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Onstage, Georgetown: September
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JazzFest Underway; Meet the Artists at Arena Stage
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Weekend Roundup, August 29 through September 2
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City Tavern Club to Close Aug. 31, Will Sell Historic Building
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 […]
Russian Tango at French Embassy, Feb. 2
February 1, 2024
•For its next concert at the French Embassy, the Russian Chamber Art Society will present an “early Valentine’s Day” program of 20th-century tango music written by Russian and Ukrainian composers […]
World Premiere of ‘Grounded’ Opens WNO Season
November 2, 2023
•It made sense for “Grounded,” a Metropolitan Opera commission, to have its world premiere in Pentagon-adjacent Washington, D.C. Opening in the Kennedy Center Opera House on Oct. 28, the show […]
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 […]
Calvin Cafritz (1931-2023)
January 17, 2023
•Calvin Cafritz, the eldest son of real estate developer Morris Cafritz, died last week at the age of 91. Cafritz’s passing was confirmed by the charitable organization named after Morris […]
Weekend Round Up, Sept. 22 – 25
September 22, 2022
•Happy Fall Equinox! And, this weekend we have so many cool seasonal activities. We’ve got a big weekend round up today with great things to do for all personalities, from […]
WNO Opera on the Field: Carmen
September 19, 2022
•Celebrate the seventeenth season of free opera broadcasts by joining Washington National Opera on the field for Carmen on Sunday, September 25 at 4 p.m. Gates open at 2 p.m. for pre-opera […]
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). […]
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 […]