Washington Performing Arts Gala Raises $700,000
• April 1, 2025

The Washington Performing Arts’ 2025 “Make IT Happen Gala” raised nearly $700,000 for the organization’s artistic, arts education, gospel music and community engagement programs. There were performances by Imani-Grace, trumpeters, […]

‘Bugatti’ at Easton’s Academy Art Museum  
• February 12, 2025

As I drove across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge toward Easton, Maryland, I took stock of the cars around me — egg-shaped forms in olive and jewel tones, wide-eyed and listless, […]

Kennedy Center’s Rutter to Step Down
• January 27, 2025

Kennedy Center’s president since 2014, Deborah Rutter, will step down from her role at the end of the year amidst uncertainty in a new (returning?) administration. Rutter’s contract is up […]

Opening Reception: Holiday Art Show & Sale
• November 12, 2024

HOLIDAY ART SHOW & SALE November 23, 2024 – January 5, 2025 | Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, November 23, 6 – 8pm Join us for Glen […]

Where Fashion and Dance Collide: “Dance For All” at Dupont Underground
• October 17, 2024

By Lucy Cullen The Washington Ballet recently performed at Dupont Underground, an arts organization that has transformed the abandoned space under Dupont Circle into a space for contemporary arts. Partnering […]

Kennedy Center’s ‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Is Sweet As Honey
• October 15, 2024

William Finn’s Tony Award–winning musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is spellbinding crowds at the Kennedy Center until Oct. 20. Directed by “Kimberly Akimbo” alumnus Danny Mefford, the […]

Signature Theatre’s Hallmarks: Intimacy and Sondheim
• September 23, 2024

In 2006, his Carnegie Mellon BFA in hand, Matthew Gardiner went to work for Signature Theatre — a 150-seat space in what had been a bumper-plating factory (“The Garage”) on […]

Artechouse Explores Oceanic Wonders
• September 19, 2024

Story and photos by Daisy Bateman Artechouse has just opened its latest exhibition, “Twilight Zone: Hidden Wonders of the Ocean,” a groundbreaking collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This […]

‘Cassatt at Work’ in Philadelphia
• June 13, 2024

Of the four most accomplished French Impressionists who were women, only Mary Cassatt wasn’t French. Born in 1844 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh’s North Side), Cassatt was raised in Philadelphia […]

A Full House for Hollow Coves
• June 6, 2024

By Julia Key On Wednesday night, the Australian indie-folk band Hollow Coves performed at Union Stage on the wharf as a part of their “Nothing to Lose Tour” following the […]