Weekend Round Up April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The Georgetown French Market will bring Paris to Book Hill (free coffee from the Economist’s “Grounds for Change” cart) and the Smithsonian Craft Show will display works in all media at the Building Museum.

Vibrant Summer Season Ahead at Wolf Trap


Where Catherine Filene Shouse grew crops and bred horses and dogs — also hosting Washington’s political, business and social elite — stars from Herbie Hancock to UB40 will perform this […]

Weekend Round Up April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019

Along with Easter programming, this weekend offers jazz, dance, a murder mystery, tulip planting and, on Saturday, the Anacostia River Festival.

Telling Stories at National Geographic Museum


Nearly 50 people came to hear Kathryn Keane’s talk at Georgetown Media Group’s April 11 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, in part due to the “Queens of Egypt” exhibition.

Georgetown French Market Has That ‘Je Ne Sais Quoi’


In Paris or Montreal, an open-air market is a “marché à ciel ouvert” and a sidewalk sale is a “vente-trottoir.” There being no French phrase to precisely describe the combination […]

LAST CHANCE: April 11 Breakfast – ‘Queens of Egypt’

April 8, 2019

National Geographic Museum Director Kathryn Keane’s talk, at 1310 Restaurant & Bar, will focus on the museum’s recently opened blockbuster exhibition.

Weekend Round Up April 4, 2019

April 4, 2019

“Petalpalooza” puts a cherry on top with Saturday-night fireworks on the Southwest waterfront. Also that night, the American University Museum opens its spring exhibitions.

New GU Gallery Features Work by Glenn Ligon

March 28, 2019

On Monday, April 1, the Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Gallery will host a free public conversation between artist Glenn Ligon and Steven Nelson, art history professor and director of the African Studies Center at UCLA.

Weekend Round Up March 28, 2019


Plan to be outdoors this Saturday, at the Blossom Kite Festival on the grounds of the Washington Monument and at the festive launch of Phase II of the Wharf development on the Southwest waterfront.

In Series Sets ‘La Paloma’ on Mexican Border

March 25, 2019

Unlike the original one-act operetta of 1894, “La Paloma at the Wall” takes place at the slatted wall at Friendship Park/Parque de la Amistad on the border and in a beachfront Tijuana bar.