Spring Performing Arts  Preview
• February 14, 2024

Duke Ellington 125   Born and raised in Washington, D.C., orchestra leader and composer Edward Kennedy Ellington was nicknamed “Duke” early on for his sense of style. These events celebrate the […]

National Symphony Makes High-Energy Season Debut
• September 28, 2023

“It’s like rain on your wedding day,” said the National Symphony Orchestra’s Executive Director Jean Davidson as she greeted the audience for the home opener of the NSO’s 93rd season […]

Fall Performing Arts Preview
• September 13, 2023

DANCE   Partnering with Dupont Underground, The Washington Ballet will pop down for four pop-up performances (Sept. 28, 29 and 30). TWB’s main fall event, “Such Sweet Thunder: An Evening Inspired […]

2023 Spring Performing Arts Preview
• February 8, 2023

OPERA   The Kennedy Center Opera House curtain will rise next month on Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s “Blue,” about a police officer — a “Black man in blue” — whose […]

Weekend Roundup, Dec. 8 – 11 
• December 8, 2022

Another sparkling seasonal weekend awaits! Enjoy musical performances and shows from Cathedral Choral Society, Washington Performing Arts, Washington Revels, Step Afrika, the National Symphony Orchestra and more.  Step Afrika’s Magical […]

Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts
• September 14, 2022

OPERA   The D.C. United stadium will become a square in Seville when Washington National Opera brings “Carmen” to Audi Field for this fall’s free Opera on the Field (Sept. 25). […]

Concert for the Ages: Kennedy Center’s Tribute to John Williams, 90
• June 30, 2022

It is doubtful that anyone exiting the Kennedy Center Concert Hall June 23 with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes would dispute this statement: It was […]

Financial Times Brings Big Ideas for 2022 to The Reach
• May 2, 2022

At the Kennedy Center’s The Reach on May 7, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Financial Times’s inaugural FTWeekend Festival will feature “leading luminaries,” authors, scientists, politicians and of […]

Women Leaders: Deborah Rutter, President, Kennedy Center
• April 14, 2022

Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Thursday April […]

The National Symphony Orchestra April and May Classical Programs
• March 11, 2022

The National Symphony Orchestra Presents Three Classical Programs in April and May Roderick Cox conducts Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sergei Prokofiev, and Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major with soloist Hélène […]