSON

EPISCOPAL BISHOP JOHN CHANE

MICHEL RICHARD

DAVID CORN

TERRENCE SMITH

BOB SCHIEFFER

JACK VALENTI

LLOYD GROVE

DR. MARILYN BENOIT

HELEN THOMAS 

ANDREW COCKBURN

ELLEN SANFORD

DAVID KELLER

MARK BUSCAINO

CHUCK VANCE

ADEL AL-JUBEIR

AMBASSADOR  JAN ELIASSON

RABBI BARRY FREUNDEL

MPDC LT. PAT BURKE

JANE LYNCH 

JOHN ZOGBY 

JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS 

DAN SNYDER 

DEBORAH JEANE PALFREY, AKA "THE DC MADAM" WITH HER LAWYER,
 MONTGOMERY BLAIR SIBLEY, AT THE Q&A CAFE

TUCKER CARLSON AT THE Q&A CAFE

GEORGE MICHAEL AT THE Q&A CAFE 

SALLY BEDELL SMITH 

TINA BROWN 

BOB COLACELLO 

JOSEPH WILSON 

FRED GRAHAM 

KITTY KELLEY 

AMBASSADOR H.E. KASIT PIROMYA 

ARUN GANDHI 

NANCY TAYLOR BUBES 

SHELDON COHEN 

JOHN DEGIOIA 

MARSHA J. EVANS 

ANTHONY LANIER 

JANE STANTON HITCHCOCK 

ANDREW KOHUT

RICK KAPLAN

CAROLE RADZIWILL 

PATRICIA DUFF

DAVID C. LEVY

LINDA FAIRSTEIN

NEIL LIVINGSTONE

JAMES CANNON

MAURY POVICH

CONNIE CHUNG 

AMY ARGETSINGER

VERNON E. JORDAN 

DC SCHOOL'S CHANCELLOR MICHELLE RHEE AT THE Q&A CAFE

MAURY POVICH AND CONNIE CHUNG AT THE Q&A CAFE 

JIM ARSENEAULT

CHARLIE COOK 

JIM LEHRER

CARLY FIORINA 

JIM VANCE

DR. PETER LEVIT

KENNETH ADELMAN

GEORGE MICHAEL

JONATHAN TISCH

JOHN F. HARRIS 

MONTGOMERY BLAIR SIBLEY 

PETER GREENBERG 

FRED GRANDY 

CONNIE SCHULTZ 

ROBERT FRANK 

VALERIE PLAME WILSON 

ROBERT NOVAK 

AMB. PIERRE VIMONT 

DAN GLICKMAN 

MARTHA JOYNT KUMAR 

DAVID BALDACCI 

BOB RYAN 

DR. MICHAEL JACOBSON 

LEONARD DOWNIE, JR. 

RICHARD MOE 

TUCKER CARLSON 

MARK PENN 

TED LEONSIS 

KATHERINE KALLINIS

SOPHIE LAMONTAGNE

LT. ANDREW BALDWIN 

QUINN BRADLEE 

JONATHAN CAPEHART 

HUGH NEWELL JACOBSEN 

KIMBERLY DOZIER

TIM RUSSERT AT THE Q&A CAFE

MARK WARNER AT THE Q&A CAFECONNIE SCHULTZ AT THE Q&A CAFE 

CHUCK TODD AT THE Q&A CAFE

PHILIPPE COUSTEAU AT THE Q&A CAFE

VALERIE PLAME WILSON AT THE Q&A CAFE

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS AT THE Q&A CAFE

BEN BRADLEE, QUINN BRADLEE AND SALLY QUINN AT THE Q&A CAFE

MARK PENN AT THE Q&A CAFE

HOWARD FINEMAN AT THE Q&A CAFE

JONATHAN CAPEHART RECEIVES HIS GEORGETOWN CUPCAKE, 
 GIVEN TO ALL GUESTS, AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

Photos: Barbara Gary and Ellen Schreiber