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 […]

Spring Youth Performance Showcase

May 17, 2022

Watch our Kids on the Move end of year performance! WHAT: Spring Youth Performance Showcase   WHEN: June 9-10 2022 WHERE:  Online Performance at Dance Place   TICKETS: Pay-what-you-can payment […]

FROM BROOKLAND & BROOKLYN: “Class – The Carla Perlo Story” & “BAM and Then It Hit Me”

March 11, 2022

  2 Neighborhoods 2 Cultural Organizations 2 Friends 40 Years of Arts, Friendship and Community Revitalization Welcome to a Very Special Event   Who: Carla Perlo & Karen Brooks Hopkins […]

D.C. Artswatch

December 9, 2021

Our latest arts watch includes news from Theater J, Imagination Stage, Dance Place and the Hirshhorn Museum. Also, don’t miss our Cultural Leadership Breakfast Dec. 16 with Aileen Fuchs of the National Building Museum.   Theater J’s […]

Dance Place EMBARK Season Gala

October 28, 2021

Dance Place’s EMBARK Season Gala this November, in celebration of finding our way together again WHAT: Dance Place EMBARK Gala 2021 WHEN: November 12, 2021 or November 13, 2021; 7:00-9:00 […]

International Artist Red Sky Performance at Dance Place

September 17, 2021

International artist Red Sky Performance presents visually stunning work Trace  WHAT: Red Sky Performance WHEN: Saturday, October 2nd at 8pm and Sunday, October 3rd at 4pm & 8pm WHERE: Dance […]

Dance Place Fall 2021 Performances

September 1, 2021

District Choreography (D.C.) Dance Festival Part of National Dance Day 2021 September 18 Free outdoor performance at The National Sylvan Theater As we EMBARK on Dance Place’s 41st season, we […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, April 29, 2021

April 29, 2021

Woolly Mammoth’s free virtual gala will take place on Monday and the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center will reopen on Wednesday with timed-entry ticketing.

Weekly Arts Round Up, February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

Books to be discussed online by their authors: “French Like Moi” and “Michelle’s Garden: How the First Lady Planted the Seeds of Change.”

Weekly Arts Round Up, December 24, 2020

December 24, 2020

The year is wrapping up with gifts of virtual music and dance performances. Outdoors, you can head north to view lights in Anne Arundel or head west to count birds in Loudoun.