Weekend Round Up October 12, 2017

October 12, 2017

This weekend, D.C. residents and visitors can experience France (in an animated film), Sweden (in a musical) and Rhode Island (people-to-people).

DC Artswatch Oct. 11, 2017

October 11, 2017

FREER REOPENS WITH ASIAN FESTIVAL The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW, will celebrate the dual museum’s reopening this weekend with a […]

Films Pair With Wine, Scenery in Middleburg


During the Middleburg Film Festival, Oct. 19 to 22, more than two dozen narrative and documentary films will be screened at venues such as the Middleburg Community Center, the National Sporting Library & Museum and the Hill School.

Weekend Round Up October 5, 2017

October 5, 2017

Opening night for the Smithsonian’s Craft2Wear Show is tonight, Thursday, Oct. 5, and it’s also time for the Waterford Fair and the Solar & Green Home Tour.

Weekend Round Up September 28, 2017

September 28, 2017

October arrives Sunday, along with Glen Echo’s Then & Wow! family day and the Blessing of the Animals in Georgetown at St. John’s.

Great Meadow Beckons for Steeplechasing, Tailgating


This year’s International Gold Cup, one of the country’s most anticipated steeplechase events, will take place Saturday, Oct. 28, at Great Meadow in The Plains, a town of not more […]

Weekend Round Up September 21, 2017

September 21, 2017

After a public symposium on Degas at the National Gallery of Art on Friday, there is music, theater, advice for writers, historical shopping and, on Sunday, the Taste of Georgetown.

Last Chance: Textile Museum Director Speaks Thursday

September 18, 2017

John Wetenhall, director of the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum, oversaw the 2015 relocation of the Textile Museum, founded in 1925, from a Kalorama mansion to a modern building on the GW campus.

Weekend Round Up September 14, 2017

September 14, 2017

The big day is Saturday, what with Georgetown Community Day, Via Umbria’s third anniversary, the Fall Art Walk and the kickoff of Theatre Week.

Weekend Round Up September 7, 2017

September 7, 2017

This weekend: picadillo and pizza, Rick and Richard, paddling the Potomac and preserving Georgetown’s trees.