Weekend Round Up December 12, 2019
• December 12, 2019

Around D.C., it’s a weekend of snowmen, candy canes, candles and matchmakers. Roscoe Mitchell will musically celebrate the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s 50th anniversary and Emmylou Harris will sing for shelter-dogs. In Georgetown: a winter solstice concert by Helicon …

Weekend Round Up November 14, 2019
• November 14, 2019

Musicians in town this weekend: Silkroad, Yonder Mountain String Band, cellist Carter Brey and organist Olivier Latry. On Saturday, you can sweat at Union Market then swing-dance at the Torpedo Factory. Wish you were a kid again, racing your car …

Weekend Round Up September 5, 2019
• September 5, 2019

The Reach Opening Festival, celebrating the Kennedy Center’s dramatic new pavilions, runs from Saturday, Sept. 7, to Sunday, Sept. 22. For free, timed-entry passes to the campus, visit kennedy-center.org, call 202-467-4600 or stop by the box office. The Georgetown …

Weekend Round Up July 11, 2019
• July 11, 2019

The swan count at Wolf Trap will skyrocket this weekend, with performances by American Ballet Theatre of a Tchaikovsky-scored classic. Two master musicians will be in town on Saturday: Meredith Monk at the National Museum of the American Indian and …

Weekend Round Up June 27, 2019
• June 27, 2019

Diana Ross sings tonight at Wolf Trap, Livingston Taylor tomorrow at the Hamilton and up-and-comer Shemekia Copeland all weekend at Blues Alley. This year’s shortened Smithsonian Folklife Festival is Saturday and Sunday on the National Mall. Shoppers can loosen up …

Weekend Round Up February 21, 2019
• February 21, 2019

The Atlas Intersections Festival is in full swing (with a Sunday screening of “The Adventures of Prince Achmed”) and the Architecture & Design Film Festival runs throughout the weekend. Music options: a capella groups at Georgetown University, Lara Downes and …

Weekend Round Up June 7, 2018
• June 7, 2018

See below for a few highlights of the DC Jazz Festival’s opening weekend. Friday is Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday and Saturday is all-pride, all-the-time; the parade steps off at 22nd and P Streets at 4:30 p.m. On Sunday, after some …