Celebrating Elizabeth Catlett with musicians from the Howard University Jazz Ensemble
• February 28, 2025

Treat yourself to music performed by a quartet from the Howard University Jazz Ensemble during opening day of Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist, on view through July 6, 2025. […]

Late August at the Hotel Ozone
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This brilliant gem of the Czechoslovak New Wave follows the lingering effects of a nuclear war that has wiped out most of humanity. A small group of survivors—all women—roam the […]

Spring Arts Preview – Visual Arts
• February 12, 2025

Setting Sail: The Story of Sea Cloud  Feb. 15 to June 15  Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens  Using documents, photographs, models, paintings and decorative art objects, “Setting Sail” tells the […]

Weekend Roundup: January 23-26
• January 23, 2025

This weekend, stay warm indoors at events like “Tina,” the Tina Turner musical and drag star Sasha Velour at Strathmore, comedian Nick Swardson and of course cheering on the Commanders […]

‘The Impressionist Moment’ at the National Gallery  
• November 13, 2024

On April 15, 1874, a small exhibition was opened in Paris by the “Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, etc.” It premiered one month before the opening of the French […]

Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture 2024: Mira Nair
• October 23, 2024

The 2024 Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture is presented by filmmaker Mira Nair, followed by a special screening of her 1988 award-winning Salaam Bombay! India and the World: East, West, and […]

Gordon Parks: Early Documentaries
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Delve deeper into the work of Gordon Parks. Widely known for his work as a photographer, Parks was also a documentary filmmaker. Programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Gordon Parks: […]

New Restorations: The ’80s Rewind
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These three recent restorations of feature films from the 1980s highlight the work of iconic and seasoned filmmakers Miloš Forman, Wim Wenders, and Robert Frank. With their own disparate yet […]

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

Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing American University Museum Through Dec. 8  The American University Museum is the first U.S. venue for the touring exhibition, “Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing,” featuring […]

The National Gallery of Art, From a Different Angle
• August 22, 2024

The Champs-Élysées is in ruins. Though the Arc de Triomphe is intact in the distance, on each side of Paris’s grand avenue the walls of elegant apartment buildings are exposed […]