Curtain Up for DC Theatre Week
• September 26, 2024

Just as Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week is a gift to your taste buds, DC Theatre Week — starting tonight, Thursday, Sept. 26 — is a gift to your eyes, ears, […]

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

CLASSICAL  This Saturday, two weeks before the National Symphony Orchestra’s gala — featuring pianist Yunchan Lim playing Rachmaninoff (Sept. 28) — the NSO presents “Echoes of America” in the Kennedy […]

Irish Film Festival Leaps In, Feb. 29 
• February 22, 2024

How many Irish films can you name? Sorry, but “How Green Was My Valley” and “The Quiet Man,” American classics directed by John Ford (born John Martin Feeney), don’t count. […]

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 […]

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 […]

ArtsWatch: New Directors at D.C. Arts Commission, Solas Nua; Cézanne Restorations
• July 13, 2023

Here are the latest arts moves in Washington, with news from The National Building Museum, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Arena Stage and more.   Phillips Collection to Restore […]

2023 Helen Hayes Nominations Announced; 37th Awards Show Returns Live at Anthem May 22
• February 9, 2023

And now, returning live, let’s give it up!  For the first time since the pandemic began the Helen Hayes Awards will be returning live for a 37th Awards gala at […]

Weekend Round Up, July 7 – 10
• July 7, 2022

A short week means the weekend comes just a little bit faster. We’re looking forward to all the fun things to do in the next few days, including the opening […]

SOLAS NUA PRESENTS U.S. PREMIERE OF PRIME CUT PRODUCTIONS
• November 12, 2021

  Streaming on demand November 18 – 21, 2021 Full details at solasnua.org Solas Nua, Washington’s premiere Irish arts organization, will present a digital theatre festival of new work from […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, May 13, 2021
• May 13, 2021

This weekend: a “makers market” at Dumbarton House and live jazz at Glover Park Grill. Starting May 21, you can visit Xiao Qi Ji, the National Zoo’s “Little Miracle,” in panda (so to speak).