Weekend Roundup: April 17-20
• April 17, 2025

D.C. is celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday, Uncorked at Nationals Park and of course lots of Easter brunch options. Have a great weekend! Celebrate Shakespeare’s Birthday Saturday The tradition continues! Celebrate Shakespeare’s […]

Weekend Roundup: March 13-16
• March 13, 2025

Things are busy this weekend with the arrival of spring and warmer weather. Celebrate all things Irish with St. Patrick’s Day events, take in beautiful choral music, visit the Kennedy […]

Weekend Roundup: February 20-23
• February 20, 2025

February continues with lots of winter fun including a new celebration at The Yards and a plaque unveiling with the Capitals at Washington Harbour. Have a great weekend! Check Out […]

Weekend Roundup: Jan. 30-Feb. 2
• January 29, 2025

There are plenty of options for things to do this weekend, including the Reading Room Festival at the Folger, seeing emerging artists from Nashville at Wolf Trap, and ice cream […]

New Folger Director: ‘Theater Is Political’
• December 16, 2024

In 2015, Sunny Sumter of the DC Jazz Festival sang “Better Than Anything” for Cultural Leadership Breakfast attendees. Three years later, Chamber Dance Project’s Diane Coburn Bruning demonstrated choreography on […]

New Folger Library Director Will Speak at Dupont Underground, Dec. 12
• November 26, 2024

Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper, who became the eighth director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in October, will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s next Cultural Leadership Breakfast, on Thursday, Dec. […]

Weekend Roundup, Oct. 3-6
• October 2, 2024

Happy October! This weekend promises to be full of fun events, including Oktoberfest at the Wharf, a Fall Concert in the Park and Block Captain Celebration with the Citizens Association […]

2024 Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts
• September 11, 2024

CLASSICAL  This Saturday, two weeks before the National Symphony Orchestra’s gala — featuring pianist Yunchan Lim playing Rachmaninoff (Sept. 28) — the NSO presents “Echoes of America” in the Kennedy […]

Shaking Up the Bard: Folger Shakespeare Library’s $80.5 Million Renovation
• June 20, 2024

By Sophia Hall “Shake up your Shakespeare” is one of the many new interactive exhibits in the Folger Shakespeare Library, following a major $80.5 million renovation. On Friday, June 21, […]

D.C. ArtsWatch
• June 12, 2024

New Artistic Leadership at Imagination Stage Joanne Seelig Lamparter is the new chief artistic programming officer for Imagination Stage, succeeding Janet Stanford, the venue’s founding artistic director, who retired on May […]