Downtown Observer
A Conversation with the Chief Retail Officer for the White House Historical Association Luci Shanahan
Weekly Arts Round Up, March 4, 2021
• March 4, 2021
Open or soon to open: the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Glenstone (outdoors only) and the Phillips Collection, which will stream a performance of violin sonatas on Sunday.
Weekly Arts Round Up, January 14, 2021
• January 14, 2021
The Phillips Collection will present an online wire workshop and the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host a virtual conversation on Chicanx graphic arts and activism.
Weekly Arts Round Up, December 31, 2020
• December 31, 2020
Once January gets underway, you can take in online concerts, poetry readings and presentations on pandemic history, insect adaptations, interior design and Burman textiles.
Weekly Arts Round Up, December 3, 2020
• December 3, 2020
The Washington Ballet will present a virtual Nutcracker Tea Party on Sunday. On Tuesday, a Phillips Collection curator will chat with activist projectionist Robin Bell.
Beautiful Things at the Phillips Collection
• November 12, 2020
There is only so much you can see through a screen. Going to a museum right now and engaging with the depth and dimensionality of real-life art is a vital escape into beauty.
Weekly Arts Round Up, October 29, 2020
• October 29, 2020
On Halloween night, the Choral Arts Society and Dumbarton Oaks will stream music performances. Head to Martin’s Tavern on Tuesday for an election-night watch party.
Weekly Arts Round Up, October 8, 2020
• October 8, 2020
“Girlhood (It’s Complicated)” opens tomorrow at the National Museum of American History and tickets for the Phillips Collection’s reopening weekend go on sale on Monday.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, July 23, 2020
• July 23, 2020
The zoo gates are opening on Connecticut Avenue and the hangar doors are going up (so to speak) in Chantilly. But don’t put your screens away yet.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, June 25, 2020
• June 25, 2020
Despite the varied options, Zoom fatigue is a thing. This week’s Round Up suggests venturing out to sites in Rock Creek Park, Potomac, Maryland, and Hillsboro, Virginia.
Spring Arts Preview: Performance
• February 25, 2020
Noteworthy theater, music and dance happenings in D.C. this spring, assembled by Georgetowner performing arts writer Gary Tischler and cultural editor Richard Selden.
