Weekend Round Up August 22, 2019

August 22, 2019

Get yourselves to Duffy’s Pub tonight, “Mean Girls” Nation! And there will be more trivia (of a general nature) tomorrow night at Alexandria’s Lee-Fendall House.

A Midsummer Night’s Green & Community Leader Awards

July 8, 2019

USGBC National Capital Region’s A Midsummer Night’s Green brings together sustainability advocates from across the DC metro area to toast the best of the best in a local green building. […]

Smith: Now Is the Best Time to Be Making Theater

June 17, 2019

Molly Smith, who spoke in Georgetown on June 13, has done a lot and seen a lot at Arena, taken risks and chances, staged plays that excited, puzzled, outraged and engaged audiences from the start.

LAST CHANCE: This Thursday’s Breakfast With Molly Smith

June 9, 2019

Smith, artistic director of Arena Stage since 1998, will speak at Georgetown Media Group’s June 13 Cultural Leadership Breakfast at 1310 Kitchen & Bar. RSVP to richard@georgetowner.com.

Summer Arts Preview: Performance

May 16, 2019

Highlights of the summer season in theater, opera, music and dance, along with the harder-to-classify By The People and Capital Fringe Festivals.

Helen Hayes Awards: A Portrait of D.C.’s Theater Community


This year’s presentation of the Helen Hayes Awards, the 35th annual, took place on May 13 at the Anthem in the Wharf development.          

Spring Arts Preview: Performance

March 7, 2019

Our writer on the performing arts points to spring shows of special interest, covering opera, choral, classical, jazz, rock, pop and country, as well as theater.

‘The Heiress’ at Arena Stage

February 19, 2019

Directed by Deputy Artistic Director Seema Sueko, “The Heiress,” running through March 10, is based on Henry James’s 1880 novella “Washington Square.”

Actor of Many Parts: Joseph Carlson in ‘Kleptocracy’

February 15, 2019

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.” Those lines […]

Holiday Performing Arts Preview

November 21, 2018

Not just a listing of holiday performances, this preview highlights holiday-time cultural events of all types, plus a couple picks as far away as February.