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 […]

February 2023 Arts Watch


New leaders have been appointed at the National Portrait Gallery, Museum of African American History and Culture, Hindman Auctions and the Phillips Collection. Have an ArtsWatch tip? Email editorial@georgetowner.com with […]

Celebrating Georgetown and Washington, D.C. Centennials

September 14, 2022

What Was It Like 100 Years Ago?  As we commemorate major centennials, why not travel by Time Machine back 100 years?  In 1922 – only four years since the end […]

Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts


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). […]

Picasso: Painting the Blue Period, at The Phillips Collection  

March 9, 2022

Pablo Picasso was a painter. However, the reason we know his name is because at some point he came to represent something more than his work. I have never walked […]

2022 Spring Arts Guide


The D.C. arts scene has awakened from its winter slumber. Enjoy performances, art exhibits and more this spring with this arts guide.   Performing Arts   “Catch Me If You Can” at […]

Weekend Round Up, Oct. 14 – 17

October 14, 2021

We are back with lots to do on this mid-October weekend. There’s a music festival at Merriweather Post, a new exhibit at the Phillips Collection, Hadestown at the Kennedy Center […]

DC JazzFest at The Phillips Collection 

September 3, 2021

September 3 – 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM – The Phillips Collection The Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art opened by collector and philanthropist, Duncan Phillips, is housed […]

Weekend Round Up: July 22 – 25  

July 22, 2021

The quiet of August may almost be upon us, but this weekend there are still so many things to do in the area. EventsDC launches its summer concert series with […]

Weekend Round Up: Memorial Day Edition

May 27, 2021

Get out and celebrate the long Memorial Day weekend with ongoing exhibits at the Phillips Collection and Artechouse. Enjoy the holiday and take in the National Memorial Day Concert online […]