Building Museum Tackles Brutalism

August 15, 2024

Brutalism, which flourished for about 25 years — from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s — is the architectural style that people love to hate. Labeling it Cold War architecture […]

Weekend Roundup (July 11-July 14)

July 11, 2024

We’re in the heat of summer now and there are lots of things to do this weekend! Go swing dancing at the Wharf and cool off at a happy hour […]

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 […]

Weekend Roundup, April 11 through April 14

April 11, 2024

Another wonderful spring weekend is here! The annual National Cherry Blossom Parade comes to town, Georgetown Main Street celebrates Second Saturday and don’t miss D.C. Emancipation Day celebrations. Observe D.C. […]

10 Arts Institutions, and Great Wedding Venues 

February 15, 2024

When we set out to marry (please excuse the pun) our weddings and spring arts preview issues, we knew we had to include a roundup of great art institutions in […]

Spring Visual Arts Preview

February 14, 2024

Building Stories   National Building Museum    Opened Jan. 21    Curated by children’s book historian Leonard S. Marcus, a founding trustee of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, and featuring […]

ArtsWatch: New Directors at Washington Ballet, Planet Word and GALA Hispanic

January 4, 2024

The National Building Museum Announces 2023 Vincent Scully Prize Recipient  Artist and social innovator Theaster Gates was awarded The National Building Museum’s annual Vincent Scully Prize in November. The prize, […]

Weekend Roundup, Oct. 26 – 29

October 26, 2023

Happy Halloween weekend! Scary amounts of fun are to be had (Georgetown Heritage Ghost Cruise anyone?) and Day of the Dead celebrations with the National Museum of the American Indian. […]

Weekend Roundup, Oct. 12 – 15

October 12, 2023

We’re back for another fun-filled fall weekend! As the weather turns cooler, get ready for events like the Citizens Association of Georgetown’s annual fall cocktail party, Mrs. Doubtfire at The […]

Museum Picks: RBG, ‘Red,’ ‘Look Here,’ Frank Stewart 

July 27, 2023

‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” — at the Capital Jewish Museum — is both a […]