Arts
DC Jazz Festival Founder Charlie Fishman, 1942-2024
Designer Lela Rose Speaks at Antiques Show
January 19, 2017
•More than 430 attendees were at the Jan. 13 luncheon at American University’s Katzen Center.
Beard Foundation to Honor Organic Dining’s First Lady
January 17, 2017
•Nora Pouillon, owner of D.C.’s Restaurant Nora, will get the foundation’s lifetime achievement award May 1.
DC Artswatch 1-11-17
January 13, 2017
•The Smithsonian’s 22nd annual orchid exhibition, opening Jan. 14, will take place in an unusual location: the **Hirshhorn Museum**. “Orchids: A Moment,” a collaboration among **Smithsonian Gardens**, the **U.S. Botanic […]
Miami Provost Named New GW President
January 12, 2017
•Thomas J. LeBlanc will succeed George Washington University President Steven Knapp on Aug. 1.
Guns and Ammo Found Canalside
January 9, 2017
•A seemingly abandoned violin case contained a surprise — and perhaps echoes of James Cagney — for a walker yesterday.
Missing Yoga Teacher Found Dead in Car on M Street; Suspect in Custody
December 29, 2016
•Vigils are being held tonight for the victim, actress and yoga instructor Tricia Lynn McCauley.
DC Artswatch 12/7
December 7, 2016
•Works by Washington-area artists Margaret Boozer, John Dreyfuss, Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson Jarvis and others will be on view in the public spaces of MGM National Harbor, which will have […]
GALA’s Rebecca Medrano Speaks at Breakfast (Desayuno)
November 14, 2016
•Two of the theater’s most anticipated events this season are the annual Fiesta de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day) on Jan. 8 and the U.S. premiere of a Spanish-language production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 musical “In the Heights,” April 20 through May 21.
Grand Manan Wins International Gold Cup
November 9, 2016
•This year’s International Gold Cup, held Oct. 22 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia, was won by Grand Manan, a seven-year-old bay gelding owned by Donald Reuwer Jr. and […]
Events Precede Official Start of FotoWeekDC
November 8, 2016
•The run-up to FotoWeekDC, Nov. 12 to 20, has begun, with events tonight, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.