Zen and American History Exhibitions
• August 8, 2024

Last April, a Japanese motorcycle joined the dozen in “America on the Move,” the 26,000-square-foot exhibition in the General Motors Hall of Transportation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American […]

Planet Word: Igniting Minds with the Versatility of Language
• July 11, 2024

Planet Word is fun! If you want a way to connect words to pictures in a child’s mind, Planet Word has it. Through demonstration, performance, listening, watching, practice and speech, a tour through one of Washington, […]

Weekend Roundup (July 11-July 14)
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We’re in the heat of summer now and there are lots of things to do this weekend! Go swing dancing at the Wharf and cool off at a happy hour […]

Paula Modersohn-Becker at Neue Galerie New York
• June 27, 2024

The “neue” (pronounced “NOY-uh) in Neue Galerie New York is German for new. Honoring a Vienna gallery of the 1920s and ’30s, the name suits what is still the youngest […]

Weekend Roundup, June 27-June 30
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Happy weekend! As we gear up for Independence Day week next week, we’ve still got a weekend in between. Enjoy a photography exhibit at the City Tavern Club, celebrate the […]

‘Hilma’ at the Wilma and More Philly Delving
• June 13, 2024

For those planning to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art this month to see “Mary Cassatt at Work,” here is a performing arts roundup and a lodging option. First, let’s […]

‘Cassatt at Work’ in Philadelphia
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Of the four most accomplished French Impressionists who were women, only Mary Cassatt wasn’t French. Born in 1844 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh’s North Side), Cassatt was raised in Philadelphia […]

D.C. ArtsWatch
• June 12, 2024

New Artistic Leadership at Imagination Stage Joanne Seelig Lamparter is the new chief artistic programming officer for Imagination Stage, succeeding Janet Stanford, the venue’s founding artistic director, who retired on May […]

Celebrating 30 Years at the Kreeger
• June 6, 2024

By Forbes Dudley Honoring an impressive 30 years as a museum, the Kreeger celebrated their anniversary this past Saturday evening with food, drinks, live jazz music, and the opening of […]

‘Brilliant Exiles’ at the Portrait Gallery
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Both the Paris Métro and the world’s tallest Ferris wheel made their debut at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. With the fair as its starting point, the National Portrait Gallery’s […]