Primed for Otakon
• August 1, 2024

Are you an otaku, a person obsessed with Japanese comics, animation and video games? If so, you are no doubt preparing to storm the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this […]

Anime Enthusiasts Flock to D.C. for Otakon 2022 (photos)
• August 18, 2022

Otakon, the giant anime convention, again took over the entire Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. from Friday, July 26, to Sunday, July 29-31. Staffed almost entirely by […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, March 18, 2021
• March 18, 2021

This Saturday, Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez will be the special guest at the National Archives Museum’s virtual pajama party.

Weekly Arts Round Up, December 31, 2020
• December 31, 2020

Once January gets underway, you can take in online concerts, poetry readings and presentations on pandemic history, insect adaptations, interior design and Burman textiles.

Costumed Anime Fans Flock to Otakon (photos)
• July 29, 2019

This year marked the 25th anniversary of the event, which began with a collection of 350 anime fans at the Days Inn Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania, in 1994.

Otakon Anime Convention Comes to D.C. (photos)
• August 21, 2017

After 18 years in Baltimore, the anime and cosplay convention moved to D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center Aug. 11 to 13.