Weekend Round Up September 24, 2026
• September 24, 2026

This weekend, the National Museum of African American History and Culture celebrates its 10th anniversary, the National Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra hold season-opening galas — both at […]

Bunch Resigns as Smithsonian Secretary
• September 10, 2026

On Sept. 8, Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, 73, announced his resignation. He is expected to depart the Smithsonian — named for founding donor James Smithson, a British […]

DC Artswatch: Anniversaries, NSO Season, Other News
• August 20, 2026

NMAAHC Marks 1st Decade With ‘The Reunion’ From Sept. 24 to Sept. 27, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture — which opened on Sept. 24, 2016 […]

DC Artswatch: Fringe, Arena, Ken Cen, Museums, TWB
• July 16, 2026

District Fringe Underway, Capital Fringe Awards Grants The second annual District Fringe festival began on July 10 and runs through July 26. Most performances take place at Phoenix Mainstage in […]

Editorial: Trump v. Smithson  
• September 9, 2025

A pitched battle between ideology and science took place 100 years ago.  The town of Dayton, with a population of 2,000 or so in 1925, hosted a court case brought […]

2023 Smithsonian Craft Show Preview Night Party
• May 11, 2023

This year’s Smithsonian Craft Show “Celebrating the American Spirit” launched on May 3 with an opportunity to meet the artists and shop their work while enjoying cocktails and a buffet […]

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Museum Director Headlines Cultural Breakfast 
• May 23, 2022

A few months after Dr. Melanie A. Adams started as director of the Anacostia Community Museum, in August of 2019, the museum reopened following renovations — only to shut down, […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, October 15, 2020
• October 15, 2020

The 2020 Smithsonian Food History Weekend and a panel tomorrow on the legacy of John Lewis will take place online. In person, you can visit the Kreeger Museum and, soon, Planet Word.