Tasty ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Ford’s

April 4, 2024

The main human characters in the current Ford’s Theatre production of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors” — the real star being a flesh-and-blood-eating plant — are not the four-eyed […]

Coming Up: ‘A Growth Season’ for Arena Stage

March 25, 2024

“Shortly, in a few weeks,” said Hana S. Sharif at The Georgetowner’s March 21 cultural breakfast, “I’ll be announcing my first season.” Of her seven months as Arena Stage artistic […]

Strong Wind – a new, surreal drama by Ibsen Award-winner, Jon Fosse

October 10, 2023

US PREMIERE! See the newest tragicomic tale by Norway’s Jon Fosse, one of the world’s greatest contemporary writers. In this mysterious one-act play, a man who has been away a […]

Oct. 19 Breakfast Speaker: Glen Echo’s Katey Boerner

September 21, 2023

Katey Boerner, CEO of the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, will be the October speaker in The Georgetowner’s monthly cultural breakfast series. Admission to the event, on […]

Experience Venice Via Carpaccio 

December 7, 2022

An ideal opportunity to enjoy the splendors of Venice without leaving Washington can be found at The National Gallery of Art this season. Master works of Vittore Carpaccio (1465-1525), a […]

December ArtsWatch


The December ArtsWatch includes Theater J awards, new Olney Theatre hires, a big donation to a Smithsonian Museum in development and finally, our last Cultural Leadership Breakfast of 2022—you won’t […]

The Office Experience Immerses Fans in Dunder Mifflin

August 17, 2022

Actress Kate Flannery, who played Meredith Palmer, delighted such a thing exists.   It seems like every show these days is getting the “immersive experience” treatment: Friends, Bridgerton, Stranger Things and […]

Artswatch: August 17, 2022 Issue


  This month’s Artswatch has lots of news about local museums, Dance Place, Evermay and more.     D.C.’s New Rubell Museum Lands Inaugural Director   Caitlin Berry will be the first director of […]

Art League Events for August and September

July 20, 2022

Save the date for these upcoming Art League events! August 2022 Open Exhibit – August 10–September 4 Alexandria Summer Sidewalk Sale – Saturday, August 13, 2022 Art Book Club – […]

Smithsonian American Art Museum September Events

September 2, 2021

America InSight Online: Verbal Description Tours Thursday, September 2, 5:30 p.m. ET Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum online for a docent-led tour designed for participants who are blind or […]