News & Politics
Foxtrot’s Abrupt Closure May Be Illegal
Arts & Society
Washington Ballet’s Edwaard Liang to Speak at May 16 Breakfast
Arts & Society
Social Scene: Your Guide to the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Weekend
Arts & Society
Weekend Roundup, April 25 through April 28
Food & Wine
Downtown Stunner: La Grande Boucherie
Kennedy Center Arts Across America Series Premiere
March 5, 2021
•SERIES PREMIERE: Sat., Mar. 6, 2021 at 6 p.m. Special guest @INFINITYSONG Topics will include racial sensitivity, economic equality, and the ways art can facilitate reconciliation and healing within communities.
Weekly Arts Round Up, March 4, 2021
March 4, 2021
•Open or soon to open: the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Glenstone (outdoors only) and the Phillips Collection, which will stream a performance of violin sonatas on Sunday.
DC Artswatch: NBM, Mosaic, Ken Cen, Studio Conservatory, Hirshhorn
December 10, 2020
•The National Building Museum, housed in the mammoth 1887 Pension Building at 401 F St. NW, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week with a number of free online programs.
Weekly Arts Round Up, November 26, 2020
November 26, 2020
•Holiday programs are soon to begin at Tudor Place and Dumbarton House. In the meantime, there is streaming aplenty — including a pressed-plant demo.
Weekly Arts Round Up, November 5, 2020
November 5, 2020
•Want to draw dinosaurs or make street art? Have we got a stream for you! Among other options: string duets at the Kennedy Center’s Reach campus and a Beltway-themed audio play.
D.C. Begins to Reopen One Small Step at a Time
September 29, 2020
•A live entertainment pilot allows City Winery, GALA Hispanic Theatre, the Hamilton, the Kennedy Center, Pearl Street Warehouse and Union Stage to reopen with a maximum capacity of 50.
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.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020
•In-town suggestion: the weekend wine garden at the Kennedy Center’s River Pavilion. Out-of-town suggestion: George Mason’s Gunston Hall, south of Alexandria, Virginia.
Cultural Distancing Marches On
May 28, 2020
•As D.C.-area arts organizations firm up their summer and fall plans, here is a handful (screenful?) of current recommendations for cultural distancing.
DC Artswatch — COVID Edition
April 8, 2020
•With a surge in COVID-19 cases looming, the District Council is expected to vote to extend D.C.’s state of emergency — declared on a parade-less St. Patrick’s — by 45 […]