Spring Performing Arts  Preview
• February 14, 2024

Duke Ellington 125   Born and raised in Washington, D.C., orchestra leader and composer Edward Kennedy Ellington was nicknamed “Duke” early on for his sense of style. These events celebrate the […]

Haydn’s Mass for Troubled Times
• May 15, 2023

THE PROGRAM: Dominick DiOrio: Solaris Adolphus Hailstork: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Joseph Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Mass for Troubled Times) “Lord Nelson Mass” FEATURED ARTISTS: Dr. André J. Thomas, […]

A Multicultural Voice at Choral Arts 
• December 19, 2022

“I’d like to start off with a song, if that’s okay,” said Jace Kaholokula Saplan. Delighted by the idea, the attendees at The Georgetowner’s Dec. 15 Cultural Leadership Breakfast were […]

Our Next Cultural Leadership Breakfast Speaker: Artistic Director, Choral Arts Society
• November 23, 2022

On Thursday, Dec. 15, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will welcome Jace Kaholokula Saplan, artistic director of the Choral Arts Society of Washington. Admission […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, April 1, 2021
• April 1, 2021

In person, you can feast your eyes at the Kreeger Museum and Hemphill Fine Arts. Now available for streaming: Broadway star Daniel J. Watts’s one-man show.

Weekly Arts Round Up, October 15, 2020
• October 15, 2020

The 2020 Smithsonian Food History Weekend and a panel tomorrow on the legacy of John Lewis will take place online. In person, you can visit the Kreeger Museum and, soon, Planet Word.

Pandemic Forces Performing Arts Leaders to Rethink
• September 15, 2020

The Georgetowner asked leading figures in D.C. theater to suggest silver linings of the pandemic, even as it has stolen the livelihood of countless arts workers and threatened the very future of many performing arts organizations.

DC Artswatch: Plans and Reopenings
• June 17, 2020

D.C.-area cultural organizations aren’t rushing to reopen. Some, like Washington Performing Arts, are looking to make the most of the need for distancing.

Spring Arts Preview: Performance
• February 25, 2020

Noteworthy theater, music and dance happenings in D.C. this spring, assembled by Georgetowner performing arts writer Gary Tischler and cultural editor Richard Selden.

Choral Arts Holiday: ‘Songs of the Season’
• January 15, 2020

The Choral Arts Society of Washington held its 39th annual Holiday Concert and Gala at the Kennedy Center Dec. 16. With German Ambassador Emily Haber and her husband Hansjörg as […]