Arts
DC Jazz Festival Founder Charlie Fishman, 1942-2024
Dumbarton Oaks, According to Dr. Batsaki
November 21, 2022
•“What is this place?” pondered Dr. Yota Batsaki when she first encountered Dumbarton Oaks, the Harvard University-owned research institute, museum and garden on 32nd Street in Georgetown. Did anything tie […]
Last Chance to See ‘Till’ and ‘Requiem’
November 14, 2022
•Two powerfully moving productions by risk-taking companies based in Washington, D.C. — Mosaic Theater Company and In Series — are due to close this Sunday, Nov. 20. Mosaic’s “The Till […]
The Georgetowner’s Holiday Season Theater Guide
November 9, 2022
•LAST CHANCE THIS MONTH… This weekend, Theater J will sew up its production of Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel,” about an African American seamstress on New York’s Lower East Side in […]
Mosaic’s Douglas: ‘For Us, History Is Alive’
October 24, 2022
•When he was named Mosaic Theater Company’s artistic director last November, Reginald L. Douglas was in Pittsburgh at City Theatre, a former employer, directing a work he had helped hatch, […]
Next Breakfast Speaker: Executive Director of Dumbarton Oaks
October 20, 2022
•On Thursday, Nov. 17, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will welcome Yota Batsaki, executive director of Dumbarton Oaks, the Harvard University-owned research institute, library, […]
‘Beyond King Tut’ at National Geographic
October 12, 2022
•The world’s largest archaeological museum is due to open next month a mile from the Egyptian Pyramids — possibly on Nov. 4, the day in 1922 that a 12-year-old water […]
Mosaic Theater’s Reginald Douglas Is October Breakfast Speaker
October 3, 2022
•On Thursday, Oct. 20, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will welcome Reginald L. Douglas, artistic director of Mosaic Theater Company, to share his philosophy […]
Transformer at 20: Co-Founder of Visual Arts Nonprofit Tells All
September 26, 2022
•Speaking at The Georgetowner’s Sept. 22 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, Victoria Reis said being at the Tabard Inn felt like coming “full circle.” Reis recalled meeting in the very same room […]
Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts
September 14, 2022
•OPERA The D.C. United stadium will become a square in Seville when Washington National Opera brings “Carmen” to Audi Field for this fall’s free Opera on the Field (Sept. 25). […]
Next Cultural Breakfast Speaker: Transformer’s Victoria Reis
August 25, 2022
•On Thursday, Sept. 22, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will welcome Victoria Reis, executive and artistic director of visual-arts nonprofit Transformer, to talk about […]