A Chat With Maestro Noseda

November 21, 2017

Of the interplay between orchestral and opera conducting, he remarked: “As a performer, I feed myself with opera and I try to bring the vocal element — even in symphonic repertoire, where the singer is not there — to make the instruments sing.

Hip Hop Pioneers at Kennedy Center, Nov. 20

November 16, 2017

The concert, hosted by Roxanne Shanté and Grandmaster Caz, with music by Kool DJ Red Alert, will feature Queen Lisa Lee, Spoonie Gee, Kurtis Blow, Whodini and others.

Weekend Round Up November 16, 2017


The French Embassy will celebrate the Beaujolais Nouveau, the National Gallery will launch its Anne Truitt show and American University will welcome Women in Film & Video.

Made by History: Cox Graae + Spack Designs for the Future

November 9, 2017

“Georgetown is part of our firm’s cultural identity,” says Bill Spack, whose name is one of three on the shingle at Cox Graae + Spack Architects. “Over the years, we […]

Weekend Round Up November 9, 2017


On Veterans Day weekend: a book signing at the National Archives, a salute to the military at the Kennedy Center and a hike from Fletcher’s Cove to raise funds for Warrior Expeditions.

Mathewes Speaks at Cultural Leadership Breakfast


A milestone in Melanie Mathewes’s effort to expand the audience for the National Sporting Library & Museum is the exhibition “The Horse in Ancient Greek Art,” which opened Sept. 9 and runs through Jan. 14.

DC Artswatch

November 8, 2017

Compiled by Richard Selden 10th FotoWeekDC The opening-night party for the 10th anniversary edition of FotoWeekDC will be held Friday, Nov. 10, at 2801 16th St. NW. The citywide celebration […]

Weekend Round Up November 2, 2017

November 2, 2017

Leonard Slatkin and Livingston Taylor are in town Friday, which is also Ladies Night at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre. Saturday is Día de los Muertos in Arlington and on Sunday you can learn to pre-prepare holiday casseroles and/or paint watercolors mindfully.

Weekend Round Up October 26, 2017

October 26, 2017

Going by the calendar, Halloween is on Tuesday. But the partying has already begun, continuing tonight at the Watergate’s Argentta Spa, on Saturday at Tudor Place and Malmaison and on Sunday at Pinstripes.

Weekend Round Up October 19, 2017

October 19, 2017

It is a weekend of legendary names: Jerome Robbins, Frank Lloyd Wright, Annie Proulx, Dizzy Gillespie and Leonard Bernstein — not to mention Johannes Vermeer.