Mariupol in Dupont Underground: ‘The Trumpeter’

January 22, 2026

Starting tonight, Thursday, Jan. 22, a drama about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be staged in the 200-seat theater of Dupont Underground, the 10-year-old arts venue in the abandoned streetcar […]

Treasures and Tigers of Korean Art

January 15, 2026

The year after the death of Lee Kun-hee in 2020, the Samsung Group chairman’s family donated more than 23,000 works of Korean art from his collection — begun by his […]

Washington National Opera Bids Kennedy Center Adieu

January 12, 2026

Whether Washington National Opera closes its 70th anniversary season with “West Side Story” or not, the company’s song of the moment is “Somewhere” — better known as “There’s a Place […]

Bluegrass Legends at the Birchmere, Wolf Trap, Politics and Prose

January 8, 2026

Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry began as a live radio variety show, “The WSM Barn Dance,” broadcast for the first time on Saturday, Nov. 28, 1925, from a downtown studio. Based […]

Kreeger Director Helen Chason’s View From Foxhall Road

December 22, 2025

At The Georgetowner’s Dec. 18 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, held at 1310 Kitchen and Bar, Kreeger Museum Director Helen Chason explained how the founders built an exceptional collection of some 250 […]

Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Guys and Dolls’

December 18, 2025

Whisked from Times Square’s spartan Save-A-Soul Mission to a glittering Havana nightspot, Miss Sarah Brown asks her escort, “former sinner” (his words) Sky Masterson, the name of her beverage’s delightful […]

Susan Rhea on ‘Small and Mighty’ Keegan Theatre

December 1, 2025

“It’s really easy to forget how far you’ve come,” Keegan Theatre Artistic Director Susan Marie Rhea told attendees at The Georgetowner’s Nov. 20 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, held at 1310 Kitchen […]

PostClassical Ensemble Goes All-Natural

November 25, 2025

Since the blue in “the pale blue dot” — Carl Sagan’s cosmic pinpointing of our home planet — is Earth’s global ocean, Claude Debussy’s “La mer” was a natural choice […]

Slipping into Fells Point, Baltimore

November 20, 2025

Along a single block of Fells Point’s Thames Street are six spots for eating and drinking — eight if you count the Cannon Room and Rec Pier Chop House across […]

Bourbon, Brilliance and Bold Moves: How Viyas Sundaram Seizes the Day

November 12, 2025

His Instagram bio reads “Carpe Diem addict.” He certainly seems to have taken to heart Mr. Keating’s “Dead Poets Society” directive to make his life extraordinary.    LoudounNow.com branded Viyas Sundaram, […]