Arts
Jazz Icon Monty Alexander Ushers in the New Year at Blues Alley
Weekend Round Up, Sept. 1 – 4
• September 1, 2022
As we close out summer 2022, there are lots of things to do to keep you busy this three-day weekend. Enjoy the 18th Annual DC JazzFest, the National Book Festival, […]
Arvind Manocha’s Wolf Trap: Always a Good Evening
• September 2, 2019
It’s a rainy Wednesday afternoon in Vienna, Virginia, and Arvind Manocha, the president of Wolf Trap, is expecting some 7,000 music lovers for Sting’s third night at the performing arts […]
Stanley Cup Finals Make D.C. a Sports Town
• June 4, 2018
The Capitals are just two wins away from their first-ever Stanley Cup. After a politically divisive year, it’s nice to see Washingtonians come together in the name of hockey.
Sting, J. Ralph at Smithsonian
• September 13, 2017
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History acquired objects from Sting and J. Ralph in a donation ceremony on Sept. 8. In photo (left to right): curator Amanda Moniz, Smithsonian […]
Smithsonian Acquires Musical Objects from Sting, J. Ralph (photos)
• September 11, 2017
The former lead singer for the Police donated the 1978 Fender Stratocaster guitar that he played at Amnesty International’s “The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball” in 1981.
