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.

DC Artswatch: MLK Day, Inauguration, Notre-Dame, Presidents’ Day, Year of the Ox
• January 12, 2021

With the inauguration on the minds of many, the White House Historical Association will present two free online programs about past inaugurations on Jan. 19, the day before.

Spring Semester at Georgetown University
• January 11, 2021

Though all undergraduate courses will be offered virtually, the number of students residing on the main campus is to double, from about 500 during the fall to about 1,000.

In Wake of Rioting, Bowser Declares, Then Extends Public Emergency
• January 7, 2021

The mayor authorized the city administrator to “implement such measures as may be necessary or appropriate to protect persons and property in the District of Columbia” for 15 days.

Weekly Arts Round Up, January 7, 2021
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Classes are being offered by the Washington School of Ballet, Hinckley Pottery and others. Also available: virtual visits to the Tudor Place garden, Asian temples and Coney Island.

D.C. Braces for Joint Session of Congress, Protests
• January 4, 2021

All eyes are on Tuesday’s Senate runoff in Georgia and Wednesday’s certification of electoral college votes in a joint session of Congress — expected to be both contested and protested.

Local Man Charged With Arson in S St. House Fire
• December 31, 2020

The motive for the vandalism, which involved igniting charcoal briquettes with flammable liquid in several room and other destruction on the property, is unknown.

Weekly Arts Round Up, December 31, 2020
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Once January gets underway, you can take in online concerts, poetry readings and presentations on pandemic history, insect adaptations, interior design and Burman textiles.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Fauci!
• December 24, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser proclaimed today, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, Anthony S. Fauci Day in Washington, D.C. It’s the good doctor’s 80th birthday.

Weekly Arts Round Up, December 24, 2020
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The year is wrapping up with gifts of virtual music and dance performances. Outdoors, you can head north to view lights in Anne Arundel or head west to count birds in Loudoun.